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Maritime Gossip
September 15, 2007

We saw the Gossip last night.. who renewed my faith in rock'n'roll! They opened with a new tune after sauntering on to Fleetwood Mac's The Chain. Standing In The Way Of Control is now obviously a crowd pleasing singalong but Are U That Somebody was a surprise inclusion and excellent too. There was a Marine Girls cover that I forget the name of as well... Hell it was all good! If only they had played a bit longer.

I liked Panther a lot too. I didn't expect to be seeing any support acts but just caught the end of No Bra as we arrived.

No Bra, is a German known as Susanne, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the Val Denton character [played by Mark Gatiss] from League Of Gentlemen! She looked like someone miming to Throbbing Gristle in front of their bedroom mirror who has unexpectedly been transported to the Forum! The No Bra element is taken as far as performing topless. Shock horror! Vocally, she sings in a Dietrich-esque drone. It was all very amateur and lacked any personality but the "I caught syphilis once in Top Shop" line in Munchausen made us laugh.

Don't know much about Panther. Other than they are a guy called Charlie, with some Jaggeresque moves and some loops accompanied by a drummer called Joe. They're from Portland, Oregon and you can buy their stuff via the Panther/MySpace page.

Also made it to the Alvin Curran performance of Maritime Rites on the Thames beforehand. Sam had the bright idea that we could easily make it to the Tate and mosey over the Millennium Bridge to Blackfriars to get a train to Kentish Town for the Gossip gig. I'm glad we did. With the members of the LSO outside the Tate and Curran [at the piano I assume] and a few others on the barge on the Thames; a piece comprising of many passages veered from classical to improvisational jazz via scratching and a few big, metallic, crashing guitar chords. All augmented by passing river traffic, St. Pauls bells and the volunteers on the Millennium Bridge, who we wandered through at the end, playing drones on a variety of instruments and voices [see pic]. Maritime Rites has, apparently, toured the world already and though this might not be site specific London needs more of this sort of thing.

Catching up with Heroes tonight. I've only just noticed that the original music for the series is by Wendy & Lisa.

Categories: Music, Art, London

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