SY play at Nightmare Before Xmas ATP UK Dec 4th-6th - Page 14

EvdWee · 12.08.2009, 10:24 AM

what a festival it was. musical highlights: SUN RA(!!!), dirty three, lightning bolt (2X), sonic youth, múm, etc...

there were million of nonmusical highlights, the best one: dancing on sunday till 3am on Jim Sclavunos' records together with Warren Ellis, the tallest man in Belgium, Ian Svenonious and Pete Shelley. Also Jim actually playing Kenny Rogers and the First Edition's I Just Dropped In (To See In What Condition My Condition Was In).

Came back in Utrecht yesterday night at 1am and decided it was time for an afterparty. I feel that now.

see you next year!

stu666 · 12.08.2009, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by EvdWee

you were the guy with the sonic youth hat, all weekend?

i did take my hat off for some of the time, see;
http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho...&postcount=559

also i saw a couple of other people with the same hat on, sorry i didn't get to meet you.

DanielCarlson · 12.08.2009, 12:06 PM

Oh, I've thought about buying a SY hat for a while. I think I will, it looks awesome.

nancykitten · 12.08.2009, 09:15 PM

I finally got to see DV69 live!!! fantastic.

_slavo_ · 12.09.2009, 04:14 AM

One of my friends made this short movie about the festival, shooting live footage etc...it's really quite entertaining, you should definitely give it a try. "Solzenicyn" is that little plastic toy that keeps guiding you through the movie and that this dude kept wearing in his pocket all the time. (named after the russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn).

Notice the stupid chewing face at 6:02. It's me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RwHizJUGY

The Earl Of Slander · 12.09.2009, 08:59 AM

Awesome awesome weekend! Was really cool to meet some of the boardies in the flesh. Music wise, there was just so much joy, and several new discoveries. The Dirty Three were extraordinarily good. Thanks to Stu, I checked out Th' Faith Healers, who I didn't know at all, but who were totally mind blowing. Definite highlight. I was unsure whether De La Soul would be good live, but they were fucking fantastic! One of the most fun musical experience I've ever had. As for SY, they were amazing of course. Only the second time I've seen them live, so it's still a big deal for me. Lightening Bolt were also the shit!

Seeing MBV was also great, although a bit weird/difficult to process. It was just like "holy shit, it's MBV!", and that kind of prevented me from really clicking with it as much as I would want too. I came and saw the holocaust part at the end of the show again on Sunday though, and just curled up in the fetal position on the floor and let it completely consume me, and that was pretty amazing. I will admit though that their live presence is somewhat dull, but that's to be expected.

Sun Ra, EPMD, and the Lily's were all great too. The Lily's were another new discovery for me, and I really loved them. Need to check out their stuff.

h8kurdt · 12.09.2009, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by The Earl Of Slander

Awesome awesome weekend! Was really cool to meet some of the boardies in the flesh. Music wise, there was just so much joy, and several new discoveries. The Dirty Three were extraordinarily good. Thanks to Stu, I checked out Th' Faith Healers, who I didn't know at all, but who were totally mind blowing. Definite highlight. I was unsure whether De La Soul would be good live, but they were fucking fantastic! One of the most fun musical experience I've ever had. As for SY, they were amazing of course. Only the second time I've seen them live, so it's still a big deal for me. Lightening Bolt were also the shit!

Seeing MBV was also great, although a bit weird/difficult to process. It was just like "holy shit, it's MBV!", and that kind of prevented me from really clicking with it as much as I would want too. I came and saw the holocaust part at the end of the show again on Sunday though, and just curled up in the fetal position on the floor and let it completely consume me, and that was pretty amazing. I will admit though that their live presence is somewhat dull, but that's to be expected.

Sun Ra, EPMD, and the Lily's were all great too. The Lily's were another new discovery for me, and I really loved them. Need to check out their stuff.

hahahaha

stu666 · 12.09.2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by The Earl Of Slander

Thanks to Stu, I checked out Th' Faith Healers, who I didn't know at all, but who were totally mind blowing. Definite highlight.

gald you liked them, it was really fun watching fucked up with you aswell!

Rob Instigator · 12.09.2009, 01:33 PM

my jealousy knows no bounds.

The Earl Of Slander · 12.09.2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by stu666

gald you liked them, it was really fun watching fucked up with you aswell!

It was! I bought the Peel sessions CD off the Healers after the gig, and it fucking kills! Reptile Smile is just an amazing track...

stu666 · 12.11.2009, 03:23 AM

soundcheck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IQ6LwkyQeM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-6DD8fJ76A

blunderbuss · 12.11.2009, 03:40 AM

I'm glad someone got those. I accidentally deleted mine.

lckyby · 12.12.2009, 11:40 PM

Amazming weekend. For me Yo La Tengo were the highlight. J + The Fog were great too, as were MBV (twice!) of course. Met J Mascis (

x infinity) and saw his Svenonius interview!

