First day of Feb, and with it, my first alcohol since new year's day.
Despite being sober for January, I managed to get out to a few gigs - Robyn Hitchcock, Ginger, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, and the Supersuckers.
Gig-going without beer is weird - and cheap - but these four were all great nights out. I would have fancied a few beers with the Supersuckers though; pretty much everyone else in the place (Fibbers in York) was trashed.
Bonnie Prince B was excellent, far better than I expected, much more rocking and less maudlin strumming than I feared. I like the new LP, but I'm not too familiar with his other stuff, and apart from a couple of covers I knew none of the tunes from the first hour of the set. Sign of a good gig, you have not heard the material before, but you are grinning to yourself thinking 'this is bloody good'...
So I'm sipping on a warm ale, got Big Black on the headphones, it's good to be back..
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Spent my stag night completely off my face in Fibbers watching the Hamsters. Great Night. Saw a few gigs there; Tom Robinson being the pick.
Surprised you don't have more Bonnie Prince Billy - remember that you had I See A Darkness, but even you found it too bleak. Should give it another go, it's a great album. Enjoyed last years covers album recorded with Tortoise too. A couple of tracks on my best of 06 shortlist before I settled on Calvary Cross.
I revisited I See A Darkness after the Cash cover, and I enjoyed it more. Will check out the Tortoise collaboration, I enjoyed the track on your compilation.
Turns out that Jon Barry from school is Will Oldhams' tour manager, we bumped into him in the crowd..
I thought Fibbers was a great venue, very friendly and not as posey or up itself as either the Social or the Rescue Rooms in Nottm.
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