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July 4th 2009

 

Keith Levene has began relaunching the MurderGlobal.com website. Check out Area 51 to hear new tunes or Research to play Asteroids! The accompanying blog at MurderGlobal.net also makes mention of new releases…

"Keith is concentrating on his own projects under the Murder Global banner which is made up of a team of like minded individuals. With new releases in the pipeline and other innovative concepts, Murder Global is a space well worth watching!" - MurderGlobal, 2009

www.murderglobal.com
www.murderglobal.net

Thanks to Chumley

 

 
Allan Dias DJ's every Tuesday night at The Beauty Bar, 231 East 14th Street, New York City. Allan is a resident DJ at The Skinny Jeans Club Night.
Thanks to Olé Koretsky
 

 

Martin Atkins' Pigface released the new studio album 'Pigface 6' via Full Effect Records in June. This is the first Pigface album not to be released through Invisible…

Atkins will also be holding a retrospective gallery show The Religion of Marketing at The Metro Gallery in Baltimore, July 10th and 11th.

For further Atkins / Invisible / Pigface listings and news etc see the Invisible Community.

Thanks to Jonathan Childers

 

 
 
 

June 1st 2009

 

Jah Wobble appeared with Gary Crowley on BBC 6Music last Friday night, May 29th. In the the hour long special Wobble picked a selection of tracks and talked about his career; including meeting John Lydon and recording 'Metal Box'.
He also received his Songlines Music Award live on air (see News May 3rd for more info…). The interview is currently available via the 6Music website and the BBC iPlayer service.

 

CAR AD MUSICCar Ad Music, Jah Wobble's 2004 download-only album is finally available on CD via the (newly revamped) 30 Hertz website.

30 Hertz Description:
This album was recorded in the year 2005. It was never Jah Wobble's intention to release it on CD. It was to be a download only album. Indeed up to now that’s exactly what it has been. However due to public, (and some private), demand here it is on CD. This album is mix of South American and African rhythms with jazz licks and ‘ambient North European swaths’ along with some Nigerian ‘Ju Ju music’ influenced Pedal Steel, (courtesy of the excellent BJ. Cole).

 
A review of Wobble and Jon Savage's spoken-word appearance at The Brighton Festival is available via Drowned in Sound.
 

 
 
 

May 3rd 2009

 

Memoirs of a Geezer: Music, Life, MayhemJah Wobble's autobiography – Memoirs of a Geezer: Music, Life, Mayhem – is scheduled for a September release via Serpent's Tail.

Amazon Description:
Mercury-shortlisted musician, punk rebel and genuine geezer, Wobble spills all in his autobiography.

Written in his own unmistakable voice, this is a frank and fascinating account of a geezer’s life in the music business. Jah Wobble begins by offering the most authentic insider’s account of the beginning of punk rock yet written, but there's much more to him than that.

His is an eventful life, as the celebrated ups – PiL’s The Metal Box, 90s hit Visions Of You with Sinead O’Connor – are balanced by major downs – chronic alcoholism and marital breakdown.

It begins with an East End childhood in a London barely recovered from the War and ends with Wobble finally turning his back on London that no longer feels like home. Through the book Wobble tell it like he sees it: his opinions of the great and good from Malcolm Mcclaren to Peter Gabriel to Brian Eno to Iain Sinclair are refreshingly disrespectful.

Oh and if you ever wondered how got his name, the answer is here: his teenage pal Sid Vicious gave it to him when he drunkenly slurred Wobble’s real name, John Wardle.

More info soon. Also see 30 Hertz and "The List" for updates…

 

 

Wobble will be taking part in a spoken-word event with Englands Dreaming author Jon Savage at The Brighton Festival on May 15th at Thistle Hotel, 4pm. See the Brighton Festival website for more info.

Wobble also appeared on BBC Radio 6, Cerys Matthews Show on April 1st. And Radio 4, Inheritance Tracks, March 28th. Both interviews can be found via archive links on "The List".

 

Best Cross-Cultural CollaborationSonglines world-music magazine have awarded Jah Wobble & The Chinese Dub Orchestra their "Best Cross-Cultural Collaboration".

See Songlines interview with the worthy winner for more info... "I’ve won? I’ve never won anything in my life!"

 

 
John Lydon appeared on 'Queens of British Pop' (BBC1, April 1st) talking about Kate Bush. The interview is available via YouTube.
 
 

 
Martin Atkins will be bringing his TourSmart talk to the UK in May-June. Dates are still being confirmed. See tstouring.com for more info... Pigface will also release a new album.
 

 

Chester Simpson Photography © http://newfineartprints.comPhotographer Chester Simpson has a wide selection of PiL pictures available to view and purchase via his website. His work includes rare interview and live images from the 1980 US Tour, plus 1982/86.

Chester Simpson Photography
Thanks to Microbunny

 

 

Michael Leach Photography © http://bestrockphotos.com Michael Leach has also updated his Best Rock Photography website with further PiL pictures from Seattle, Box Theatre 1982 and Paramount Theatre 1984.

Best Rock Photography

 

 
Totally Wired – Simon Reynolds companion book to Rip It Up and Start Again – features an interview with Jah Wobble and two of Simon's recent PiL review articles. Totally Wired: Postpunk Interviews and Overviews was published in February by Faber and Faber.
 

 
Rock Town Hall website were supposed to interview Keith Levene a few months ago. You can read all about the "official non-interview" on their blog. In a recent interview with Quietus.Com Mark Stewart again claimed to be working with Levene.
Thanks to The Back Office
 

 
PiL and Sex Pistols were the "Show Stoppers" on yesterday's (Saturday May 2nd) Liz Kershaw Show on BBC 6 Music. Fans were invited to email song requests and gig reviews etc. Safe to say Liz isn't a "P.I.L" fan as she can't pronounce John McGeoch's name and mixes up 'Annalisa' with female pop star Anastacia...
Thanks to Chumley
 

 
Picture Credits (top to bottom)
Memoirs of a Geezer: Music, Life, Mayhem © Jah Wobble 2009
Chester Simpson Photography © http://newfineartprints.com
Michael Leach Photography © http://bestrockphotos.com
 
 

Metal Box re-issue LP review

Public Image Ltd.
The Metal Box. 2006

Vinyl re-issue out now:
See review for full info…

 

 

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