Tuesday, 29 May, 2012
Will be travelling for a week from tomorrow on. I try to post, maybe in the weekend. For now a picture of PTV3 in front of the hotel in St Petersburg (tanx Alice). That face behind the pillar is…
I know you look at the same vid for almost a year now. Got some new material that I hope to put on soon (next month).
Sunday, 27 May, 2012
So lets throw out another post. Haven’t been very active with this lately. Will pick it up again, but from Wednesday on I will be traveling again for a week, expect some silence those days.
Traveling for the first time since 8 months. Weird to encounter the ‘world’ again. My solitude life feels comfortable. Some remarkable impressions:
St Petersburg: first elevator ride, going down for breakfast, the morning make-up sweet perfume smell reflecting from surrounding mirrors dominating the small room.
The hotelroom tv screen screaming slogans: ‘which could change the world’, ‘changing the future of this world’, ‘changing you’re daily world’,… Crap from companies advertising. The world was (is) always the same and will also not change. Only some technology got added, but that did not change anything. People are still the same like always.
Did you notice out how crappy google became? The search machine often gives me options I am not looking for while still typing the subject. It has the habit changing the search subject into something I do not want. When finally some options are shown, the first hundreds are commercial pages just mentioning what I look for. The actual site I like to be at is offered on page 423. Google became one of these machines designed by programmers who think they are smart following you’re thoughts. Well, these programmers are so stupid that they can’t even follow my easy mind. On the end; I don’t like machines thinking for me. I can think for myself. By by googles…
Saturday, 26 May, 2012
No, I didn’t get stuck in Russia, neither deported to Siberia, although it sounds like an interesting corner of this planet worthy to be visited by me.
PTV performed two memorable shows. They are all over the web, check it yourself.Many complimented my job as senior engineer. Local crews obviously felt different. They are all young, different generation. Popmusic nowadays is flat as a pancake, so is the sound. Everything sounds like a leveled buzz that would make the noise of a chainsaw sensational. PTV3 is dynamic and so am I. Music (and life) is all about dynamics. Funny, the local house technician in Moscow said it was too dynamic! How can music be too dynamic? Whats going on with the youngsters today? They like to be bored? Anyway, enough of my jagging, lets boogie. Here a picture from the St Petersburg show:
Tuesday, 15 May, 2012
Ok, rock and roll. Long time no posting. I am on the road heading for Russia doing two gigs with PTV3. Yep the good old Genesis P Orridge again. Someone takes care of the cats while away. Juntas is nice but travelling…that’s ‘blood’. St Petersburg first, than Moscow. Did both cities before. Don’t know if I find time and computer updating you with my posting. I will make pictures and tell you later (next week) how it was.
Here a picture Genesis recently mailed me:
Tuesday, 08 May, 2012
So lets move on with this cat fight (see previous post). Preta (black cat) disappeared in the night. On a distance I heard her screaming and fighting chasing the wild cat. Next morning she was back, damaged and slightly wounded. Lucky nothing too serious. A day of sleep brought her back in her normal behavior. I am proud of Preta. She defends the house with all means.
But who cares. Who cares about me, my cats and the nature surrounding me anyway? Lately I’m dealing with the ‘real’ world again. Doing production for the PTV3 gigs in Russia. What a bummer this is. Lost promoters, ignorance, annoying replies. It made me a ‘hard to deal with’ this time. I am sick of all this non-functional behavior of these idiots in the industry. Somehow I am out of it. Burned the bridges, but not completely. For PTV3 I might come out of my hides. Doing the job I did for 30 years. But why always these unnecessary problems? Anyway, I am looking forward to the trip (next week). If my visa is ready. Russian visa are difficult this time. New regulations and holidays got everything going last minute. While the promoters are anxious about the progress with band-visa, they don’t seem to give a damn about mine. Gives me the feeling I am not welcome this time. All is concentrated to the band, not the guy who actually does all the work (me). Oh well, I stay professional in this, keep these thoughts for myself and my posting here.
Meanwhile my computer is getting very old and giving up. More and more functions are failing. I am not talking about the software, but actual machine problems. Now the pointing device, you know that black surface functioning like a ‘mouse’ you move you’re finger around, is breaking up. It barely understands my moves. The ‘magic touch’ is over. I have to purchase an external mouse or another computer. Bleeehhh.
Sunday, 06 May, 2012
I know, I should be posting, but about what? Since music is back to cheap Dean Martin sell-out entertainment, nothing is to say anymore about this. Everything I wanted to write about regarding this subject you can find in the many previous posts of last (and this) years. Ok, I can bother you about my avant-gardening, but are you really interested in my daily plant treating activities? If something remarkable is reached I will post you about it. Most days pass-by working many different activities. And yep, there is more music than just that boring ‘pop’. Listening a lot to ‘other’ styles I found out that also in those scenes you have cut the crap. Is it that arty farties acting intellectual listening to ‘respectable’ music styles like ‘jazz’ or ‘avant-garde’ or ‘classical’, its just a matter of a inside look learning that pop-systems like copying, stealing, imitating and covering is also among those ‘serious artists’ shamelessly done. Mozart cheap copy crap, Pharaoh Saunders bad imitation rubbish, a.s.o… So lets write about something more real, the cat fight that just happened while I was writing above text f.e. There is a wild cat visiting this house sometimes. I think he just made another attempt joining the cat party. My cats are lesser amused by this visitor. The immediately jump in defense or even attack. The black cat takes more often position at the front door protecting and ready to fight. Massive noise of screaming cats just now indicated another visit of this wild cat. Preta (black cat) fights with all means possible without giving up she even chases the visitor far beyond Juntas borders. Hmmm, with these cats I don’t need a dog.
Soon in Moscow
