Way way back in the very first editions of Organ, way way way back in the last century, one of the very first things we ever wrote about was a Ring tape, back in the glorious days when it was all about DIY albums released on tape only and mostly sold by hand at gigs…
Today’s Organ Thing of the day is more blowing of our own damn trumpets (or as Bob and Roberta likes to say, making our own damn art), well my trumpet, blowing my own damn trumpet. A new piece of work produced this week, a new painting. The fifth in an occasional series of paintings in…
Organ Thing of the Day: And oh what a glorious thing, it landed today, various Tarred and Feathered people from Napalm Death, Voivod, Municipal Waste and more join Jim to cover Cardiacs . “Tarred and Feathered” (Written by Tim Smith & William D. Drake, originally performed by Cardiacs) Featuring Dan Mongrain (Voivod) – Guitar Shawn…
“We cordially invite you all to join us for TWO NIGHTS of utter punk brilliance! We thank you for your LOYALTY in the face of DESPAIR and delight in bringing these shows to you. Arrive ON TIME to avoid disappointment! With love from everyone at The Alphabet Business Concern x. PS. DID WE MENTION THAT…
The Other Rock show is back this weekend on London’s rather unique arts radio station Resonance 104.4fm. Back after a summer break, back in the usual spot of 9pm on a Sunday night, Marina Organ presents an hour of music that uses unconventional structures and ‘other’ time signatures – gathered from the worldwide undergrounds of…
Songs are powerful things. You have to be careful with them. Very powerful songs come with powerful magic attached, whether you like it or not. Take this one song, known for years as ‘Dream Dress’ but unveiled at last, at long, long last, as a spell called ‘Vermin Mangle’. It’s a simple song, just a…
There are just so many stories, so many adventures, our delight that time at the Riverside or his that time when he played a rare solo show upstairs at the Garage for us and all the rats, seemingly hundreds of them – the rats were running around in the roof above the stage during sound…
Sad sad news this morning, it appears that Tim Smith, the leader of the starry skies has left this world. What sad news, what a beautiful man he was, is and always will be. Besides the fact that he was leader of one of the finest bands ever, that his music touched so many people…
Organ Thing of the Day: A quick one this morning, a quick thing for we have places to be again, lives ot lead, bills to pay, paint to throw, paint is work, this Organ things is just a side issue these days. A quick thing but an important thing, a thing of beauty, The…
We know they’re unique, we know they’re special, that they’re fuel, but occasionally something will pass by and a voice will shout from over there, “who’s that? That sounds a bit like Cardiacs” and well with today being the birthday of the leader of The Starry Skies, here;s five bands, you might like. Not clones…
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