As announced on Steve Lamacq's "live from Sheffield" programme yesterday afternoon, Jarv Is are doing a one-off show for Hallowe'en at somewhere that is apparently in East London called Earth. on sale next Wednesday:
Hackney has acted like it's the centre of earth for a while now! £33 a pop...a fair bit higher than the spring shows, well the Brighton one anyway. Tiny capacity so I guess they want to charge a premium.
Will be interesting to see how much the setlist has developed given the album may well be fully recorded now.
Given the night that's in it, what chance a Relaxed Muscle encore complete with Darren Spooner garb?
Ok so I panicked and got mates to try and get tickets too. We all succeeded... I'll have at least one to sell, possibly 2. Face value (plus booking) because I'm not a profiteering twat
Hackney has acted like it's the centre of earth for a while now!
Earth is more Dalston/Stoke Newington than Hackney. Which makes it exactly the centre of the earth Well it was for me up to the age of 11. Earth itself is our former local fleapit (ABC Cinema) which I used to go to for Saturday morning pictures.
Looks like unallocated seating so I will get there nice & early. Will probably be queuing down Shacklewell Lane like I was over 40 years ago
The USP seems to be some fancy sound system. All a bit lost of cloth ears me, but I suppose some people like that kind of thing. Jarv seems pretty into Hallowe'en, you'd have thought he'd want to do something, I suppose it depends if the rest of the band have the time/ inclination to learn Relaxed Muscle songs or whatever before then.
Regarding the forthcoming 3rd album/ep/collection of songs.
Jarvis seems to only be performing perhaps 5-6 new songs?
Surely if the album was closer he would be testing more songs live, as per what happened with the early FC tours/shows?
Any chance of new new songs for the gig later this month?
I was listening to John Hillcock filling for Steve Lamacq yesterday on Radio 6 and he said that Jarvis is going to be on Roundtable on Thursday evening! Now maybe he's just being generally matey with Steve Lamacq - they do seem pretty friendly, but he's only been on it quite rarely before and usually people are on things like that for a reason ...
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Plenty of Halloween frolics, dangling an apple from a rod for audience members to try and bite.
Fantastic intro with one guy dressed as Chaplin and one as a Pharaoh in a nod to the song.
Setlist a bit disappointing, same as it's been at all the shows this year. He mentioned Mark and Candida were in the audience before HnH and apologised in advance in case they murdered it. Finished with a cover of Bela Legusi's Dead. Think he's DJing now but I'm tired and hungry and it's a school night.
That was the best Jarvis solo show I have seen and has a great vantage point at the bottom level at the back. New songs all sound pretty good though maybe needing a little production refinement in the studio. And covering Bauhaus was an unexpected treat.
Always one with the questions in song titles isn't he? DYRTFT? Am I missing something? Must I evolve?
For some reason I thought you were the older guy at the front chatting to a young Russian fella beside you.
It was the lamest audience response to "What makes you frightened?" yet. The first guy was dumbfounded, the second person said Trump.
mmm, I am an older guy but I wasn't with a Russian! You should have introduced yourself to me/him
I did turn to my non-Russian friend (who is an even older guy!) and wondered how many in the audience were born after I first saw Pulp about 25 years ago or so. I suspect there were very few, if any, who saw them in Highbury Garage back then who were present last night.
Again, Jarvis with the questions. What makes me frightened? Rock stars spontaneously thrusting microphones at my face! Just to confirm, that wasn't me either.