The Time Being | Steve Kilbey

gilding the lilith

i have chanced upon a limited number of egyptian register

it was the second album by gilt trip

which was russell kilbey and me

on ER michael hanlon joined us

this is weird wild esoteric music

music from other times from other places from other worlds

its instrumental music electronic music organic music

sad trumpets blow through storms of artificial strings

creatures howl and birds squawk

clocks tick tock tick tock tick tock

jungles close in

austere towers perched on windswept rocks

a busy marketplace saturated in colour n contrast

smoky nightclubs in some erotic purgatory

alien strippers doff their g strings revealing black holes

rain hits windows in strange libraries

things moan in close distances

beautiful visions corrupt and distort and breakdown

children turn into memories before their own eyes

this is the egyptian registers music then

a turbulent chaotic melange

a jumble of styles constantly in flux

this music is dragged from lives unknown unled even oddly

you want panache in spades with soy cream on top..here it is

not essential but quintessentially weird

exploring swampy dreamy sun drenched parts of the mind

lemuria is here so is lyonesse

egyptian register is for magicians and mad women

egyptian register is for archaeologists and arch angels

egyptian register is the sound of tomorrow which never came

strange? fuck yeah…you wont hear it on the radio anytime soon

but slip on the headphones and visit a rich mental garden

the repulsive throb of reptilian wings

the scream of flesh set into machinery

a brothel in my head populated by female me

my past lives are here laid out unambiguously in glyphs

yes i imagine music from all ages played on electric guitar

this music sounds real good on drugs…real good….

egyptian register more esoteric than madame blavatskys hash pipe

more eldritch than an ectoplasmic tv

egyptian register is strange music for strange people

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ok heres the deal if you want one

$ 20 plus postage

SKPers get 25 % discount ie $15 plus postage

each copy signed and including a tiny original sk lithograph

thank you

youre very nice

crown st chakra

arthur king nights round his table

the elite have all been innoculated

can you dig it

magic pretty bewildered by women and money

we all need our own in to this maze

spearmint of destiny

the shroud of huron

situationist hit

a proper gander at bible code dependency

i am in deep in your mind now

will you accept me ?

when the answer is unforthcoming

i retreat half cat half man

so lick my wound up time

fuck i could crush everything if i but had the strength

the cities of the planes

plazas of sub angelic choir

the thresh hold of all unknowable pain

slow ache of grief as mourning drags  into midnight

then i will advertise for the very best of men

i will solicit women from the lucky caste

and their fathers will bestow great treasurers upon me

i and only i shall be me; no more sharing

my contacts in the atmospherean world will ensure this in devon

oh i bring in every tiny god ever mentioned in weird erratic sutras

the formula for adorata

the existence of sumerian discs which undermine our science

the beast that still roams in southern italy some say is pan

the saracens who tripped out on hash and crashed in germany

the saints and the sluts of ninevehs first general strike

how to command the elements with rhythmic chance

as i enter apotheoses upon my steed one moon and sunday

twin serpents twined round the staff of event

and coincidence machined by fate which is really seemingly free willed

that is its all gone wrong and no one can bother

some try to leave while still in their present hides

yet i say that this is not possible

if the truth was behind one door and money behind the other

which would you choose?

there is no way around it

it obviously doesnt matter none of it does

or it matters to ourselves and then we are gone

reality will resume

some poet has written something no one reads

the handshake involves some grip …you might not know

the revolution will be in your heart of hearts

the meaning will become apparent for a short time next december

i know you like my song heres aversion

ambiguous day

i should know better

and

rapid/intrepid

a faint moon

whispering somewhere

you wake up and you cant remember

the island is divided

summer quarantine

winter strangers

the ocean has left

limbs of traffic amputated

even the trees

keep thinking its yesterday

keep remembering its tomorrow

semi-detached suburban mr james

to tell you the truth there is a lot happening at the moment

ok i guess i’ll just try n mention everything in random order

as is my want and my wont

first of all i was knocked off my chair

by the brilliance of the hammock track i sang on

its called “no agenda”

a classic case of having  a spliff

go into a bit of the old semantic hyper priming …you know….

then i sing it all a load of different ways

and timothy gg powles has pulled out all the stops

for tis he who am behind this lovely mix

he is a true master of the studio our timothy

i am totally over the moon with the song

very nice work to all involved

next

i’m playing at an italian restaurant on thursday night

here in sydney

its extremely lowkey

but i am seeing it as a chance to experiment with my raconteur carryon

it will be more intimate than i have ever been ever

i want me and the audience to feel at ease here

i want to let them see the real me whoever the fuck that is

its nobody really but its an interesting concept

i’m different everytime i run into myself

i say to myself you should try being me

so a small function room no more than 30/40

and me and my trusty guild 12 imbued with music

yeah entertain em

32 years of stories with the church

why this? why that ?

