Hmmmm, my plug for the Feline Dream show should have gone up last night (note the time it was written!) but somehow didn't. Oh well, you all know now anyway. I shall be there as my dental drama went without a hitch.

I've been in such a good mood since yesterday, maybe it's due to the weather, maybe it's because I bought the Desaparecidos CD (listened to it 3 times in a row!!) AND Arthur Mathews's 'Well Remembered Days' which had me grinning away like a lunatic on the tube home last night. I'm always a bit put off when people say that books are "hilarious", but this really is a funny satire.

In case you don't know, this Saturday sees the London debut of the Feline Dream. They're playing the Fan Club at the Verge, 134 Kentish Town Road, Camden Town, NW1. More details from Feline1 himself on our discussion board. They are actually headlining I believe, though Marcel and resident band Riviera are also on the bill. Follow the links above for more info.
I hope to be there, but it depends on what happens at the dentist on Friday morning!

What looked on paper like a potential gig-of-the-year - namely Cannibal Ox and Four Tet at 93 Feet East on April 9 - has been cancelled. Does anyone know why? Please don't tell me it has anything to do with the Queen Mum's funeral!

Whilst I was at the aforementioned Diefenbach gig on Saturday, Marina from Organ sold me a copy of their latest issue. Amazingly they're up to number 73 !! I've been reading it on the tube the last couple of days and it really is brilliant to find that they're so enthusiastic after all these years. It puts me to shame for only producing 13 issues of Weedbus and it actually made me a bit nostalgic for print fanzines in general - there's nothing to stop me putting out Slow Thrills issue 1 very soon though (nothing except laziness that is!).
Anyway, Organ is fab as ever, lots of positive reviews of unknown bands (Stoopi, HHH, Percy, the Dukes of Nothing etc, etc) as well as established stuff like Bad Religion and the Cardiacs (well they have to sell copies you know!), so grab a copy if yoou can. no doubt there'll be another one along next month.
www.organart.com in case you missed the link above.

Hopefully April will see more action on these pages. Coming soon, reviews of Godspeed You Black Emperor and Diefenbach, and in the course of the next month, some new interviews - I promise! I'm still thinking about the print edition too. I may have more time towards the end of the month to put it together. more later....

A curious coincidence happened yesterday. I listened to 'Deja Vu' by Crosby Stills Nash and Young for the first time in YEARS in the morning, then went to a gig in Notting Hill Arts Club where te first band on played a decent cover of 'Almost Cut my hair' off that very album. Spoooooky. I didn't catch their name though - anyone know??