Wir = Wire around 1991-1992 when Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis & Colin Newman assembled without drummer Robert Gotobed. Wir’s released an album “The First Letter” (Mute cat. no. STUMM87, 1991-10) and a single “So And Slow It Grows” (Mute cat. no. MUTE107, 1991-11). The latter also featured remixes by the Orb and LFO – with Mark Bell & Gez Varley remixing album track “Take it (for greedy)”. Despite it all, the band once again failed to sell by the billions. They wouldn’t return to the scene until around 2000 … Hey and dig the slowness here too ;-)
Tag Archives: Newman Colin
so and slow it grows
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Tagged 1991, Bell Mark, Gilbert BC (Bruce), Lewis Graham, LFO, linktips, Mute, Newman Colin, Orb the, Varley Gez, Wir, Wire
41°N 93°W
Finally at long last … exhaustive details on that 41°N 93°W location Wire sang about (and MBV too)! Utterly obvious someone should’ve dedicated himself to this issue thoroughly …and now that’s happened – many thanks Mr Basement Geographer! (And one last question: did Mr. Lewis fly over Iowa with BEA?)
http://basementgeographer.blogspot.com/2010/11/map-ref-41n-93w.html
http://fusionanomaly.net/wire.html
http://www.45cat.com/record/har5192
http://www.discogs.com/Wire-Map-Ref-41%C2%BAN-93%C2%BAW/release/911145
http://ripitupfootnotes.blogspot.com/2008/11/footnotes-9-chapter-8-art-attack.html
http://www.pinkflag.com/read/discography/map-ref-41*N-93*W.php
http://www.wireviews.com/reviews/wire_on_the_box_1979.html
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Whore/release/101972
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/154_%28album%29
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Tagged 1978, 1979, 1996, 1998, 2004, Cherry Red, Chusid Irwin, EMI, geography, Gilbert BC (Bruce), Harvest, Iowa, Kennis Mark, Lewis Graham, linktips, My Bloody Valentine, Newman Colin, outsider music, Rockpalast, sleeve art, Songs In The Key Of Z v/a, Thorne Mike, tv, v/a compilation, WDR, Whore Various Artists Play Wire v/a, Wire, WMO
supercharged with real jinglyjangly gitness
Over The Limit
Talent free fame, over hyped fare,
Celebrity stiffs, dubious gifts
Never ever paying, keep freeloading,
“I’m cool”, give it here
Your dad’s records, not quite forgotten,
Patchy memory? More easy pickings
Choc full tube, red light stop,
Cold at dusk, early dark.
Lack of discretion, lack of taste,
Lack of judgment, lack of space
Pecking orders, concrete borders,
Bust & boom, prophets of doom
Too much money, too many gods,
Too much pride, too many opinions
Too much hate, too much stupidity,
Too many mugs, too little hope.
Spam fissures, surfeit of knowledge,
History victors, instant experts
Stolen music, arsehole managers,
Pompous gits, celebrity shits
British spin, the way they sell it,
Ticking boxes, guilt in giving,
White van vandals, black economy,
Token spokesmen, endless analysis.
Lack of discretion, lack of taste,
Lack of judgment, lack of space
Pecking orders, concrete borders,
Bust & boom, prophets of doom
Too much money, too many gods,
Too much pride, too many opinions
Too much hate, too much stupidity,
Too many mugs, too little hope.
