Steve Malkmus // Calexico

The nights' line up was non-vegetarian...
...courtesy of show openers Lift to Experience, who plonked their skull stage front the moment they got it out of its skull-shaped flight case...
Trust John Peel to open with a space-rock band from Denton, Texas who are possibly not very well known outside er... South Denton...


Your compere for the night...



Of course John went straight into his
'Let's hear all the ladies in the room say 'Whooh!'... are ya gonna have a goooood time tonight...'
routine.

Although of course he didn't use exactly those words...






In truth John was a genial host, basking in the majestic glow of ULU's celebrated neon toilet sign, quite unpeturbed by the staggering students and knee-deep stale beer...



Your audience for the night...


Mark and Kelly "Calexico were very good - brass and slide guitar which you don't usually hear"
Fave Record Shops: "Daddy Cool's in Berwick St and Selectadisc Soho - cheap and you'll find stuff not stocked by the chains"





Nina: Malkmus fan...
Fave Record Shop: Rough Trade (what else?)
Fave Venue: The Garage

Claire: so how does a Welsh lass end up running Steve Malkmus' T-Shirt stand?
"Well I started off seeing him play 55 times..."

Punters of the Night: Jakob and Pieter
Here to see Stephen Malkmus. Ordered the tickets over the internet from Oslo, in Norway, 2 weeks ago - never been to UK before.

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