Robin Guthrie Kicked My Ass at Club Violaine!

[Sean_Montgomery]

I'm too tired to launch into a detailed review, but suffice to say that Robin put on an amazing show. Moments that were reminiscent of Imperial, others that evoked Cocteau Twins memories, and a couple that were full-on MBV style wall of sound assaults (those were my favourites!). The track he played to end the show actually sent a shiver running right through my body like a mild electric charge...I can't recall feeling that at a live event before. And that it was all composed for this one event! I think that's an injustice - other fans would love to hear this music. Thanks again for doing this show, Robin...it was so much better than the Coachella show could have been.

Before I go...let me just say how great it was to meet some of you folks, at long last...Watchlar, Fred, PJ, E-Lo, Andy, Thack, Elizabeth, Dynamine, Doomie (thanks to you too - you rock!) and especially Allison - with whom I got to go on a little adventure after the show. But I'm glad you got home alright, and hope you got some much-needed sleep. Speaking of which, I'm headed off for some myself.

[fornasetti]

But why did he kick your ass ? Did you spill his beer ?

[Sean_Montgomery]

But why did he kick your ass ? Did you spill his beer ?

*laugh* I was speaking metaphorically....he kicked several asses with that show. :-)

[lucynow]

*laugh* I was speaking metaphorically....he kicked several asses with that show. :-)

Glad to hear it! RG rocks the house!

:cheers:

[E-Lo]

Robin Guthrie Kicked My Ass at Club Violaine!

Robin was amazing :crazy:

Despite some crackling cables, Robin sculpted a night of absolutely gorgeous walls of bliss and melody

The Sonic Mandarin graced our very fortunate crowd with layers and loops of devastating emotion. Particularly loved the very Cocteau-esque songs he performed with very cool synth, bass, and drum machine arrangements

Definite shades of everything from Moon and the Melodies, Heaven or Las Vegas, Four Calendar Café, Imperial, etc. and Violet Indiana all rolled into many shiver-inducing moments

Thank you Robin and Club Violaine for providing a magical night :)

[fredofla]

thank you, Robin.

thank you, Club Violaine.

it was incredible spending time with so many of my friends from this fine forum.....

[Doomie]

But why did he kick your ass ? Did you spill his beer ?

Not possible. He drinks wine!

[Sean_Montgomery]

Not possible. He drinks wine!

Indeed he does! During his perfomance, even. Must be the French influence. :-)

[derek]

i enjoyed the bbq last night, and of course good ol rg. very diverse crowd you guys are.

[Doomie]

Pics on Drunkrockers.com !!!

http://drunkrockers.com/new_index2.htm

[Thackeray]

Thanks Robin.

The suit spoofs and beatnik stuff added personal Bloode humors into the imagery. I gotta say you beat me by a long shot a plane and two trains I only took the Metro! -Doomie is a great and funny MC ain't he?- I was mesmerhypnotized over the music fighting senses between eyes closed: fuller ear, eyes open: fixed on your fingers, eyes all around three projectors, two hitting right wall.

Thanks all you Violaine staffs and laddles alike...

Thankyou, Fred,
for the lemonade streetside conversation a plenty Vermont street, driving my sorry butt to and fro, and unmentions we and PJK know.



on that note: Many thanks to all who showed and "Sorry" for unfamliarities with names -unsound memory system- especially this is a sorry bastard here for still not having introduced myself to all. For me? Classes on re-socialization, social skills, memory hone/expansion pending... 'shrink' factor: social anxiety, relax, get a life, and attend more violaine.

Thanks Sean for this thread.

-back to home-brew gingerwine and thankfully nobody.

heheh.

[fornasetti]

Pics on Drunkrockers.com !!!

http://drunkrockers.com/new_index2.htm

Nice pics. Who's the lovely in the Misfits t-shirt (page 2) ?

[watchlar]

what an amazing show...

i can't even describe it...

[Chora]

OK. Anyone recorded the show. Would love to hear it. I should have gone but then again I just got a suprise from an "anoymous" to see Dead Can Dance.

