And your Meltdown 2007 curator is...

Jarvis Cocker really does need to fuck off.

I mean, I can't think of a more pathetic figure in indie, and it's getting to the point where he's going to overtake David Van Day as the most pathetic figure in music full stop.

he's alright. is a bit overexposed with very little to show for it, granted and maybe his reinvention as self-appointed elder spokesman for indie kids is slightly annoying but i could think of worse people.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2068051,00.html

Jarvis Cocker's Meltdown Festival programme, announced today in the Observer's Review section, is a study in contrasts. In an eclectic line-up for the South Bank Centre's summer arts jamboree, the former Pulp lead singer has put vintage Disney tunes on the same bill as heavy rockers Motorhead and made strange bedfellows of folk singer Melanie, a star of the Sixties and Seventies, and subversive Eighties band The Jesus And Mary Chain.

The Observer is a media partner of Meltdown 2007 and tickets go on sale at 9am on Thursday. Between 9am and 1pm, 150 of the best seats for all events will be held back for Observer readers. Call 0871 6632520 quoting 'Observer reader offer' to book these seats.

LINE UP ANNOUNCED

Saturday 16 June
Motörhead plus Selfish C*nt Royal Festival Hall
Melanie plus Matthew Sawyer & The Ghosts Queen Elizabeth Hall
Gonzales featuring Mocky Purcell Roomi

Sunday 17 June
Forest of no Return Hal Willner presents the vintage Disney songbook with Jarvis Cocker and very special guests Royal Festival Hall
KPM Allstars Queen Elizabeth Hall

Monday 18 June
Roky Erickson plus Clinic Royal Festival Hall
SUNN 0))) plus Chrome Hoof Queen Elizabeth Hall

Tuesday 19 June
Devo plus DJ Scotch Egg Royal Festival Hall
Forced Entertainment: Bloody Mess Queen Elizabeth Hall

Wednesday 20 June
Iggy & the Stooges plus Scout Niblett Royal Festival Hall
Jerry Dammers' The Spatial AKA Orchestra Queen Elizabeth Hall

Thursday 21 June
John Barry & The London Philharmonic Orchestra The cinematic work of John Barry chosen by Jarvis Cocker Royal Festival Hall
Cornershop plus Jeffrey Lewis Band Queen Elizabeth Hall

Friday 22 June
The Jesus and Mary Chain plus 1990's Royal Festival Hall
Jarvis in Conversation with Don Letts Purcell Room

Saturday 23 June
Jarvis Cocker plus The Valerie Project Royal Festival Hall
Lost Ladies of Folk featuring Susan Christie, Wendy Flower & Bonnie Dobson Queen Elizabeth Hall

Meltdown on the Ballroom Floor Royal Festival Hall
Post-show club nights featuring Optimo DJÕs, Don Letts, Matthew Glamorre,
Northern Soul Night, Desperate Sound System, Turntable Cafe & more

I wouldn't mind seeing Devo and Barry.

JAMC!!! JAMC!!! JAMC!!!!

::bounce::

Do I really want to admit to being an "Observer reader" because that sounds worse than "Guardian reader".

the fucking mary chain finally grace england with their presence then - not to be sniffed at.

and devo! and gonzales!

and this might be interesting:

Jerry Dammers' The Spatial AKA

With S&J gone I have no idea who to ask for tickets to Meltdown any more!

What has Jerry Dammers been doing all these years? I lost track of him ages ago.

I'm going to the Devo one. Bloody expensive though, I dunno if I can afford JAMC as well :( Hope they play somewhere other than RFH.

Yeah, like GLASGOW (though I may be tempted down to London for it)

give over, they've aanounced scottish shows already! this is the first london one...

Aye, at a festival with the fecking Beastie Boys. No ta.

*googles* oh, hang on, the lineup's getting better since I last looked. Hmmm.

Is Gonzales still doing his solo piano thing? I can't be bothered with that...

I'd actually be most interested in the Willner thing!

i'm pretty much torn between jamc on the one hand and jc / espers man doing the soundtrack of valeri and her week of wonders. but then roky erickson. and the fucking stooges. i was hoping for some lawrence action though....