bang
the coffeee shop
i'll have a baggie of each
the widow
the shiva
the other two
outside a shady guy says
you wanna buy something?
i say yeah what?
he says gimme 80 euros now
i say what for
he says quick
i say why
he says gimme 80 euros
i say ha ha
go away silly man
you think im a nidiot?
canals
guys sitting round on boats drinking beers
furtive transactions in shadows
familys buying sooveneers
lotta people on bikes
last nights show was good
quite a lotta people
they liked it
we rocked
etc
what can i say
hotel room tonite like a cell
no amenities
very austere
in a basement
tonites gig souled out they say
thats only the small room at paradiso
big room has big metal band on
we used to play the big room once
sigh
pause for readers to become misty
as ttb contemplates his gradual demise
still its good to sell out where we are
why here?
well i guess a lotta pommies coming over
stoners from all walks of life in the eu
to see us rock n blow a number
slip into that universe next door
unlocking that door legally
going with that sweet greene iceing flowing down
amsterdam red light mr what do ya want?
van go go museums?
im sitting backstage
on the net
rockn roll
the heavy metal pounds somewhere above us
i follow the red line to our room
its a rabbit warren of people n corridors down here
waiters n cooks running around
roadies n people from a tv station
a driver who used to drive for us 20 years ago
i rememember this n that he says
soon will go on n rock the nether regions land
more of this
soon
Followers
38 comments:
Take 'em to that other place, SK! Raising a glass your way in the hopes that you transcend, as you guys always do.
:-)
ryan
I'm fretting over the logistics of an upcoming gig. Oh how nice it would be to have outside management to handle all that hassle! And, you know, to be in Europe and all that neat shit.
John Garratt
Glad Krefeld went well. I told my old man to go. Are star damn!
ah killah,
is it 'my dying bride' droning in the background?
the most miserable sounds ever made
emanate from those men.
but someone miscalculated didn't they?
t'other hall's half empty 'init!
while youv'e had to turn 'em away.
oh, well, them's the breaks.
some lucky people are in for a dutch treat tonight, that's for sure!
love to all,
andy L.
...and that piece you play...the motet, the gorgeous renaissance music. poignant. what is it? Tallis? I need to know! And how it blends into Saturation...so expansive...rather The Cathedral than The Church
i like the rolling paper dispensers in the coffee shops, instead of napkins...oh and tobacco instead of sugar!
there's no gradual demise in the quality of the music...so you'll be fine.
now listen...you can't stay in amsterdam...can't stay in the coffee shop...don't make the others come looking for ya. by the way, i'll have what you're having ; )
do one more tour. But make sure you bill it as the final tour. people will show up like crazy. oh yeah and make sure you do it in the states!
You should be sold out at every venue.
One week today and I'll be a rootin' and a tootlin' to Brighton.
Kiss me quick SK, but rock me ssssssslllllllloooowwwww.
Right...
"the widow
the shiva
the other two"
Please do divulge...
What were "the other two" that you chose ??????
Sounds like you got the "deluxe air-raid shelter suite" at your hotel.
wow
yes
I'll have whatever
he's having
with sugar on top
peaches with chocolate sauce
do they make
vegan whipped cream?
I mean, if you can have vegan steak...
why not
I say
I want to see everything with the eyes
of my Heart
anew in violet flames
er, frames
um, contacts
it doesn't matter what we do
where we are going to
we could stick around
and see this night through
I want to take photos
of the things cameras can
capture, anyway
write or paint about unseen landscapes
and interior decoration
I want dessert first
terrible lucky beast I am
4 leaf clovers and lucky horseshoes
wait are those blunnies that horse is wearing?
after the guys go out in boats
with their piss vinegar and moaning
well these guys say ya only rent beer
and sometimes ya gotta get pissed
same guys say the same about water
just passing through
except that water is free
in wild places
and it stays positively in the bloodstream
mixes with salt that crawled out of the
sea
mineralised
realised
carries chi
like time in a body
or
a geni in a patina lamp
rub the lamp
3 times
make 3 wishes
memory you trickster
circumscribed
behind eyelids
the oldest images played there
have weird subtitles
like cuneiform or cumuliform
difficult to translate into any modern tongue
well
except body language
laying awake in bed warm without covers
lover
the din of metal
will stop as the drummer tires his wrists of fury
the girls working their way through school
washed out the diner smell from cloths and hair
long ago
hailed a cab
to visit some modern art museums
the paintings there
blow her mind sweet jesus!
she's been by car and train
not a lot by airplane
sure she's...
excited
a bit...
she's a van go go dancer
though
ready and
willing
9..............
~
Ah, but the important thing is the time being, is it not? Fortune smiled once or many times, but it was not yours to own. Boethius and The Consolation of Philosophy will make it all right.
