Not to be looking backwards too much tonight (what the heck though, it's not like the torn bicep in my right arm is gonna heal itself overnight), but I came across this MetaFilter thread about one the best all-time bands ever, The Fall, and the documentary that ran on the BBC about the history of Mark E. Smith and whomever happened to be backing him at the moment.
Still a bit irked over the lack of northwest dates from the last couple of tours, especially in 2006, but then again one doesn't expect much in the way of concessions to the "normal" way of the "rock & roll" biz from MES after all of this time, do they?
Fact is, the album Grotesque (After The Gramme) totally blew me away in the post-punk, disco-new wave era with its anti-production and the use of a kazoo(!)....and my Beta copy of the Ikon video of Perverted By Language is one thing that will always have a place in my home (nice to see the reissue on DVD with a bonus live show from Leeds, picture quality of the total package aside.....)
A good primer for the Fall.....THE WHITE CRAP THAT TALKS BACK
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