Victor Billot » Music http://www.victorbillot.com Sat, 08 Oct 2011 06:32:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Das Phaedrus – Ditch http://www.victorbillot.com/2011/10/das-phaedrus-%e2%80%93-ditch/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2011/10/das-phaedrus-%e2%80%93-ditch/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:33:01 +0000 admin http://www.victorbillot.com/?p=368 Sammys, 1991

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeqDP_Y28Rs

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]]> http://www.victorbillot.com/2011/10/das-phaedrus-%e2%80%93-ditch/feed/ 0 From the Crypt: Age of Dog http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/06/from-the-crypt-age-of-dog/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/06/from-the-crypt-age-of-dog/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:53:14 +0000 admin http://www.victorbillot.com/?p=297 1992, Crown Hotel, Dunedin.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzZn1Z7S06k

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]]> http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/06/from-the-crypt-age-of-dog/feed/ 5 Never mind the butter, here’s the ex-Pistols http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/05/never-mind-the-butter-heres-the-ex-pistols/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/05/never-mind-the-butter-heres-the-ex-pistols/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 02:43:01 +0000 admin http://www.victorbillot.com/?p=290 I am an agriculturalist, I am an anarchist . . . dairy me.

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]]> http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/05/never-mind-the-butter-heres-the-ex-pistols/feed/ 1 Music and Dancing http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/04/music-and-dancing/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/04/music-and-dancing/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:50:16 +0000 admin http://www.victorbillot.com/?p=281 Finally got around to uploading some obscure mp3s from the dim past – including tracks from Das Phaedrus, Age of Dog, Swarm, Body Bomb, Alpha Plan and a few of my own, spanning the last 20 years (just about!)

Check out the selection here.

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]]> http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/04/music-and-dancing/feed/ 0 Presenting the Bad Clowns? http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/03/presenting-the-bad-clowns/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/03/presenting-the-bad-clowns/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:33:03 +0000 admin http://www.victorbillot.com/?p=213 As a general principle the idea of Mick Harvey leaving the Bad Seeds would be a negative, but when his replacement is Ed Kuepper the situation becomes more complex, especially when the Laughing Clowns are back in town.

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]]> http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/03/presenting-the-bad-clowns/feed/ 0 (Barbed) Wire http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/03/barbed-wire/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/03/barbed-wire/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:24:32 +0000 admin http://www.victorbillot.com/victorbillot/?p=191 Just listened to one of the tracks from the new Wire album “One of us” – available as a free download.

Still brilliant. Contributing to my theory that post punk music groups can (not always) survive middle age better than pre punk music groups.

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]]> http://www.victorbillot.com/2009/03/barbed-wire/feed/ 0 Alpha Plan video from the archives . . . http://www.victorbillot.com/2008/09/alpha-plan-video-from-the-archives/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2008/09/alpha-plan-video-from-the-archives/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:31:36 +0000 admin http://billot.wordpress.com/?p=89 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbUZ48uYUqI

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]]> http://www.victorbillot.com/2008/09/alpha-plan-video-from-the-archives/feed/ 1 David Kilgour at Arc, 13/9/07 http://www.victorbillot.com/2007/09/david-kilgour-at-arc/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2007/09/david-kilgour-at-arc/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:37:51 +0000 admin http://billot.wordpress.com/2007/09/14/david-kilgour-at-arc/ I ventured out last night to the Arc, which is under “new” management (again.) It’s a good space but has struggled. I’m out of the loop with music at the moment as I have been engaged in different things in the last few years.

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]]> http://www.victorbillot.com/2007/09/david-kilgour-at-arc/feed/ 0 Bailterspace? http://www.victorbillot.com/2007/08/bailterspace/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2007/08/bailterspace/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:21:38 +0000 admin http://billot.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/bailterspace/ The high ranking BailterSpace have some new mp3s on their MySpace page after many years of silence.

My pick is Place of R. Some people like music to drive to. This is music to drive space freighters to.

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]]> http://www.victorbillot.com/2007/08/bailterspace/feed/ 0 Games People Play http://www.victorbillot.com/2004/07/games-people-play/ http://www.victorbillot.com/2004/07/games-people-play/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:22:00 +0000 admin http://billot.wordpress.com/2004/07/12/games-people-play/ Some interesting sounds have appeared on my desk lately.

I discovered a copy of Roy Budd’s fantastic soundtrack to Get Carter and have been enjoying it a lot. It’s a great movie, starring Michael Caine in a career highlight, and the book it was adapted from (Jacks Return Home, by Ted Lewis) is a cracking read.

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