Below is the whole gig the following night in Edinburgh courtesy of Murray Ramone.
Going through the receipts (Tax Return) led to more recollections and reflections of things that happened over a year ago. April 2011 was just after Dan Ashkenazy ( previously in Bitter Springs) finished his temporary stint on bass with the Sect, sorry to see him go, and Yusuf B'Layachi (Dear Thief and B'Layachi)) was welcomed in to the fold and by April 2012 Paul C and Myers had bedded in, bringing a northern soul flavour to the live set. There were 5 different live line ups in 2011 including guest appearances from Sect Alumnus Trigger and Joe McKechnie (Factory Star and Blue Orchid amongst others) and Vic played with the Sexual Objects.
Extract from: To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough by Robert Burns
''In proving foresight may be vain;
The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'men
Gang aft agley,''
SUCCESS- RELEASED 1st FEBRUARY- Vic to Vic, 7" recorded by Vic in Vic with Mates Mates in Nov 2011. 1.Les Parts Del Cos 2. (Oh Alright) Go On Then and 3.Whip Rules-
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Filing the Tax Return gets later and later every year. Used to get done by September, then when on line filing came in was determined not to leave it until the last minute which lasted two years of symbolically filing on 31st December. It is a stressful process at the best of times but this year Vic offered to help and the gnu inexplicably and rather foolishly said yes please. By the third day of sorting, re-sorting, counting and recounting,etc, the gnu was pulling her hair out and Vic deciding that discretion being the better part of valour disappeared under the head phones to work on his two new Latin numbers until it was safe to come out. Thankfully over for another year.
It is going swimmingly on the gig booking front with some more great posters by Andrew Shaw-see some more of his creations at: www.vicgodard.co.uk which is itself an a Shaw Design.
The Symptomatic one is the gnu's favourite design so far, so expect a T shirt is coming soon.
29th March Symptomatic Presents @ The Water Rats London
http://www.symptomaticpresents.com/
5th April Spinning Chilli Presents @ The Green Door Store Brighton
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17th May New Continental Preston
http://www.newcontinental.net/
1st June The Brudenell Social Leeds
http://www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk/
You obviously want to avoid cancellation whenever possible, whatever obstacles arise and as a result there were some great one off shows with one off sets of songs chosen specifically for the particular one off line ups. Big Up to ''The Subway Sect Stalwarts'' Mark and Kev, for taking it like a gnu whatever life on the road with the Sect throws at them, eg 04/06/2011 Greystones Sheffield when they and Vic did the gig as a trio with Mark swapping around from drums to bass, when Vic would bring into play his trusty old drum machine, working it with his foot while playing the guitar and Kev moving, swiftly, from bass to guitar to keyboard and back throughout the set. Went down a storm.
Vic is lucky he's got access to such a talented bunch of musicians and that what ever the Sect line up they always put on a damn fine show.
Ruminating with Vic over the oldish ground' reminded that- Vic and the many layered Sect(s) covered a LOT of ground and played an eclectic mix of venues and places between April 2011 and April 2012 including trips to Vienna, Porto, Aveiro and Coimbra, Vic, Barcelona, Petit Fays, Brussels and Lyons; travelling by train is much more enjoyable than by car or plane but very expensive, am now getting into the split ticket thing even though it's a bit of a pain. ( ridiculous that it cost over £1000 for 5 to go to Lyons and back by train, ok was half term but was Feb); spent a lot of time at Doddington services, Beds, also stopped at many more off the A1, always the preferred route north ; the gnu missed quite a few gigs, lots of reasons; le grand mal took its toll, clades odiosus, dogged the band's footsteps for over a year, casting a general pall of
Live Line Up MK 2-(Myers/Paul/Mark/Kev)
2012
07/01 The Thunderbolt 124 Bath Road, Totterdown, BS4 3ED Bristol
11/02 Le Trockson Montée de la Grande Cote 69001 Lyon
12/02 Le Citron 20 Rue St Georges, 69005 Lyon, France
24/02 TV’s Over @ Stereo 54 Gillygate, YO31 7EQ York
10/03 Symptomatic @ 229 the Venue Great Portland Street W1W 5PN
14/03 Vic and the Sexual Objects The Old Queen's Head London
22/03 The Verge above the Cheshire Ring 72 Manchester Road,Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 2BJ
