http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=22dc050b415f7b7ab31543d28&id=4beaea5599
Includes : Canberra concert information, SMH article link ‘The Fire & the Fury’, interview with Tim Powles + links to iTunes, ReverbNation etc
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=22dc050b415f7b7ab31543d28&id=4beaea5599 Includes : Canberra concert information, SMH article link ‘The Fire & the Fury’, interview with Tim Powles + links to iTunes, ReverbNation etc
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=22dc050b415f7b7ab31543d28&id=4beaea5599
Includes : Canberra concert information, SMH article link ‘The Fire & the Fury’, interview with Tim Powles + links to iTunes, ReverbNation etc
the church will headline a concert in Canberra next month, the 11th of March, as part of the capital’s 100th birthday celebrations. This is a free open air event around Lake Burley Griffin on the Regatta Point stage. The concert will commence around 4pm on the Regatta Point stage and continue into the night. This stage will pay tribute to a perhaps unexpected aspect of our nation’s capital: a rich history of original contemporary music. A display of rock history and memorabilia will show that Canberra is home to far more than politics. The program of entertainment will include the church and reformed Canberra bands such as The Gadflys, The Falling Joys, 78 Saab and Machine Translations. http://www.oneverybigday.com.au/program/regatta-point-stage/ http://www.canberra100.com.au/calendar/view/486/regatta-point-stage/ The George Ellis Centennial Ensemble http://www.oneverybigday.com.au/program/for-kids/ “In the early afternoon, the audience is invited to participate with a group of professional orchestral musicians on stage by teaching them a simple tune from the Under The Milky Way chorus by the church. Everyone can join in with voice or play their own instruments brought to the concert. Then perform the song in entirety with Steve Kilbey singing – the audience, on cue, play the pre-learned melody at the appropriate place in the choruses”
the church will headline a concert in Canberra next month, the 11th of March, as part of the capital’s 100th birthday celebrations. This is a free open air event around Lake Burley Griffin on the Regatta Point stage. The concert will commence around 4pm on the Regatta Point stage and continue into the night. This stage will pay tribute to a perhaps unexpected aspect of our nation’s capital: a rich history of original contemporary music. A display of rock history and memorabilia will show that Canberra is home to far more than politics. The program of entertainment will include the church and reformed Canberra bands such as The Gadflys, The Falling Joys, 78 Saab and Machine Translations.
http://www.oneverybigday.com.au/program/regatta-point-stage/
http://www.canberra100.com.au/calendar/view/486/regatta-point-stage/
“In the early afternoon, the audience is invited to participate with a group of professional orchestral musicians on stage by teaching them a simple tune from the Under The Milky Way chorus by the church. Everyone can join in with voice or play their own instruments brought to the concert. Then perform the song in entirety with Steve Kilbey singing – the audience, on cue, play the pre-learned melody at the appropriate place in the choruses”
ok mystery guest artist may or may not arrive tomorrow lets hope so i’m all set to go 1 2 3 have done a rehearsal for musical reprising in melbourne in march during the festival of suburbia am almost finished doing a re-mix of a kil/ken song called “i find” my first ever re-mix…not as easy as i first thought you got all the bits n pieces n you can assemble any way you like so much choice no responsibility at all just do whatever you like you think itd be easy wouldnt you it is i guess if you just do the usual old thing… meanwhile my concert with george ellis n orchestra is set for 21 sept. i will also be doing something with george n ork at canberra gig 11 march the church will be there too (cue strains of the last time ) the idyllist should be with you soon i apologise for the delays i am very happy with the response so far..believe me… so next up is the extraordinary “you are everything” when you hear it you will know what i mean unlike the hodgepodge nature of idyllism you are everything is a deep hard blast of seriously “heavy” music nothing jolly or breezy here you will find intensity brilliance darkness and light from the beginning to the end holding you rapt it is not anything like what went before with albums one or two here we emerge as equal masters of our domains martins music and what he has achieved here is stunning …. no one saw this coming certainly not me these huge epic songs epic in their solitary quiet spirituality or their orchestrated grandeur more low/bowie/eno influence that german sound and feeling have my words ever been better? my voice more […]
ok
mystery guest artist may or may not arrive tomorrow
lets hope so
i’m all set to go 1 2 3
have done a rehearsal for musical reprising in melbourne in march
during the festival of suburbia
am almost finished doing a re-mix of a kil/ken song called “i find”
my first ever re-mix…not as easy as i first thought
you got all the bits n pieces n you can assemble any way you like
so much choice
no responsibility at all
just do whatever you like
you think itd be easy wouldnt you
it is i guess if you just do the usual old thing…
meanwhile my concert with george ellis n orchestra is set for 21 sept.
