On the back of reading Simon Reynolds' book 'Rip it up and Start Again'
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which I wholeheartedly recommend for anyone interested in post-punk (second only to Azzerad's 'This Band could be your Life'), I've delved into a bit of Throbbing Gristle (answers on a postcard).
It's a quite interesting interview which explains their ethos of depersonalised yet sensationalist music, and other such ideals. I think that's great! Whether or not you like TG (and I'm not sure if I'm a total convert to be fair) no band nowadays have 'ideals' as such, do they? No great statements, no artistic 'shake-up' mentality, nothing much to say at all really.
Fun fact: Cosey Fanni Tutti, I'm guessing, is a corruption of the Italian 'cosi fanno tutti' which means 'they all do it (like that)'. Make of that what you will.
NSFW due to various fruity stills popping up here and there.
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 21:57,
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Genesis P is quite interesting, but Simon Reynolds makes me want to punch his smug face off.
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 22:04,
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Not seen more than a few seconds of him in video, but he certainly writes well, knows his stuff. Maybe he comes across as a bit smug on camera, I dunno.
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 22:14,
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ooh, my bad. I always get Simon Reynold's name mixed up with this prick:
www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2008/sep/30/independentonsunday.pressandpublishing
always have done since I was about 15.
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 22:25,
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OH, SIMON PRICE
Yeah, he writes ok, but very biased, unclear on the division between his opinion and fact. He also looks like a twat. I went to a club night once when he was DJing, 30% decent stuff, 70% meaningless scenester wank.
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Quiver Search for FATALISTS on Spotify, Amazon, Apple, &c, Fri 11 Jan 2013, 22:35,
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what do you mean by ideals?
to my ears this music that cosey makes is pish. "damien"? fuck off with your name dropping bollocks. havering shite is what she's doing. "i've never been interested in taking inspiration from existing art" FUCK OFF is she saying that what she does is entirely original? get a fucking grip.
i suppose i'm just a drunken philistine but she seems well up her own arse.
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tickle I was away, Sat 12 Jan 2013, 0:34,
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i've had a bong and that seems really unreasonable and drunk now.
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tickle I was away, Sat 12 Jan 2013, 1:09,
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I know that feeling. I did a load of PCP earlier,then went next door and raped my neighbour. Feel like it was a bit OTT now. All he did was have his telly up too loud.
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Sat 12 Jan 2013, 1:17,
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