Curious Creatures

Only his mother and Micky D., call Lol, Laurence
Budgie posits, Micky D., polished the shoes on the tour bus 
Were the banshees upset when Robert left the Banshees?
What would have happened - had that not happened?

Strangeness in the Studio  
Robert there, but not there - nothing was said there.
Bobby Keys only for Hyaena - It was a long album.
Bob’s position was untenable. 

Ideal of the band was primo important to Lol 
Post Pornography Chemistry Dysfunction (PPCD)
Lol went to Cadaques with a French girl 
They had a cat on a lead – Dali-esque.

Hyaena and The Top, released simultaneously!
The Top was restful - Japanese Whispers – was a fitting title 
Budgie visited the filming of The Walk video and most Cure videos 
Did Severin want Robert to remain a Banshee?

Lisa from Newcastle carved the Fish guitar .
Budgie spots the Cure constant – (?)
Pornography was the pinnacle of the 3-piece Cure 
Budgie recalls Robert and sister Janet sitting side-by-side
Recording the harpsichord for Dear Prudence 

Songs built from Jams - until they’re not.
Did the Banshees change Robert 
or did Robert just change? 
Where The Banshees always a 3-piece at heart? 

“What did we say Budgie?”
“I dunno’ what did we say Lol?”
“We said, what we said, is what we said.”
“’Nuff said then…”

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Pulling Back the Curtain:

Spicy…
Lollapalooza and President Obama, all Presidents want to be chefs, 
All chefs want to be rock stars, do all Presidents want to be rock stars? 
Why is going to shows no Fun anymore?
We stand at the turning point, no longer second guessing. 
Lol reveals the live ‘Holy Hour’ bell is the sound from the record 

Sweet….
The Art of Cooking as a Creative force,
Do chefs perform their big culinary hits like, ‘Sea-Urchin Ice Cream?’ 
How do we balance the set list?
We are just a conduit – it’s a 50/50 thing!

Salty…
We don’t have a menu, you eat what we like,
our set-lists as menu full of question marks.
Bring your friends for the gateway drug!

Savoury…
The Banshees were the only Brits on the First Lollapalooza 
Graham wasn’t running the catering then, but The Banshees had bread and butter backstage,
The Butthole Surfers had only beer!
Is it the place or the food Ingredients that make the Experience?
Is it the sunshine and stuff?

Sizzling…
Graham feeds 500,000 for Obamas 49th birthday party, 
That’s 495,000 more than Jesus had to cater for!
The Secret (Silver) Service, tasted everything, 
Obama took a Selfie with all the catering crew!  

Sugary...
To make beautiful pictures, learn the rules, then throw them all away
Today’s chefs are a little less crazy - a small restaurant with simple food,
Fine dining or a head-like-a-hole-in-the-wall pasta place? 
The show is everything, simple but satisfying. 

Smoking…
Lol and Budgie threw away all the usual ingredients to make something unique and exciting.  
We gave each other the permission to throw the baby out with the bath water – Haha! 
Only a few blue angels and one astronaut have the know-how! 
The hardest thing to do, is to make or do the best one can,
that says, this is who I am. (Thank you, Graham.) 

Raise your Forks to: La Grande Bouffe (1973) Directed by Marco Ferreri - Music: Philip Sarde.
“Decadent, Self-Loathing, Cynical and Frequently Obscene” – in short perfect! 

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Landscape redefined by skateboarder Mason, 
Silva planned routines to Budgies drums 
It’s the space outside of the sound we’re chasin’   
Cinematic for the Banshees and their chums  

Images influenced the sounds created 
Alfred Hitchock - Suburban Relapse 
The shower scene in Psycho, a shrine, gold-plated 
Herrmann’s score hitting every synapse. 

(Pause – aka: dead airtime – but not this time!)

Charlie Mingus stressed the import of the notes un-played,
PJ Harvey finds inspiration in a place un-stayed.  
Justin always hears sweet music in the rattle of his car 
Familiar London Studios became unfamiliar from afar.

The Creatures flew to Hawaii, to record their debut, 
the jungle fed the music, and the conch shell blew.
Victor Boullet played Metallica to get The Creatures mad,
Ross Robinson and Simon came close to something very bad!

“No Hi-hat!” ordered Siouxsie, “No Hairspray in my mix!”
Budgie moved the hi-hat out but played with magic sticks,
Creating things from nothing was our drumming bird’s propensity,
His Drumming in the Dreamhouse throbbed with LSD intensity 

Justin and DMT experiment, Lol and Budgie too, 
Budgie, Lol and Justin want healthy things to chew.  
Post-abuse bodies may have survived, but some Brain tissue did not 
Justin’s Pre-show ritual is a strong expresso shot!

On Reflections, Simon said to Lol, “Lol you’re very Zen.”
Lol reflected soberly, “How weird it is to ken.”  
Proficiency is priority, you have to love yourself,
The secret door out of the maze - is the one that’s marked ‘Good Health!’

