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I want you to witness me declare an intention: if Café OTO is still extant when I am 67, and so am I, then I will have played that stage by then (legit, i.e. no stunts or guerrilla incursions).
If I can have spoken from the same stage as Abraham Lincoln, then by all the green gods I can play the same stage as Thurston Moore.
@gilesdring You remind me that I have indeed “played” the same stage as Mike Watt…*with* (and indeed in physical contact with) Mike Watt!! God bless Punk Rock Karaoke.
@gilesdring I haven’t washed the spot on my shoulder where he leaned into me in all the years since.
@adamgreenfield The man is a living legend. I once tried to get him a short-notice booking when a prior venue pulled out at late notice. Didn’t work out, but we had a great chat after the eventual gig, and I made it to his tour diary. (And again the following year!) https://hootpage.com/hoot_ilsognodelmarinaio-cantosecondotour2016diary.html
M Gira is 71 ffs. I saw Phill Niblock play that stage at the age of 90. Let’s do this.
I may not age gracefully, but I promise you this one thing: it will be loud.
@adamgreenfield Your post evokes in me a wish for loudness! my ability to play loud (ie 'listen loud') is limited these days by my location (block of flats, so it can't be really loud) and my sharing of the flat with another. Perhaps I should get out more, to Cafe Oto and . . . elsewhere.
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@adamgreenfield I graced the same stage as Patti Smith (and, for that matter Thurston Moore, Grant Hart, Mike Watt, and a host of others) at The Trades Club in Hebden Bridge. Granted, it was my birthday, and we’d hired the venue, but still.