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FACES
AT THE WINDOW - 2000 |
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TALES
FROM THE SATURDAY NIGHT LAUNDERETTE - 2002 Me
and my friend Roger, who is We Am Janet, had talked about a split release
for a long time before we actually made it materialise. In that time
we managed to discuss formats of 12" and 7" diameter before
settling on a more modest 5". The Pog songs on this CD are generally
longer, slower and more downbeat than the EP, with some organs and piano
helping the atmosphere, although there are moments of abrasive jollity,
such as Boring Boy and Shopper's Theme (slight return). Unlike the first
record, I roped in a couple of other people to lend their talents to
the pot, namely Pico / Domestica celloist Bela Emerson, who supplies
said instrument to three songs, and my sister Kerri, who does some crooning
here and there.
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Track
listing: Perfect Couple Boring Boy The Shopper's Theme Deathbed Ellie Queenspark 4pm Alarm The Shopper's Theme (slight return) Saturday Night Launderette |
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SOB
STORIES FROM THE ONE-STOP SLIPPER SHOP- 2003
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Track
listing: Your Song The Pennywatchers Also Ran What Trevor Said Armchair Interlude I Wrote A Song About It You Still Cling To The Same Dreams 4 Wheeled Greenhouse Clothing Dept. Sales Assistant Thursday Morning, Half Past Nine Time Of Our Lives |
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POGWASH
- 2004 |
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listing: The Pennywatchers Also Ran Compulsory Euthanasia Deathbed What Trevor Said Filth Clothing Dept. Sales Assistant Fuck You Mister Little Fishes Armchair Interlude Queenspark Thursday Morning, Half Past Nine |
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THE
DOG END MAN AND THE PIGEON LADY - 2004 |
Track
listing: All Thrown Together Compulsory Euthanasia The Dog End Man Arcade Jingle Filth When I Look At You Song vs Song Happy Birthday, Positron This Town If You Can't Be With The One You Love... |
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BOTHERING
THE BUNSHOP DESPITE THE INJUNCTION - 2006 |
Track
listing: Boomerangs At The Bully Waiting List Dating Love Trauma Tourist How Did We Change (And For Why?) I'm New Here I'll Be Your B Side Go Vegan You Cow Sucking Pervert It's Never Too Late To Be Good The Bigot And The Virus Today, Nowhere |
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DARK
SIDE OF THE ROOM - 2006
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Track
listing: The Same Routine This Town The Dog End Man The Mermaid All Your Friends Perfect Couple The Brave Soldier's Wife Watching War Through The Window I'm Walking Away Laces The Pennywatchers In Heaven |
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THE
MIDWEEK BIRTHDAY CLUB - 2007 |
Track
listing: Halloween Only Human Songbird Faces At The Window The Midweek Birthday Club Theme Gentlemen Of The West Innocence Slowly Fades We'll Manage To Our Grandchildren, The Cavemen The Party's Over |
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FINDING HOPE IN UNLIKELY PLACES - 2007 |
Track listing: Laces Because It's Football London's Grand Parade Cafe, The Morning After In Heaven Phone In Well I'm Walking Away Is This Love? Winter Warmer Sometimes Laces (demo) |
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END OF THE SEASON - 2009 |
Track listing: Goodbye A Reason To Worry Time's Kind Fingers Survivor's Parade Friday Night Routine Ghost Bike Caroline Coming Home Their Big Night End of The Season |
COMPILATIONS
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THE
BASEMENT BEDSIT MUSAK VOLUME 1 CD Beat Bedsit Records, BASE01 The first ever Beat Bedsit release, put out to tie in with the first Basement Bedsit evening at The Sanctuary in Brighton. As such then it features tracks from all the acts from that evening of pioneering cross-genre mayhem. Namely The Blue Minkies, We Am Janet, Ben Graham, Betty Bontempi and Tijuana. The Pog tracks are older (and, reckons I, slightly superior) versions of Faces At The Window and Filth. |
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MUZAK
FROM THE BASEMENT VOLUME 2 CD Beat Bedsit Records, BASE05 Again, a home-grown compilation put out to showcase everyone playing at the first Basement Bedsit weekend, (which is now 3 years old this October) annual do. The weekend in question was a fund raiser for the Unemployed Centre Children's Xmas Party, and diverse acts such as The Astronauts, Jessi Eastfield, We Am Janet, Project Adorno, Pico, Chester, Tijuana, Tantara, Dan Belton, Bod, Jimmy Bullet, Steve Lake and Wreckless Eric made it great. The Pog track is a rough and ready version of Shopper's Theme which is smoother than the album version but the singing is painful. |
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SONGS
AROUND THE CAMPFIRE CD HEEL TURN MEDIA, HTM05 Subtitled 'Anti-Folk Volume 1', which is a phrase I've taken quite a dislike to. It's as if a style of music has to be labelled for lazy reference once a bunch of New York hipsters have 'invented' it. That minor (and entirely arbitrary) quibble aside, this is an absolutely cracking collection of songs for late at night, including work from Oubliette, Nathaniel Green, Short Term Diary, Mike Park and a few others. Put together by Dave and Amelia of Kent-based Heel Turn Media. Pog track here is the album version of Deathbed. |
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SECRETS
IN THE BASEMENT VIDEO HEEL TURN MEDIA, HTM02 At the Basement Bedsit weekender mentioned above, Dave and Amelia festooned themselves with lots of exciting and scary video equipment with a mind to making a documentary of the whole caboosh. And I'm glad they did, because it's a nice representation of what went on. Shot entirely on one camera, the audience is largely unseen (except for the odd straggler walking past the camera), which makes the whole thing seem rather intimate. Performances then from all the artists featured on Muzak From The Basement #2, but mostly different tracks. My debacle in this instance is a breakneck Perfect Couple with special exclusive cocked up last chorus. |
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THE HOMESTEAD Millipeed Records If you've seen Pog play before, there's a fairly good chance that you were at The Homestead in Southampton. An ex-convalescent home which is now home to a dectet of punks and roleplayers, they are splendid enough to allow shows in their conservatory on almost a weekly basis. Jim Milliepeed, the originator of this venture, is moving to the Falklands and wanted to say goodbye to both his hometown and his record label with this final release collecting a track from everyone who's played there. Pog song is Gentlemen Of The West, taken from the Midweek Birthday Club. You'll recognise the divvy looking biscuit men on the sleeve too... |
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ALL SEWN UP - A Tribute to Patrik Fitzgerald CD/ LP Crispin Glover Records A sprawling, 40 odd track double album of covers of songs by the man pretty much responsible for Pog ever being possible in the first place. Loads of UK singers and bands, plus a lot more from Europe and America. Just goes to show how valued this man is. Pog cover One Little Soldier. |
