Black Mountain

I went to see Black Mountain perform at the Rescue Rooms last Thursday as the "plus one" of Mike of Troubled Diva fame - very much my sort of band. And I do recall saying to him at different points during the gig "This sounds like the Doors" and "He sounds like Neil Young now". Thanks very much Mike, a good band that I would have otherwise missed.

Also, I discovered from talking to Mike that sitting at a table in a restaurant in Milan with two members of the Residents not wearing their customary eyeball masks is a coup indeed - unknown to me previously, presumably they are an extremely secretive bunch never seen in public without said headgear. I never blogged about the aftermath of the Milan Sgt Pepper concert but it involved variously wandering the streets of Milan with Badly Drawn Boy and a Badly Drawn Map until said restaurant was found, as well as above mentioned Residents exclusive.

Baby Lemonade & London Sinfonietta are doing the Sgt Pepper gig in Paris next year involving a well known survivor of the 60s / 70s with a predilection for hard drugs, taking his top off and wearing see through PVC trousers ........ Can't wait!