so be there its this thursday night in russell lea in sydney

uh i did this jello biafra gig at the forum 2 shows

i guess he certainly confused my expectations of him

anyway he has his kinda thing spoken word thing

a lot of it was this time examining the “occupy” movement

hes committed to good socialist sensible principles

he’d like sweden actually itd be his cuppa tea

so after jellos done his thing

they trot out some panellists including your ‘umble’ero

what the fuck do i know ?

so i mention the fact that money

and the monetary system are a big part of the problem

money corrupts almost everybody

so we need to get rid of money

and then i said

just coz there are many conspiracy theories

does not yet mean that the conspiracy does not exist

i believe there are certain international bankers

yeah you know those guys who bankrolled both sides

in some of those great big wars we seem to keep having

and these bankers also run the american reserve bank

sorry they are the reserve bank

it seems to me that we should take their influence into view

thirdly the spiritual component

its all maya for goodness sake

this life is a dream when youre dead

nothing to get hung about

anyway i didnt contribute that much

then the next day i swung over to m kennedys

who lives in leafy brunswick

we nailed four more songs and lo they were good

the church is on a national tour in dec so watch out!

most tickets are on sale now

this is our very best show so far

worth the $ just to hear p=a in its entirety

and u23 n starfish not bad either

sk premium continues to evolve in our head

soon we will have a premium only section on this site

where SKPers will be able to see and hear exclusive stuff

we will have merchandise soon including t shirts CDs bags etc

we are working on a way where i could be available for chats

(apparently bowie does this)

anyway theres stuff coming down the line

SKP will continue to hopefully  evolve

and everyone will be happy

viva the time being !

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timEbandit Powles, Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson of Hammock talk about a new collaboration “Asleep in the Downlights” in the lead up to the 25^th Oct release of a new Hammock gem.

Listen to the interview  www.hammockmusic.com/asleep then pre-order the music on vinyl or cd OR download it right there, right now.

‘Asleep in the Downlights’ is a four track EP, two of them with cameo vocals and songs written and sung by Kilbey and Powles, both mixed by the timEbandit, and also including two new Hammock songs “Sinking Inside Yourself”, a driving towering piece feat. a first-ever vocal from Andrew Thompson,  and the gorgeous “Parkers Chapel”, sung  by Marc Byrd. Four songs, four voices.

“This is essential listening for fans of either the church or Hammock and is a work of beauty, openness and wonder –something our world needs right now.”

Tracks:1 No Agenda (Hammock feat. Steve Kilbey) 2 Sinking Inside Yourself (Hammock) 3 Verse for Forgiveness (Hammock feat. timEbandit Powles* 4 Parkers Chapel (Hammock)
* these vocal versions of the “Chasing…”outtakes have also been remixed, or in the words of timEbandit, “demixed, deduced, massaged, reduced and enlarged”.

the church

“Dos Momentos Especiales” December 2011

Parallel to their “Future Past Perfect” classic albums tour, Homebake Festival in Sydney, Red Hill Auditorium in Perth and Tweed Heads Show, the church will also be playing acoustic shows in NSW this December 2011.

This mini concurrent tour “Dos Momentos Especiales” will see the band perform their two acoustic albums “El Momento Descuidado” and

“El Momento Siguiente” in their entirety. Featuring re workings of classic hits, new songs and reinterpretations of album tracks, this intriguing version of the band sees the four members swapping instruments, anecdotes and notions.

Each ticket holder will receive a free program so book early to guarantee a seat for this popular stripped down incarnation of the band.

Dec 8th Thursday Lizotte’s, Kincumber

Dec 9th Friday Milton Theatre, Milton

Dec 10th Saturday Milton Theatre, Milton

Dec 15th Thursday Lizotte’s, Newcastle

Dec 16th Friday Lizotte’s, Newcastle

test pattern

when i was a kid

i was scouring all the music rags

looking for the next big thing

i read a small article on a band called television

in a mag called rock scene

it was written by patti smith

she wrote about this guy tom verlaines hands

how he was the kinda guy you’d wanna lose yer virginity to….

