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Bands who are late arriving on stage are cunts, don't they realise some of us travel a great distance to see them and need to leave at a certain time to catch our trains home

It'll never catch on...

Donald Sutherland: “Barry Richardson, who was the hairdresser on Nic Roeg’s Don’t Look Now, asked me if I’d do a music video with Kate Bush. I told him no and we went on to other conversations. A couple of days later there was a knock on my door. I lived in the Savoy Hotel (in London). On the river. Suite 312. I loved it there. So cosseted. So private. Only the floor butler rang the door. I opened it. There was no one there. I heard a voice saying hello and I looked down. Standing down there was a very small Kate Bush. Barry had told her where I lived. What can you do? She wanted to explain what her video was about. I let her in. She sat down, said some stuff. All I heard was ‘Wilhelm Reich’. I’d taken an underground copy of his The Mass Psychology of Fascism with me when I went to film (Bernardo) Bertolucci’s Novecento in Parma. Reich’s work informed the psychological foundations of Attila Mellanchini, the character Bernardo had cast me to play. Everything about Reich echoed through me. He was there then and now he was here. Sitting across from me in the person of the very eloquent Kate Bush. Synchronicity. Perfect. She talked some more. I said OK and we made ‘Cloudbusting’. She’s wonderful, Kate Bush. Wonderful. I love that I did it. (What do I remember) about doing it? I remember being in the car and the hill and them taking me, taking Reich, away and looking back through the back window of the car and seeing her, seeing Reich’s son Peter, standing there. And I remember the first morning on set seeing her coming out of her trailer smoking a joint and I cautioned her, saying she shouldn’t smoke that, it’d affect her work, and she looked at me for a second and said she hadn’t been straight for nine years and I loved her.”

But one of the best things his work has given rise to, at least as far as teenagers of the 1980s are concerned, is that video. And one of the best things I’ve found about *that* is the Dazed article, in which Donald Sutherland talks about how he got the gig – and about Kate Bush being wasted:

Entrance to the Underworld in Camden

Stage times for the Kylesa show in London

Kylesa on stage at the Underworld

Kylesa on stage at the Underworld

Gig #38 was also a long time ago, and in the UK, Kylesa (3) at The Underworld in London, reformed and in form, glad I stuck around for a few extra days to catch them (and 3IoB).

Front entrance of The Asylum

Stage times for the 3 Inches Of Blood show at The Asylum

Cam Pipes of 3 Inches of Blood on stage

So gig #37 of the year was the day after gig #36, over a month ago, 3 Inches Of Blood (5) in The Asyium in Birmingham, brilliant show, surprised I had not been to a show here before.

This is patently not true, they're just releasing vinyl missing tracks or across multiple discs

Decoder Ring? slate.com/podcasts/dec...

Entrance to The Bread Shed

3 Inches Of Blood on stage

3 Inches Of Blood onstage

3 Inches Of Blood onstage

Well I was in the UK, it would have been rude to just fly home so stuck around for gig #36 of 2025, 3 Inches Of Blood (4) in The Bread Shed in Manchester, great wee venue and amazing show.

Stage at Gunnersby Park for The Smashing Pumpkins

Skunk Anansie on stage at Gunnersby Park

The Smashing Pumpkins on stage at Gunnersby Park

The Smashing Pumpkins on stage at Gunnersby Park

Almost a week and a half ago but gig #35 of 2025 The Smashing Pumpkins (5) at Gunnersbury Park in London with support from Skunk Anansie (10), very much a trip down memory lane, great show from both bands.

Set times tonight for Three Inches of Blood at the Bread Shed, #Manchester: Doors - 19:00 Steel Forge - 19:25 Hellbearer - 20:15 3IoB - 21:15

Set times tonight for Three Inches of Blood at the Bread Shed, #Manchester:
Doors - 19:00
Steel Forge - 19:25
Hellbearer - 20:15
3IoB - 21:15

Poster for the Boomtown Rats show with Sold Out plastered over it

Undertones on stage taken from the left hand side of the crowd, near the front

The Boomtown Rats bass drum with band logo on it and and the rat logo on the backdrop behind it

The Boomtown Rats on stage

Gig #34 of 2025, The Boomtown Rats supported by The Undertones at Swords Castle (yes really), great set from a trailblazing band in a lovely outdoor venue (though they could dump some of the new tracks)

We've gone live on #Sonos ! asti.ga/integrations...

