Good news for mv fans - he is playing four dates to be known as "The mad_vicar birthday bash!"
The dates are 12th/13th/14th/15th March and they are solid. We will be doing more promotion work, especially in and around the locations listed below. Birthday presents for the mv himself are optional but desirable!!
These are the dates and locations:
12th March 2010 - Voss Schlagen, Salzburg, Austria 9pm-2am www.dievosschlagen.at
13th March 2010 - Nutznboltz, Bender, Transnistria/PMR 10pm-4am www.nutznboltz.net
14th March 2010 - Mirage, Amsterdam, Netherlands 10pm-2am www.clubmirage.nl
15th March 2010 - Nutznboltz, Bender, Transnistria/PMR 10pm-2am www.nutznboltz.net
The mini-tour has been arranged via the usual suspects, and as I say, these are firm dates. mv particularly wanted to be back in Bender for his actual birthday night, since the city and the people have been so warm and welcoming in the past, and so the two gigs are a big thank you to the citizens of Transnistria. mv is happy, surprised, and very pleased at the massive surge of popularity right across the PMR, and he hopes THIS TIME to take in a boat trip on the river if he recovers his strength in time! He is drinking VitSmart along with the usual buckets of coffee, so he should be in good health for the mini-tour.
Anyone seeking further information can get in touch via the blog or the usual channels.
Stay well everyone - and see you at the clubs!
Dex
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Friday, 19 February 2010
OFFICIAL: Scotching a few rumours... again!
Hello mv fans!
I have to add to the blog again to scotch rumours AGAIN! How these things get started nobody can work out, but I, as de officiale representativeness of both mad_vicar and AEGRE, it's my job to stop strange chinese whispers before they get out of hand.
So if ever you hear a certain item of news, check out the blog to see if it has actually happened in real life or someone's fevered imagination.
Earlier there was the rumour that mv was leaving AEGRE for a different, personally respected, record company. That appeared out of nowhere and Frances had to post an entry to untwine it all.
Well, since the recent PMR/Transnistria gigs, another bizarre crop has appeared.
1. No, mv is not moving to Bender, in the PMR, even though he thinks the city is cool and has a very cool name.
2. No, mv has not started a record company in the PMR, although it might be a good idea for the future.
3. Ditto about starting a club/clubs in Transnistria.
4. While mv loves playing there, and always puts the PMR to the top of any list, he has no plans to put down any roots of any kind other than the friendships he has made, and the remarkable number of mv fans for whom, I think he has said elsewhere, he is very grateful and never hesitates to mention how pleasantly surprised he remains at the interest in his work.
5. The "surprise" nature of PMR gigs are a combination of circumstances, and this is why one reads of them "having happened" rather than "will happen". The PMR is one of the remaining Soviet states, and this introduces a layer of beurocracy that has to be assured mv is not subversive in any way. Over the last few appearances, it has become easier and easier to travel and perform in the PMR. So much so that local Party Officials have started asking for tickets, and we at AEGRE are more than happy to arrange this! There will be a time when we can say for definite that mv will be at x on y day at z time in the PMR, and when that happens, it will be posted here. There are a few unofficial "boards", which of course, AEGRE cannot comment upon or discuss, but these, along with word-of-mouth, email, and text, seem to do the job of publicising upcoming dates just fine.
So I hope that the above lessens the spurious rumours that continually spring up around mv.
And of course any Official News will appear here first. Be that from mv or myself.
Thanks for reading!
Dex.
I have to add to the blog again to scotch rumours AGAIN! How these things get started nobody can work out, but I, as de officiale representativeness of both mad_vicar and AEGRE, it's my job to stop strange chinese whispers before they get out of hand.
So if ever you hear a certain item of news, check out the blog to see if it has actually happened in real life or someone's fevered imagination.
Earlier there was the rumour that mv was leaving AEGRE for a different, personally respected, record company. That appeared out of nowhere and Frances had to post an entry to untwine it all.
Well, since the recent PMR/Transnistria gigs, another bizarre crop has appeared.
1. No, mv is not moving to Bender, in the PMR, even though he thinks the city is cool and has a very cool name.
2. No, mv has not started a record company in the PMR, although it might be a good idea for the future.
3. Ditto about starting a club/clubs in Transnistria.
4. While mv loves playing there, and always puts the PMR to the top of any list, he has no plans to put down any roots of any kind other than the friendships he has made, and the remarkable number of mv fans for whom, I think he has said elsewhere, he is very grateful and never hesitates to mention how pleasantly surprised he remains at the interest in his work.
