Sinister: friend of the stars

[Dirty Vicar]

I went to a concert last night by Japanese outfit Acid Mothers Temple
(actually various sub-projects thereof) and met a chap from popular local
band the Rollers/Sparkers. My special friend was wearing an ampersand
t-shirt, and this triggered a conversation about the band. Mr R/S is one of
those people who feel that B&S went all wrong when other members of the band
started being let write & sing songs. I asserted in the strongest possible
terms that this is an objectively false view which will not be tolerated
when the Republic of Tobit is inaugurated.

The Acid Mothers Temple bands rocked like motherfuckers. Main AMT guy
Kawabata Makoto engaged all forward thinking people with his guitar
dronings, which managed to incorporate that Occitanian tune 'La Novia' that
AMT love so much. The Pardons (Higashi Hiroshi & mad woman Cotton Casino)
served up some quirky synth music that some felt was the weak link of the
evening. Then our night was rounded off by Tsurabami (Makota on guitar,
Hiroshi on bass, and Emi Nobuko on drums (bollocks, do Japanese people have
their surnames first or second? Ah well, in this context it doesn't really
matter)). This was the most straightforwardly hard rocking of the three
acts.

It would be great if B&S were more like AMT... if they all lived on an
island together in a somewhat cultish setup, and all were in sub-bands which
staffed by subsets of the B&S collective. Eh, why would this be great? It
just would, trust me on this.

The Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective are playing various other concerts
in these islands over the next week or so... if they play near you you
should go and see them.

In other developments, I feel I must tell you that important Dublin band The
Jimmycake are playing in London next Friday at the ICA with Manitoba (are
Manitoba an Irish band? I don't know). The Jimmycake's textured instumental
sounds might appeal to London based Sinister subbers, or it might not. There
will be a lot of them onstage, so you'll get good value for money.

and now I will roll away and leave you alone,

bless

DV

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