I did think SY would do more of a festival set, but now I have had the pleasure of hearing Poison Arrow at both of the SY shows I've been to, so that was great

I remember them playing Tom Violence and 'Cross The Breeze at the London show the other month. Gutted I couldn't get into the Thurston and Kim interview.

Robin Guthrie, Dirty Three, De La Soul, The Horrors, Fucked Up and Harmony Rockets were good as well

The Earl Of Slander · 12.15.2009, 04:35 PM

Did that group pic turn up anywhere and I missed it?

_slavo_ · 12.15.2009, 05:29 PM

i still don't have the film developed. patience, mate, patience.

The Earl Of Slander · 12.15.2009, 06:38 PM

No problem, just wondered.

_slavo_ · 12.20.2009, 05:19 PM

memories:

guys, that picture of us all (earl of slander, stu, blunderbuss, greenlight and myself) turned out to be total shit - all blurred.

greenlight · 12.21.2009, 05:55 AM

that 3rd. one... view on butlins is fucking amazing!

pokkeherrie · 12.21.2009, 07:45 AM

It was sooooo much fun, this weekend followed by the In Between Days week followed by the 10 Years of ATP weekend.
Being stuck for ten days in a cold and rainy Butlins holiday resort in the middle of December may sound like HELL for most people, but I loved every minute of it.... almost!

It's always fun to meet some fellow boardies (blunderbuss, slavo, greenlight, stu666), although I didn't see much of the SYG crowd apart from the twats I was sharing my chalet with.

As far as music goes this was probably the "worst" ATP I've been to, but even then there were enough highlights to make it worthwile:

Th' Faith Healers - they were really good, even though everyone kept walking out and they ended up playing the least-attended Pavillion show I've ever seen.

EPMD - really great show, reminded me that there's often not enough hip hop at ATP.

My Bloody Valentine - I went in with low expectations, but I did really enjoy them and kept coming back every night to see at least part of their set (of course that also means there weren't enough other bands playing the other stages!!!). I think the Saturday show was the best one, then Friday and then the Sunday one, which ironically happens to be the only one I saw in full. They played the EXACT same setlist 3 nights in a row, verrrry imaginative. I also heard they cancelled their rehearsal show on Thursday because they weren't happy with the rehearsal for the rehearsal.... such utter cunts.
Anyway, I was very happy to finally see them....haven't we all played Loveless to death at some point in our lives? I know I did.

The Dirty Three and Lightning Bolt were really good too, but they were even better when they were playing the Crazy Horse during the In Between week.

Sonic Youth I enjoyed, but I couldn't get into it as much as I wanted to. Highlights for me were The Sprawl, Massage the History and DV69.

dave g kelly · 12.21.2009, 10:57 AM

If you want to see some photos from SY at Minehead (and believe me you do!) then follow this link:
http colon forward slash forward slash flickr dot com/gp/davegkelly/7j803N

Had to put on here in this format as I'm unable to post URLs

Great weekend, best festival and best line up I've seen.

