AFTER SIGHT 22

CUT HANDS UPDATE 12

30th March : Avatarium Festival (Saint Etienne, France) + Leatherface
14th April : tbc (Stockholm, Sweden)
27th April : Power Lunches (London, UK) + Maria And The Mirrors
5th May : Cripta 747 (Torino, Italy)
20th May : Sub Club (Glasgow, UK)
25th May : WGT Festival (Leipzig, Germany)
21st July : tbc (Edinburgh, UK)
tbc September : tbc (USA tour)
27th October : tbc (Berlin, Germany)

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The Woman, 2011 (*****)
this modern pitch-black misandrist horror masterpiece directed by Lucky McKee is the kind of movie that Michael Haneke will only ever dream about making; whilst the entire cast is fantastic, Pollyanna McIntosh is off the scale - please don't miss this one

May, 2002 (*****)
Lucky McKee's first  movie (not counting the budget romp All Cheerleaders Die) is a delightfully twisted lesbian-centric psycho-horror which will crawl into your vandalised psyche to spray paint obscene graffiti for its disturbed memory to linger on long after its final credits have rolled past

Thank God It's Friday, 1978 (****)
Donna Summer's sensational, electrifying live performance is undoubtedly the highlight in an otherwise still highly enjoyable vintage disco outing

Roller Boogie, 1979 (***)
sexy Linda Blair stars in this obscure late 70s West Coast disco film with a very special soundtrack for the genre's connoisseurs amongst us

The Woman In Black, 2011 (*)
Harry Potter pretends to be an adult in an inevitably dreadful British supernatural 'horror'; a 'Hammer' movie, my ass

FILLMORE DISCOS 67 - 70s RARITIES 6
FILLMORE DISCOS 66 - 80s RARITIES 5
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CUT HANDS UPDATE 11

Plus a couple of new songs, some remix projects, and other big news on the way.

21st March : Instants Chavirés (Paris, France)
24th March : Exotic Pylon Festival, Vortex Jazz Club (London, UK) + Andy Stott + Dalglish + Ship Canal
30th March : Avatarium Festival (Saint Etienne, France) + Leatherface
14th April : tbc (Stockholm, Sweden)
27th April : Power Lunches (London, UK) + Maria And The Mirrors
5th May : tbc (Torino, Italy)
25th May : WGT Festival (Leipzig, Germany)
21st July : tbc (Edinburgh, UK)
tbc September : tbc (USA tour)
27th October : tbc (Berlin, Germany)

update 19/3...
Cut Hands vinyl LPs both volumes (Afro Noise I Volumes 1/2) now out of print (750 of each pressed), last remaining copies are any ones happened to be left in stores, also still a handful at www.susanlawly.com

more info coming...

ACQUISITIONS 17

reading
McMafia - Misha Glenny
Poker Protection - Steve Forte
La Barcelona De La Dinamita, El Plomo Y El Petróleo - Marc Viaplana + Raj Kuter
Divine Horsemen, The Living Gods Of Haiti - Maya Deren
Sex, Art, And American Culture - Camille Paglia

listening
Violet Ray Gas And The Playback Singers - Violet (CD)
Imperia - Kirstein/Kirkegaard (CD)
Wormhole Shubz - EVOL (CD)
Songs For Teresa - The Fire Inside (2LP)
Savage Streets OST - Various (LP)

viewing
1,2,3, Whiteout - James June Schneider
City/Ruins - Aaron Vilk
GasLand - Josh Fox
Oslo, Burning The Bridge To Nowhere - Doug Stanhope

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UNCLE WILLIAM 16

Cosmo special.

HE HATES ME  
(Cosmopolitan, 5/2011)
I'm 22 and I know this guy who hates me. He acts like he's better than me and calls me names like bitch, cow and tart, even though I've only ever had one boyfriend. What can I do to stop him? I know he doesn't fancy me as I've checked the situation out.

Uncle William says:
Grow up. Who cares whether you've had one, none, or 300 boyfriends?! Why would you give some random asshole that amount of power over how you feel about yourself?
Oh I see, because you're kind of interested in him yourself.
So what are you really afraid you might not let him stop doing?

I WANT TO BE CHASED 
(Cosmopolitan, 6/2011)
For once i'd like a girl to come up to me in a bar. Women say they want equality but then just sit looking pretty, waiting for us to do all the hard work. Come on, ladies, make the effort. Chase me!

Uncle William says:
Oh please. Uncle William doesn't sympathise for wimpy guys.

AM I READY FOR SEX? 
(Cosmopolitan, 2/2011)
My boyfriend and I are both 19. I’ve only been with him for three months but we’ve been discussing having sex. I’m pretty keen and so is he, although he does seem nervous. Should I go for it? Or is three months too short a time to tell if he’s right for me and if I can trust him?

Uncle William says:
It's far too long. You've been together for three months and you don't know if he's right or you can trust him: what exactly have you been doing all this time to call him your boyfriend?
Lose him.
Look, you're young, go have some fun, meet some guys, mess around, find out what you like. And leave that dating stuff for the someone you're already intimate with and still really like.

