Memories of Snub/Transmission

Classic moments The World Domination Enterprises video with them dressed as John F, Jackie and Lee Harvey; The specially made Only Losers Take The Bus video with Cathal Coughlan sitting in a chuch tied up with rope on a chair. The Momus “Hairstyle Of The Devil” performance; The Howard Devoto interview for his new Luxuria project; The Kitchens Of Distinction “The Third Time We Opened The Capsule”; The Freak Scene back garden and funny mask on Murph video; The last image of the first series (March 89) had queues forming outside a Manchester venue for the not yet famous Stone Roses and a great performance of I Wanna Be Adored; The Buttholes on stage lighting their fingers with paraffin and waving to the crowd; Barry Adamson’s Moss Side Story. Mark E. Smith ranting and going round on a bus Thurston Moore being interviewed with a furry hood covering his face and Providence playing in the background. The KLF

Then there was Transmission every Tuesday evening (I think) for 2 hours on the UK Super Channel. We got it in the South East of Ireland free on the cable for some reason. Transmission had this dim presenter who used to ask the bands really dumb questions in an extreme Northern accent! – “Can you tell me more about the band” and “do you think your becoming too commercial” etc. The interview with the very young laconic floppy fringed Brown and Squire was hilarious. Transmission also had interviews with Shields (sporting hole riddled black jumper flanked by serene looking Bilinda, and explaining how they wern’t ripping off the Mary Chain with “You Made Me Realise”) , Galaxie 500, Jo Strummer in a boat on the Thames, and piles more good shit I can’t think of now. Also Joey Santiago at a festival using a coke can on his guitar during Vamos!

These two shows were responsible more than anything for setting me out on the good path away from my Zeppelin/Fleetwood Mac obseeions although I still love Tusk and listen to Zep!!