1. Nobody Knows What’s Goin’ On (In My Mind But Me) / The Chiffons
2. Codename Dragonfly / Mellow
3. Angel / Sonic Boom
4. 40 Versions / Godflesh
5. Stranger in Paradise / Sun Ra
6. Stars Above / The Love Dimension
7. Pretty Little Angel Eyes / Curtis Lee
8. Brown-Eyed Girl / Creedence Clearwater Revival
9. California groupie girl / Scool Girls
10. Rated X / Gilder, Nick
11. Lola / Raincoats, The
12. Candlelight / Gestures, The
13. She’s a Superstar (Edit) / Verve, The
14. Dragonfly / Dead Meadow
15. Firebird / The White Noise
16. Nitroglycerine / Gories, The
17. Killer Queen / Queen
18. Glycerine Queen / Quatro, Suzi
19. Hot Child in the City / Gilder, Nick
20. Little Doll / Stooges, The
21. Dizzy Miss Lizzy / The Spiders
22. I’m Eating Off A Fashion Plate / Now, The
23. Nazi Knife / Apache
24. her war with history / nihiti
25. Her Name Is Suicide / Serena Maneesh
26. Ghost Rider / Suicide
27. Into My Arms / Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
28. Oh Yoko / Lennon, John
29. What a Way to Die / Pleasure Seekers
30. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) / Beatles, The
31. All Tomorrow’s Parties (Single Version) / Velvet Underground, The
1. I Hear a New World / Joe Meek
2. Revolution / Spacemen 3
3. Children of the Revolution / T. Rex
4. Run, Run, Run / The Gestures
5. Dream Baby Dream / Bruce Springsteen
6. Some Velvet Morning / Slowdive
7. Homeward Bound / Simon & Garfunkel
8. Map Ref 41N 93W / My Bloody Valentine
9. Rocket USA / Loop
10. Rocket Number Nine Take Off For The Planet Venus / Sun Ra
11. Venus In Furs / Velvet Underground
12. Warm Leatherette / The Normal
13. Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne / Suicide
14. Being Boiled (Fast Version) / Human League
15. Surf City (revisited) / Black Angels, The
16. Surfin’ USA (Summer Mix) / Jesus & Mary Chain
17. Honolulu Lulu / Jan & Dean
18. Kokomo / The Beach Boys
I heard some Bach and Dvořák performed at the Rudolfinum’s Dvořák Hall. It was delightful. The hall was quite exquisite as well. This is my first classical music sort of concert. Funny how lots of people totally dress up really fancy like — I was wearing jeans and a hoodie. My roommate treated me as a thanks for computer help throughout the week. I have to admit that near the end of the performance I was kind of falling asleep … what can you do! But there were some moments that had my full attention as well. Long day… Oh yeah, they do encores at these types of concerts as well, in case you were wonderin’.
J. S. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major BWV 1051
J. S. BACH: Concerto in D major for three violins and orchestra BWV 1064
A. DVOŘÁK: Silent Woods for cello and orchestra op. 68
A. DVOŘÁK: String Quintet in G major op. 77 (arrangement)
Czech Chamber Orchestra
violin Jana Vlachová, Dana Vlachová, Maria Ericsson Vlach
cello Mikael Ericsson
rehearsed by Jana Vlachová
I saw Merzbow last night – a totally bone rattling experience. I recorded a video and I was just looking at it now and there’s no point in sharing it with anyone since it sounds like shit! But i have some pictures… basically yeah he is up there with two laptops and occasionally he plays this thing that looks like a guitar without the arm. Lots of noise (duh), really loud, and this thumping sound in the background most of the night. He played for about an hour, the end was the best, with the strobey lights shining on him… my camera had run out of batteries at that point, because i recorded a bunch of worthless video… I shoulda known better. My ears were ringing afterwards. The venue was nice — the Archa Theatre.
So, the main reason I derailed my east of Europe adventures and came to Germany was to see Spectrum. I’d seen it advertised on a MySpace bulletin, that my MySpace friend Kosmik-Klaus was doing visuals for Spectrum in Würzburg, which is 1.5 – 2 hours away from Frankfurt. That made me want to go more because his visuals are some of the best and I enjoy a good audio/visual experience. I contacted Klaus (pictured on my right, below) on MySpace, asking him if he knew of anyone that was driving from Frankfurt to Würzburg. He sent some emails and found Jürgen (very left). Me and Jürgen exchanged some emails and everything was set! After I had my Persian dinner, I headed to Jürgen’s and I rode to Würzburg with two other guys. I forget their names. One of them brought some equipment to record the concert, let’s call him Tape-man. So we went to the venue, Cafe Cairo, and we were there pretty early. Opening band played, Vibravoid, they were okay, I think they might have had a longer set than Spectrum though! Ha… Anyhow. Spectrum were fantastic, Kosmik-Klaus’ vizualz were off-the-chain, and I very much enjoyed my evening. After the show was over we were still hanging around for a bit because Tape-man was taking his time chatting it up with people, some of which were Spectrum drummer & bass player. I guess Tape-man was talking to them about me and how I am couchsurfing, and they wanted to talk to me. So I explained to Spectrum drummer & bass player about couchsurfing and then parted with them sayin’ “See you in Barcelona!” since I told them I’d be heading there. In other news, the new guitar player is a total babe.
The first concert I attended after landing in Istanbul was Napalm Death. They played at Kemancı Rock Bar which is located in the more hip Beyoglu neighborhood of the city. So, I had been trying to find a way to get a ticket before I arrived in Istanbul, but I am glad I was never successful because I met a girl that lives in Ankara, Turkey and she had a plus one! The show was very enjoyable although it was PACKED. There were so many Turkish long-haired metal heads wearing black t-shirts of a metal looking band. I never knew this, but Istanbul is the third most populated city in the world (#1 is Mumbai, India and #2 is Karachi, Pakistan) so pretty much every “scene” here is thriving. Before Napalm Death went on, the crowd was doing various chants to induce performance including one that seemed like it was in the tune of “When the Saints Go Marching In.”
I drove up to Los Angeles for Part Time Punks last night. The headlining band was Rainbow Arabia, who are two white people (husband/wife) that reside in Los Angeles, and like their name, play Arabian sounding post-punk flavored music. Inspired by music heard on the Bishop brothers’ Sublime Frequencies label. Here is a weird music video that contains both rainbow and Arabian (desert) elements.
So, the party was fun, the DJ highlights were Silver Apples by the punx and JAMC “Surfin’ USA” by Cobain in a Coma (that was louddd!). I really enjoyed the opening band, Bridez, from San Francisco. They had this raw punk grunge energy which drew me in, and front-woman Liza’s vox reminded me of Kim Deal at times. Drummer was awesome and wearing an Annihilation Time t-shirt which I admired. Catch them January 27th @ Hemlock tavern.
Bridez on vuhrtoob:
Rainbow Arabia’s live act was good, they got people dancing (”Let them dance”!) but I feel like there was something missing. Maybe they need bigger amps? Maybe they need to add more atmosphere to their show by adding a strobe light and fog? not sure. Here is a picture of dude’s Casio, though. Next to “CASIO” is some Arabic calligraphy that translates to “CASIO”. I could read it because I am familiar with some Farsi characters.
