Shimura Curves gigs this week

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To be honest I missed most of the set, because I saw a man with a beret and thought they were going to be horrendous funk rock nonsense. Bad move.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 1 December 2006 11:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, actually they were wicked funk rock nonsense.

― g0000blar (g00blar), Friday, 1 December 2006 11:38 (seventeen years ago) link

They weren't funk rock at all. They were 60s Motown/dirty garage with a side helping of ESG. They were very, very good. And I think they would make the Lex's head explode.

― masonic boom (kate), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Good helping of dancehall sensibilities as well.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:22 (seventeen years ago) link

they sound potentially great!

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:22 (seventeen years ago) link

they have no myspace or website I can find, I want to see them again.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:23 (seventeen years ago) link

OK that is a lie, I couldn't find a myspace for them when I was drunk and tired on wednesday night.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:24 (seventeen years ago) link

You forgot the awesome dresses/skeleton suits! Also the singer is ridiculously hot.

Ed: www.myspace.com/ebonybones

"Like Harry Potter with a vagina".

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Also this!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Also this!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/musicalneil/

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:29 (seventeen years ago) link

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/325/ebonybonessaatchi1hg7.jpg

― Ed (dali), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:30 (seventeen years ago) link

playing goldsmiths tonight.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Bloody students!!!

Stop talking about how brilliant they were. Talk about how brilliant *WE* WERE some more people! Humph!

― masonic boom (kate), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:33 (seventeen years ago) link

God, they seem to play an insane amount of gigs.

Don't these people have jobs?

― masonic boom (kate), Friday, 1 December 2006 12:34 (seventeen years ago) link

So you still think you're going on around 10pm, shimuras?

― substitute, mitya for him (mitya), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 13:13 (seventeen years ago) link

No, apparently we're going on at 9.30 exactly.

At the moment they're saying that we're only playing 5 songs. Which is a bit... HUNH?!?!? since we were told 30 minutes before, and 5 of our songs is only 15 minutes!

If we *do* only get 5 songs to play, any requests?

― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe they thought "Shimura Curves = prog = 6 minute songs"

― Johnney B has zeros off the line (stigoftdumpilx), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Rivers of Clerkenwell, Mother, Sticky & Brown, Magnus, Noyfriend.

Easy :)

Although I think that probably clocks in at about 10mins. Prog Noyfriend out for ages.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 13:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Like, most "rock bands" songs are about 5 minutes long. So 5 songs plus about 5 minutes of faffing = half an hour.

Our songs average two and a half to three minutes long, and they're all on a sequence to minimise faffing. When I say 8 Songs = Half An Hour, I mean, 8 song sequence = 29 min 48 seconds! I think we've won that discussion.

Wow, we haven't done Lost Rivers in ages! We were going to do an Elephants revival, but I don't think we have time. :-(

Sticky and Noyfriend are both on The List.

― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:02 (seventeen years ago) link

I was kind of joking, but I think you should do 8 'proper' Shimuras songs rather than 7 plus Bizarre Love Triangle. I mean it's obviously one of the most amazing songs ever etc but I'd much rather hear an all-original set.

(I think you should do Lost Rivers AND Elephants personally, but then I am old-school).

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:05 (seventeen years ago) link

The girls don't like performing Lost Rivers because it's mostly instrumental except for little bursts of singing, which means they stand around taking their coats off.

Elephants revival might still be the way forward (I can't remember exactly how long it is, though - is it under 3 minutes?) but I promised my sisX0r she could do guest vocals on BLT, since she had to live through the worst of my Bernard Sumner obesssion.

― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:07 (seventeen years ago) link

'lost rivers' is like my favourite shimura song!

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:16 (seventeen years ago) link

really? Hunh. I would have thought (Just Keep My Name) Out Of Your Blog would be.

Damn, which reminds me I forgot to remix a less distorted version because the bassline on that thing rips speaker cones.

We only have two songs over 4 minutes - Stronger and BLT.

Would it be cheeky to do a set that doesn't include the single?

― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Plus, you know...

DANCING BOYS!!!!!!

http://static.flickr.com/110/314157182_f15ddb5447.jpg

― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:21 (seventeen years ago) link

you know, the dancing boys does nothing for me (although that's probably not the point, is it? :)

ack, 9:30 will be tough, methinks.

― substitute, mitya for him (mitya), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh noes!

Sorry, that dancing boys picture is my new Favourite! Thing! Evah! I've wanted dancing boys onstage with me since, like, I was 12 or whatever and saw my first Madonna video.

(If dancing boys don't do it for you, surely you can look at the hott girlz in the band?)

― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:29 (seventeen years ago) link

really? Hunh. I would have thought (Just Keep My Name) Out Of Your Blog would be.

i like that but haven't heard it very much i guess...'sticky and brown' is my second favourite (slightly more predictably)

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:30 (seventeen years ago) link

Lost Rivers is also my favorite. And I also think ending on BLT is too... easy?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:34 (seventeen years ago) link

bah, I cannot believe I cannot find a better picture of that video that made me want dancing boys than this:

http://www.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/culture/2006/03/01/leggins250x187.jpeg

In my dreams, l to r: Jim, K8, Dave...

― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:37 (seventeen years ago) link

(He is going to KEEEL me when he comes back from capturing his castle.)

― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Ending on BLT is great but Noyfriend is the best set closer ever because it has that noisy guitar bit + the dance. You should do it as... an encore!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:41 (seventeen years ago) link

(Problem is, the last song is always that one that gets cut if there are problems and the set runs over - I don't mind cutting BLT but I would very much mind cutting Noyfriend.)

― masonic boom (kate), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 14:42 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't believe this is tomorrow night! Y'all should come since the Pamflet ladies throw kick-ass parties.

Plus, it's pretty much your last chance to see Shimura Curves THIS YEAR!

― marianna longmire (marianna lcl), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

i don't have any contact lenses and i still can't drink :(

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Sexy glasses and virgin marys for you!

― marianna longmire (marianna lcl), Tuesday, 5 December 2006 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link

lex is fat

― hb262 (hb262), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 02:40 (seventeen years ago) link

aw c'mon anon hater you'll have to do better than that, everyone knows i rock it like nicole richie

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 08:46 (seventeen years ago) link

but nicole richie isn't fat (etc etc)

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 10:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Breaking news!

We might be performing as a three piece! OMG! A rarity!

― marianna longmire (marianna lcl), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 12:04 (seventeen years ago) link

4 become 3 a la spice girls

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Minus which member?

Also oh no! Does only a three-piece mean no Magnus?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 12:08 (seventeen years ago) link

how do you do that hand thing in noyfriend with just 3 ppl?

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 12:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Ken, we've been doing the Noyfriend dance with 2 people for a while now.

Matt, no Magnus.

Kate isn't performing tonight.

― marianna longmire (marianna lcl), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 12:15 (seventeen years ago) link

Note: this is still going to be an awesome gig and you're all still expected to attend! x

― marianna longmire (marianna lcl), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 12:38 (seventeen years ago) link