Jonathan Richman I think Fly Into The Mystery might have been another song recorded in the 1973 sessions with Kim Fowley (although as mentioned in the entry on Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste this is not clear-cut) - this recording is available on the Songs of Remembrance bootleg : Live versions are available dating from as early as 1971 - such as this one from a recently unearthed bootleg: It [...]
19th June: Berlin. Berlin is a different city these days. Sean and Gordon (our soundman) and I are taken over to Oranienburgerstrasse in the former eastern part of the city. It's just like the East Village, but Berlin always did remind me of New York, the same problems with gentrification and racism and lovely museums and burnt-out buildings and stuff. We run into Sterling Morrison at a bar called Obst and Gemuse (Fruit and Vegetables), and all go to the Knaack Club where kids are dancing to Deep Purple on one floor, and [...]
13th June: There's a live Elvis concert on TV this morning, from about 1972 I guess. James Burton on Telecaster - what a guitar player. In the hotel lobby I hear a Czech version of "Three Kinds of Lonely" by Lee Hazlewood. James Burton plays on the original version of that too. It's all getting very strange indeed. Prague is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen. Tonight's show is at a theater in the former Cultural Palace of the Communist Party. Sold out again (as [...]
12th June: The train trip to Prague. The food car ist kaputt. We buy some horrible Bratwurst and stale chocolate at the Dresden train station. At the Czech border Sean and I are ordered off the train because we don't have visas - "Go to Berlin and get a visa" "But it's Saturday and I'm playing in Prague Sunday night." We spend four hours at the train station and finally negotiate our way into the country. The trip from the border down to Prague is beautiful, as the train winds along next to the Elbe. We stay [...]
June 11: Laundry day. I feel sick. The tumble dryers aren't working properly. I walk about Hamburg, pick up a copy of "Moonshot" by Buffy St. Marie, and am starting to feel feverish. We're playing another arena, the Sporthalle, capacity 7,000 or so. The Velvets play an extra long set tonight, two and a half hours. I sleep for about three hours and wake up drenched with sweat but feeling better. In April 1993 Luna were invited to open for The Velvet Underground on their reunion tour around Europe. Dean Wareham [...]
June 10: We travel to Hamburg via train. I am chilling out listening to Mazzy Star and drinking Chokomel. Chokomel all around. Sean doesn't look too good today. That night we walk the infamous Herbertstrasse, then go to the Docks to see Alex Chilton but he has played already. Instead we see the Country Rockers from Memphis, TN. The drummer is about 65 years old and looks like he's about to fall off his drum throne. He plays real slow. In April 1993 Luna were invited to open for The Velvet Underground on [...]
June 9: Rotterdam, the Ahoy, capacity 10,600. A lot of people at this show, mostly Dutch people I think. Our show goes over very well. It's too hot to sleep in the damn hotel rooms. In April 1993 Luna were invited to open for The Velvet Underground on their reunion tour around Europe. Dean Wareham kept a diary of the tour which was published in the November 1993 issue of Alternative Press, I've just lifted that article and chopped it up into days and will post it here over the coming days - [...]
Stan Demeski's "All Access" pass June 8: The Paradiso, Amsterdam. Rumors that Luna will not be able to fit on stage turn out to be false. This is the smallest show on the tour with a capacity of 1200 and no air-conditioning, and there's a heatwave here in Holland. We have a great show - the heat makes us sweat and look like we're really rocking even though we're standing still. I watch the Velvets' show from the balcony, right on the side of the stage. I'm very lucky I know. [...]
7th June: Amsterdam, coffee shops, Chokomel. It's good to be in Amsterdam I had to look it up: In April 1993 Luna were invited to open for The Velvet Underground on their reunion tour around Europe. Dean Wareham kept a diary of the tour which was published in the November 1993 issue of Alternative Press, I've just lifted that article and chopped it up into days and will post it here over the coming days - all without permission - if [...]