[postlibyan]

the show was incredible, heck, the whole experience was incredible. Red Lily played very nicely (i liked the acoustics + laptop take on the sound Doomie...), and Robin Guthrie was simply stunning.

plus, i got to meet him and have my picture taken with him! (i hope it turns out when i go and have my film developed.)

and it was great seeing all the listies, and meeting new ones. heck, there were so many people there: me, Fred, Thack, Oneiric (is that the right spelling), The Flir, Doomie, Mr and Mrs Dewdrops (and their three cute sleeping children), E-lo, Watchlar, Snowcrash, AndyLama, Sean, Allimart, Dynamine and Rabidglow.... i feel like i am leaving some people out, but really -- it was great to be able to hang with everyone again....

oh wait, i forgot that Bethany Curve were there -- not playing, but it was still nice to see them. Richard, Nathan -- are you guys on this forum? it really seems like they should be....

i will try and write up a full review after i have my photos, and i'll post it here...

PJK

[by the sea]

i can't even describe it...

You're so fifties, w. Try, dig?

[JohnnyV]

Great stuff -- happy for you all!

[HypnoticHue]

I enjoyed the show more than I can say. I wish that I would have had the time to stick around and actually chat with some of you. It was nice to meet you Allie and Sean. Red Lily is quite a talented bunch. and Robin.....purrr....it was amazing, fantastic, mind-blowing, and a whole lot more adjectives. I am so glad I decided to go down there after all. I'll savour it forever.

[andylama]

You're so fifties, w. Try, dig?
Penny "Sage" Pingleton, you are to wear this "P" on your sweater so that everyone will know that you are Permanently, Positively Punished!

[by the sea]

Momma, welcome to the sixties ...

[andylama]

NO TEABAGGING!

Whoops, sorry, wrong decade, wrong flick, just plain wrong.

[fornasetti]

Do you mean what I think you mean ?

[Sean_Montgomery]

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[Sean_Montgomery]

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[HypnoticHue]

How did such a good thread turn so ugly?

[Sean_Montgomery]

How did such a good thread turn so ugly?

*laugh* Sorry, guess that was my fault.

[fornasetti]

How did such a good thread turn so ugly?

I don't know - perhaps a kind-hearted moderator will clean it up.

[HypnoticHue]

Tonight on Fox! You've heard the horror stories, but you've never seen anything like this before! Brace yourselves to witness the terrifying " When Good Threads Go Bad!" :omg:

[by the sea]

I don't know - perhaps a kind-hearted moderator will clean it up.

Not with that hair, they won't.

[andylama]

No, I think I gotta own this one. Sage cast the bait, and I bit, hard. Just trying to inject a little much-missed outrageousness back into the ol' forums, I guess. Sean just splashed some John Waters' brand of gasoline on the fire.

Sean, you are a BLACK BELT Google-Fu artist!

I will sully this thread no further.

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[dynamine]

missed you there,sage!

[petroldarling]

it was so lovely to meet all of you too :) what a night... i was so beat by the end of it (awake for 22 hours straight) but omfg it was the best night of my life - i don't think i have ever felt so happy

the show was just.. too much for words. and because my friends left me at the club so early (around 5 or 6pm), i met robin walking down the street! and then i got to see him rehearse the material... there were only 4 or 5 or us there, andylama, myself, lars/seekerswho, and two others who i didn't know.... it brought me to tears. i've never seen or heard anything like it. i can't explain the effect it had on me. it was just so fucking beautiful.

thank you for all the hugs and the conversation and EVERYTHING. i LOVED meeting everyone. thanks especially to sean for driving me back to audrey's (what an adventure eh?!) and andylama for chatting with me and making me feel much more comfortable (i was dying of nervousness at the beginning of the evening)...!! it was just a great experience to meet everyone, thank you for making the effort to introduce yourselves to me. i feel like this is a real family here, brought together by something truly beautiful, and i couldn't have been more thrilled to share the experience with you kind folks.......

i don't even know what to say about robin's performance. it was just. ohmygod. i don't know. like my friend tamara said after the show, pretty akin to something complietely religious/spiritual.

i'll make a post about the rest of my wacky vacation (i got home about an hour and a half ago) soon... i have some really hilarious pictures, but i didn't have my camera at the show. i left it in audrey's trunk. damn!

