Thanks to a 'friend' who bought me a ticket and then decided she can't go, if anyone's interested, I have a spare ticket for Carter USM playing their 3rd and 4th album's in their entirety on Friday night at The Forum in Kentish Town…  album 3 being their chart topping pop album '1992 - The Love Album',  and then the sharp contrast of the much more heavyweight album 4, -'Post Historic Monsters' (my favourite Carter album which pulls the rare trick of managing to be brutal and horrible, yet positive and hopeful all at the same time as it deals with consumerism,  alcoholism, suicide, child abuse etc).

I can maybe also get tickets for albums one and two (which probably most people would consider their 2 absolute 'not-a-bad-track-on-them' classic albums) at Brixton Academy on Saturday night if anyone's interested… 
I've turned them down for myself because a) I've seen them play a lot of this stuff at the previous reunions (though admittedly i do long to hear them play 'An All American National Sport)',   b) I'll have my equipment from the XYK rehearsal during the day   c) after The Pixies, i'm worried that i just don't enjoy gigs any more

Let me know asap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry5LNJLHzDo

There was even a campaign on the internet to label him anti-semtitic.

And then maybe it's actually his art. Collins just writes pap balladry. Except of course his smash-hit first single, In The Air Tonight, an effortless brooding atmospheric pop song about witnessing a murder.

And what about Another Day In Paradise. I mean what a cunt how dare he try and raise awareness about homelessness when he's a multi-millionaire?! It's like total hypocrisy. People put him in with that cunt Sting and it makes me sick. All right, Sussudio is a load of bollocks. Part of his writing technique is to ad-lib nonsense sounds whilst he develops the melody. And sometimes it makes it into the song. But for every Sussudio, this technique also gave us the lyrics to the Genesis song No Son Of Mine a dark multi-layered pop song looking a domestic abuse.

And he's a great drummer as well. Well he was, apparently he's got some kind of spinal injury which means he can't play the drums or the piano at the moment, perhaps never again. You know what these cunts say, they say 'good'. Which lets be honest is just fucking mean. Anyone who take delight in an artist being unable to create their art any more wants a fucking nail gun through their head.

This English duo made a very good impression on their "Accedia"-album. On this new single the duo Max Rael - Del Alien are moving on with a mixture of rock and gothic music, but the three tracks from this single can't convince me at any single moment. The opening title song is quite slow in tempo. The vocals are quite graveyard-like while some electronic tones emerge to the surface. However, it all sounds less inspired. The next cut coming up is rather funny and weird as well. History Of Guns here mixed own vocals and music together with parts from the Spice Girls' "Spice Up Your Life". It could have been a cool idea, but the way it has been worked out is poorly inspired. The last cut features some cool electronic sounds, but the song is repetitive and once again less creative. I expected much more from this single and especially for a band that has already released several productions! This is insufficient!

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a new day a new dawn. every day is the first day of the rest of your life, or the first day of the end of your life. Decline and recline into sofas television and slowed down synapses but happy yes happy. Face lined with laughter. Birth and death. Laugh at the patterns. You can’t/won’t be able to do everything. Stop worrying about it. Buy History Of Guns product. Visit websites and read books. Watch films and have decent conversations. If it makes you happy even follow sports or spot trains or read about Jesus or watch television. Have a hobby. Stop working so hard. Smile at the pint that numbs it all. Stop worrying over things you have no control over. Just deep breath and put one foot in front of the other. We’ll get through this together, you and me. Life is short... and believe me, that’s oddly comforting.

Tomororw i'm playing my first proper gig with XYKOGEN, and very much looking forward to it in a nervous and excited kind of way.  :)

We're playing at Club Antichrist which is held at Club Colosseum, 1 Nine Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8 5NQ.  Doors are at 9pm.  XYKOGEN onstage at 10:30pm

I warn you it's pretty expensive, but like totally worth it to see XYKOGEN *plus* there's a hell of a lot of other things going on.  Sadly no guestlist remaining but I will have car and can provide lift back to Herts prob leaving at around 1am.

Salient points from flyer:
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Lavish 5 roomed venue, over 8 hours of sinful and depraved performances THE DEVIL'S PLAYROOM - Fully equipped dungeon by PlayPenz. In-house dominatrix Rebekka Raynor. Fetish art, porn visuals and scene friendly DM's.

THE HELLFIRE ROOM - 8 Hours of continuous music. Goth/trade, 80s, Post Punk and Alternative Anthems

THEATER OF SIN - Performers: The Whores (Grunge punk band), Lola Lenore (Dark and dirty Burlesque), Dee Christopher (Russian Roulette), Xykogen (Industrial band), Pariah Circus (the deviants return!), Shanklin Freakshow (Vaudeville, Rock, Circus and Cabaret)

CHILLOUT ROOM PLUS Satan's Strip Shows

Walkabouts include: The suspender squad, close-up magician, jugglers, fire breathers, angle grinders, naked cage dancers + stilt walkers galore! Naughty nurses giving out FREE shots, evil doctors offering FREE candy, Veil of Visions stall, AC Merch Stall, FREE condoms, latex cleaning service, and more… 

THE HELLHOLE - 5+ Hours of industrial, 'old skl' industrial AND Crossover/Industrial Metal

COUPLES + DARK ROOMS

Large efficient Cloakrooms, Changing Areas, FREE Parking up to 80 cars, 2 minutes walk from Vauxhall Tube, Night Buses.

ENFORCED DRESSCODE: Medical, Demonic Doctor, Naughty Nurse, Gothic, Fetish, Body Mod, Industrialist, Cyber goth, Theatrical, Bondage, TV/TS, Carnival, Vampire, Uniform

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