i will also be doing something with george n ork at canberra gig 11 march
the church will be there too
(cue strains of the last time )
the idyllist should be with you soon
i apologise for the delays
i am very happy with the response so far..believe me…
so next up is the extraordinary “you are everything”
when you hear it you will know what i mean
unlike the hodgepodge nature of idyllism
you are everything is a deep hard blast of seriously “heavy” music
nothing jolly or breezy here
you will find intensity brilliance darkness and light
from the beginning to the end holding you rapt
it is not anything like what went before with albums one or two
here we emerge as equal masters of our domains
martins music and what he has achieved here is stunning ….
no one saw this coming certainly not me these huge epic songs
epic in their solitary quiet spirituality or their orchestrated grandeur
more low/bowie/eno influence that german sound and feeling
have my words ever been better? my voice more smooth and sometimes more chilling?
the melodies the arrangements the intent
you are everything
in a new league of its own
probably one of the best 3 records i ever worked on
i dont say it lightly!
elegant elegiac modern classic strange
turbulent disturbed and yet so fucking lovely
yeah i know i can blow my own horn
but just wait till you hear this
an album of pop songs yes and much much more than that
an album that charts the struggle of the soul
an album of fragility regret and repentance
an album of top class numbers every single on of em
so thats coming
april i believe with show in melbourne too
and …
yeah…
i’ll keep you all informed as it all starts to pan out
sk
“it dials my numbers up it picks my locks picks his kind To go and mingle in my mind” – lyrics from Cobalt Blue – Untitled #23 album
sorry the cds are all on their whey there was an unforeseen delay but theyre coming atcha the idyllist in yer mailbox coming through your door your postie knock knock package for you sign here please i apologise for the hold up next week i hope to start on a new collaboration with someone i’m not gonna say who it is until they get here but i’m excited but you never know in showbiz do ya? and things can go wrong at anytime i got so much on the boil sometimes i cant think that straight still to come are coral kingdom n hu dost collabs both works in progress kil/ken is looming large you will be surprised by this record i guarantee it and of 21st of september i am doing a solo show with orchestra in sydney thats with george ellis from OH days i’m writing painting working try to stay moving my rib is still hurting having xray tomorrow wrote 2 cool new pieces of music quite unusual i blah blah blah ok?
sorry the cds are all on their whey
there was an unforeseen delay but theyre coming atcha
the idyllist in yer mailbox
coming through your door
your postie knock knock package for you sign here please
i apologise for the hold up
next week i hope to start on a new collaboration with someone
i’m not gonna say who it is until they get here but i’m excited
but you never know in showbiz do ya?
and things can go wrong at anytime
i got so much on the boil
sometimes i cant think that straight
still to come are coral kingdom n hu dost collabs both works in progress
kil/ken is looming large
you will be surprised by this record i guarantee it
and of 21st of september i am doing a solo show with orchestra in sydney
thats with george ellis from OH days
i’m writing painting working
try to stay moving
my rib is still hurting having xray tomorrow
wrote 2 cool new pieces of music quite unusual
i blah blah blah
ok?
