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    June 30, 2009 @ 9:10 am | by Jim Carroll

    Dong! Free gigs in Dublin! It’s the return of the Salon Music series for the fifth year with a bunch of free shows in the ballroom of the lovely Farmleigh House in the Phoenix Park. Hitting the salon will be Julie Feeney (July 21), Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill (August 4), John Taylor (July 28) and Tarab and Xi an Si (August 11). Tickets will be awarded by lottery and you can enter via this website. Remember: if you’re not in, you can’t win.

    Dong! What time is it? It’s Banter time! Banter is a new monthly-ish series of informal chats, debates and discussions around pop and pop culture. The first one takes place next Saturday (July 4) in the Mezz room in the Twisted Pepper (Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1) and will look at “the state of Irish music radio - past, present and future”. The speakers: Paul McLoone (Today FM) and The Golden Maverick (Power FM). The eejit keeping it all together: er, me. Admission is free but capacity is limited so to guarantee your place, please email your name to conor@bodytonicmusic.com with ‘Banter No1′ in the subject bar.

    Dong! Another festival! It’s the Moondance Music & Arts Festival and it will take place at Petersburg House, Clonbur, Co. Galway from August 14 to 16. Giving it (pop) socks on the shores of Lough Mask will be Lisa Hannigan, Jape, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, There are also arts workshops, yoga, theatre performances, storytelling, stand-up comedy, art exhibitions and a Mask Ball with Kila. Weekend tickets are €115.

    Dong! What’s that? That’s Pixies, dude! Pixes play Dublin’s Olympia on October 1 and 2. Tickets will be €54.80 and €44.20 and go on sale on Friday at 9am. They’ll be marking the 20th anniversary of “Doolittle” by playing the album - and assorted b-sides - in full. It will be just like the time they played in the National Stadium with the Pale Saints as support. Ah, old age, I knew there was an upside.

    Dong! Belsonic returns to Belfast! Er, I just found the press release on this but we heart city fests and we need a chance to go “Bonkers” so here’s the belated skinny. Playing Belfast’s Custom House Square will be Dizzee Rascal and Vampire Weekend (August 27), 2 Many DJs, Deadmau5 and Boys Noize (August 28) and Dukebox with Duke Special, Bell X1 and guests (August 29). Tickets are £29 per day.

    Note to gig promoters who will now try to clog up the comments plugging their gigs: we have a weekly plug-for-all on Friday so save your breath for that.

    It’s going to be a good day. B-o-n-k-e-r-s!

    • 42 Comments »

    1.
    June 30, 2009
    9:49 am

    Maybe it’s just that I’m used to seeing crazy prices for these legacy gigs (are the Pixies a legacy band at this stage? I think they are.) But those pricses seem reasonably reasonable to me. I was talking to someone yesterday about it and we both agreed that attendance would be dependant on price and I said that if they were charging less than 60 quid for tickets I’d be surprised.

    Though if I absolutely had to see a New England indie rock band from the 80’s play a gig I’d much prefer it to be Mission Of Burma.

    Comment by Ian
    2.
    June 30, 2009
    9:51 am

    I think it’s the Ry Cooder effect. Promoters know that punters just can’t afford and can’t push themselves to pay high ticket prices any more for what are, after all, luxury purchases for most.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    3.
    June 30, 2009
    10:10 am

    Tell me Jim, was that Bonkers track everywhere at Sonar? Bet it was..

    Comment by Niall
    4.
    June 30, 2009
    10:13 am

    NIall - I heard it a few times by day alright! What a wicked track. Anyone know if the BBC showed him doing it at Glastonbury at the weekend?

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    5.
    June 30, 2009
    10:22 am

    @4 Yeah I definitely saw a recorded version, think it was after they finished showing Bruce Springsteen.

    Comment by Guy incognito
    6.
    June 30, 2009
    10:22 am

    anyone, is Farmleigh doing the outdoor festival they did last summer?

    Comment by Liam
    7.
    June 30, 2009
    10:23 am

    Guy - cool, must check it out/find it

    liam - no, that festival is not happening this year (the Farmleigh Affair). The Salon Music series is from the same people - Improvised Music Company

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    8.
    June 30, 2009
    10:23 am

    “It will be just like the time they played in the National Stadium…”

    …but hopefully nothing like the subsequent show at the Point which was god awful.

    Ah old age indeed.

    Comment by James D
    9.
    June 30, 2009
    10:29 am

    Yeah,I saw That Dizzie Rascal performance.what a tune,just right for loosing it at a festival…

    Comment by fillerup
    10.
    June 30, 2009
    10:29 am

    James D - that show in the Point was total bobbins. In fact, most of the shows on that tour were rubbish. I remember seeing them in some park in London where there was a fecking LAKE between the stage and the crowd.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    11.
    June 30, 2009
    10:53 am

    It’s a curious achievement. To be so brilliant on one tour and then to be actually horrendous by the next time you come around. I’ve always wondered about that one.

