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The members or Arab Strap’s immediate tamin have had a tow concerns over the content or the Falkirk duo’s recordings. ‘Dur lyrics are basically honest,’ admits guitarist Malcolm Middleton. ‘IIothing is glossed over or lett to the imagination. A lot ot the songs won’t get airplay cos, they’re . . . well . . . you know, “tuck,” “dick,” “bastard,” you know.’
Lyricist and vocalist (or ‘crooner’ as his comrade describes him), Aidan Mottat concurs. ‘My mother listened to the album last week and she didn’t mention it tor a while,’ he recalls. ‘Eventually she said “it’s a bit trank” and it hasn’t been talked about since.’ The name has, how can I put this, aroused some interest. An Arab strap is a marital aid, it you must know. ‘My gran asked me about the name,’ recalls Middleton. ‘She said “would you not have been better calling yourselves Central Belt?”’ The band’s name, like the device itselr, is not hindering their rise to what could be
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n: strapping lads great heights. Radio 1’s interest in the single ‘First Big Weekend’ has spread from Peel to The Evening Session and onto Mark Radclitre, though a breakrast time airing may be some time oh. llaving been involved with a number or local bands, the pair got together a year ago, sent ott demos and Chemikal Underground got in touch. The protile ot the label may be both helpful and a hindrance. ‘I think because ot Bis and the media attention they got, people are expecting certain things from us,’ explains Mottat. ‘The bands on Chemikal Underground are all ditterent, there’s just a similar attitude going on.’ As Middleton indicates, their attitude to playing live is also uncorporate. ‘I hate going to see bands live and it’s just like having a picture at them in front or you and they’re playing their album note tor note.’ Expect something a little ditrerent lrom Arab Strap. (Brian Donaldson) Arab Strap play King Tut ’5, Glasgow, Mon 14 Oct. Their single ‘First Big Weekend’ is out now. Their debut album ‘The Week Ile ver Starts Bound llere’ Is due for release in November.
from East Kilbride with their debut single ‘Witch' out now.
I Yummy Fur, Toaster and Dominic Waxing Lyrical Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £3. The Yummy Fur play sharp spikepunk with humour. as showcased on their current album Nightclub. while Glasgow’s Toaster and Edinburgh's Dominic Waxing Lyrical have both gained plaudits for their highly varied. hectic and entertaining sets. Thrills and spills abound.
I Silversun, Bosley and Big Foot Vic Bar. Glasgow School Of Art. Renfrew Street. 332 0691. 8.30pm. Free. Silversun. tipped by the London media. make their first bid to seduce a Scottish audience. Support from the scrappy. rappy Bosley and ex- Mishima members Big Foot.
I Robert Forster The 13m Note. Glassford Street.632 2325. 9pm. Free.
The semi-legendary Go-Betweens man beguiles with his timeless. intelligent. warm jangle pop in a favourably intimate show.
I The Painted Word Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free. Alan McCusker-Thompson's pseudo-Blue Nile minimalist atmospherics.
I Georgia GFT. Rose Street. 332 8128. 8pm. £4 (£3). Gala preview for this tense tale of sibling rivalry between the successful. stable folk-rock singer Georgia (Mare Winningham) and her highly-strung alcoholic sister Sadie (Jennifer Jason Leigh).
I Mirrorball: Stern/Blazer OFT. Rose Street. 332 8128. 5.45pm. £3 (£2). Walter Stern and Jonathan Glazer‘s videos for the likes of The Prodigy and Radiohead have recalled elements of A Clrlt'klt‘nl'k Orange and The Shining. Also showing is Henry
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Chelfont’s street art docutnentary Sty/e Wars. With an intro.
I Tomato Cafe Cosmo. GFT. Rose Street. 332 8128. See Frill.
I Seminar: Independent Music On Radio CCA. Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521. 6.30pm. Free. Why is there so little'.’ And why are DJs deprived of the opportunity to play it?
I Talk: Introduction To HTML Code Java Internet Cafe. Park Road. 337 6727. 6pm. Free. Plus free access to Internet 10am—5pm. ()ne-hour sessions can be booked by phoning 558 9001 ext 249.