Q: Was this the longest recording for Curious Creatures?
A: You bet your sweet bippy it was!

The pause is cool and beautiful and weird. 
And we may have a dinner date in San Diego!

In Awe of: ‘Psycho’ (1960) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock - Music: Bernard Herrmann. 

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He’s a reasonable Philatelist, Not an Apathetic Nihilist  
He’s a Dead Cross massive influence for The Locust,
He’s a Wild scene Iguana, No Tequila in Tijuana!
He just picked up the monitor and tore off his thumb

4 pm is an angry time for NIN to be on stage
The Opposite of Love Is Apathy, Not Nihilism or Rage  
When Lol saw the same back in 76 and 77  
He went down to his local pub to meet people already in Heaven.
Love on one hand and Hate on the other, Apathy doesn’t fit  
Punk to Drunk, Humanity can’t govern, What else to do with it?  
The Decline of Western civilization, Bill Grundy, and the Bromley Contingent
Second World War imagery, Notting Hill Gate carnival, Reaction for Attention.

Weird Energy, No guitar solos, Wire 12XU delivery!
Goth and double kicks, Robotic drumming and Gypsy Eyes thievery!
Succinct at 17, Eye-catching at 18, Noticed at 19, Twisted at 20.
Self-imposed boundaries, strange beats and Tones
We made sound into pop songs, We embraced our limitations  

What were your influences?
Skateboarding culture and Siouxsie Sioux, as a pioneer of gender equality for Justin.
Lol had Sylvia Plath to inform his thinking as a young man discovering how to play.
Female singers, and female musicians helped Budgie’s evolution.

How does it make you feel?
Boys Don’t Cry was a strange thing for Justin as a child.
Important to deal with toxic masculinity. 

Be ahead of yourself, say what’s wrong, do what’s right,
Female musicians still have to fight.
We remain Grateful for what happened on the planet
Just after Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play…

Remembering: ‘Gypsy Eyes’ Recorded: May – August 1968 by, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Q:1 Anima Animus – says, “HAI!” 
and She asks,
Was anything Left un-released? 
Was anything Right un-released?

Q:2 Existential Edgar asks,
Will IT ever See the light of day - Probably not - No titles available.

Q:3 Thomas Jackson asks, (2 Presidents worth of questions!)
Is all Quiet on The Eastern Seaboard?
Has he really listened to every episode of Curious Creatures?

Q:4 How many Sips of tea in our Curious Creatures Mugs?

Q:5 Which songs turn up as B sides?

Q:6 “Can you please speak my language?” From Paris with love and Vibraphones xxx
Hotel on fire or Smoke on the Seine?

Q:7 Yodel! Wonders is it,
Cannibal Roses or Coal Mind, rooting around in your brain?

Q:8 Do you ever Notice or think of, 

Q:9 Did you mean to do or was it that it just sounded great?!

Q:10 The Fickle Finger of Fate asks,
Are there any rules about creativity?

A: as Q: Are there any creative Rules?

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All the Burning Questions….
Backwards chords and Arnold Layne? 
The Cure loved Captain Beefheart? 
Hippy music for The Dandys? 
But Not the Grateful Dead? 
From AC/DC to New Wave?

All the Questions that Burned….
A Strange Trip? 
Wire and Elastica? 
Suede and Wire? 
Who’s Who?
Are Wire the New Cure?
Reinventing The Wheel?

And Burning the Questions….
Unafraid to be Wrong? 
Genius or Gormless? 
Totally Wrong or Totally Right? 

And some Answers!
Springsteen plays everything 30 times then it’s ready! 
Lol takes 10 seconds to realize it was The Cure!
You have to be vulnerable as a musician! 
Socially Awkward makes the music work and Feel Cool! 
Acceptance is Key!

some now for something completely different….
When everyone understands that We Need people that like T. Rex!
Finding the Tribe!
Seekers or the Tweekers?
Remembering Palookaville!  
Godless Video Passion!
Crossing bridges before they Burn!
Sweep it under the carpet it’ll be Alright! 
Down the street from the rusty pig 
An orchestra that listens to Tone Loc!

Oi... Pay Attention at The Back!
No Bad Behavior!
No Sex in the Hall!
No Back up Plan! 
No Leadership!

Remembering: ‘Obscured by Clouds’ Pink Floyd - Recorded 23 February - 6 April 1972

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The Dandy Warhols Pt. 1: Strip Club Janitor
Featuring:
Courtney Taylor-Taylor as Himself
And Peter Holmström as Himself

You’ll Never Believe it!
David Bowie meets Andy Warhol - it’s a Horror story!
Lol sees Stardust - it’s a Close Encounter!
Budgie, Robert and Bowie get personal on the phone!
Bob meets Dandy with a plan to takeover the World!
The Cure staring at the Pacific Ocean.
Robert and Severin’s blue cassette box Mystery.

