Friday 30th January 2009 at The Royalty in Sunderland. Gigged here for the first time in November and thought it was a class night. Our second visit tonight was even better! Excellent turn out. Loadza room for us and lotza bods giving it some hefty appreciation. Someone even asked me if we did any ‘Rush’? […]
When the still sea conspires an armour.
And her sullen and aborted currents breed tiny monsters.
True sailing is dead.
Awkward instant.
And the first animal is jettisoned.
Legs furiously pumping. Their stiff green gallop. Heads bob up.
Poise. Delicate. Pause. Consent.
In mute nostril agony. Carefully refined and sealed over.
… Horse Latitudes (The Doors) 1967
The Horse Latitudes are the subtropic latitudes […]
Saturday 17th January 2009. What a bloody great gig! First time at The Egypt Cottage, Newcastle, and the weather was pretty atrocious so I was worried that we may not get a good turnout, plus the pub ain’t exactly town centre and is a little out on a limb. No worries! We had a near […]
The Market Tavern in Chester-le-Street, Friday 16th January 2009. Great gig at one of the narrowest venues in the North-East (for the audience at least). Chris strangely forgot to bring his bass guitars (Heh! Heh!) so thanks to Lorenzo from The Dark Horses for stepping in with a spare. Another gig where the crowd is […]
Never mind The Ropery in Sunderland stopping live music (two gigs lost), just heard that The Pemberton Arms in Cold Hesledon, near Seaham has shut down altogether (four gigs lost). Win some, lose some! Snooze you lose!
The Clarendon in Sunderland, Sunday, 11th January 2009. Class gig yet again at the most intimate venue in the world!
Tubesnake have just accepted an invitation to play at this year’s Heart ‘n’ Soul Rally at Gosforth Racecourse at 8.15pm on Saturday 19th September 2009. This time we have been promoted from playing in the Silver Ring Bar as we did last September to doing a straight hour and a half set on the main […]
Venus In Furs (1967)
Written by Lou Reed and originally released on the 1967 album The Velvet Underground and Nico. Inspired by the book of the same name by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. The music features John Cale’s cacophonous viola as well as Lou Reed’s Ostrich guitar, that is, a guitar with all of its strings tuned […]
It’s closer to dawn than the midnight hour
Your misty mind swims in a land locked haze
Glimmering flames are stealing the shadows
Needle like rhythms seem to pierce your brain
You twist and you turn like a meandering river
You’re lost in the dance like a shaman possessed
The soft touch of warm skin falls gently upon you
You’re lost in […]