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I The Supernaturals, Brass Show and Peptone King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Bright. sparky quintet who have been a feature of the Glasgow gig circuit for a few years now bring their sttnny Monkees-meet-Dodgy melodies to bear on a cold autumn. Support from local group Peptone and the powerful Swedish band Grass Show.
I Superstar, Sunhouse and Concorde Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £4. The sweetly melodic Superstar seem to have been beset by more than their fair share of problems. but they are currently recording a new album which they hope will be out in February next year.
I Pink Kross, Gilded Lil and Space Kittens Vic Bar. Glasgow School Of Art. Reufrew Street. 332 0691. 8.30pm. Free. Grrrls ‘R’ Us with this triple bill seething attitude and fun. from the trash glam of Pink Kross (new single ‘A Bomb Prom' forthcoming) and Space Kittens to acclaimed lidinburgh outfit Gilded Li].
I Solomon Flynn Colliers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free. liclectic sounds from a local combo.
I The 13th ilote Glassford Street. 632 2325. 9pm. Free. See Fri 1 l.
I Dead Man GFT. Rose Street. 332 8128. 3pm. £3 (£2). Jim Jarmusch's slow-moving but very funny black-and-white elegiac Western stars Johnny Depp as William Blake. aspiring clerk. who is forced to turn fugitive when he shoots the man whose wife he has been caught in a compromising position with. Great cameos by John Hurt and Robert Mitchum.
I Packaged Bands: Pop Stars As Commodities GFT. Rose Street. 332 8128. 5.45pm. £4 (£3). This programme of two BBC documentaries ~ A Band Is Born concerning the manufacturing of Upside Down and Take That -- [Event/ting Changes about the break-up of the stratospheric teenybop success story — will be followed by a discussion debating issues of pop star marketing and manipulation.
I Tomato Cafe Cosmo. GFT. Rose Street. 332 8128. See Fri 11.
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I Seminar: Marketing A Single Into The Charts CCA. Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521. 6.30pm. Free. Can you legitimately hype a song into the charts?
I Talk: Desuning A Web Site Java Internet Cafe. Park Road. 337 6727. 6pm. Free. Plus free access to internet 10am—5pm. One-hour sessions can be booked by phoning 558 9001 ext 249.
THURSDAY 17
I The Diggers, Mogwai and Spacehopper King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4.50. See panel for The Diggers. Support from two bands of sonic sculptors.
I Eugenius, Chicane and Foil Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £4. See panel for liugenius. Support from labelmates on Edinburgh‘s Human Condition Records. Chicane play melodic hardcore. while Foil do not-so-melodic hardcore.
I lugwonn, El Hombres Traieado and Cylinder Vic Bar. Glasgow School ()f Art. Renfrew Street. 332 0691. 8.30pm. Free. Quirky Fire Engines-like sounds from Lugworm. with support from lil Hombres Trajeado featuring ex-members of hardcore DIY merchants Glue and Cylinder. described as across between The Fall and Talking Heads.
I Tenchi Glasgow School ()f Art. Renfrew Street. 332 0691. 10.30pm. £4. DJ-fest featuring disc-spinners from Pure. Tangent. Area 51 and Breach Of The Peace.
I Player Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free.
I The 13th llote Glassford Street. 632 2325. 9pm. Free. See Fri 11.
I Shatt GFT. Rose Street. 332 8128. 3pm. £3 (£2). Absolutely hilarious blaxploitation classic in which the eponymous detective divides his time between being a babe-magnet and shooting randomly at any mutha who gets in his way. Also featuring Antonio ‘Huggy Bear' Fargas with some amazing lapels.
I Tomato Cafe Cosmo. GFT. Rose Street. 332 8128. See Fri 11.
I Lyrikal Fearta CCA. Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521. 9pm. £4 (£2). See preview for thisjoint 10 Day Weekend/Reading Lights writing festival event.
I Talk: Business Resources On The Internet Java lntemet Cafe. Park Road. 337 6727. 6pm. Free. Plus free access to lutemet 10am—5pm. One-hour sessions can be booked by phoning 558 9001 ext 249.
The Ten Day Weekend continues until Sun 20 Oct. Look out for gigs from Nicolette. The Pastels. Belle and Sebastian, Urusei Yatsura and Jad Fair. The next issue of The List, out on Thurs 17 Oct will carry full listings.
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