6th June: Wembley Arena, capacity 12,000. "Hello, Wembley!" I hate stadiums and arenas, but I have a good time onstage. John Cale's violas fall over onto Sean's foot-pedals during our set, or did he kick them? I never find out for sure. Tonight the Velvets pull out "Pale Blue Eyes" for the first time. Sterling is playing lead and Cale the viola. In April 1993 Luna were invited to open for The Velvet Underground on their reunion tour around Europe. Dean Wareham kept a diary [...]
5th June: Tonight's show is at the Forum in London, capacity of about 1800. Lots of celebrities, like Chrissie Hynde and Peter Gabriel. Wow. I was hoping for Mick Ronson. The Velvets do a killer version of "Hey Mr. Rain" which must be about twelve minutes long. They're also doing a new song in the encores, "Coyote." After the show, we go back to the Columbia Hotel and sit in the bar. In April 1993 Luna were invited to open for The Velvet Underground on their reunion tour around [...]
Fred Neil released his original of Everybody's Talkin' on his second (eponymous) album in 1966. In 1969 Nillson's cover of the song was picked by John Schelsinger as the theme tune to Midnight Cowboy and thus began my (and many others) misconception that it was a Nillson original! Fairly sure I was only set straight when Luna released their kazoo-tastic cover of it on the Sub Pop [...]
3rd June: We have our own show at the Borderline in London. I am tired and have had a bit much Guinness. The show is sloppy and the guitars are out of tune but I don't think anyone noticed. After the show we go back to the Columbia Hotel and sit in the bar. MP3: Luna cover The Velvet Underground's Ride Into The Sun [...]
In April 1993 Luna were invited to open for The Velvet Underground on their reunion tour around Europe. Dean Wareham kept a diary of the tour which was published in the November 1993 issue of Alternative Press, I've just lifted that article and chopped it up into days and will post it here over the coming days - all without permission - if anyone objects give me a shout. 2nd June: We are well rested and perform better tonight. [...]
In April 1993 Luna were invited to open for The Velvet Underground on their reunion tour around Europe. Dean Wareham kept a diary of the tour which was published in the November 1993 issue of Alternative Press, I've just lifted that article and chopped it up into days and will post it here over the coming days - all without permission - if anyone objects give me a shout. So... 20 years on: 31st May / June 1st: Justin, Sean, Stanley and I [...]
Suicide - Dream Baby Dream Suicide - Dream Baby Dream (live) Luna - Dream Baby Dream Dean with Angel Corpus Christi and Suicide's Alan Vega (photo ht) Luna never often played this live, my database has only one known performance (although I don't have too many setlists from the 90s). So here are Luna playing Dream Baby Dream at the Mercury Lounge in [...]
Suicide - Dream Baby Dream Suicide - Dream Baby Dream (live) Luna - Dream Baby Dream Dean with Angel Corpus Christi and Suicide's Alan Vega (photo ht) Luna never often played this live, my database has only one known performance (although I don't have too many setlists from the 90s). So here are Luna playing Dream Baby Dream at the [...]
I might have to quit 'The News' for a while...again. It becomes overwhelming having to dissect agendized narratives, half truths, and outright lies packaged as facts and information just to end up feeling mentally and emotionally defeated on a daily basis. But I refuse to just pick a side because it's easy. Unless that side is burning it all down and starting over . "Of course it’s exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn’t meant to be reasonable." — Kurt Vonnegut Fingerbanger 1 : Luna [...]
In amongst all the Luna music in the film Tell Me Do You Miss Me were a number of specially composed pieces by each of the band members and here they are, ripped from the DVD for your listening pleasure MP3: Darkness - Lee Wall [...]
In honour of the book of the same name that I got on Wednesday , and the absolute (probably relative) scorcher we're having in London this week... Galaxie 500 - Temperature's Rising (live Commonwealth School, Boston 1989) Luna - Temperature's Rising (live Underworld, London in 1992) [...]
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