Happy B-day.

I remember reading an article years ago about Miki Berenyi in her post-Lush days. She did release one solo single (a 7" limited edition thing), but then removed herself from public life and eventually went to work as an editorial assistant for the BBC and does editing work for the Radio & TV listings guide. There was something about wanting to just hang out at home and be a "normal person."

Further web searching turns up lots of rumours that she works in the porn industry, but I think that’s just wishful thinking. :)

It’s sort of like the bassist from Ride who these days runs a furniture shop near Oxford with his dad.

While Mass Romantic was an instant favourite, it actually tired itself out after repeated listenings. Electric Version was a slow burn and it took me a loooong time to get into it (3 or 4 months before it actually clicked, but once it did… AWESOM-O).

Twin Cinema has been much the same as EV, except it’s taking much less time for me to find myself sinking into it’s songs. I’ll agree the Bleeding Heart Show is one of the high points of their discography (if not THE high point), but I think Falling Through Your Clothes, with it’s glitchy tape-loop cut-n-paste feel is just one of the most sonically intriguing songs I’ve heard this year.

Meanwhile, I see that Pulp and Radiohead members are supposed to appear in the next Harry Potter movie (dose.ca/radiohead), replacing Franz Ferdinand.

Just to be clear…

As I mentioned in the last paragraph of my post, the <i>Possessed</i> CD, for which "Smile" was originally recorded, appears to have been released in 2000. So this is definitely not new work or a comeback from Miki.

I wasn’t trying to be snippy. I just didn’t want readers to think I was suggesting something which I was not. This story has now been picked up on the Village Voice site with the headline:

AngryRobot: Lush singer Miki Berenyi has not retired

Obviously, they didn’t bother to read my original post. I assume they picked it up here, or from xrrf, who also apparently didn’t read my post (at least not past the giant portion they copied & pasted) and "hope[s] this might be a hint of more to come."

re: Ear to the Ground

the kerfuffle with Exhibition Place has be resolved for now. as always, it was an misunderstanding.

at the same time, we are encouraging everyone to buy their passes SOONER rather than later. there are a limited number available and they are going quickly. we have capped the number of people we can have on site to a number that is supportable by our infrastructure (i.e. cops, paramedics, labour, etc).

Hey Frank, I just thought I’d mention here that Alex Chilton is still missing in New Orleans – he was okay on Monday, after the hurricane passed, but hasn’t been heard from since the levee broke. I thought you might want to spread the word.

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Damn. I meant "hear". And to think I was an editor…

Yes I have seen the line up and it is great but at the same time the main acts JUST played here. DFA 4 shows, Sleater Kinny, RJD2 within the last few months, so I would think those concert goers with limited funds are going to put their money towards someone who hasn’t played here in awhile or is "hyped". What I heard from an industry insider is that it’s NOT selling as much as needed. Many "festivals" are not doing well this year and lollapolloza got cancelled last year very close to the date(and had bigger name artists than yours). So yes from what i have seen/heard I think you probably ARE desperate and if you admit that people might be more likely to support you than if they think its doing great and almost sold out.

Good Luck!! and hope things change since its sad to see events like this fail.

Miki Berenyi released a 7" single after the LUSH split? Hmm, i don’t ever recall having heard about this. What is the song? I doubt this ever came out.