here is a new video featuring music by me photos by RB hope you enjoy
here is a new video featuring
music by me
photos by RB
hope you enjoy
Day Thirty-Eight: The Church – Untitled #23 8th Feb 2013 http://vovinyl.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/day-thirty-eight-church-untitled-23.html “Back when I wrote about Burning Airlines’ Identikit, I decided to be a smartypants and ask J. Robbins and Peter Moffett for opinions on where to go with that entry, and got different responses from each. It did, however, help to decide which release to go with that time. When I started planning ahead for my next polls (after the onslaught around artists starting with “B”) I saw that I had the Church in the running. I actually typed up that poll (Untitled #23 vs. Starfish) and then decided that, since he had actually passed along my previous writing about the Church (now and forever the most popular post on that blog, as a result!), I would ask Steve Kilbey for input here. After doing so, I started pondering asking Marty Willson-Piper, and maybe even Peter Koppes, just to get a well-rounded set of responses, if I could, but I was surprised to get a response from Mr. Kilbey almost immediately. Without any demands, he simply told me he’d prefer I write about Untitled #23, without question (as I had asked specifically if he had a preference). When that response came in, I thought about it. I realized that, most likely, he said this because, well, if there’s a Church album people know about–it’s Starfish. It seemed, then, like it would be the right thing in all senses to follow his wishes. I took down the poll (few if any even saw it), and marked Untitled #23 for writing today. I’ve already written about how I stumbled into the Church (the link above will take you there, if you are curious), so I’ll go ahead and leave it at the most barebones note possible. The portion of it which relates to this very entry is as follows: while I knew […]
Day Thirty-Eight: The Church – Untitled #23
8th Feb 2013
http://vovinyl.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/day-thirty-eight-church-untitled-23.html
saturday afternoon in bondi becalmed warm grey windy day think of old times think of the past think of the band think about music a door opens to a warm rainy summer somewhere then but it can never take me back in memory fade slow burn out to pure white in negative black no avail no avail girls clomph thru bondi in high wedge shoes they look like galloping hippopotami as they race up Campbell Parade hailing a cab the place is packed with cars ice cream chips fish gulls swimmers kids dogs bouncers spruikers deadbeats hippies spaniards swedes by the bucketload yibber yabbering up Hall Street cops and beggars and looneys and saints inside the shops do the jostle buy a slurpee or a surfboard or board shorts or wetsuit you want thai food haircut manicure pilates tattoo? you want frozen yoghurt gelato full cream haagen norgen NZ ice? you want cigs wigs coats clothes bikinis wax brazilian mexican vietnamese ? you want hustler fumbler crook and society bitch in her black land crusher 4wd you want surfer graffiti skater biker bikie surfie grommet and boob jobs? you want botox shots parking ticket bottle shops prams tourists ? you want celebrities nobodies somebodies has beens never was? you want salt sand umbrellas pines palms g-strings tits n ass? you want cafe bar restaurant brunch tapas aioli rocket boutique beer? you want phony flaky lousy silly awful funny curious blase fucked up? you want real estate agent and waverley council ranger? you want one way street you want eternal construction machine? you want home renovation all around the street and wild parties? you want rich man poor man bored man thief? or what? me …i just dont care at all…
saturday afternoon in bondi becalmed
warm grey windy day
think of old times think of the past
think of the band think about music
a door opens to a warm rainy summer somewhere then
but it can never take me back in
memory fade slow burn out to pure white in negative black
no avail no avail
girls clomph thru bondi in high wedge shoes
they look like galloping hippopotami
as they race up Campbell Parade hailing a cab
the place is packed with cars ice cream chips fish gulls swimmers
kids dogs bouncers spruikers deadbeats hippies spaniards
swedes by the bucketload yibber yabbering up Hall Street
cops and beggars and looneys and saints
inside the shops do the jostle
buy a slurpee or a surfboard or board shorts or wetsuit
you want thai food haircut manicure pilates tattoo?
you want frozen yoghurt gelato full cream haagen norgen NZ ice?
you want cigs wigs coats clothes bikinis wax brazilian mexican vietnamese ?
you want hustler fumbler crook and society bitch in her black land crusher 4wd
you want surfer graffiti skater biker bikie surfie grommet and boob jobs?
you want botox shots parking ticket bottle shops prams tourists ?
you want celebrities nobodies somebodies has beens never was?
you want salt sand umbrellas pines palms g-strings tits n ass?
you want cafe bar restaurant brunch tapas aioli rocket boutique beer?
you want phony flaky lousy silly awful funny curious blase fucked up?
you want real estate agent and waverley council ranger?
