VACATION, NOT IN QUOTES
Last week I spent rehearsing and writing with the Disciplines in Oslo, and we made some great new songs, we should have an album's worth of stuff by the end of the year, and we are looking to make a record in early 2007. High energy, extremely singable Music for the People. During my stay, the Oya Festival was taking place (I count the Posies' appearance there last year as one of its highlights as far as my enjoyment is concerned, and I think we went over quite well indeed)--I had 3 artists on my agenda:
Snow Patrol. Travel woes worked rather to my advantage, I hate to admit--the fracas at Heathrow meant that 40% of Snow Patrol didn't make it to Norway, and I joined them for an impromptu acoustic set--I played a ridiculous, not acoustic at all, 'workstation' and sang as much of Martha Wainwright's* part as I thought wouldn't be weird. I think SP was a bit down about it all, making the best of it of course, but not able to deliver the full effect, but I thought under the circumstances it was memorable, I played really well, and you can't keep good songs down. Thank you very much to Deus' friendly crew.
Twilight Singers. I hadn't had a chance to see Greg Dulli's band yet, and was surprised to find they are into the burn, rather than the smolder their first album implies...hey, it worked for me. The live band is shit hot, and I hated to compare the drummer's looks to Noddy Holder, but it's just what I saw. He is a killer on the kit, don't get me wrong. I was happy to chat with Greg and with Mark Lanegan a bit, men among men that they are, they are very warm folks.
Morningwood. They cancelled. Rumor has it they got such bad reviews in Norway that they didn't feel like coming, but I doubt this is true...they may have had their tour support yanked...their site hasn't been updated since last month and I didn't have the time to sift thru their forum for an answer. I was sorry they couldn't make it...fuck the press, let's art dance.
I leave you with this excerpt from 'Black Lamb and Grey Falcon', then I'm going to the beach.
"There are not only good men and bad men, there are bad good men and there are good bad men. A bad good man complies in each individual act with accepted ethical standards, but his whole life describes a pattern that cannot be pleasing to God. A good bad man may commit all manner of faults and crimes, but at bottom he lets nothing come before the duty of subjecting experience to the highest law..." --Rebecca West
Love
KS
Ste. Marie de Re, FRANCE
