The Vile Blog

Theatre and Culture from Scotland, starring The List's Theatre Editor, his performance persona and occasional guest stars. Experimental writings, cod-academic critiques and all his opinions, stolen or original.

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

My Producer Harry Loves Holy Mountain

I've changed my mind about rock, mainly because I have been listening to Holy Mountain. It is not a moribund culture, stuck in the pas...

Anatomy Seeks Artists, Vile Seeks Credit

It must have been Arches Live! 2011 when I predicted a future pantomime emerging from the grotesque cabaret of Ali Maloney . When the call-o...

Sorry, Michael, but Rock is Dead ( late October)

Michael Clark said that Rock has been his rock. Last week, I interviewed my childhood hero, Michael Gira , who has released the most compreh...

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Sonica 000: What is Sonica?

Sonica is a new festival, curated by Cryptic. It has the slogan "sonic art for the visually minded." A logical expansion of Cryp...

Sonica 001: Ecstatic Arc

What is it? Ecstatic Art is a performance starring stuff found by Robbie Thomson , filled with recording devices. Previous Thomson ...

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