5. The "surprise" nature of PMR gigs are a combination of circumstances, and this is why one reads of them "having happened" rather than "will happen". The PMR is one of the remaining Soviet states, and this introduces a layer of beurocracy that has to be assured mv is not subversive in any way. Over the last few appearances, it has become easier and easier to travel and perform in the PMR. So much so that local Party Officials have started asking for tickets, and we at AEGRE are more than happy to arrange this! There will be a time when we can say for definite that mv will be at x on y day at z time in the PMR, and when that happens, it will be posted here. There are a few unofficial "boards", which of course, AEGRE cannot comment upon or discuss, but these, along with word-of-mouth, email, and text, seem to do the job of publicising upcoming dates just fine.
So I hope that the above lessens the spurious rumours that continually spring up around mv.
And of course any Official News will appear here first. Be that from mv or myself.
Thanks for reading!
Dex.
Sunday, 14 February 2010
mv reporting on the latest PMR gigs and related stuff...
Hello and welcome! I am happy to be able to report on the “surprise” appearances that occurred over the weekend once again in the wonderful surroundings of Transnistria. Nothing was announced on the blog in advance, mainly because we didn’t know it was going to happen. Plus, you know how I hate to use the blog to “advertise” – other than to say when an album is finished, although I like to think that this is just an addition or the end of the story of an album’s development, which I do write about on the blog. So to me that’s not exactly adverstising – and I’m rambling, so I must get back on track!
My visit to the PMR was great fun and the joy of hooking up with the friends I made last time was simply wonderful. I did a couple of live appearances Friday and Saturday, and then topped off the weekend Sunday night by DJ-ing at the Vestral club in the coolly-named city of Bender. Yes, I have told them about the robot in Futurama, and this time left some DVDs with them so that they can enjoy the cartoon Bender as much as I do. Futurama is so cool! And, without wanting to upset Simpsons devotees, I feel personally that Futurama knocks spots off The Simpsons – it’s mainly that space/distopian future comedy is more to my taste. Plus I think both Leela and Amy are animated-hot, man.
What can I say? Well, I’m extremely tired, if that’s any indicator. It will take me all week to get over the weekend! We arrived Friday afternoon, and managed to get through the rush hour traffic to the hotel. As ever, we experienced impeccable service, and rooms that were clinically, surgically, marvellously clean and invitingly hospitable. With barely any time to shower and then indulge in my hotel sport of amateur level bed-bouncing, it was off to Nutsnboltz for the gig. I ran through most of the favourites, and I think the crowd enjoyed me. Far too many people bought far too many drinks for me, but I managed to get back to the hotel by 2am. The bed, only barely bounced earlier on, was lovely and I slept like a large piece of fallen tree.
Saturday afternoon was spent knocking around the city and doin’ the touristy stuff. There is a castle in the city that totally entranced me, and if I ever made any money, I would like to live up there. I could make as much noise as I wanted without upsetting my wife – or the neighbours. Yeah. Transnistria is a lovely country, and I must spend more time there. The river is of course the main draw, and I wish we had had time for a trip along the great snake, but maybe next time.
My second night in Nutsnboltz was even better than the previous. The crowd was larger, and the atmosphere was electric. You could feel the heavy humidity caused by the presence of so many bodies – it seemed that if you were to grab a handful, you could wring water out of it! Tonight I focussed mainly on tunes from mv_5, Liquidators, and that perennial favourite: “Porn for the Ears”. Everybody seems to love “Porn for the Ears” – the more “dirty” a track is, the more people appear to get into it. Sometimes I blush at the samples, yet I look down and the crowd is lip-synching so accurately it takes the breath away. I wondered to myself – Is it because they speak a different language and don’t know what they’re singing? Then I remember that audiences do it wherever I am, and so it can’t be that. Very often I drift away and memories of the recording of the tracks come to mind. For example, when I play anything from “Holy Shit” (the first album), I remember the red hot summer of 2001, and the little room I used as my “study”. This was a generic term that refers to, in no particular order, computer room, office, recording studio, library and a hundred other uses – which caught the sun and made doing anything in the afternoon a fun exercise in human bodily endurance. I mainly worked from the evening until the pre-midday hours (effectively, the hours that a person didn’t feel like they may spontaneously combust any second!) utilising recording equipment and conditions that would be considered extremely spartan and crude by today’s standards. A great deal of the work was done on tape, as the PC I used at the time was incapable of running too many tasks at once. To a degree, this comes across in some of the tracks of that era, but not embarrassingly so. Or not too embarrassing anyway!
“Porn for the Ears” was recorded over one weekend, when Mrs. mad_vicar was away on a short weekend break in Cornwall. Taking advantage of the situation, I commandeered loads of gear from other rooms, such as the video recorder from the living room, and a tape deck that normally was part of the audio system also located usually in the living room. I worked from Friday to Sunday, as the track was the last of the “Holy Shit” album to be recorded, it’s completion meant the completion of the album.