Outside the Bercy Arena

Boys Noize warming up the crowd from a small stage behind the song desk

Trent opening the show on piano from the smaller stage in the middle of the venue

NIN backdrop on stage taken from the back of the venue on the way out

Gig #33 of 2025, the (frankly) transcendental Nine Inch Nails (13) at the Bercy Arena in Paris, stunning show and I got right down the front in between the two stages (much closer to the main stage), this time they played The Perfect Drug so I'm happy

Best brewery in New York City by a country mile (and I've visited so many 🫣)

Front entrance to Anseo

Phil Langero

Burning Realm

Wild Rocket

Gig #33 of 2025, Wild Rocket (2) at Anseo supported by Burning Realm (1) and Phil Langero (1), I love a wee on-the-floor show and enjoyed all three acts, a great Friday night.

Deftones banner on the way into the gig

Deftones on stage

Deftones on stage

Chino in the crowd for the encore

Gig #32 of 2025, Deftones (7) in Crystal Palace Park, London. Another big show in a field but amazing setlist and stunning show, they're a great band, glad I made the trip over.

Iron Maiden's stage at Malahide Castle

Iron Maiden's stage at Malahide Castle

Iron Maiden's stage at Malahide Castle

Gig #31 of 2025, Iron Maiden (27) at Malahide Castle, it's actually been a while since I saw Maiden (seven years 🫣) as I skipped the last tour (or two?) but this was a great set, wall to wall classics, hope I can catch them somewhere smaller/indoors soon (maybe some shows in the O2 in London?)

Entrance to Lost Lane aka Eddie's Dive Bar

Artwork at entrance to Lost Lane

Run To The Beast onstage

Gig #30 of 2025, Run To The Beast (1), an Iron Maiden cover band playing Lost Lane, rebranded as "Eddie's Dive Bar" for two days as part of Maiden's show at Malahide Castle (see next post), great gig, great setlist, will be seeing them again.

Entrance to Opium

Black Flag logo projected on the backdrop

Black Flag onstage

Black Flag onstage

Gig #29 of 2025, Black Flag (1) at Opium in Dublin, a version of the band, playing two decent length sets with all the songs you'd want/expect, only Greg left from original lineup, rest of the band did a good job, would probably go see them again...

Kim Deal with full band on stage

Kim Deal on stage

A plastic flamingo perched someone's amp.

Gig #28 of 2025, Kim Deal (1) at Vicar Street, this was almost two weeks ago 🫣, great gig from a legend in my favorite venue (and I've been to a few 🤣). She played her new album in full as well as songs from The Pixies, The Breeders and The Beatles. Would recommend catching her live!

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Our first #iOS build is now available on the #AppStore ! Only storage browsing and basic feedback is currently supported, but we aim to add more and iterate quickly. apps.apple.com/us/app/astig... (oh and give us a 5★ rating, pretty please...)

Nine Inch Nails logo projected on to the backdrop

Trent playing solo on the "B" stage to open the show "acoustically"

Shot of the main stage with massive visuals projected on the curtains

Gig #27 of 2025 Nine Inch Nails (12) at the 3arena last Sunday, blindingly good gig, great setlist including Parasite by HTDA and I'm Afraid Of Americans by David Bowie, looking forward to the Paris show

I don't suppose there's anyone from #Apple out there that could help us with a little #AppStore submission problem is there? 😟

What N. Ireland is experiencing right now is a form of state media censorhip to cover up the overwhelming level of paramilitary involvement in the far-right, white supremacist riots that have swept the North. While cameras and narratives focus on the 'youths' - the men in the shadows .. [1/n]

Poster for the gig

Sunset Samurai onstage

Jhen Yue Tang onstage

CDs from Sunset Samurai and Jhen Yue Tang

Gig #26 of 2025, this one is slightly further afield, Jhen Yue Tang (1) at LIVE Warehouse in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, with support from Sunset Samurai (1). This was a fun local gig we just found online, really enjoyed both bands, and picked up a CD from each.

Line up at the Olympia showing Supergrass playing two nights

Supergrass on stage at the Olympia

That gig #25 was also Supergrass (8) at The Olympia the next night, this time I brought Sarah.

Awning outside the Olympia

Supergrass on stage at the Olympia

Gaz Coombes on stage at the Olympia

Mick Quinn on stage at the Olympia

Gig #24 of the year, Supergrass (7) at The Olympia in Dublin, part of the I Should Coco 30th Anniversary tour, so they played that album in full and finished with a few other tunes, great show, so good even that...

Entrance to Anseo

Soft On Crime

Hubert Selby Junior Infants

Chimers

Gig #23 of 2025, a Saturday night gig in Anseo with Chimers (1), Hubert Selby Junior Infants (2) and Soft On Crime (2), tiny, on the floor show, nice evening and great sets from all three bands.