James News Archives June 2002

Saul Davies is presenting a music program called N Sons on the Portuguese television channel NTV which broadcasts out of Porto. The program is described as "A space dedicated to music where Alvaro Costa and Saul Davies present biographies of well known bands, through videoclips" Click here to go to the NTV site. There's also an article here on EZ Special (in Portuguese), the band Saul is producing.

Andy Diagram will be performing in Hat, described as "four new legends about knitting" at Islington Union Chapel in London on Friday October 11. Read more about this at the official site www.knit.co.uk - it sounds intriguing and very unusual.

The press release reads "From the avant garde to the W.I. - a performance of words, music and knitting. A child's woollen hat is knit and placed on the head of a new born world; four monologues written and performed by Ian McMillan with music composed and performed by Billy Jenkins. Featuring Andy Diagram(ex James) on cornet, loops and samples and Angie Harrison (ex Hallé) on viola and knitting needles."

The live video / DVD dropped from number 3 to number 5 in the official UK music video charts on its second week of release. The album dropped from 10 to 17 on the independent album chart.

Kulas played an acoustic set on Saturday evening at Toronto's Rancho Relaxo club supporting Mommy. Click here for a review.

BBC Choice are broadcasting a one-hour special on Saturday night, 22 June, from 11.30 - 12.30 entitled "James Getting Away With It" featuring live tracks from the DVD and video and interviews.

Kulas is playing a solo acoustic support slot for Mommy at Toronto's Rancho Relaxo on Saturday 22nd June at about 9.30pm. He's still in negotiation with record companies in Canada over a new deal.

According to Warner Music Vision, the DVD Getting Away With It Live sold 1,949 copies in its first week and the video 465 making a total sales of 2,414.

The new James video/DVD made number 3 in the official UK music video charts on Sunday behind Iron Maiden and Eminem. The album fared less well failing to enter the official Top 75 although it made number 10 in the official indie chart - nine places lower than One Man Clapping, James previous live album from 1989.

Tim was interviewed by BBC Teletext over the weekend. Click here to read the interview.

Q magazine has named the Getting Away With It Live DVD the "Music DVD of the Quarter" in its latest issue. Click here to read the review. The CD also received a four-star rating. Click here to read the cd reviews to date.

Kulas played an acoustic set at Healey's in Toronto on Wednesday night - click here for a review

BBC Liquid News are running a competition to win a signed copy of the Getting Away With It live DVD. Click here to enter. The competition closes next Monday, June 17th.

Tim has been interviewed for this month's What DVD (with Cate Blanchett on the cover). Click here to read the interview and here to read the DVD review.

The Canadian release of Getting Away With It Live (cd version) appears to have been delayed until next Monday June 18. This also explains why some Play.com customers are getting a June 18 release date for their cd. As yet, there is no confirmation of a Region 1 DVD release.

If you're considering buying One Man Clapping on CD off ebay, beware the seller bass2971. He is selling cdr copies of the album, usually starting with a £10 bid price. Ebay have been informed but refuse to do anything about it as the listing doesn't actually say it's a cdr. Don't get ripped off!

Andy Diagram will be playing live with David Thomas and The Two Pale Boys on Saturday June 22 at Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre. They are still performing in Shockheaded Peter at London's Albany Theatre until this Sunday June 16.

A second "hidden bit" has been found on the DVD. Go to the "promos" section, move down to Laid and then press the "left" button on the DVD to find out all about Adrian's nocturnal habits. Click here for all the extras found to date.

There are also brief "track introductions" for God Only Knows, Out To Get You, Johnny Yen, Born Of Frustration and Sit Down. To access these go to the "Setlist" section and scroll down to each track. When you do, a series of dots should appear by the track, click "select" and the intro will play before the song.

The DVD is positioned at no7 in the HMV and MVC DVD charts and at no16 in the HMV video chart.

Tim Booth has cancelled today's Radio 6 interview. They are presently trying to reschedule for later in the week.

To find the "hidden bits" on the DVD, go to the "Songs" from the main menu, then onto setlist B (via "Next"), scroll down to the bottom and across right to "Main" menu and then left again to "Back" and a flower will appear. Click on "Select" (or the equivalent key on your DVD) and you get extra backstage footage about the band's nicknames. Thanks to Deano for this information.

Just a reminder that the UK release of the CD, video and DVD Getting Away With It Live is today. If you want to send me your review, please send it to oneofthethree@hotmail.com. Or check out the dedicated DVD section here. Scroll down this page to link to competitions to win copies.

The CD will be out in the US on Tuesday. As yet there is no word of a US (Region 1) release of the DVD.

Following his performance to close the NXNE Music Festival in Toronto last night, Kulas has scheduled another show at Healey's in Toronto for Wednesday 12th June. Kulas will also be interviewed by MuchMore music later this week.

Kulas has also written the soundtrack for a new UK movie called Jade Love. Samples will be available on the official Kulas site very soon.

Tim Booth will be appearing next Monday between 4pm and 7pm UK time on Andrew Collins show on BBC Radio 6 which is available to listen to online. It's unclear as present as to whether Tim will just be interviewed or whether there will be any musical content. I will attempt to get a transcription of the interview up here on Monday evening.

The website - www.timbooth.net - now appears to have been registered for a client, rather than giving an error message, which suggests that something may be in the pipeline soon.

There are a number of competitions to win copies of the Getting Away With It Live DVD, follow these links

Kulas has given an interview with the Toronto Star, one of Canada's largest circulation daily newspapers. Click here to read it.

Andy Diagram's band The Spaceheads have just released their seventh album Low Pressure on Merge Records, a US-based label. The ten track album features 10 tracks - Low Pressure, On A Clear Day, The Lugano Affair, Astro Temple, Pressure Front, Fog, The Hut, Storm Force 8, Red Shift and Over The Moon. The album can be ordered for $13 plus postage from www.mergerecords.com where you can also buy the Angel Station album and Spaceheads t-shirts from the site.

The Merge Records site describes the album in the following press release : "LOW PRESSURE is the much anticipated new album from the UK’s one and only SPACEHEADS. On this their 7th LP, Andy Diagram (trumpet) and Richard Harrison (drums/percussion) take their unique sound to even greater sonic extremes. Based on live trumpet loops, drums, and assorted electronics, the Spaceheads reside in their own musical realm; not quite jazz, not quite electronica, and not quite rock, but deftly hovering somewhere between the three. Low Pressure hangs on lazy grooves and thick harmonized trumpet chords, sleazy deep beat bass and crushed-up metallic drumbeats. Spaceheads mix the raw emotional sound of breath with the banging of wood on skin, pushing both through the blips, crackle and distortion of pixelated electronic noise. Dig in."

Andy is still performing with David Thomas and The Two Pale Boys in Shockheaded Peter at London's Albany Theatre until June 16th. Performances are at 8pm om Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 6.30pm and 10pm on Thursday and there are matinee performances at 3pm on Saturday and 4pm on Sundays. Ticket prices range from £7.50 to £32.50. Tickets can be booked direct from the theatre on 0207 369 1730.

The esteemed music paper, the NME has given the Getting Away With It Live cd 0/10. Click here to read the review. Unfortunately, I don't have their circulation figures to hand to give you all a real laugh.

The Greek website www.flash.gr has the whole of the Getting Away With It live cd available through streaming audio. Click here to go to the index page and scroll down to the tracklistings.

The album and the accompanying DVD are released in the UK on Monday June 10th, the album in the US on June 11th. Click here for more details on the DVD and here for the album.