DEAR UNCLE WILLIAM 15
DEAR UNCLE WILLIAM 14
DEAR UNCLE WILLIAM 13

AFTER SIGHT 21

CUT HANDS LIVE UPDATE 10

Leaving for Los Angeles on Monday, excited to be back playing live in the States. Look out for amazing nights with special surprises along the way. And for some shows some extralinguistic sequencing too. Get your vaudou on, cut hands has the solution, see you there.

USA TOUR
14th February : Handbag Factory (Los Angeles, USA) + Baseck
15th February : ND (Austin, USA) + Eloe Omoe
18th February : Empty Bottle (Chicago, USA) + Bongripper
19th February : Now That's Class (Cleveland, USA) + Prostitutes
20th February : The Dionysus Disco (Oberlin, USA) + Aaron Dilloway
21st February : The Shop (PIttsburgh, USA) + TM Eye + Trogpite
23rd February : Pyramid Atlantic (Washington DC, USA) + Blue Sausage Infant + Janel
24th February : Public Assembly (New York, USA)
25th February : What We Talk About When We Talk About Us (Allston, USA) + Veiled + Shawn Greenlee + Karlheinz

21st March : Instants Chavirés (Paris, France)
24th March : Exotic Pylon Festival, Vortex Jazz Club (London, UK) + Andy Stott + Dalglish + Ship Canal
30th March : Avatarium Festival (Saint Etienne, France) + Leatherface
25th May : WGT Festival (Leipzig, Germany)
21st July : tbc (Edinburgh, UK)
tbc September : tbc (Seattle, USA)

+ lots more shows to be announced soon

DEAR UNCLE WILLIAM 15

THEY SAY SHE'S OUT TO TRAP ME
(Daily Star, 2/2012)
I adore my new lover. She's sexy, loud and full of fun. But I’m terrified that she’s trying to trap me.
I’ve told her over and over again that I’m not interested in having a second family. My sons from my first marriage are now 19 and 21 and I’m done with breeding. The two I have cost me a fortune. One has just dropped out of university and the other has never worked. I certainly don’t want any more. Yet my girl keeps going on about babies. She talks about how beautiful our child would be. She insists that I’d make a brilliant, mature dad.
When I confront her she says that she’s just joking or winding me up, but there’s no smoke without fire. It frustrates and annoys me that she simply doesn’t listen.
I’m a successful businessman. I earn a few bob and enjoy a good lifestyle. I love travelling and being free. The last thing I need is another screaming brat in my life.
My girl is several years younger than me and my oldest friends refer to her as The Piranha behind her back. They claim that she’s a ruthless gold-digger who is after my money and an easy life. My mate reckons I’m a fool for allowing myself to be flattered and sucked in.
He insists that she’s got an agenda and that I’m playing with fire every time I jump into bed with her. But I know she’s on the Pill because I’ve seen her taking it on the several occasions when we’ve been away for romantic weekends together. Plus she’s certainly not a gold-digger because she’s got a great, well-paid job working for her family.
I keep telling my friends to mind their own business but, privately, their warnings ring in my ears. Perhaps she is a vulture and I’m easy prey. Perhaps she does intend to trap me and take my money.

Uncle William says:
You keep pulling the same trick and here's how you do it: 'I adore my new lover. She's sexy, loud and full of fun. But I’m terrified that she’s trying to trap me.' 
Note the sneaky use of that one word: 'BUT'. There's no 'BUT' there, it's 'AND'. She's wonderful AND you're terrified.
Dump your pathetic fears and grow up.
See, the issue here isn't about her, it's about you and your dithering paranoia, it's about you and your suspicious attitudes, your cowardly gullibility, your mean-spirited distrust.
You don't want to have children? Then wear a fucking condom. 

DEAR UNCLE WILLIAM 14
DEAR UNCLE WILLIAM 13
DEAR UNCLE WILLIAM 12

CUT HANDS LIVE UPDATE 9

4th February : Blackest Ever Black, Islington Mill (Manchester, UK) + Demdike Stare + Raime + Regis

USA TOUR
14th February 2012 : Handbag Factory (Los Angeles, USA) + Baseck
15th February 2012 : ND (Austin, USA) + Eloe Omoe
17th February 2012 : Apop Records (St. Louis, USA) + Larva
18th February 2012 : Empty Bottle (Chicago, USA) + Bongripper
19th February 2012 : Now That's Class (Cleveland, USA) + Prostitutes
20th February 2012 : The Dionysus Disco (Oberlin, USA)
21st February 2012 : The Shop (PIttsburgh, USA) + TM Eye + Trogpite
23rd February 2012 : Pyramid Atlantic (Washington DC, USA) + Blue Sausage Infant + Janel
24th February 2012 : Public Assembly (New York, USA)
25th February 2012 : What We Talk About When We Talk About Us (Allston, USA) + Veiled + Shawn Greenlee + Karlheinz

21st March 2012 : Instants Chavirés (Paris, France)
24th March 2012 : tbc (London, UK)
29th March : Avatarium Festival (Saint Etienne, France)
tbc May : WGT Festival (Leipzig, Germany)
21 July : (Edinburgh, UK)