OK, so no posts for ten days, then a Celebrity Big Brother one. Whatever happened to the great ideals of the publication? People have been to prison for sentiments expressed therein, refusing to be silenced by the censorious spirit of Power.
When I say 'therein', I mean the whole 'writing things down' genre, you understand. Not Blogmarch specifically.
In recent days the downtime has been taken up, in bursts of a few minutes at a time, with observing the work of Mr Donny Tourette and his 'band', the Towers of London.
I know, I know. But take a look. And another. And for the full Spinal monty, watch them react to a lukewarm review in the NME.
Points that should be made. Forget the risible debate about whether Donny comes from Squatney or Buckinghamshire. Reflect on this. Doesn't he look like Paul Kaye aka Dennis Pennis? [Include timewasting theoretical interlude here, comparing Tourette 'singer' and Pennis 'interviewer', and their parasitical 'meta' relationship to their host industry. Pause to wipe self off.]
Also, this 'punk' thing. To me, they sound like they are ripping off The Damned more than the Pistols, while their look derives from Motley Crue/Dogs D'Amour, not punk. I wish I'd been a Punk Rocker with Elnette in my hair. The whole thing is, in fact,like something from that wonderful subgenre, 'punks created by TV executives' (see Sid Snot, and plenty of drama school boys playing the bad boyfriend in late seventies Brit sitcoms).
[The following paragraph features a false memory. Although Bolan and The Damned were fans of each other, there is no footage of The Damned being interviewed by Bolan. This must be a conflation of Bolan's own comments at the time about punk, and the fact that The Damned supported Bolan on tour at the time. Please excuse Blogmarch's ignorance and consider the following paragraph in the light of this. And thanks to vigilant truth defender, Mr Gavin Ross (I presume Gavin Ross, editor of A Thousand Mark Feld Charms, which looks ace), for pointing this out]
Ever seen the footage of Marc Bolan interviewing The Damned in 1977? Somehow the jeepster is transformed into the Vic Reeves trouser-rubbing man, his gaze lingering on these rough boys with their rough rock'n roll. Grr. Weirdly, Donny seems to be both The Damned and Marc Bolan at this lowpoint of both their careers. Or, at least, a cartoon of said artistes made with shitty twig by a drunk salmon.
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4 comments:
Luv yr tags blogmarch. Have you found any other posts tagged 'drunk salmon' apart from those posted by shrigley-inspired masqueraders?
i went out with dogs d'amours' manager's daughter once. what is your rockredentials blogmarch? eh? eh?d'you fucking want some?
well i was in a band with dog's da'amour managersdottir (that's the Icelandic take). So who wants sum now shitty twig ?
There is no footage of Marc Bolan interviewing The Damned. They supported T.Rex on the 1977 Dandy In The Underworld tour but there is no footage. That's wrong.
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