the vaselines ride again (in mono)

curse this goddam property whirlygig i’m stuck on till the weekend.  another non-attendance.  but i’ll plug it since it’s for a good cause.  eugene kelly and frances mckee will be doing a set of vaselines songs tomorrow night at mono.  in glasgow.  not sure if this constitutes a reunion but it’s still more interesting than clearing shit (not literally) out of my loft.  or attic.  depending.  

the vaselines excelled in the whole scruffy skewed pop genre.  see sex sux (amen).  they released only a single cd full of aural gems.  distilled, like a career worth of genius boiled down to about twenty songs.  and twenty years later it still makes me want to pick up a guitar, bash out a few chords, sing occasionally off-key and maybe chuck in some bike horns or squeezebox.  every fey indie kid in cardigan and messy hair owes these guys a living.  not sure if i hate them for that a wee bit.    

rory rides me raw:

so get along to mono tomorrow, thursday 24th april.  see eugene & frances play solo.  see eugene and frances get together with stevie jackson, bob kildea, richard colburn and sarah martin from belle and sebastian to play some vaselines songs.  see emma pollock do her thang as well.  hear readings by alan bissett and hal duncan.  all for only five measly quid on the door eight pm.  all proceeds go to the orphan support project, zomba, malawi.

here’s a nice video.  no kurt to be seen thankfully.

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