23/03 Sounds in the Suburbs @ the The Accies 15, Helensburgh Drive, G13 1RR Glasgow
24/03 SITS @ the Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Street, EH2 2AA Edinburgh
25/03 Beat Generator Live! 70 North Lindsay Street, DD1 1PS Dundee
28/04 Keith Allen Presents Stroud Valley Arts 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA
2011
19/11
La [2] d’Apolo Nou de la Rambla
Barcelona Line up as below
18/11
la Jazz Cava Vic Catalunya Mark,
Trigger, Yusuf and Vic
29/10
Spinning Chilli @the Hydrant Brighton
Paul C Myers Kev Mark Vic
28/10
Symptomatic presents @Nambucca Holloway Road London Line up as above
22/10 States Club, Coimbra, Portugal
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21/10 Associação Cultural Mercado Negro,
Aveiro, Portugal
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20/10 Amarzem do Cha, Porto, Portugal
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15/10 The Verge, Hyde, Cheshire
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11/10 Rhiz, Vienna, Austria
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15/09 Williamson Tunnels, Liverpool Joe McKechnie on Drums Mark back to Bass
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09/07 Petit Fays, Ardennes Belgium
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04/06 The Greystones, Sheffield TRIO Kev, Mark & Vic
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30/05 Purcell Room, Southbank Centre. South
bank. London
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19/05 Lock Tavern, Camden Town
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29/04 The Lexington, Islington. London
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Line Up: Vic
Godard-vocals and guitar/Yusuf B'layachi : bass guitar and backing
vocals/Kevin Younger: keyboards, guitar
Mark Braby drums
Manos Stephanie Brussels, good location, lovely hotel and staff and very reasonable at weekends http://www.manosstephanie.com/ Heath Court Hotel Newmarket- great position and room had views over a stable yard but didn't meet my basic clean and helpful rating, completely lost me with the sticky bedroom carpet, yuch. Next time would stay outside of Newmarket. The Village Hyde- clean and comfy, reasonable rates, helpful staff, restaurant ok and has a heated pool. http://www.village-hotels.co.uk/hotels/manchester-hyde/welcome The Pond Glasgow-stayed here a few times, clean and comfy, reasonable rates, helpful staff and the actual pond is next door, great for twitchers. http://www.glasgowpondhotel.com/ Hotel Can Pamplona Vic- a one off and one of my favourite hotels http://www.canpamplona.com The Hilton Dundee- great position overlooking the river Tay, helpful staff, very clean and indoor pool. http://www.hilton.co.uk/HiWayWeb/appmanager/portals/hotel?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=hotel_home_standard&ctyhocn=DNDDUHN Hotel Seattle Brighton- in the Marina complex so not a pretty location,modern, 'trendy', clean and comfy, quite expensive in my opinion, room had balcony and view over actual marina, helpful staff but not many visible, especially at night when the street door is locked and you have to access the hotel via 'clockwork orangey' walkways from the multi-storey car park, neither Gertie not the gnu would feel safe doing this on their own. Also a lot of external noise from entertainment/food outlets at night, might not bother some. http://www.hotelseattlebrighton.com/ For special occasions: Storrs Hall Lake Windermere- stunning, the grounds border the lake. Very attentive staff and good food. Went in winter so not sure what it would be like once the season gets going. Look out for offers! http://englishlakes.co.uk/hotels/lake-district-hotels/windermere-hotels/storrs-hall-hotel/ The Salty Monk Sidford- Lovely position, rooms not big but very comfy, owners very helpful and welcoming and very good food .http://www.saltymonk.co.uk/content_contactus.asp Lumley Castle Chester le Street- stunning setting overlooking The Riverside ground at the front and with the Wear running through the back gardens. Welcoming staff, very comfy and very good food. http://www.lumleycastle.com/ Only booked one place so far this year- Headingley, overlooking the ground, for the Brudenell gig-will report back. STOP PRESS: Vic is making his debut as DJ Vic ll at the Social London W1 on 26th February https://www.facebook.com/events/249001698555644/ June Glasgow-Reprise of Glasgow Tea Party set with James Kirk and Mick Slaven on board. Look out for the March issue of Uncut, big in depth piece about Vic, bit miffed there's no mention of gnu inc. Also Vic's doing a Resonance interview with Victoria Yeulet in March, details to follow. |
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