“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?”
Do like Keats, Brother.
Have a great show and stay away from those 80 EU bags. They blow holes in ya soul!
Just 1 week to go sk, hang in there my sweet. I hope you get to see your daughters in Sweden, that's one sure way to put a smile on ttb.
Take care and love always,
xxxxxAmanda
clear blue expression
today
I sense you are somewhere in the vicinity
of your element
warming your hands around it
v
what do you call a man with 29 rabbits up his bottom?..........Warren....and with that ,I think I should go back to bed.
You are living the life most of us just dream or read about....
ed in fl
best wishes to veleska.
she's had a lousy week,
some jerk in a truck nearly killed her tuesday.
her car's totalled,
and she's in constant pain.
a CAT scan is booked for monday.
she's one of the best people on this thing and i damn well hope she's going to be ok.
neptunous healing vibrations coming your way girl,
big hugs and loads of love,
andy L.
sometimes fragmented prose is
pleasing to the mind's eye, but
this ~'s dribble is tripe. I want to ignore it but it's like a train wreck. it's all tongue-in-cheek and cliche's I've heard for the first time.
It's like he/she thinks they are an impressive writer. some are fools, some are blinded by their own incompetence.
Every recording Steve Kilbey performs on is golden. It only took three listens for me to realize that "Dabble" splenderously dazzles. Steve's music is worthy of eternity.
You'd have
to play
all those songs
they want you
to play
If you wanted
to play
those bigger
rooms
anyway
a catalogue
too vast
to please
everyone
but i'm glad
you are
having
fun
glad everything is going well sk
thanks andy for letting us know, veleska - very sorry to hear about your accident and i hope you are ok
dear ~ the thing is - really, everyone is pretty tolerant here - lord knows i have written some drivel in my time so don't want to criticise you but it seems most people who like sk are into subtlety and ambiguity, delicacy, sensitivity, all that sort of stuff, you don't need to shout, less is more etc etc, originality is good, appropriation is cool if in small doses, but a lot of these phrases you use - well to see them bandied around its kind of unnerving, although I don't want to seem precious about it
it is very difficult to express ourselves but when you write as yourself and say what you think you are delightful, as is everyone here
looking forward to checking out your blog in the future
Hello Isolde -
"when you write as yourself and say what you think you are delightful"
...thing is, who or what exactly is "yourself" ?
can you define that ?
can you even define that for the person you usually think of as "you" ?
i'm guessing this is one of the points ~ is making.
Have a little listen to the words in "Night Sequence" on BWTB.
peace/love,
Mal
sk,
rock on! still doing the splitz?
;]=~~
el mo 2's "reptile" rocks the nether regions
thanks for letting out your whitehot ardour on this version
just delicious
Good morning SK.
I trust that you were wonderful last night.
Love to you Veleska.
x
sigh...
wish I was there...
I love The Church,
and I love that city on the Amstel.
I was at the Paradiso last night. The small room... yeah, but blowing a lot of bands I've seen there recently away. Soldiering on despite the sound probs... good on ya.
Thanks for a great show. Considering trekking to Utrecht tonight to see ya again.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/caroline/sets/72157600101336457/
Five pictures there, more coming
hello mal arkey
yes indeed
perhaps
perhaps not
its all manipulation, fantasy, unreality, but seems to me it's not whether the character is real, it's whether the heart in the writing is real
love and peace to you too
a dreamer, yes
old enough to see devils
young enough to know angels
around every corner
perhaps then
another's dreams will seem unreal knowing
only their desires and fears
and of your own,
and of mine
mal arky
true aim
the point is the evolution of the self
to continually seek to know
the true self
to follow the dream within the dream
as Poe pointed out
the illusion of reality
recognition of cycles
and symbols
how we learn here
and grow toward the sun
from the soil
love for warmth
growing pains
lessons seasonal
teachers I have always respected
the ones that won't accept less
than your best
make you want it for yourself
however many times you fail
in the process
truth ain't pretty
it is no less than
beautiful
nice of you to say you'd read my blog
isolde
I have images posted in my element
that speak from my heart as words may never
delicate spring blooms of bleeding hearts
drip white not red
the purity of their longing
yes, and the fire from red, white heat
veleska
your courage to overcome is great, anyone blessed to count you as friend
healing and peace to you, may your pain be brief and you find yourself back on your feet again soon
caroline, thanks for the photos!
applause!
~
well wishes to veleska.
rock on sk
ya killer
The Church... Amsterdam... la fée verte... & other things green & beautiful... oh, I wish I could've been there...
Nice array of pictures cvodb!
Thanks. :-)
I just bought a ticket for the Hengelo show, hope to take some more pictures there, from another angle.
best wishes to you Veleska
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