CucosBlog

Another night out going to see a gig in a vain attempt to see something which is beautiful and dangerous and moving… Oh Jesus, it really seems like I am going to have to make this shit myself.

The premise of this blog was to write about music that I love, but it’s just got to the point where I’m stuck because I’ve got nothing to write about. I guess it’s all so obvious isn’t it. I’m going to see Sonic Youth this coming Friday and Saturday play their Daydream Nation show at The Roundhouse. But part of me knows it is just going to be an attempt to recapture that time, that music scene, and my late teenage years. It’s time to move on. I can no longer expect anyone to come up with a decent rock show. I’ve got to do it. And that’s a huge pressure.

Punk really did break didn’t it. We need a new voice. We need words that are powerful, we need a voice that is powerful, and we need music that is too. All in one great band.

It’s a social thing too. All my life I’ve been to most gigs on my own, because very few of my friends like the kind of music that I want to check out. I remember the last UTR show I saw at the Luminaire. It was the loneliest thing. How do I meet the people I want to meet? It’s like i know the milieu I want to be in is out there, but how do make contact? It’s so strange. The terrible isolation…