Mark E. Smith Reads Daily Football Results
Face it: Mark E. Smith could fart in a bag and we'd think it's funny and a grand artistic statement by which future gaseous emissions ought to be measured. So looky here (right-click to download 6M Real Media file) and get a load of The Fall frontman's visit to a local UK sports desk, to which he was invited for the purpose of reading the daily football results. The beginning and middle are kind of brain-numbing, but the end is priceless. (Via Jon Solomon)
And when you're done with that, check this (older) but equally enthralling clip (streaming Real Media file) of the Mad Man of Manchester's reflection on the passing of John Peel. At about the 2 minutes mark, he does the funniest thing you will ever see anywhere. Liz Berg and I nearly passed out from laughing and replaying it. (Via Mr. Science)
I smell a Kicker Conspiracy!
Posted by: snarfyguy | November 22, 2005 at 02:48 PM
Jeez, I can't believe I spent seven minutes watching Mark E read football scores. I don't even spend that much times on sports I understand. However, I thought the 'band as football team' metaphor was pretty apt, considering the 25 years of lineup changes the Fall's been through. Maybe they need to sell a scorecard at shows -- just so we can keep track....
MattN
Posted by: MattN | November 22, 2005 at 05:24 PM
Pat McGatt, the very famous sports reporter is talking.
Posted by: showboat | November 22, 2005 at 07:59 PM
...there.
FANS!!!
Posted by: fatty jubbo | November 23, 2005 at 02:35 AM
"And speaking of dentures, I witnessed recently an amazing performance in which a prole man in a public place dropped his top plate into a position where he could thrust it forward with his tongue until, pink and yellow, it protruded an inch or so from his mouth. Now, one simply can't imagine the middle classes doing that sort of thing, although you'd not be surprised to see an upper-class person, utterly careless of public opinion as he'd be, doing it."
--Paul Fussell
Posted by: andrew | November 23, 2005 at 03:19 AM
TURTLE!!
Posted by: Steve PMX | November 23, 2005 at 01:32 PM
its time to have an all fall catergory.
thanks
Posted by: pete in LA | November 24, 2005 at 02:04 AM
Mark E. Smith reading the footbal results is also on this recent release by Sonic Arts Network, guest-curated by Stewart Lee (co-writer of Jerry Springer: The Opera).
The CD is called "The Topography of Chance" and is an eclectic mix of tracks that explore different artists, writers and musician’s experiments with randomness and chance including: The Fall’s Mark E. Smith; comedian Arthur Smith; Derek Bailey; The Trachtenburgh Family Slideshow Players; comedy writer and experimental stand-up comedian Simon Munnery; Evan Parker; Jem Finer and more.
Check out the CD on: http://www.hypergroup3.com/ss/sonicarts/uni/pages/product.asp?prodID=18
http://www.sonicartsnetwork.org
Posted by: Maryam | December 05, 2006 at 08:25 AM
Mark E Smith? Didn't he have his name mentioned by Keith Allen in a song about Max Wall once? Must have been awful proud...
Posted by: Ian Hough | May 06, 2008 at 09:32 PM