    Was it simply a manifestation of the backstage problems? Were they simply hitting their fat elvis phase? Did they just not care?

    I think friday will be a fastest fingers first affair by all accounts. No “Cooder Malfunctions’ here….

    Comment by James D
    12.
    June 30, 2009
    10:57 am

    DING DONG
    i saw the pixies at the reading festival when they were touring doolittle and it was amazing. the fall and the wedding present played before them.

    Comment by petee
    13.
    June 30, 2009
    11:16 am

    That Pixies in The Point show wasn’t up to much alright. Although the encores of “Tame” and “Head On” were thrilling. The gig supporting the godawful Chilli Peppers in Phoenix Park was a lot better. In the Olympia they’ll probably play a tune in memory of that musical genius who died last week…. I speak, of course, of Sky Saxon from The Seeds.

    Comment by Ralph Mexico
    14.
    June 30, 2009
    11:22 am

    Last week was some week for the obit writers: MJ, Steven Wells, Sky Saxon…..

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    15.
    June 30, 2009
    11:27 am

    Pixies, great.

    On a completely other note: Does anyone have the time slots for Oxegen?

    Comment by Mar
    16.
    June 30, 2009
    11:28 am

    Wolf Parade offshoot Handsome Furs play Dublin’s Academy on October 27

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    17.
    June 30, 2009
    11:40 am

    Handsome Furs also play Cyprus Avenue Cork on Wednesday 28t October

    Comment by Eoin
    18.
    June 30, 2009
    11:47 am

    I was at both Pixies shows in the National Stadium and Point and can’t remember anything about them.

    I always find it qutie amusing when present-day commentators say how under-appreciated the Pixies were in their day. Yeah, so under-appreciated that they sold out the biggest indoor venue in this country BEFORE “indie” music got co-opted by the mainstream.

    Comment by Noise Annoys
    19.
    June 30, 2009
    11:47 am

    Jimbo - whither Pix tix?

    Comment by jim kennedy
    20.
    June 30, 2009
    11:52 am

    Eek, Los Pixies are back, back, BACK! And, gasp, a ticket I will be able to afford in a venue I love (have seen TOO many shows there not to love the place). Show at the Stadium was amazing (36 songs, 90 minutes), show at the Point was so-so and show in the Park was the reason I went in the first place.

    And yes, Mr Rascal doing “Bonkers” (to which the crowd did go bonkers) was shown on Glasto at the weekend. Saw the man himself being interviewed on BBC3 or 4 on Sat eve. They also showed his interpretation of The Ting Tings “That’s Not My Name” which he performed in a pin stripe suit (which he then ripped off a la a male stripper - Velcro, where would we be without it?).

    Off to break the Pixies news to a friend…

    Comment by Colette
    21.
    June 30, 2009
    11:52 am

    jimbo kennedy - read the post again, friend. Details above

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    22.
    June 30, 2009
    12:03 pm

    The National Stadium was a hoot alright.
    So much anticipation at the time.
    Doolittle had classic stamped all over it, the kind of record you kept playing over and over.
    And ever since Surfer Rosa, Graham Linehan had been evangelising their merits at every opportunity in Hot Press.
    Jees, so long ago.

    Looking forward to these shows.

    Comment by Sean
    23.
    June 30, 2009
    12:06 pm

    I read it again Jim, this time more calmly, but I still don’t see where to get the damn tickets. Pixies MySpace doesn’t give any details and TicketBastard doesn’t have any listing except Glasgow.

    Man, I stood ticketless outside that damn National Stadium gig, watching limo after limo disgorge minor Irish rock royalty onto SCR. None of them had any tickets either but they were all on the guestlist. Did get to meet Kim Deal and Joey Santiago wandering round though, apologising that they couldn’t get us all in.

    Comment by jim kennedy
    24.
    June 30, 2009
    12:08 pm

    jamesie - ticketmaster, where else? gig listing is probably not up yet because it’s only Tuesday

    “watching limo after limo disgorge minor Irish rock royalty onto SCR” - ah, the 90s, we had little else to do but watch cars come and go

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    25.
    June 30, 2009
    12:14 pm

    Apols if old news but Pirate Bay to become legit,

    “We would like to introduce models which entail that content providers and copyright owners get paid for content that is downloaded via the site.”

    Paying the copyright owners for content that is downloaded via the site (which actually are only torrent files and not copyrighted content) can mean different things. They could share advertising revenue with copyright holders which would probably be the only revenue sharing model that would not have a huge impact on visitor numbers. It would surely be different if they would roll out a subscription based model.

    Comment by Ivor
    26.
    June 30, 2009
    12:18 pm

    Sean @ 22 - have Mr Linehan’s reviews of Surfer Rosa & Doolittle somewhere at home…”Doolittle - a classic by any other name. Derek, for instance.”