you want one way street you want eternal construction machine?
you want home renovation all around the street and wild parties?
you want rich man poor man bored man thief?
or what?
me …i just dont care at all…
Final thoughts on the idyllist Oh boy I gotta lotta on my plate so I wont linger longer on idyllist So much happening all at once you see Now my internets down n I’m writing this in “word” So that accounts for all the fucking capitals n stuff Anyway the machine knows better than me what I want to write Ok idyllist is a sprawling drawling mélange A hodge podge of all the music I ever heard baby n then some Its un-apollo-getically eclectic There is no theme no rhyme or reason In that it reminds me of todd by todd rundgren A tour-de-force of a slightly unhinged nutty genius just running amok Ie one song does not prepare you for the next One mans variety is another mans lack of continuity I guess That’s the funny thing with me I manage to be right n wrong at same time being Ok so I just listened to the cd up loud Theres some glaring brilliant bits and some brilliantly glaring bits Theres a few sonic problems here and there Theres a few bum notes Theres a few things too loud a few things too soft Things that shoulda been but were…uh…yeah you get the picture..i know its Kilbey its his solo album what would you expect fucking TOTO? Its raw its earthy its undisciplined its loose its ragged Its spontaneous its silly its dopey its comi-tragedy Orchestras barge in outta nowhere Strange foreign instruments pop up all over the place All the little jingly things tap away 12 string strum strum strum typical of yer sk stuff as always was from 1977 I always strumming my twelve you know so well my listeners Usually never far away from sk and his song Theres that simple bass impudently insistent bullying every […]
Final thoughts on the idyllist
Oh boy I gotta lotta on my plate so I wont linger longer on idyllist
So much happening all at once you see
Now my internets down n I’m writing this in “word”
So that accounts for all the fucking capitals n stuff
Anyway the machine knows better than me what I want to write
Ok idyllist is a sprawling drawling mélange
A hodge podge of all the music I ever heard baby n then some
Its un-apollo-getically eclectic
There is no theme no rhyme or reason
In that it reminds me of todd by todd rundgren
A tour-de-force of a slightly unhinged nutty genius just running amok
Ie one song does not prepare you for the next
One mans variety is another mans lack of continuity I guess
That’s the funny thing with me I manage to be right n wrong at same time being
Ok so I just listened to the cd up loud
Theres some glaring brilliant bits and some brilliantly glaring bits
Theres a few sonic problems here and there
Theres a few bum notes
Theres a few things too loud a few things too soft
Things that shoulda been but were…uh…yeah you get the picture..i know
its Kilbey its his solo album what would you expect fucking TOTO?
Its raw its earthy its undisciplined its loose its ragged
Its spontaneous its silly its dopey its comi-tragedy
Orchestras barge in outta nowhere
Strange foreign instruments pop up all over the place
All the little jingly things tap away
12 string strum strum strum
typical of yer sk stuff as always was from 1977
I always strumming my twelve you know so well my listeners
Usually never far away from sk and his song
Theres that simple bass impudently insistent bullying every song
The bass is the subtext
It tells you whats really going on
The e guitars doing my usual scratchy shifty fucked up racquet
Some naively amazing moments when it all goes right
Some glorious collisions when it doesn’t
My bum notes like my chequered past baby
Oh just let it all hang out !
Idyllist grew up and had a life of its own
Its not what I expected
It must have made its self because I cant remember making it now
I don’t know what some of the words are
Its become another one of my albums now
Its probably gotta be one of the best
The banal and accomplished butt heads and dissolve
Suddenly it all seems to mean so much then its gone by next song
It is no ordinary record yet not extraordinary either
It is the beatles Dylan bolan bowie regurgitated thru my eyes
But at some uncontrollable random generation
The ideas all stand next to the other bizarrely juxtaposed
In some songs everything is all woozy lurching
The words are …oh how can I explain…why would I even try..
