Comments | metatherian: ether in the eighties

metatherian

ether in the eighties

Apr 30, 2006 14:26

Typed up this wee piece by George D. Henderson from Real Groove, mid 90s sometime I guess. Not sure what to do with it so I'm just bunging it on here for now:

Just What Were They On?
The Puddle's George Henderson tracks the pharmacology of Dunedin music
( ..:.o.o.:.. )

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serenchwilen April 30 2006, 04:54:07 UTC

I think "Drug Musicians" is on the Secret Box set.
I'll see if I can dig it up.

serenchwilen April 30 2006, 05:02:27 UTC

There's a Bside called "Drug Magicians" that's
on disc 3 of Secret Box.

rustlevoiced April 30 2006, 09:06:37 UTC

And how about Alastair Galbraith's "Policeman on Ether"?

metatherian April 30 2006, 09:13:46 UTC

yeah!:

Q. How does one get up in the morning and decide to record something as absolutely fried as 'Policemen on Ether'?

AG: Once I was 'absolutely fried' on cactus and at the pub there was The Sombretones that Graeme Jefferies was in for a while. I thought that the band was singing over and over 'policemen on ether' , and I'm sitting there thinking, 'what a great song', but of course that wasn't what they were singing at all. For years I wanted to write a song that did say that!

rustlevoiced April 30 2006, 13:31:01 UTC

))) i kept in mind that interview))
Alastair's music is like ether,too.
BTW thank you for adding me, i value your journal as intresting source)

matariki May 2 2006, 05:06:19 UTC

i'm sure i've played drug magicians for you - it's one of my favourite chils songs. It's on the double7" version of Heavenly Pop Hit and the Secret Box.

metatherian May 2 2006, 07:16:34 UTC

you're probably right I just can't remember. It's not one of the VDP ones is it?

matariki May 3 2006, 15:54:19 UTC

Nah. I thought the only VDP helped with was Water Wolves (good arrangement bad song; just like U2's All i want is u)