[petroldarling]

and most importantly

thank you robin

it was like a dream come true

[Thackeray]

i don't even know what to say about robin's performance. it was just. ohmygod. i don't know. like my friend tamara said after the show, pretty akin to something complietely religious/spiritual.

My friend Tamara says she was never there mind you not that I did. How could I not being there myself in so many ways. Still the Tamara I know would have slapped me cheeky grabbed hold my head informing, "right here!!!" scolds forthwith forumites bring that on!

[andylama]

i don't even know what to say about robin's performance. it was just. ohmygod. i don't know. like my friend tamara said after the show, pretty akin to something complietely religious/spiritual.

My friend Tamara says she was never there mind you not that I did. How could I not being there myself in so many ways. Still the Tamara I know would have slapped me cheeky grabbed hold my head informing, "right here!!!" scolds forthwith forumites bring that on!

Precisely.

Uh, waitaminute.

:D

[by the sea]

missed you there, sage!

I was chasing foxes and snakes that night; wanted to be there.
Got this shot, though.
Dedicate it to you.

http://img10.echo.cx/img10/6316/dsc004484qz.jpg

[by the sea]

So I'm assuming, mmmender also wasn't there?

Gods, I sure miss jerkin' off to her big titties.


Come back, come back ...

[Baddy2shoos]

crying

[DJ SMITHMIX]

Did anyone record this show? I would kill to hear these heavenly songs! Damn, i want to cry too! crying

NP: Love is hell part 2 - Ryan Adams

[jottke]

a couple that were full-on MBV style wall of sound assaults.

i really want to hear this, but barring that, would love to hear more about them.

the closest i can think of is "Musette and Drums", and that was over 20 years ago.

[Ghosty]

Pics on Drunkrockers.com !!!

http://drunkrockers.com/new_index2.htm
Anyone else from the forums in those pics? except doomie of course.

[Sean_Montgomery]

Anyone else from the forums in those pics? except doomie of course.

I'm in the background of a couple of the audience shots!

[andylama]

Anyone else from the forums in those pics? except doomie of course.
I'm in a couple added to the bottom of Page 4. Look for the girl in the red dress; I'm standing behind her (upper right, black shirt). Directly above that is Robin autographing my copy of Imperial.

[Mo Safder]

I have a soundboard recording of the whole night on DAT. I just need to find out from Robin if it would be ok to make it public.

Did anyone record this show? I would kill to hear these heavenly songs! Damn, i want to cry too! crying

[by the sea]

Mo, I just got off the phone with RG, and he said it would be ok if you shared the soundboard. Only with Sage, though.

[dprid]

Good God - even Dr Who dropped in for the show :D

http://drunkrockers.com/VIOLAINE_APR_29_05_P_/VIOLAINE_APR_29_05_216_P_.JPG

[Sean_Montgomery]

Good God - even Dr Who dropped in for the show :D

http://drunkrockers.com/VIOLAINE_APR_29_05_P_/VIOLAINE_APR_29_05_216_P_.JPG


Yeah, when I arrived, all the Forum folks were hanging out next to the Tardis there.

[andylama]

Yeah, when I arrived, all the Forum folks were hanging out next to the Tardis there.
roflmao It's true! I can't even count how many times I was asked "are you in line"?

[by the sea]

If that's the ladie's room, then I'm glad I didn't go. I mean, really.

Hey wait, is that a double w.c., with glory-hole?

[andylama]

Hey wait, is that a double w.c., with glory-hole?
Yes...and it was as glorious it looks.

And although it was labeled "men only", I saw at least one non-man use it with no apparent problem.

[by the sea]

Segregation never, integration now.


Not!

[andylama]

Segregation never, integration now.


Not!
Integration was good enough for Tracy Turnblad and Penny Pingleton.

[waterviolet]

Anyone else from the forums in those pics? except doomie of course.