Nobody writes words like me
It isn’t possible and who would even want to
I stand alone here in my niche
No one will ever replace me as better at doing this
I know that
I have it all under control believe it or newt
And I got more amazing music and collaborations coming atcha
A very exciting project I will announce as soon as confirmed
The next kil/ken is a mindblowing giant of a record
Seriously I love to blow my own cor anglais
But cor blimey “you are everything” is a blockbuster
A deep spiritually wry album full of huge arrangements
Mixed to a pristine yet experimental perfection by s polinski
Quite different to idyllist
Which is a chaotic record compared to that records careful order
I am proud of idyllist tho I cant really take it in anymore
But through all that I know its pretty good
Its indefinable its strange quirky absent minded
Its an interesting record if nothing else
It heralds a kind of new beginning
And it is therefore a fresh start
And I hope with everything I learned
That the next record totally solo will be apokrypha
That elusive and monstrous masterpiece I hear in my head
Certainly there are elements of that here
The outro to truth aint enough etc
Theres some of it on here already
But idyllist is full of light n shade but apok wont be
It will be one incredible thing
This is many scattered things
Look in the end
I like it
How couldn’t you like it?
All those years I should make good records
I sure cant do much else
This is my calling my living my vocation my manifest destiny
Making records and now taking back more control
I sincerely thank those who have already purchased it
We will get it out first thing tomorrow incl posters for lucky hundred
Finally to Thank skp people too who made it possible
Ie alleviating financial pressure enabling me to do this at all
Each one of you is a patron of the arts
That’s it you wont hear anything about it again for a long time
I guarantee it
And the next record is already almost waiting in the wings…
Love sk bondi beach 2013
still dont know whats going on with anything at all my girlfriend sams dad is going to pass away and shes there with him in brisbane and the way he is going is painful and dreadful it fills one with fear and anxiety i wish a sweet release for this most humble and kind of geezers i cant believe we must die like this there must be another way my dad went suddenly . bang. he was gone no hospitals no morphine no long drawn out agony sam is showing much much grace under pressure i cant believe she is remaining strong and calm therefore i am so proud of her i wish her dad could slip like a silver drop into the great ocean i beseech jesus krsna and buddha to let this man go let everybody off the hook i again thank krsna jesus and buddha (who are one n the same like we all are!) that my dad exited so quickly cos he of all people wouldve hated this …. what truly does it avail us all this jockeying for position n money n power? death is so close to everyone of us! why cant we learn? why cant we (i include me in spades) change our lives ? actualise compassion. be gentle! love each other and everyone death and sorrow all around us yet we live like theres no tomorrow jostling for my place in the heap not noticing until its too late dont bring one tiny bit more misery into my world please i dont need it i am not dealing with people who have a problem with me i confuse people because i’m such a genius n such a fool my sister in law wrote about this the other day that the people […]
still dont know whats going on with anything at all
my girlfriend sams dad is going to pass away
and shes there with him in brisbane
and the way he is going is painful and dreadful
it fills one with fear and anxiety
i wish a sweet release for this most humble and kind of geezers
i cant believe we must die like this
there must be another way
my dad went suddenly . bang. he was gone
no hospitals no morphine no long drawn out agony
sam is showing much much grace under pressure
i cant believe she is remaining strong and calm
therefore i am so proud of her
i wish her dad could slip like a silver drop into the great ocean
i beseech jesus krsna and buddha to let this man go
let everybody off the hook
i again thank krsna jesus and buddha (who are one n the same like we all are!)
that my dad exited so quickly cos he of all people wouldve hated this ….
what truly does it avail us all this jockeying for position n money n power?
death is so close to everyone of us!
why cant we learn?
why cant we (i include me in spades) change our lives ?
actualise compassion. be gentle! love each other and everyone
death and sorrow all around us yet we live like theres no tomorrow
jostling for my place in the heap not noticing until its too late
dont bring one tiny bit more misery into my world please
i dont need it
i am not dealing with people who have a problem with me
i confuse people because i’m such a genius n such a fool
my sister in law wrote about this the other day
that the people on the bus got upset because she was a “dreamy fool”
this world needs more dreamy fools
it needs less busyness and business
the world of men and the world in general
POST SCRIPT
SAMS DAD BILL DIED THIS MORNING AT 4.20 AM SAM WAS HOLDING HIS HAND AS HE SLIPPED AWAY.