Church on tour

by **black francis** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:46 am

I bet you anything they play Under the Milky Way. Other than that they seem like a band that would mix it up a bit. I would pay any amount to see them live if I knew they are playing "Ripple" live.

Easily one my top ten favorite songs of all time.

by **Scouser** » Tue May 05, 2009 11:00 am

black francis wrote:I bet you anything they play Under the Milky Way. Other than that they seem like a band that would mix it up a bit. I would pay any amount to see them live if I knew they are playing "Ripple" live.

Easily one my top ten favorite songs of all time.

At the last count your Top 10 songs of all time contained 150 entries

by **black francis** » Tue May 05, 2009 11:04 am

Give or take a few.

by **Dave Smith** » Tue May 05, 2009 4:10 pm

They mix it up.Everytime.All depends whether or not they play electric or semi-electric.they have to finance the tours themselves so dont expect a huge stage show.Will deffo play Under the Milky Way but the rest......last time they played the UK we got a lot from Forget Yourself.

Just go.

by **withahip** » Tue May 05, 2009 4:14 pm

I am going; I bought the tix the morning they went on sale.

Just looking for an excuse to get some stuff. Baal and Priest seem to be the two best choices.

by **black francis** » Tue May 05, 2009 4:53 pm

If they played Ripple I would totally throw withahip's bra onstage.

by **withahip** » Tue May 05, 2009 5:05 pm

black francis wrote:If they played Ripple I would totally throw withahip's bra onstage.

I am trying to lose weight. Ass.

by **Kounelaki** » Wed May 06, 2009 12:48 am

black francis wrote:If they played Ripple I would totally throw withahip's bra onstage.

Did he buy it in Japan?

Bra for the boys an online bestseller in Japan
Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:02am EST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Who said bras are only for women? A Japanese online lingerie retailer is selling bras for cross-dressing men and they've quickly become one of its most popular items.

Since launching two weeks ago on Rakuten, a major Japanese web shopping mall, the Wishroom shop has sold over 300 men's bras for 2,800 yen ($30) each. The shop also stocks men's panties, as well as lingerie for women.

"I like this tight feeling. It feels good," Wishroom representative Masayuki Tsuchiya told Reuters as he modeled the bra, which can be worn discreetly under men's clothing.

Wishroom Executive Director Akiko Okunomiya said she was surprised at the number of men who were looking for their inner woman.

"I think more and more men are becoming interested in bras. Since we launched the men's bra, we've been getting feedback from customers saying 'wow, we'd been waiting for this for such a long time'," she said.

But the bra, available in black, pink and white, is not an easy sell for all men.

The underwear has stirred a heated debate online with more than 8,000 people debating the merits of men wearing bras in one night on Mixi, Japan's top social network website.

(Reporting by Toshi Maeda, Editing by Miral Fahmy)

© Thomson Reuters 2008

by **bunnygrrl** » Mon May 11, 2009 5:06 pm

I saw The Church's accoustic tour a couple of years ago. Kilbey said they had made a pact with God that they would never play Reptile live in Texas again or they would all be struck down- something to that effect. Don't know if it's just TX or everywhere...

by **Dave Smith** » Wed May 13, 2009 4:52 pm

Its Kilbey's sense of humour.

by **withahip** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:23 am

I saw them last night.

The sound was poor but did improve somewhat as the show went on. The Church had their own mixing board. I guess it is necessary as there were some pre-recorded bits and Kilbey used a lot of delay on his vocals during certain songs but Peter Koppes guitar was almost non-existent.

The band opened with a jam on a couple of power chords. This got old quick. I have no idea what the song was. It was impressive standing 2 meters from a band I have liked for so long but have never seen live. Marty Wilson-Piper's gray long hair tied in two pony tails, long beard and two pierced ears accented his manic eye.

They played North, South, East and West which sounded pretty good. "When You Were Mine" off of The Blurred Crusade also sounded good.

Happenstance, Deadman, and Pangaea from the new release Untitled #23 were the best songs of the night.

Other impressions - the band likes to jam and rock out - but it really doesn't sound good when they do.

Steve Kilbey comes across as resenting anything about the band people like. He is still a druggie. His reference to smoking a joint the night before, thanks for the Absynthe, and complaints the lights were burning his eyes made that clear.

They closed with Under The Milkyway and Reptile before coming out for an encore. Under The Milky Way was introduced with bitterness by Kilbey. And Reptile sounded like a second rate cover band. Piper's guitar playing was full of missed notes. It was painful.

by **Frank The Bunny** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:01 pm

The were here last month. Proshot video with 4 cuts here:
http://blog.kexp.org/blog/2009/07/08/li ... iple-door/

by **withahip** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:33 pm

It was the mix. Those videos sound just fine on that blog. It was the same set more or less from what I can gather from the blog entry - attitude was definitely more professional for the radio show. I guess the 30 bucks a piece we shelled out wasn't enough.

Too bad.

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