I'm the one wearing a little girl (Thalia)on my front. We had all three of our kids there, ages 4yrs, 2yrs and 7 weeks. No doubt you saw Emma sleeping on the couch. Robin even said he'd "better keep it down then" so Thalia could sleep.

[E-Lo]

Hey wait, is that a double w.c., with glory-hole?
No glory hole, but I did catch a strong whiff of poppers coming from it

[andylama]

I'm the one wearing a little girl (Thalia)on my front. We had all three of our kids there, ages 4yrs, 2yrs and 7 weeks. No doubt you saw Emma sleeping on the couch. Robin even said he'd "better keep it down then" so Thalia could sleep.
That is so charming! Your kids were too cute for the room.

[by the sea]

Integration was good enough for Tracy Turnblad and Penny Pingleton.

I'm that c**t Amber, Andy.

[by the sea]

No glory hole, but I did catch a strong whiff of poppers coming from it

Fred?

[petroldarling]

I'm the one wearing a little girl (Thalia)on my front. We had all three of our kids there, ages 4yrs, 2yrs and 7 weeks. No doubt you saw Emma sleeping on the couch. Robin even said he'd "better keep it down then" so Thalia could sleep.

i loved meeting you and your family... and your wife was absolutely the sweetest lady!! your girls are so beautiful, too! i nearly had a heart attack over the little cocteau twins shirts :P

[Simonp]

No glory hole, but I did catch a strong whiff of poppers coming from it


Poppers? Where?????? :bum:

[andylama]

I'm that c**t Amber, Andy.

roflmao I was just reminded of the picket sign where she was called an asshOle, and the O had little radiating lines drawn around it so it looked like a butthole.

A great visual to start my day.

[Brittany]

Okay Andy, you gotta explain that one....story time!

[andylama]

Okay Andy, you gotta explain that one....story time!
Brittany,

The filmography of John Waters is a very mixed bag, and difficult for some people to stomach. You may know some of his work.

We are playing with references to the wonderful film "Hairspray". If you see no other John Waters movie, see this one. It is hilarious, charming, and just outrageous enough to keep things interesting. It is packed with surprising cameo appearances as well.

The scene in question was where our hero (Tracy Turnblad) was being sabotaged by a catty rich bitch (Amber). The community found out about Amber's dirty dealings and were staging a picket line. One picketer was carrying a sign that said "Amber is an asshole". The O was drawn to look like a big anus. Amber's parents were played by Sonny Bono and Debby Harry!

My recent (tasteless) quote of "NO TEABAGGING!" was from his film "Pecker", which is also pretty wonderful. (FYI, in this film, "pecker" has no sexual connotations whatsoever)

These two films are available as a DVD two-in-one pack, and I wholeheartedly recommend them if you are the sort who can appreciate base humor and highly stylized (or 'stilted' as the case may be) acting. Some fans say that these are his most 'commercial' films, and that may be true, but they are the best I've seen, and I've seen most of 'em.

Go rent 'em.

[watchlar]

i love LOVE LOVE waters...but that shouldn't be a surprise...i loved his last film A DIRTY SHAME...tracy ullman was amazing...a return to form for waters

"Can't ya see I'm cookin' scrapple!!!"

[postlibyan]

We are playing with references to the wonderful film "Hairspray". If you see no other John Waters movie, see this one. It is hilarious, charming, and just outrageous enough to keep things interesting. It is packed with surprising cameo appearances as well. i'll second this -- Hairspray is a very fun film.

PJK

[andylama]

i love LOVE LOVE waters...but that shouldn't be a surprise...i loved his last film A DIRTY SHAME...tracy ullman was amazing...a return to form for waters

I haven't seen this one yet. I usually end up seeing his films as rentals, a year or two after release. No particular reason; it just works out that way.

I got the impression that yes, this was a 'return to form', as in the over-the-top jaw-dropping outrageousness of his early work.

Maybe I put this one off because Tracey Ullman grates on my last raw nerve. She's talented, but obnoxious as hell.

[Brittany]

Pecker- I actually wanted to see this one because of Christina Ricci being in it...THANKS for reminding me!

[andylama]

Pecker- I actually wanted to see this one because of Christina Ricci being in it...THANKS for reminding me!