I remember well burning a completed album on CD, with cover, insert and back cover, which I numbered 001. When I went to pick up Mrs. mad_vicar, I presented this copy to my wife – a tradition I have sort of kept up ever since.
Gosh do I ramble! So I’ll just quickly wrap this up so I can post it.
Love and best wishes to all mvpeople around the world, and I promise there will be more news on mv7 soon!
This is your correspondent mad_vicar, reporting live from my bed, where I intend to stay until I recharge my batteries!! xxx
My visit to the PMR was great fun and the joy of hooking up with the friends I made last time was simply wonderful. I did a couple of live appearances Friday and Saturday, and then topped off the weekend Sunday night by DJ-ing at the Vestral club in the coolly-named city of Bender. Yes, I have told them about the robot in Futurama, and this time left some DVDs with them so that they can enjoy the cartoon Bender as much as I do. Futurama is so cool! And, without wanting to upset Simpsons devotees, I feel personally that Futurama knocks spots off The Simpsons – it’s mainly that space/distopian future comedy is more to my taste. Plus I think both Leela and Amy are animated-hot, man.
What can I say? Well, I’m extremely tired, if that’s any indicator. It will take me all week to get over the weekend! We arrived Friday afternoon, and managed to get through the rush hour traffic to the hotel. As ever, we experienced impeccable service, and rooms that were clinically, surgically, marvellously clean and invitingly hospitable. With barely any time to shower and then indulge in my hotel sport of amateur level bed-bouncing, it was off to Nutsnboltz for the gig. I ran through most of the favourites, and I think the crowd enjoyed me. Far too many people bought far too many drinks for me, but I managed to get back to the hotel by 2am. The bed, only barely bounced earlier on, was lovely and I slept like a large piece of fallen tree.
Saturday afternoon was spent knocking around the city and doin’ the touristy stuff. There is a castle in the city that totally entranced me, and if I ever made any money, I would like to live up there. I could make as much noise as I wanted without upsetting my wife – or the neighbours. Yeah. Transnistria is a lovely country, and I must spend more time there. The river is of course the main draw, and I wish we had had time for a trip along the great snake, but maybe next time.
My second night in Nutsnboltz was even better than the previous. The crowd was larger, and the atmosphere was electric. You could feel the heavy humidity caused by the presence of so many bodies – it seemed that if you were to grab a handful, you could wring water out of it! Tonight I focussed mainly on tunes from mv_5, Liquidators, and that perennial favourite: “Porn for the Ears”. Everybody seems to love “Porn for the Ears” – the more “dirty” a track is, the more people appear to get into it. Sometimes I blush at the samples, yet I look down and the crowd is lip-synching so accurately it takes the breath away. I wondered to myself – Is it because they speak a different language and don’t know what they’re singing? Then I remember that audiences do it wherever I am, and so it can’t be that. Very often I drift away and memories of the recording of the tracks come to mind. For example, when I play anything from “Holy Shit” (the first album), I remember the red hot summer of 2001, and the little room I used as my “study”. This was a generic term that refers to, in no particular order, computer room, office, recording studio, library and a hundred other uses – which caught the sun and made doing anything in the afternoon a fun exercise in human bodily endurance. I mainly worked from the evening until the pre-midday hours (effectively, the hours that a person didn’t feel like they may spontaneously combust any second!) utilising recording equipment and conditions that would be considered extremely spartan and crude by today’s standards. A great deal of the work was done on tape, as the PC I used at the time was incapable of running too many tasks at once. To a degree, this comes across in some of the tracks of that era, but not embarrassingly so. Or not too embarrassing anyway!
“Porn for the Ears” was recorded over one weekend, when Mrs. mad_vicar was away on a short weekend break in Cornwall. Taking advantage of the situation, I commandeered loads of gear from other rooms, such as the video recorder from the living room, and a tape deck that normally was part of the audio system also located usually in the living room. I worked from Friday to Sunday, as the track was the last of the “Holy Shit” album to be recorded, it’s completion meant the completion of the album.
I remember well burning a completed album on CD, with cover, insert and back cover, which I numbered 001. When I went to pick up Mrs. mad_vicar, I presented this copy to my wife – a tradition I have sort of kept up ever since.
Gosh do I ramble! So I’ll just quickly wrap this up so I can post it.
Love and best wishes to all mvpeople around the world, and I promise there will be more news on mv7 soon!
This is your correspondent mad_vicar, reporting live from my bed, where I intend to stay until I recharge my batteries!! xxx
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