over the next few years there were tantalising references constantly

all of em saying how this band were incredible

johnny jewel a single (kinda strange but intriguing)

and bits and pieces until in 1977 the first album came out

of course it was called marquee moon

and verily it was all they said it would be

an incredible record

34 years later today

i got an email from some guys watching televisions current progress

co guitarist richard lloyd is out

and some other guy jimmy rip is in

theres a whole argument going down on youtube

richard lloyd weighing in slagging off tv

funny that people are interested in these ancient clashes

i met tv in 1988

he was opening for the church and peter murphy

he wanted to borrow my acoustic guitar

it was a black guild ..it got stolen n broke my heart

as soon as he played one note you could hear it was him

a totally unique approach dare i say virtuoso

pk sometimes has this effect like a total understanding

anyway tv was sposed to go on murphys bus

but within one second tv had some falling out with murph

and ended up on our bus for a whole tour

he started the night with a 30 minute set

alone with an acoustic he was kinda ordinary

he was very jokey in a bizarre way on and off stage

he was a total caffeine and nicotine man too

he was always wired tho he eschewed all other substances

television had been a huge influence on us all

we were all quite surprised n impressed to have tv with us

he treated me a bit like an annoying kid and i probably deserved it

i blabbed on to him all day about television ..why i liked them…

but he was bemused and sent me up a bit

we played monopoly for real money once on the bus

and tv bickered over the fuckin’ rules and argued the toss

eeerrr kil-bee lets see uh this triple double in jail rule

uh i think this is an uh english rule and uh i aint goin’ to jail..

how bizarre to be arguing monopoly rules with verlaine

somewhere in dakota or  wherever as we sped thru the night

as the tour progressed tv would come out each night and play with us

we did :you took and cortez the killer with 3 lead guitarists

3 of the very best you can get too

offstage however

tv was an incredible stingy miser arguing over every last cent literally

eerrr uh kil-bee uh you should pay an extra 75 cents for your share of the fries

this was one of the complaints on the you tube vids toms meanness

he was never very complimentary about richard lloyd either

lloyd didnt have anything to do with it if you listened to tv

he downplayed the guy right outta existence

it was unnecessary i thought to be so ungracious….

one day off in houston we went to this place

it was 1988 and you could record your vocal over a cassette backing

i sang my vocal over i left my heart in san francisco ( for DT)

tv got some old country n western track n giggled n whispered n muttered

he played it back to us convinced he’d found some new direction

one night  the phone rang in my room

eerr kil-bee eerr uh i’m down here in the bar with some divorcees

and i was ah wondrin’ if uh you could uh take one off my hands …

he was very charismatic and quite the ladies man

every night different women would seek him out backstage

strangely none seemed too bizarre for his taste

he had a little sweetie in every town

one morning we checked in some place early on the east coast

it was winter and snow lay on the ground

tv suggested a walk

and we hiked up this hill with a reservoir at the top

it was 630 in the morning and we interrupted something

cos suddenly about 10 big black guys were chasing us

baying for our blood

tv and i ran downhill into the woods

tv was like a thoroughbred horse leaping thru the trees

it was weird to be in such a pickle with a one time idol

anyway the stuff that happened onstage when he joined us was magic

he could coax a million sounds from a guitar trains and birds

and doppler effects and helicopters and guns ..anything..

but you could never see exactly how he did it …he was a true genius

we vaguely planned on recording together but his heart wasnt in it

we bickered over the financial details and that was it

i dont believe it would have worked out anyway

tv had some essential suspicious jokey sarcastic ny schtick

it was hard to get through it

he insulted lembo who was trying to manage him

and lembo couldnt see the financial gain

as opposed to the grief n pain that managing tv would bring

he was ungrateful in spades and just incredibly penny pinching

like a scrooge from brooklyn or something

it was an unnerving mixture

we drifted apart after the tour i never saw him again

marty played on on of  ‘is solo records

and the church did an insipid uninspired version of friction

funny seeing tv on that show in portugal just filmed lately

that same old cagey grin that same old tom cat jive

jesus what a character

ha ha

Tickets for The Forum Melbourne show 30th December will be available to the general public at 9am on Monday 24th October at Ticketmaster.  Presale for our newsletter subscribers will end this Sunday night at 11:59pm.

A 2nd show for Brisbane Powerhouse on Sat 24th December is onsale.
Purchase tickets online here http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org/events/view/the-church/

Ticket information for the Adelaide show will be posted here soon as we can.

priest to cat

i exist in past so deep

so wide inside where wishes keep

and hide themselves from lights of day

the moon my sun for i live somewhere else

at night getting changed into stranger

i loiter in the shadow of madder lake ache

transformation of the face

howling leopard claws out of saint no saint

transformation of the body

i slink away into distant memory

a dull and uncertain threat sustaining through weary years

inside every beast that contains no man

they cut it open but it is empty

then they cut open the emptiness but it is unbearable

hidden there monsters like me from far antiquity

a museum of screaming gargoyles all unmarbled

i am the cat man in feline flux and fur

i am sick and old and hungry like hell

i visit the sleeping dead in their disturbing dream

and return to morning

still half kitty