Arthur Gadney asked about Boredoms gigs in Europe.

I'm hardly the best person to answer, but...

My first time seeing Eye and cohorts. Got the idea it was going to be a variation on a PSF psych-fest and was blown away with the 3 drummers in a circle with our man bouncing around freaking out on a sampler(?).

There was nothing amazing by way of extended technique or the like, just going for a groove and being incredibly tight and much interaction as sections broke down and rebuilt amongst the players (sorry no names).

I must admit that I probably had a teensy bit too much to drink and I couldn't get my head around the anti-climax that was John Cale's first 4 songs in the second half of the concert. Nothing against the man, but he was added to the show late (no mention on my ticket, but he was there in the ads in the last Wire). I think it would have been better for him to open the evening, unless some idiot thought that Boredoms were a novelty act and we needed a real musician of gravitas afterwards?

Random thoughts and I left well before the end of his set, y'see I had Kiss Alive II on the minidisc and an appointment with the devil...

Hoping this gets through for a change, yr lurking pal

David Howarth