The Fall. O2 Academy, Newcastle.  Monday, 18 April 2016
Venice with the Girls
Bury
First One Today 
Dedication Not Medication 
Wise O'l Man
Over! Over! 
Auto-Chip 2014-2016
Wolf Kidult Man 
Theme from Sparta F.C. 
Pledge 
Facebook Troll 
Mr. Rode 
White Lightning (instr.)


This was a gig I really wanted to do as I’ve seen a lot of Geordie Shore on the telly and it seems like a fun place for culture and arts. But my wife said no and my wife is the law, and the law one.

So I sent big Phil from Leeds instead as he can put himself around a bit, and to be fair I did send big Tock and Bigbopper to North Wales which meant those two scallywags (calm down, calm down) could sup a few ales instead of behaving themselves on the orders of the Consortium chief in command.

So without me holding their hand we get big Phil from Leeds recording this gig on one single channel? I mean I ask you, leave them alone for one second and this is what happens.

Anyway, fear not this has been sorted and the single channel has been duplicated into a mono recording of very acceptable quality. I just hope big Phil from Leeds hasn’t fucked my mics, but I suspect he didn’t push them home properly into the battery box or Tascam or wherever.

But it sounds bloody fine to my ears anyway.  I lobe Over Over and Pledge, but this is a bit of a free for all and anyone’s guess as Mister Rode crops up to get us scratching our chins and wondering about life without keyboards etc. Etc.

I think The Fall are going through one of those caterpillar into butterfly periods right now. 

Roll on London.

Huge thanks to Phil Hardy for recording this. Top man XX


Linage = Sound Professionals-CMC-9 microphones – Tascam DR 07 – Audacity (down to 16bit) - Wav Editor. Recorded by Phil Hardy somewhere in the crowd at the front I haven’t got a fucking clue.com