I wrote some new songs – When I was in Texas I was caught on camera playing them.
First see this one filmed by the Vincent Moon:Perfect Louse
Then I did this one after the Mojo Bootleg BBQ – Tiredness was setting in and my hair looks like a wig.
On A Bus In Austin – David Thomas Broughton SXSW 09 from Wasp Video on Vimeo.
I just remembered this fake interview posted by Sacrifice the Liver a few years ago…
…for the record, I’ve never been a smoker (so no offering me Lucky Strike please).
I have been asked to play a couple of festivals this year…
First is the Summer Sundae at Leicester – be sure to buy your ticket and come to see me about just after lunch time…The same day I have to speed off to get to the Woolfire festival near Winchester to rock the shit out of their second stage – I’ll be one of the non-Winchester acts I suppose.
Over the August bank holiday weekend I will be playing at the Electric Elephant festivities in Petrcane, Croatia. I was up in Manchester the other weekend to show the organisers what they have let themselves in for letting me play – The same guys run a bar in Chorlton called Electrik. I’d recommend you pop in and have some sausage and mash.
In Septicmember I am playing at End of the Road festival again. Good times are to be had once more – the line-up is once again pretty swell, thanks to the efforts of the ever delightful Simon and Sofia. Bloody top-notch.
After that you should get down to the ICA on Sept 24th – I’m heading a night of great social import. Me and my show. Plus some atmospheric soundscapes from voice and classical guitars by way of Twi the Humble Feather.
In the meantime I’m recording some shit in the studio and that is going to be some good shit right there. Shit yeah!
Later…
I am doing a special performance with 7 Hertz – pretty much like the record we did so if you enjoyed that…
It is at the Theatre at the Mill, Bradford and for information click here and look for information about ‘Village Fete’.
See you down the front!
Dear All,
I have returned from a jaunt in Scotland, and am taking this opportuntiy to reflect on the past week or so.
I’ll start at the Blank Tape Spillage Fete. I should have reminded everyone about it, but you may have read in the paper or whatnot… Anyways – they have packed it all up now but we had a closing gig for the exhibition on the 11th April and it was real nice. Thanks to all the peebles who came to see, and for those who then got dragged into a folk dance upsatirs – happy times!
Peel, pith and juicy bits.
After this I had a little restification and nipped up to Scotland for to be part of the Behaviour festival at The Arches in Glasgae: they mixed some bits of me into the trailer (link above) – looks good. It was good – being scutinised by a serious theatre audience.
From Glasgow we cadged a lift from the very lovely Andy and Denise. Their first Home Game too. We don’t know them, they were just going the same way. I reccommend you say hello if you see them and buy them a drink for their kindness.
Eider, redshank, oystercatcher, curlew, cormorant.
Anstruther is a lovely place. We ate at the world famous ‘Fish Bar’. Strolled on the beach. And I played a couple of shows for the lovely Fence boys. In Anstruther Town Hall, with a massive amount of feedback and unusually loud drum machine bursts, what silliness. In Hew Scott Hall a more sedate affair with a little piano.
The sun came out all bright and lovely on Sunday as we were leaving. Was nice to have a relaxing and comfortable festival experience. Thanks Johnny and James for inviting me.
David
Yes, the Proclaimers and I were ‘deep in conversation’… Phil Alexander’s summary of the Mojo Bootleg Barbecue – minus any photograph of me (luckily).
That’s SXSW done now this is what we have learned from the whole debacle….
It is a bit difficult to see any bands what you want to and so you shouldn’t try. I did see however, the hotly-tipped-for-the-next-big-thing, Polly Jean Harvey and John Parish. I then saw some visual spectacular, from Tel Aviv, in the form of the shifting crowd containing Monotonix.
In terms of where I was before that. The Mojo Bootleg Barbecue at the Mean Eyed Cat, This was good for two reasons: Graig and Charlie Reid. Indeed The Proclaimers enjoyed my set at this and they played and it was great. Other highlights were the fun and fantastic Hot Leg. Rolo Tomassi were a great little bundle of energy.
We have walked through South Congress in Austin and then back to watch the bats fly out. This was a bit of a special sight.
Everywhere we have been the soundtrack has been thrust upon us by The Miserable Rich, incessantly busking their way though Austin.
I think it’s time to go home now.
More about me.
I’m here in Texas. I listened to the bats chattering under Congress bridge just now before doing a little Black Cab Session here in Austin. I did some noises in with Denis Jones and then a solo ditty which I made myself.
We have also discovered that there is someone who understands in New York. They have written this review of the show I done.
I had a stint at The End of the Road Festival’s little get together here in SXSW – I stank but the Wildbirds and Peacedrums luckily sweetened things up for everyone.
Thoughts for you all to ponder are: Viking Moses and Golden Ghost. A generous and lovely pair of people. The Pictish Trail, a really decent chap. Haven’t bumped into Paul ‘the new beard in town’ Marshall yet but he’s around
Today is the day I grow a year older. Today is the day we do the big showcase for the SXSW people not to turn up and watch. Denis Jones, Tom Brosseau, Sam Amidon, Alela Diane, Liz green, The Miserable Rich, Shearwater
All is well
So I flew over here yestertime. Man! That ice and shit is so beautiful!
It is a long day though – I left my house at 8am I flew the time playing solitaire on the seat-back console and listening to Kanye West’s terrible album of sad songs sung through some vocoding shennanigans to make it like he can sing, a bit. Turns out I was playing at 12:15am NYC time – which for me is 4:15am time. Long day.
Thomas Bartlett happened to be in town – you know, the cat from Doveman. He played some keys for me. This was a shambles of a show but eventually we got through it. Good to get some sleep.
So now I am on US time I will stroll in NYC for a couple of hours before we have to fly to Austin, via Houston.
See you there then.
Oh, and while we’re at it, this was the verdict on the DTB, Doveman, SamAmidon show in London in January: http://aheartcanstopabullet.blogspot.com/2009/02/david-thomas-broughton-london-bush-hall.html