The world will someday get me on some ludicrous pretext; I simply await the day that they drag me to some air-conditioned dungeon and leave me there beneath the florescent lights and sound-proofed ceiling to pay the price for scorning all that they hold dear within their little latex hearts.

–Ignatius J. Reilly

Hell Yes!

Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones is easily one of my favourite songs of all time. It is, as Greil Marcus points out, one of those songs you feel like you hear for the first time every time it plays.

And just when I thought I couldn't be more obsessed by it, someone posted the multi-tracks on the internet. Oh man, it's crazy: everyone is AAA+ wailing on it; especially Watts and Wyman.

Check it out: http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/deconstructing_gimme_shelter_listen/

Refractions Nov 2010

Photo by Lucien. Thanks to Emily, UTS and all at Refractions. All of the other acts that played this night were amazing; check out Loopsnake, Blake Freele and Luke Bacon.