The Kuepper Files: News log, pre 2004

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News and tidbits from 2004

Review + interview, TimeOff Magazine, December 2004 [2004-12-17]
Interview with Ed and Jeffrey Wegener just before their gig at Pestorius Sweeney House (Sydney) and a review of the gig from TimeOff Magazine.

New interview at Tarantula, May 2004 [2004-11-18]
Article and interview with Ed from Tarantula at www.brella.org. Interview by Christopher Hollow. It's up there together with an older one. Scroll down to Kuepper and click.

Mojo article on Saints [2004-11-16]
November issue of MOJO magazine has a lengthy article on The Saints with contributions from Ed, Chris, Ivor Hay, Kym Bradshaw and Algy Ward. Check it out! (If possible I will try to get it online.)

Rumours of Clowns reunion... [2004-11-16]
I have heard that there are interested parties in a Clowns reunion. At least Ed and Jeffrey are in contact, but other former members are scattered around the world, so this is very loose as yet, in other words: just rumours.

Forthcoming Clowns box! [2004-11-15]
As most yof you already know, Hot Records are planning to release a Laughing Clowns boxed set, entitled Cruel But Fair.

Latest rumours has it that it will be released early 2005, but nobody seems to know for sure.

Someone (Dave K if I remember correctly) has posted this tracklist on the Ed Kuepper Messageboard a couple of months ago...

"The full details aren't available yet, but it is known that the liner notes include commentary by Clowns drummer Jeff Wegener and that the compilation is rumoured to be the remastered, complete Clowns recordings."

CD 1
1. Eternally (single version)
2. Bridges Burn
3. Law Of Nature
4. Flypaper
5. Everything That Flies
6. No Words Of Honour
7. New Bully
8. Year of the Bloated Goat
9. Diabolic Creature
10. Monkey See, Monkey Do
11. Possessions
12. Written In Exile
13. Winters Way
14. Crystal Clear
15. Eternally (alt version)

CD 2
1. Holy Joe
2. Theme From Mad Flies Mad Flies
3. Every Dog Has It's Day
4. That's The Way It Goes
5. Come One Come All
6. Ghost Beat
7. Knife In Hand
8. Laughing Clowns
9. Eulogy?
10. I Want To Scream
11. Lucky Days
12. Sometimes
13. Nothing That Harms
14. Clown Town
15. Fire Might Fall
16. The Crying Dance
17. When What You See

CD3
1. Mr Uddich Schmuddich Goes To Town
2. Ghost Of an Ideal Wife
3. The Only One That Knows
4. Collapse Board
5. Stinking To High Heaven
6. Don t Know What I Want
7. Eating Off The Floor
8. Laughter Around The Table
9. Bride of Jesus
10. In Front of Your Eyes
11. It Gets So Sentimental
12. Mr Ridiculous
13. The Year Is More Important
14. Just Because I Like
15. Song of Joy
16. Times Not Hit But Missed

This box set is truly something to look forward to!

Several goodies... [2004-11-11]
See first page for news in short. I will update here as soon as I can.

Ed Kuepper's MFLL - film and music on tour [2004-11-11]

Ed will tour Europe together with Jeffrey Wegener as the Ed Kuepper's MFLL and perform "sonically explosive music" to large-scale video projections. Among the film-makers are Chris Wilder, Richard Louderback and Leni Hoffmann.

Tour dates are:
9 July - Sydney Opera House
6 August - Institute of Modern Art/Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane
16 September - Les Soirées Nomades, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
17–22 September - Art Forum Berlin
21 September - Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin
24 September - Burgtheater/Austrian Film Museum, Vienna
25 September - Musterraum, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
1 October - Le Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse
11 December - Pestorius Sweeney House, Brisbane
19-20 February, 2005 - Somerville Auditorium, Perth International Arts Festival, Perth

Click on poster for a larger image

More info at David Pestorius Projects! Thanks to Miranda

Ed article [2004-05-16]
Sydney Morning Herald published an online interview with Ed on May 14. Read the article here. Thanks to Tim!

New compilation album [2004-05-10]
A new Ed compilation, Real Wild Life, released by Tronador Music (which I'm told is situated in Brazil!)

For older news, check here.