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Tagged 2009, Githead, new release, Newman Colin, Rimbaud Robin, Scanner, sleeve art, Spigel Malka, Swim~
buzz buzz buzz
http://www.pinkflag.com/read/discography/eardrum-buzz.php
http://www.wireviews.com/lyrics/ibtaba.html
http://patrick.op.het.net.je/wire/
+ bonus
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Tagged 1989, 198X, Gilbert BC (Bruce), Lewis Graham, linktips, Mute, Newman Colin, Wire
paul & brian & peter & dudley
“Sorry mate – history’s moving along. Recorded music equals whale blubber.” From Paul “ZTT” Morley interviewing “Eno”, The Guardian, 2010-01-17, http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/17/brian-eno-interview-paul-morleyvia http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2010/01/20/end-of-an-era-2/ (check the extra comments), itself discovered via the ever wonderful http://www.freaky.be/blog/2010/01/21/the-record-age-was-just-a-blip/ & see also http://uzine.posterous.com/3345-return-of-the-return-of-vinyl
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Tagged 1977, 2.0, 2010, Arena, BBC, biography, book, comedy, Cook Peter, Derek & Clive, Eno Brian, Moore Dudley, Morley Paul, Newman Colin, record industry
ken nordine !
But no trace of this here Nordine & Dead Man Ray collaboration … no trace of that in the Daan Belpop documentary either ;-)
Dead Man Ray: “Blue Volkswagen” (off the “Cago” cd, released 2002-11). Music by Elko Blijweert, Herman Houbrechts, Daan Stuyven, Rudy Trouvé & Wouter Van Belle. Lyrics by Ken Nordine and Daan. Produced & mixed by Steve Albini at Electrical Studios, C(hic)ago, mastered in London.
Hey yo yo yo & give that “Cago” another listen!!
Find those Colin Newman and Atom™ remixes!!
Check that (pre Pet Shop Boys) Hoogerbrugge video!!
http://www.deadmanray.com/
http://www.deadbeattown.com/ > bands
http://houbi.com/belpop/groups/deadmanray.htm
http://www.cucamonga.be/interviews/DeadManRay0902.htm
http://blog.seniorennet.be/blyweert/archief.php?ID=52 :-))
http://www.hoogerbrugge.com/commissions/animation/dead-man-ray/
+ do click the Nordine Ken tag with this post to see a Levi’s ad he contributed to!
re: Nordine: http://www.wordjazz.com/ + http://uncertaintimes.tumblr.com/search/nordine + …
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Tagged 2002, 2008, 2009, Albini Steve, Atom™, Belgium, Blijweert Elko, Chicago, Daan, Dead Man Ray, Hoogerbrugge Han, linktips, Newman Colin, Nordine Ken, Solid Steel, Trouvé Rudy
#1: the back catalogue (aka ISSN 13773828)
[uzine] used to be a music e-zine between 1999 and 2006, run by a threesome and then some (from the mid to end nineties, it was a webzine called ultra – hence the u -, run by (kf) & (hs) a.o. ). The e-zine (now defunct, don’t dream of sending stuff for review) had about 3000 subscribers and even more dedicated readers. We did interviews and reviews and provided the playlists of our radio shows (expect those here later on as well) plus a lot of links, favelists, best of the year overviews, etc. … annexed is the the whole shebang in a 2,6 MB zip featuring txt files and a contents pdf …
Incidentally, everything here is “for demonstration & (internet) conversation purposes”. This here blog will not be making any media files downloadable; such are our settings on this here Posterous platform. If they are presented here, the purpose is to promote artists by providing tangible examples of their art & craft, and to have you, o dear readership, become equally enthusiastic about the art on display, perhaps even tempting you to purchase it legally. As the financial crisis of 2008 has shown, we’re living in a consumer society (and a services economy, and an attention economy, and a spectacle society), so everyone has to be aware of and do what it takes to keep the wheels going (without harming the planet). Also, it is our intent to always provide direct links to artist or label sites, and to the sources we got our information or data from … as well as other relevant and informative links, cf. this site’s subtitle. Conversely (vice versa, mutatis mutandis), we hope to be quoted whenever material of ours is used, including all stuff from the issues of [uzine] contained in this here zip containing our own writings. Do contact us if you have issues or questions …
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Update: since the switch from Posterous to WordPress, it’s no longer possible to offer a zip. Here’s the contents table instead, and an example issue. When there’s time, we’ll make a separate blogpost of each e-zine.
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