Yes, do. See them both. You will enjoy them.

[by the sea]

Baddy2shoes got roaches in her hair.

I'm not kidding, I just saw one!

[by the sea]

Tracey Ullman grates on my last raw nerve. She's talented, but obnoxious as hell.

I wuv her.

[watchlar]

my favorites are still the 'ol DIVINE classics
FEMALE TROUBLE
POLYESTER
PINK FLAMINGOS


"I WANTED BLACK CHA CHA HEELS!!!!!!!"

[Baddy2shoos]

Baddy2shoes got roaches in her hair.

I'm not kidding, I just saw one!

don't think I won't cast one of my spells

[postlibyan]

don't think I won't cast one of my spells
YEAH! turn him into a newt!

PJK

[Baddy2shoos]

newts are rubbish

[by the sea]

YEAH! turn him into a newt!

PJK

Ride it, bitch.

[postlibyan]

newts are rubbish
which is exactly why should turn him into one!

PJK

[E-Lo]

Quick — everyone put on their Greek evil eye protection jewelry!
https://www.greekinternetmarket.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/2224-2112.jpg

[andylama]

Trainwreck.

[Thackeray]

Baddy? Can you turn me into a 22 yr. old handsome devil?

[Baddy2shoos]

my forte is usually middle aged men in suits but I'll try

[dprid]

my forte is usually middle aged men in suits but I'll try
Ahem! :bye:

[Thackeray]

my forte is usually middle aged men in suits but I'll try


Well if you do, I'll wear the suit you ask of me...comb my hair the way you want...walk in the shoes you'd pick out for me...

[Baddy2shoos]

ahhh

[by the sea]

Aren't you suddenly all lil' ms. popular.

[Thackeray]

Aren't you suddenly all lil' ms. popular.

Mother,
you know better than that.

[by the sea]

Don't you have cans to collect?

[Thackeray]

No. Cans aren't quite the sound dampeners I'm looking for...

[andylama]

Don't you have cans to collect?

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[by the sea]

Hey, anybody wanna ambush the Lisa Gerrard forum with me?

[andylama]

Hey, anybody wanna ambush the Lisa Gerrard forum with me?
Deliciously fiendish. Fiendishly delicious.

[dynamine]

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[andylama]

http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research_collections/research/history/paintedrocks/images/warriors.jpg
roflmao

[Quisquose]

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They won't know what hit 'em! roflmao

Please let us know how it goes...

[andylama]

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[robin guthrie]

Hello everyone who went to this show. I just got home... So I'm checking up to see if I was any good... I wanted to thank phil and the crew for making it possible and everyone else who was there for making it enjoyable and helping me to feel very welcome. The music I played was at an embrionic stage, all written that week for the show, so what you all really experienced was a live demo of some of the things I'll be working on soon. Some may remain instrumentals, some may become songs with VI and some may be forgotten....talking of which, I do need the person who stole my song list to pm it's contents to me... please... :) So... Yes, most enjoyable...

[Baddy2shoos]

Aren't you suddenly all lil' ms. popular.

:sleep:

[Thackeray]

I had a wonderful time it was thrilling to hear you play live, Robin. I sure wanted to speak withn you some but you were surrounded. I couldn't add to that and felt it best to be polite. I will plan on seeing / hearing you again whenever you make the rounds.

=Thankyou=

[by the sea]

:sleep:

You're right, B, I'm such a fucking idiot. I should blow my brains out tonight.

[andylama]

Hello everyone who went to this show...
Hi Robin. Yes, the show was great, and it was nice to finally meet you (after 20+ years of listening to your stuff!). So glad I made the trip.

For me, the best part was getting there 5 hours too early and getting to hear your soundcheck. This was lucky, since I couldn't even squeeze into the main room during the actual performance.

Anyway, the sounds were gorgeous and I look forward to being able to hear them again, in whatever form they may take.

Somebody stole your setlist? Crazy.

Hope you got the links to the hi-res pics. PM me if not.

Best to you,

Andy

[petroldarling]

robin, thank you again for such an amazing opportunity. it was a gift, an absolutely stunning performance.