First things first, where am I going to be on Friday May 3, 2019? Attending the premiere of Marco Porsia’s film “SWANS: Where Does A Body End?” at the Indie Lisboa International Independent Film Festival. And the 6th May? Right back at the same venue for the second screening. How about Friday 10th May? Oh that’s different. I’ll be in Brussels for a weekend break…And watching the third screening of the movie.
Over the past couple of years I’ve had the honour of seeing several rough cuts of the movie at various stages in it’s development and it’s amazing how much has gone into the work – and how powerful I’ve found it each and every time. Breathtaking.
Busy past month beavering away on various endeavours – around which there’s still been time for music. Record Store Day, I visited Specialist Subject Records at The Exchange here in Bristol – it’s on my front door and jeez…This crew make me feel like I’ve only scratched the surface of the current music scenes afoot in the U.K. and around the world. Just a sea of underground and indie vinyl from bands I find myself looking up over and again. I wound up walking out – after a very pleasant chat with the staff – with:
Birds in Row “We Already Lost The World”
https://birdsinrow.bandcamp.com/album/we-already-lost-the-world
Television Personalities “Some Kind of Happening: Singles 1978-1989”
https://recordstoreday.co.uk/releases/rsd-2019/television-personalities/
And, finally: Bossk “Audio Noir”
I had bought the I/II reissue on a previous visit so I was helpless to not wide up with Audio Noir this time around (https://bosskband.bandcamp.com/album/i-ii-reissue-3).
Around that I’ve been taking time to fill in my collection of Burial 12″s and spending time with Leyland Kirby’s latest (final?) utterance as The Caretaker – things of beauty. check out Bliss Signal too!
Reading-wise, I can’t speak highly enough of How To Survive A Plague by David France (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/12/how-to-survive-a-plague-review-david-france-activists-aids-treatment-hiv). By the final chapter, when there’s finally a true chink of light and hope, I found myself tearing up and gulping with relief – totally sucked into this account of people striving to survive, to protect loved ones, to claw their way into the consciousness of a world that wanted to pretend these weren’t real people deserving of care or attention. Amazing.
Nirvana Legacy 
Please let us know if and when this film is coming to Canada. A road trip might be in order.
Hiya Stef, keep an eye on the film’s website for new dates. Marco Porsia is Canadian so I can’t imagine you’re going to ‘go without’ for long: https://www.wheredoesabodyend.com/new-events
Thanks!
Sorry for the very late reply: April and May were full of work drama, and June was spent cleaning up the mess and dealing with the ramifications.
On a happier note, I found a copy of a 2001 Exclaim! article I’d clipped back then that Michael Gira signed for me at an Angels show. It is now a bookmark in your book.