Bedouin & the "Scene" (was: HW: Recent v Old / Poll)

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Doug Pearson wrote:

> hmmmm ... their first CD was on the punk label Flipside ... I don't think
> that Farflung were ever supposed to be a trance act (although if said
> bassist was Paul Fox, he & Tommy's trance project is/was 'The Brain).  The
> last time I saw Farflung (besides SD99), Tommy didn't even bring out any
> synths, and they came across more like an MC5-influenced rock band.

        This was Alien Gnudarve Lovejoy, or Buck McGibbony as he
`mistakenly' appears on the sleeve of the first two albums. He said
Farflung began as Tommy with a stack of Moogs and him with a bass playing
extra stuff to a trance backing in clubs, and that they picked up Michael
Esther and Brandon La Belle out of the ruins of Helianthus and that
changed their style big-time. At the end of this e-mail however he became
very new age about his new material and I feel his recollection may be
subject to Waters '85 syndrome also. Nonetheless, it sounded plausible,
even if the only real resemblance would have been the name.

> This is very true.  So true that I just got in touch w/an acquaintence
> who's in one of Man's Ruin's token punk (i.e. non-Stoner) bands and got
> some contact info for the label.  Is there anyone here who could pass on
> the info to Alan and actually get some music an promo material sent to them?

        I have an e-mail for the soundman for Orange Goblin, Blackrock and
similar bands, who is very MR-connected here in the UK, if said
hypothetical person in touch with Alan is out there. I shall sound him out
about Bedouin. Yours,
                      Jon