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And regarding the post above. FFS. From earlier this year, obvs.
Members of the Italian postpunk trio Soviet Soviet, booked to play at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex., were detained in Seattle on Wednesday and eventually deported by United States Customs and Border Protection officials as immigration enforcement under the Trump administration continues to cause tension.
Soviet Soviet was booked to play in Seattle and Southern California as well as at South by Southwest, and band members said they had travel authorizations through the Department of Homeland Security’s Visa Waiver Program before they arrived. However, band members said that after learning that individuals would be charged to attend the band’s nonfestival shows, officials determined them ineligible to enter the country and had them removed. According to the Customs and Border Protection website, an approved travel authorization, or ESTA, “is not a guarantee of admission to the United States” and “does not meet the legal requirements to serve in lieu of a U.S. visa when a visa is required.”
Members of the Italian postpunk trio Soviet Soviet, booked to play at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex., were detained in Seattle on Wednesday and eventually deported by United States Customs and Border Protection officials as immigration enforcement under the Trump administration continues to cause tension.
Soviet Soviet was booked to play in Seattle and Southern California as well as at South by Southwest, and band members said they had travel authorizations through the Department of Homeland Security’s Visa Waiver Program before they arrived. However, band members said that after learning that individuals would be charged to attend the band’s nonfestival shows, officials determined them ineligible to enter the country and had them removed. According to the Customs and Border Protection website, an approved travel authorization, or ESTA, “is not a guarantee of admission to the United States” and “does not meet the legal requirements to serve in lieu of a U.S. visa when a visa is required.”
Flex Your Head
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This may well be my favourite song of the past 12 months - hypnotic aceness that builds and builds before slinking off elsewhere.
https://porridgeradio.bandcamp.com/track/eugh-2
https://porridgeradio.bandcamp.com/track/eugh-2
Flex Your Head
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That is a cracker!
Flex Your Head
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That is a cracker! (That was what I was trying to say in my last tipsy post!)
Stato
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It's that time of the summer again and some of us just can't resist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqb0foqX-1U
30th Anniversary performance of George Best at the Concorde tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqb0foqX-1U
30th Anniversary performance of George Best at the Concorde tonight.
boik
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Oh yes! Looking forward to it muchly. The Membranes were fun last time they were there too, so should be a good night.
Stato
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During Primal Scream's pre-Screamadelica 'We want to be the 'Exile on Main Street' era Rolling Stones' period I remember reading an interview with Bobby Gillespie in which he said that they may have had their ups and downs, but they had always strived to produce something of beauty which was more than he could say for bands like The Wedding Present.
It's horses for courses I know, but thirty years on, spent listening to music from all genres and all eras, I have struggled to find anything as beautiful as one guitar playing harmonics and another thrashing for all its worth whilst a gruff bloke cuts his heart open and lets it bleed into a microphone. I really like Primal Scream Bobby and you will always be more fashionable, but you never even got close.
It's horses for courses I know, but thirty years on, spent listening to music from all genres and all eras, I have struggled to find anything as beautiful as one guitar playing harmonics and another thrashing for all its worth whilst a gruff bloke cuts his heart open and lets it bleed into a microphone. I really like Primal Scream Bobby and you will always be more fashionable, but you never even got close.
CorgiRegisteredFriend
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Enjoyable couple of days at Edge Of The Sea with two outstanding and very different sets from The Wedding Present. This was the ninth year of this festival and as always a range of bands to see- mostly local this time round. Enjoyed The Sleazoids with their Cramps cover versions and a sprinkling of songs of their own. I never really got into The Popguns first time round but they sounded pretty tight and got a good response form the audience. If you have not heard Going Going by The Wedding present then it's well worth a listen. Played live the instrumental tracks that began the set sounded immense and Mr Gedge and co delighted us with a few older tracks at the end. As he said himself 'This is turning into a legendary night.'
Just a plug for the new Jetstream Pony video, from the 7" single just released on Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten.
We've just confirmed that we're playing At The Edge of the Sea next year for the 10th Anniversary, looking forward to it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-4_UdV0c9U
We've just confirmed that we're playing At The Edge of the Sea next year for the 10th Anniversary, looking forward to it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-4_UdV0c9U
Like that!
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The Catenary Wires also playing.
boik
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My copy of this has just arrived. It's a belated birthday present from the kids and is a great read for anyone that's ever been a fan of TWP. Throughly recommended.
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Stato
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I had to jump in the car after the game and having recently been playing this:
I was greeted by this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwOXe54m5-I
Fantastic serendipity, fantastic tune.
I replayed it three times: Once for each goal.
I was greeted by this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwOXe54m5-I
Fantastic serendipity, fantastic tune.
I replayed it three times: Once for each goal.
Staly
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Hey y'all, a heads up for this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Untypical-Girls-Styles-Transatlantic-Revolution/dp/190871445X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509977677&sr=1-1&keywords=untypical+girls&dpID=61%252B6iLXRRdL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
A couple of people I know in it...
How you enjoying the Premier League eh?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Untypical-Girls-Styles-Transatlantic-Revolution/dp/190871445X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509977677&sr=1-1&keywords=untypical+girls&dpID=61%252B6iLXRRdL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
A couple of people I know in it...
How you enjoying the Premier League eh?
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tinycowboy
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Hi Staly, how’s it going? I’ll be buying this book. Still waiting for my copy of the Neil Taylor C86 book, like a lot of Kickstarter finders. Premier League is a bit up and down, exciting at times (when we got our first win), but in danger of getting dragged down a little it now - getting to 8th was a bit of a false dawn, even though we all knew it at the time. Shrews doing well, and the family have booked a week’s holiday in Shrewsbury at Easter. What’s your favourite song of 2017?