12.08.2009, 10:24 AM	#261
EvdWee 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Utrecht, Netherlands Posts: 754	what a festival it was. musical highlights: SUN RA(!!!), dirty three, lightning bolt (2X), sonic youth, múm, etc... there were million of nonmusical highlights, the best one: dancing on sunday till 3am on Jim Sclavunos' records together with Warren Ellis, the tallest man in Belgium, Ian Svenonious and Pete Shelley. Also Jim actually playing Kenny Rogers and the First Edition's I Just Dropped In (To See In What Condition My Condition Was In). Came back in Utrecht yesterday night at 1am and decided it was time for an afterparty. I feel that now. see you next year!
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12.08.2009, 12:06 PM	#263
DanielCarlson children of satan Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 345	Oh, I've thought about buying a SY hat for a while. I think I will, it looks awesome.
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12.08.2009, 09:15 PM	#264
nancykitten children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Glasgow, UK Posts: 316	I finally got to see DV69 live!!! fantastic. __________________
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12.09.2009, 04:14 AM	#265
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,912	One of my friends made this short movie about the festival, shooting live footage etc...it's really quite entertaining, you should definitely give it a try. "Solzenicyn" is that little plastic toy that keeps guiding you through the movie and that this dude kept wearing in his pocket all the time. (named after the russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn). Notice the stupid chewing face at 6:02. It's me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RwHizJUGY __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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12.09.2009, 08:59 AM	#266
The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	Awesome awesome weekend! Was really cool to meet some of the boardies in the flesh. Music wise, there was just so much joy, and several new discoveries. The Dirty Three were extraordinarily good. Thanks to Stu, I checked out Th' Faith Healers, who I didn't know at all, but who were totally mind blowing. Definite highlight. I was unsure whether De La Soul would be good live, but they were fucking fantastic! One of the most fun musical experience I've ever had. As for SY, they were amazing of course. Only the second time I've seen them live, so it's still a big deal for me. Lightening Bolt were also the shit! Seeing MBV was also great, although a bit weird/difficult to process. It was just like "holy shit, it's MBV!", and that kind of prevented me from really clicking with it as much as I would want too. I came and saw the holocaust part at the end of the show again on Sunday though, and just curled up in the fetal position on the floor and let it completely consume me, and that was pretty amazing. I will admit though that their live presence is somewhat dull, but that's to be expected. Sun Ra, EPMD, and the Lily's were all great too. The Lily's were another new discovery for me, and I really loved them. Need to check out their stuff. __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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12.09.2009, 01:33 PM	#269
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	my jealousy knows no bounds. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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12.11.2009, 03:23 AM	#271
stu666 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Stowmarket Posts: 13,505	soundcheck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IQ6LwkyQeM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-6DD8fJ76A __________________ http://tapewormstu.blogspot.co.uk/
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12.11.2009, 03:40 AM	#272
blunderbuss invito al cielo Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,526	I'm glad someone got those. I accidentally deleted mine.
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12.12.2009, 11:40 PM	#273
lckyby empty page Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: London Posts: 2	Amazming weekend. For me Yo La Tengo were the highlight. J + The Fog were great too, as were MBV (twice!) of course. Met J Mascis (x infinity) and saw his Svenonius interview! I did think SY would do more of a festival set, but now I have had the pleasure of hearing Poison Arrow at both of the SY shows I've been to, so that was great I remember them playing Tom Violence and 'Cross The Breeze at the London show the other month. Gutted I couldn't get into the Thurston and Kim interview. Robin Guthrie, Dirty Three, De La Soul, The Horrors, Fucked Up and Harmony Rockets were good as well
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12.15.2009, 04:35 PM	#274
The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	Did that group pic turn up anywhere and I missed it? __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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12.15.2009, 05:29 PM	#275
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,912	i still don't have the film developed. patience, mate, patience. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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12.15.2009, 06:38 PM	#276
The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	No problem, just wondered. __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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12.20.2009, 05:19 PM	#277
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,912	memories: guys, that picture of us all (earl of slander, stu, blunderbuss, greenlight and myself) turned out to be total shit - all blurred. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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12.21.2009, 05:55 AM	#278
greenlight invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,134	that 3rd. one... view on butlins is fucking amazing! __________________
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12.21.2009, 07:45 AM	#279
pokkeherrie invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,289	It was sooooo much fun, this weekend followed by the In Between Days week followed by the 10 Years of ATP weekend. Being stuck for ten days in a cold and rainy Butlins holiday resort in the middle of December may sound like HELL for most people, but I loved every minute of it.... almost! It's always fun to meet some fellow boardies (blunderbuss, slavo, greenlight, stu666), although I didn't see much of the SYG crowd apart from the twats I was sharing my chalet with. As far as music goes this was probably the "worst" ATP I've been to, but even then there were enough highlights to make it worthwile: Th' Faith Healers - they were really good, even though everyone kept walking out and they ended up playing the least-attended Pavillion show I've ever seen. EPMD - really great show, reminded me that there's often not enough hip hop at ATP. My Bloody Valentine - I went in with low expectations, but I did really enjoy them and kept coming back every night to see at least part of their set (of course that also means there weren't enough other bands playing the other stages!!!). I think the Saturday show was the best one, then Friday and then the Sunday one, which ironically happens to be the only one I saw in full. They played the EXACT same setlist 3 nights in a row, verrrry imaginative. I also heard they cancelled their rehearsal show on Thursday because they weren't happy with the rehearsal for the rehearsal.... such utter cunts. Anyway, I was very happy to finally see them....haven't we all played Loveless to death at some point in our lives? I know I did. The Dirty Three and Lightning Bolt were really good too, but they were even better when they were playing the Crazy Horse during the In Between week. Sonic Youth I enjoyed, but I couldn't get into it as much as I wanted to. Highlights for me were The Sprawl, Massage the History and DV69.
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12.21.2009, 10:57 AM	#280
dave g kelly empty page Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 2	If you want to see some photos from SY at Minehead (and believe me you do!) then follow this link: http colon forward slash forward slash flickr dot com/gp/davegkelly/7j803N Had to put on here in this format as I'm unable to post URLs Great weekend, best festival and best line up I've seen.
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