It’s Out of This World!
Budgie and the Glass Spiders from Mars!  
The Creatures play Death Metal in Germany 
Budgie and Joe strummer and Birthday Bumps
Topper shares Magical Secrets with Budgie 
Courtney wears his mom’s blouse and dad’s pants Downtown 

It’s a True Story!
Courtney is TheStrip Club Janitor 
Courtney loves Budgies drumming on Spellbound!
Courtney digs drum trickery on Peek-a-Boo!
Prepare to meet the Derringer Reversal Phenomena! 
Courtney says Budgie is the most stylish drummer in history
Lol Agrees : Budgie Blushes - in Glorious Technicolor!!

It’s Beyond Reality!
Peter Reveals his BBC TV Straight Jacket!
Bohemian like you on Top of the pops a Global Sensation!
Robert Smith tells of The Perils of FAME!!
A Dozen Hits!!
It’s Cool and Artsy!!

It’s The Greatest Story Ever Told!
It’s Frequent Separations and Acute Hearing Loss!
It’s What it Is to be Cool at 4 years old!
It’s Radar love and Killer Queens!
It’s Gene Pitney and a Terrifying 24 hours from Tulsa!

It’s Your Wildest Dreams Come True!
It’s lyrical motivation for Lol and Courtney
Spooky Words by Larry Norman.
It’s “A piece of bread could buy a bag of Gold” 
Budgie’s 3 Words for The Dandys - Honesty, Integrity and Trust  
Lol 3 Words for The Dandys - Very Cool Guys!

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We Start a band and Lose Ourselves - Relationships, Boundaries and Rights - Give us a Different Manner - Pictures of us as Babies - Physical Reaction to Mental Pains - The Roles we take that Change Us. The Internet let Budgie recall His 120 mins of Silence The better He Looked - The worse He felt Inside - South America 1995 - Budgie At the top of his Endgame.

Freaky!

We see ourselves yet not recognize ourselves - See the Reality yet doubt its Truth! We were different people. Recognition of the Places we Came from - Equality Changes Perception. Lol Free of the Angst of the Past - The Truth will Set you Free - The Audience is Listening and Knows!

A Sheltered Life for Kevin - Fun being in the Gang - We’ll show them - When the band Stopped it was a Bolt from the Blue for Kevin - the Band defines you. We were all Court Jesters - Lol found the Spotlight became Destructive - The Court Jester becomes The Scapegoat - When you drive Out the Scapegoat - the Problems Remain.

We were rooting for Piggy in Lord of the Flies - King Lear and The Fool - Yin and Yang? A life out of Balance – ‘Les Enfants Terrible’ - Jean Cocteau - Budgie as Bomb Disposal Specialist - Lol as The Minister keeping it Together - We are The Mental Family!

Kevin as Peacekeeper - Feels Memoir will set him Free - Writing it down is the Best Thing - Life’s not Just the journey it’s the Trip Man! Kevin as Film Composer - Fantastic stuff!

Dedicated to: Irwin Allen Ginsberg
(3 June 1926 – 5 April 1997) 

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Working Men’s Clubs and US Airforce Bases
Drum Fills that We Never Forget.

Kevin’s Punk Bands Paid their Dues in Pubs. 
Sunday Lunchtime - Bauhaus Play to Happy Families.

The Cure had Competition in Neil Gaiman’s punk band  
Iggy Pop & Peter Murphy get Playful in NYC!

Budgie Hit the Anvil - Kevin Smells the Poppers - Lol Keeps his Head Down 
Lol lost his Eyebrows in a Studio Fireball.    

Steven Morris - a lovely Humble Chap.
Budgie talked while Steven planned the lights for the Blue Dot Jodrell Bank Dish  

Budgie and Kevin Deep in The Memoir.
When it Looks like a Book - Then its Real.

Discovering Life Within - Peace and Understanding  
Hearing a Great Record - Then Realizing it’s your Band!
A  Band that demands 110 % loyalty.

In memory of Ol’ Blue Eyes.  (Frank ‘The Crooner’ Sinatra)
December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998

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Budgie got his 1st rudiment from the film Zulu with Micheal Caine 
Flamming the spears on a shield
Lol's rudiments came from the library 
Not exactly Buddy Riche's but the flavor of
Lol's Triplets and Charlie Watts' hi-hat 
The harder you hit the drums the better the tone Budgie said .  
Lol just learnt the two hi-hat trick 
Budgie mimics the butterfly on a snare 
4/4 or 3/4 and Lol's fine
Reggae helped Budgie get his style 
Buddy had the wrong haircut trying to out drum Animal!
We learnt what we had to to play and made the rest up
Chad’s second time on CQ 
Austin has the best ramen or is it Piccadilly ?
Liam from Liverpool 
Budgie left and knew Reo Reason?
Bill Rieflin was Budgies pal, a true gentleman 
All drummers are friends 
Glad to help, thanks Tom.  
Goodnight sleep tight.

Dedicated to Charlie Watts:
2nd June 1941-24 August 2021

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