    Comment by Colette
    27.
    June 30, 2009
    12:23 pm

    Re: Handsome Furs. There’s also a Belfast date on the 26th, dunno which venue. And I was told that there’s a good chance of a Galway gig on the 30th but have no offical word on that yet.

    Comment by Ian
    28.
    June 30, 2009
    12:33 pm

    And I was told that there’s a good chance of a Galway gig on the 30th but have no offical word on that yet.

    Gugai?

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    29.
    June 30, 2009
    1:00 pm

    Sean @22 , Colette @ 26. The Linehan review of Doolittle is a masterpiece for no other reason than he put an extra dot on one of the die to give the album 13/12.

    Comment by Q
    30.
    June 30, 2009
    1:05 pm

    @ Colette
    Nice one.
    That would be a treat.
    I think Linehan called Surfer Rosa (his caps) “THE BEST ROCK AND ROLL ALBUM RELEASED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS” in those ‘Graham Linehan’s 1988′ things they used do.
    My £5 voucher was going on one thing only that Christmas.

    Ah. memories…

    Comment by Sean
    31.
    June 30, 2009
    1:37 pm

    Continuing on an unrelated but equally B-O-N-K-E-R-S theme, I am bemused to report that some hardcore loons have created a memorial to the ‘King Of Pop (C)’ between HMV and Next on Grafton Street, Dublin.

    All patrons moonwalking up and down the street can stop and pay their respects with music being played and some beautiful flowers, pictures, and personal messages already placed there.

    Admittedly I don’t remember Michael Jackson wearing much clothes from Next but I’ll go with the fans’ better judgement…

    Comment by James D
    32.
    June 30, 2009
    2:11 pm

    In relation to MJ, check out this article from the Guardian today. Could this be a new low from a promoter? http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jun/30/michael-jackson-fans-london-souvenir-ticket

    Comment by P&M
    33.
    June 30, 2009
    2:16 pm

    Man, AEG are desperate….

    “AEG Live said full refunds were available for all legitimately bought tickets, but suggested some fans of the singer, who died on Thursday, would prefer to receive a ticket “inspired and designed by Michael Jackson for the fans” and made with a “special lenticular process”. They are not able to have both.”

    “A special lenticular process” - WTF?

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    34.
    June 30, 2009
    2:23 pm

    I like the comment below the story:

    “I misread that phrase as “special testicular process”, cradled as it was among a load of old bollocks.”

    Comment by P&M
    35.
    June 30, 2009
    3:01 pm

    noise annoys @18… i partly agree… they WERE underappreciated in the states where that kind of commentary originated… which makes it doubly funny when commentary from ireland or the uk co-opts that line of approach… where they were most certainly big indie business from at least the doolittle album onwards…

    Comment by Ally
    36.
    June 30, 2009
    5:09 pm

    Jim when might we get Galway confirmation on Pixies??? Before Friday so that we dont have to buy for the olympia and prevent all our friends up that side from getting to it? Ill gladly settle for pixies in the Roisin!

    Comment by Paul
    37.
    June 30, 2009
    5:11 pm

    Paul - huh? That conversation above about Galway shows was about the Handsome Furs, dude

    14 new names to be added to the Electric Picnic snackbox tomorrow, folks. Get guessing!

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    38.
    June 30, 2009
    5:14 pm

    Jim, I never heard about Steven Wells until your comment above.
    He was writing in the NME around the time I used to read it along with Andrew Collins, Steve Lamacq and Danny Kelly. It was his articles about the likes of the Butthole Surfers, Young Gods,Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr. and probably the Pixies that made me start listening to more US music( Yea I know the Young Gods are Swiss) I think he was also an early champion of Pavement.

    In the last few years, he wrote some great articles about sport for the Guardian or the Independent. He had a great article recently about all the doping controversy in baseball and how boring a sport it was. His argument was that if ever a sport needed drugs; it was baseball.

    R.I.P.

    Comment by overfriendly concierge
    39.
    June 30, 2009
    5:25 pm

    concierge - you’ll find links to obits and pieces on him at http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/06/25/tune-of-the-week-street-corner-music/

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    40.
    July 1, 2009
    10:08 am

    Is it ok to plug the gig with The Dudley Corporation and Giveamanakick that’s on after Banter in the twisted pepper on saturday? The first of the ‘10 Years of Thumped’ monthly gigs?

    http://www.thumped.com/

    Comment by pete
    41.
    July 1, 2009
    10:39 am

    And there was I thinking Pixies were gonna play roisin…. What a let down

    I see Beyonce has tickets on Sale Friday Morning as well for shows. I hope this aint gonna affect Pixies tickets!

    Comment by Paul
    42.
    July 1, 2009
    12:24 pm

    vampire weekend!? dammit….i wont be in the country….nooooooooooooooo :(

    Comment by caroline

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