The Picture Tour

 

The Cure | 1981

The illusion is shattered

This wouldn't be a true Stormset blog without including loads of stuff about my ultimate fav band The Cure - in particular circa 1981 'Faith' era. If I could zip back in time, my ultimate dream gig would be to see The Cure play during The Picture Tour, 1981. My friend Mary saw them play live in their early days at the Arkaba Hotel in Adelaide (back in her young pub rock days) and she used to tell me how she remembered Robert Smith asking the audience to please give back his old school blazer after someone had stolen it off the stage during their set. Everything else she recalled of her gig memory had been filtered through pretty hazy party mist.

I'd built up this whole picture in my mind of her story being about one of the early 'Faith' shows. After all, Mary's recollections had been sparked by the sight of my much loved hand painted 'Faith' t-shirt (a painting I'd done of the misty cover image on a black long sleeved top), and was proudly wearing while on a horticulture excursion to the Botanic Gardens... (the very same excursion where one of the other students who mostly didn't wish to be there, tried to set fire to a heritage listed tree filled with baby possums). Anyway, then many years later I found out the Adelaide Show of The Picture Tour, originally booked for Thebarton Theatre, had been cancelled due to the band being completely exhausted. So it turns out they'd never even made it to my home town on The Picture Tour (mind you, I wouldn't have been even close to being old enough to go in the first place)... It was actually the 1980 tour when The Cure had played at the Arkaba Hotel that my friend had seen (which still would've been an awesome show).

   - Ah the illusion is shattered.

The Picture Tour - Tour Brochure 1981 

The Picture Tour - Tour Brochure 1981 

Still, I definitely wouldn't swap that experience in a million years for the experience of having actually met RS and given him my very own hand painted 'Faith' t-shirt as a present (2000 Blood Flowers Tour)... Now that really was the ultimate Cure adventure story.

By the way, apparently Robert did get his blazer back.

P.S. Still glad I never purchased that overpriced Picture Tour t-shirt off e-bay on the rebound after missing out on tickets to the Vivid Live Reflections - Trilogy show last time round.

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Sleep, the dream, called Awake - Artist Interview with Lilaina

 

This weeks feature interview is with lyricist lilaina. laine first shared her poetry while we were studying visual art, and the ethereal imagery she creates through her creative writing became the inspiration for songs like blurred assumptions and bitch'n. laine sang on the original 4-track demo of lazed, a song which has been a live favourite for a long time, with its upbeat tempo and art-school aesthetic that perfectly suites the inspiration behind the stormset sound...

"sleep the dream, called awake"

when did you first start to write poetry?

I first started writing poetry at age 14, got published at 14 in a Goth Magazine.

what inspires your writing?

I am inspired by people and how we interact and our perceptions of one another. I love psychology and anything to do with human communication.

Can you tell us about some of the bands and other creative projects you have been a part of in the past?

In the past I have written and made a short film called 'Made My Bed and in 2000 I did stand up performance poetry at Sunset Strip in Melbourne. Before that I was production designer in a feature film called 'Radio Samurai'... I'm not sure if it was ever released?

DO you have an anthem song or all time favourite band?

The bands - The Cure, The Smiths, Cosmic Baby are favourites of mine. All time favourite bands are British India and All American Rejects. I also used to be a huge Ween fan as well.

Check out the orginal 4-track demo of lazed. The tape cover was designed by Simon and includes a black and white photo by Laine.

Band, Concept or Just An Idea?

 
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I love the bit towards the end of this rather obscure and awkward interview that The Cure did with Nina Blackwood for MTV and Robert Smith talks about how at that point in time he felt The Cure to be more of an idea than an actual group... 83' being the time just after the split with bassist Simon Gallup and a period where they had lots of different projects and collaborations on the go at once. 

This kind of relates to Stormset in the way that it is more of a concept/collaboration and creative idea.

 

Go Back To The Start

 

Aside from sounding a little too much like the title of one of my favourite Lilly Allen songs, I'd like to welcome you 'Back to the Start' of the StormSet online journal/blog. This is the place to find snippets of the inspiration behind Stormset (in whatever form it may take) such as pictures, places, music & visual art. It's nice to feel inspired and vitally important to us creative types, so I hope you'll find some inspiration here too. 

Many smiles

Simon

 
 

Artist Interview with Kelly

 

Here's an interview with Kelly - Star of the new video clip for  What You Want (Doesn't Exist)  and guest Stormset vocalist on the new Just Like Fashion EP

So kelly, how did you find the experience of recording vocals in the studio?

I absolutely enjoyed taking part in the studio, everything was completely new to me so was just a new experience of simply having fun! 

Can you tell us what it was like working on the film shoot for the What U Want video clip?

Working for the film clip was exciting, and working with Simon's creativity made it much more spectacular! Again was a new experience and I fully enjoyed it from start to finish and not forgetting how good it is to smash things... it's so therapeutic, haha 

What's the latest creative project you've been working on?

The latest creative project I've done would be more behind the scenes rather than in front of camera, i decided to try out prosthetics and get my own creative side out and put my own skills to the test. 

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How do you feel about fashion in general?

 Fashion in general to me is more a personal signature I reckon, you can get a good hint of someones personality from what they wear.  My personal favourite would be good old pj's a baggy jumper and slippers on a cold winters night mmmmmm cosy!!! 

Check out the video for

what you want (doesn't exist)

 

 

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