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...that Mark Sandman "collapsed on stage at the Giardini del PrincipePalestrina,Latium, Italy while performing with Morphine. He was soon pronounced dead ofheart attack at the age of
It was that very same day that the world of music got poorer. After all these years, the gap remains. But that's what happens with voids of gone presences that are very significant; they just never get filled, and we learn to live {or survive, if you may} with
I'm not going to elaborate on the nights and years I've spent with Morphine. I'll just mention that I tasted Morphine for the first time when I was 15 years old and never got off it, and leave it at that.
A few facts about the man, from wiki.
"His instruments were extensively altered and sometimes built by hand to create unique sounds. In Morphine, he played primarily a two-string slide bass guitar usually tuned to a fifth, but he also was known to play a unitar (named after the one-stringed instrument in American blues tradition), and three-string slide bass with one bass string and two unison strings tuned an octave higher (usually A). He sometimes paired bass strings with one or two guitar strings, creating the "basitar" "tri-tar and "guitbass".
In addition to his work as a musician, Sandman was also an amateur photographer and artist. He created a comic entitled The Twinemen, starring three anthropomorphic balls of twine who form a band, become successful, break up, and later reunite".
Let this day be dedicated to Mark. Spin some Morphine to his honour, occupy your thoughts a little bit with what he offered the music community, all the inspired, soul-scratching, and sexy music that came to us from this group. I don't know where he is, but I'm sure that it's a smoky, jazzy and noir place.
a crash in the night
two worlds collide
when two worlds collide
no one survives
You can kiss that Anna goodbye. This is not a time to be nice, mellow and kind. Weak links will be terminated without a second thought.
That's right, you cannibals, it's MOG Wars III
Go here to find out what the hell I'm talking about: http://mog.com/whosyrdad/blog_post/15623 or/and http://mog.com/Dale/blog_post/50625.
Go here for the the rules: http://mog.com/I_am/blog_post/170076
Go here to write your suicide note (= participate): http://mog.com/Control/blog_post/166669 (yes, the post with the number 666).
4 days left. The clock of death is ticking.
You don't have to play, of course. But if you decide to do so...(takes deep breath)..
FOLLOW THE BLOODY RULES.
REPORT YOUR DEATH AND STATUS WHEN NEEDED AND POST ABOUT YOUR DEATH WHEN YOU BECOME A CORPSE.
ME AND CHRIS ARE NOT GOING TO BEG FOR REPORTS & POSTS.
IF YOU DECIDE TO PLAY, YOU PLAY ALL THE WAY.
I'M NOT KIDDING.
NO NAGGING, NO COMPLAINING, NO BOO BLOODY HOO.
DON'T START SOMETHING YOU CANNOT FINISH.
If it's not too much trouble, sugar please with a cherry on top. ;)
May the bloooooood be with you.
Signed,
Evil High Instigator,
aka The Red Right Hand, MOG's Grim Reaper, etc.
PS Sorry I had to delete the other post and your comments with it, it looked off and bizarre. Do feel free to repost.
12:50 my train to Athens leaves and gifts me with a one hour delay, which resulted to me missing Hercules & Love Affair (sorry, mates; next time), who came on stage at 19:20. It was my fault really, I organized this badly. Oh well.
20:30 Stereo MC's time and I'm still trying to get there (well done, self). Had time to catch a part of their set (and Runnin' and Deep Down And Dirty), and I assure you that it was a good energetic stage. While they are still on stage, we decide to go for a beer.
(kind of irrelevant note: first festival I've ever been to where they didn't even look inside my bag; considering that a certain group of people was throwing bricks at Underworld at the same festival last year, I think it's safe to say that some people just don't learn from their mistakes)
21:30 Still waiting for that beer. The organizers thought it was clever to have only 3 taps for beer for each bar. Very clever, indeed.....
21:45 - 22:00 beer, Red Bulls and bottles of water done and done, and we head over to the outdoor stage for James. James are huge huge huge in Greece. I reckon there were about 10,000-13,000 people there, and 90% of them were there for James. I have to say that as I go older and my soul is rotting (...), I find myself being dragged further away from their music, but I'd see them gladly, nevertheless. Their set was very good, with the exception of 2 songs that are not very live-friendly. Bonus points for a sweet acoustic version of Lose Control. Tim Booth was, as always, a very charismatic frontman.
Around 23:15, before James start encoring us, we decide to go get a good spot for UNKLE at the indoor stage and grab drinks while we're at it. And....surprise! There's no lines in the bars or loos, 'cause everybody is watching James. mwuahahhahahah
00:40 we are at the third row and UNKLE come on stage. They were fucking magnificent. Superb live, my top 2008 live show yet, and one of my all time favourites as well. We actually initiated the mosh pit (\m/) -me, my friend, an awesome blonde in front of us and then others joined in- & kept it violent till the end, which resulted to much eye contact, smiles and good words from all the musicians on stage. I think I shed about 2 kilos worth of sweat (isn't that a lovely image). They were so bloody fantastic, that we simply couldn't speak properly after their show for at least 20 minutes. 'Huge', 'huge' sound, SHARP guitar riffs. Did I already say that they were magnificent? They are not to be missed live.
A special note must be made about one of the guitarists that was with UNKLE. Long black hair, black buttoned down shirt with small white polka dots, black skinny jeans, those adorable pointy shoes and black shadow/eyeliner. He had this unbelievable energy coming out of his body, which resulted to some exquisite body moves and guitar playing.
02:30 The two members of Digitalism take the stage, and manage to make us forget how tired we were. Their songs were mixed together cleverly, drumkit and keyboards and sampling of their delicious beats, dancing, energizing, singing, all was good.
03:45 apparently, the organizers thought it would be a good idea to lock the chemical loos before the festival was over. Again, good planning. Snort.
06:50 On my train back to Thessaloniki. ZzzzzZZzzZzZzzzzz......{yes, I'm practically a zombie now}
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Nice. Cool to hear it was fun all around.
As for the transpiration: don't sweat it (drumroll please). It goes well with a handful of things in life, one of them being RnR.
-G.
Don't worry about missing those early acts... you can always pick up a live album instead :P
Also, wtf is with throwing bricks at an act? Bottles of piss I can just about understand. but that is just mental.
And someone tell that UNKLE guitarist to stop stealing my style...
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My God...I can't believe that it has been nine years already...I feel blessed to have been lucky enough to see that amazing saxophone twice live. One of rock's truly original talents...and anyone who ever heard a Morphine song was better off for it.,
Wow. I can't believe it's been 9 years already.
It wa 9 years ago yesterday that I purchased tickets to see him at Stubbs here in Austin...it was kind of a weird confluence of events that he was dead within hours of me buying my ticket. I count myself lucky that I was able to see his first band, Treat Her Right they were amazing as well.