“One Man Underground thinks reviewing gigs like these is pointless. So allow him instead to talk about the moments that made him lose himself…”
A failed attempt to review 2 shows in 2 days.
“When her tw*t begins to twitch…” – The wretched birth of porn parody
“One Man Underground thought he had seen the worst that cinema could possibly offer. Then he saw Bat Pussy.”
Review of the worst movie ever made, and arguably the first ever porn parody.
Radio: 11 September 2023 (Classical special)
Recorded for Oscillate Live in Colchester, UK
Marking the fact I was briefly the 14th most heard classical show on Mixcloud.
JG Thirlwell & Mivos Quartet – Ozymandias (Dystonia, Cantaloupe Music)
Kelly Moran – Love Birds, Night Birds, Devil Birds (Origin EP, Warp Records)
Florence Foster Jenkins – The Magic Flute: Queen of the Night Aria (A Florence! Foster!! Jenkins!!! Recital!!!!, Trunk Records)
Lubomyr Melnyk – A Little Meditation (The ClearLightSound Concerts 12/10/2006, self-released)
Harry Partch – Cloud-Chamber Music (The Harry Partch Collection Volume 1, New World Records)
Alex Paxton – Londonglum (Music for Bosch People, Birmingham Record Company)
John Barry – Beddy-Bye For Howard (Howard The Duck (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Intrada)
Venetian Snares – Felbomlasztott Mentökocsi (Rossz Csillag Alatt Született, Planet Mu)
Clara Rockmore – Rachmaninoff: Vocalise (The Art of the Theremin, Delos)
Rakhi Singh & Laura Cannell – Zahira (Echolocation: Resonate From Here, Brawl Records)
Gavin Bryars – Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet (single edit) (A Portrait, Phillips)
Entertainment Choir – Ave Maria (Daughter Of My Dreams) (Music From Entertainment, A Film By Rick Alverson, Numero Group)
Portsmouth Sinfonia – Classical Muddly (single, Springtime)
Radio: 7 August 2023
Recorded for Oscillate Live in Colchester, UK
The Wonky Portraits – Handsy (Unglamorous Sampler, Unglamorous)
Felicity Mangan – Körner Park (single, self-released)
Languid – Skylines (Nature Beats II, self-released)
Half Japanese – True Love Will Save The Day (Jump Into Love, Fire Records)
Mort Garson – Captain DJ Disco UFO (Pt II) (Journey to the Moon and Beyond, Sacred Bones Records)
Brigid Mae Power – The Waterford Song (Dream From The Deep Well, Fire Records)
Jaap Blonk & Monteclava – russ bu (Fake Air, Music à la Coque)
Enclosed & Silent Order – The Loop, Sunrise (Entrainment, Hypostatic Union)
Vivian Stanshall – Dog Howl In Tune (Dog Howl In Tune, Madfish)
Sealionwoman – GISELLE (single, self-released)
SDEM – 30Mag (Vortices, Skam)
Costes – Holala It’s So Good (Bad trip in Petra, eretic-art)
SANAM – Mouathibatti (Akathani Malakon, Mais Um)
B L A C K I E – stay elevated (cassette tape music, self-released)
The Holy Family – Bad Travelling (Go Zero, Rocket Recordings)
Noah Britton – True Love (single, self-released)
Trigger Pulled: How Not To Tour Brexit Britain
“The UK has closed its doors to the entire European DIY music scene. At least we have our precious, PRECIOUS sovereignty. And bendy bananas.”
Review of a Trigger Cut gig in Ipswich that never happened.