Shelly's birthday celebrations started on Thursday in a civilised enough vein with a preview of Michel Gondry's 'The Science of Sleep', which was followed by a Q & A with the charming Frenchman. I wanted to ask him who was the better drummer between him and Gael Garcia Bernal but the audience was full of film students with far less interesting questions. Anyhoo, the film's well worth seeing, with great performances from Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg, though not as good as 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', which we watched again on DVD last night in homage to Gondry.
Friday night saw things get more raucous with deformed eggs and copious amounts of red wine being consumed, mostly by me, it would appear. Anyway, cue drunken renditions of Nick Cave and Jacques Brel songs with ham-fisted guitar accompaniment, but much harmless fun was had by all and sundry.
This all meant of course that Saturday morning saw me nursing a particularly ferocious hangover: possibly not the best state in which to be co-presenting a radio show.
Usually our engineer Michael is on hangover duty, but he wasn't in this week, probably due to not having a hangover, so it was clearly my turn.
Fortunately Woodcraft Folk were in session, playing some very soothing music, including a very relaxing version of the Fall's 'English Scheme'.
Captain Blood Blood and the Sea Dogs were noisier but I can forgive them since they were also highly entertaining. If there was any justice in the world these lads would be riding high in the popular music charts instead of the indie schmindie fops polluting the hearts and minds of our young people these days.
4 comments:
Hey, did somebody say hangover? Is that Simon? What were you up to on Friday anyway? At least some of us know what year it is, not like Richard! Great show, btw, and Dec 9 just got replayed by bennett on LA's killradio.org!
... and I just sent him some Sea Dogs, btw - top band.
that geezer is wearing your hat is'nt he? just back from SA, cant sleep, off to Devon today then Suffolk on Sat-see you next week? can you tape me some Sea Dogs? belated happy birthday to Shelly.
16 Horsepower? perhaps the greatest band that ever walked this earth? any chance you could get them on R? or maybe the other great lost skater country pirates The Black Heart Procession? Sorry, been going through old records today.... Sea Shantys forever!
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