Holy Fuck
So, went to see Holy Fuck in Whelan’s on Thursday.
It was in the company of a (very) pregnant friend, which assured us early access to the upstairs level, with seating. Maybe I’m getting old (maybe?!), but turns out this was great stuff — seats! no queues for the bar! no queues for the jacks! a great view of the band! Really, I must go to more gigs with pregnant ladies. Not very rock and roll, but there you go.
The Fuck have a very impressive range of crappy Bontempi toy keyboards — we counted 11. Great array of effects pedals and custom electronic noise boxes, too. Reminded me of Black Moth Super Rainbow a little. The only thing that let it down was a little lack of volume — it could have been louder. still – good gig! recommended!
Also, I came across an interesting idea — Fustar is running a “Dreadful Thoughts Story Club”, an intriguing kind of interweb-based mini-book-club project revolving around horror short stories, and as part of this, Niall Munnelly set up a collaborative mixtape as described here. Here’s the results so far: Dreadful Thoughts Muxtape. (including Suspiria and Wendy Carlos tracks from yours truly.)
I love the idea of a collaborative mixtape run through Muxtape.com, very nifty.
Finally — occasional Undersea Community contributor Eoghan is now blogging about serious stuff over here at The Colour of Memory. Go subscribe.
April 13th, 2008 at 12:26 am
It’s funny the way Holy Fuck is a great band name, while Fuck Buttons is a stupid one.
April 13th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Thanks for the muxtape contributions. 2 very tasty numbers. It’s growing nicely and should be ready for unleashing (on an unsuspecting world) very soon.
April 13th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Well, Mr. Pregno seating…I had to stand through the first band downstairs and it was bloody deafening. Wished I had my ear plugs and not just because they sounded rubbish. Holy F*ck weren’t bad at all. But too much with the swapping of the keyboards after each song. Silliness.