“They really were something special. As excited as I am to see Throbbing Gristle reforming, I’d be even more psyched to see these three reunite. Laptop music it ain’t, never was, and hopefully never will be.”

i echo these sentiments, and love that you wrote about CV. just wanted to say so.

Such lovely memories, I miss how new and fresh and strange it all felt. Keep in mind, I was 16 and reading about Cabaret Voltaire the band one day then Tristan Tzara the next. Its always exciting when things unfold for you like that in a bloom of synchronicities.

Around the same time, I remember seeking out all the reference materials mentioned in the Re/Search book and devouring them over about a month. I still have vivid memories of reading “Brainwashing and the Cults” while sitting in the disciplinary office of my high school with about 200 tiny photocopied etchings of deformed fetuses and barbarous medical procedures hidden on my person which I had been leaving in random places for weeks (each one had a catchy aphorism written on the back for the lucky future owner).

There was nothing quite like the excitement and confusion of a 16 year old would be agent provocateur trying to figure out just what the hell Gysin, Andre Gide, Burroughs, guns, Jonestown, Crowley, disco, and Manson all had in common…. If only I had my 20th century art professor there to explain post-modernity…

Anyway… how did I turn a reply on CH into a rant about me and my little memory lane… Great one Mer, I love this band.

A ha! Steven Grant’s Whisper, which had some new issues out fairly recently. I’m going to have to pester my comics-hoarding friends for some back issues. Thanks, man!

Someone told me that Stephen Mallinder had moved to New Zealand to raise sheep, but Wikipedia says he’s a teacher in the UK. Which is less funny.

There was this comic book in the late 80s called “Whisper” about a female ninja, that I remember being pretty good as such things go. The main bad guy was named “Kirk Mallinder”, and it was just full of CV references. A long story arc was called “The Crackdown”, and a character wrote “Why kill time when you can kill yourself?” on a mirror in blood, stuff like that.

I know right?! You guys far and away get the best show. Everyone in that space is going to have the good chills down their spine…I hope TG ends up going full-on apeshit!

JWZ: Hrrm. “Sensoria” and “Do Right” are listed separate tracks on the full-length album… and “Sensoria” was specifically released as a single, which I have, which DOES sound different… I know there are a lot of similarities between the two songs. Was there a separate combo-mix made for the video? If so, I’ll add an addendum. :)

Mer, please give us a post if’n you’ll be attending the TG reunion show…I’m only going to get vicarious enjoyment from it durn it!!!