23 March 2008
Bloomsday Revisited - Original Demos on Download Page
29/03/08 23:41
Listening through to some Bloomsday demos at the
weekend for the first time in a long while. The group
was, myself - guitars, Chris Thomson - words, voice
and guitars and Stephen Irvine - drums. Mark Bedford
of Madness occasionally played bass and Douglas
Muirden occasionally played keys. We signed to Island
and released one album called Fortuny but as is
sometimes the case I think the demos were better. So
I've just posted 5 of them on the
DOWNLOADS
page.
Chris and I often talk about another collaboration and we are at it again so, you never know.
Chris and I often talk about another collaboration and we are at it again so, you never know.
Robert Forster New Song - Pandanus
28/03/08 13:09
I just downloaded Robert Forster's song Pandanus for
his upcoming album The Evangelist. It's available as
a digital download from his recording company site.
The album just got a 5 star review in Uncut magazine
in the UK. It's out end of April. Here's the link for
the download,
http://store.yeproc.com/album.php?id=13323
and here's a link to RF's Evangelist page on his
site, http://www.robertforster.net/rfevangelist.html.
This is Robert's first post Go-Betweens release
and the song is really
good.
I toured with Robert, Robert Vickers and Grant McLennan (the other Go-Betweens on the bus) a few years back. Robert Vickers and I were playing together in Lloyd Cole's backing group and Robert Forster and Grant McLennan were opening as an acoustic duo. I have many great memories from that outing and news of Grant's passing in 2006 was shocking and saddening. I'll always remember his warmth as a person and his love of life, literature and songs. A great songwriter with friends all over the world. He is very fondly remembered.
I toured with Robert, Robert Vickers and Grant McLennan (the other Go-Betweens on the bus) a few years back. Robert Vickers and I were playing together in Lloyd Cole's backing group and Robert Forster and Grant McLennan were opening as an acoustic duo. I have many great memories from that outing and news of Grant's passing in 2006 was shocking and saddening. I'll always remember his warmth as a person and his love of life, literature and songs. A great songwriter with friends all over the world. He is very fondly remembered.