Logic Matters 2008-04-27

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You can download mp3s of the whole Portishead set at the Coachella Festival yesterday in California from hereAnd, of course, YouTube has videos of various quality from concerts on the ongoing tour. What I find bizarre is the typical amount of crowd noise -- talking, talking, utterly misplaced whoops and cheers, talking, talking, during songs. What, I ask grumpily, is the point of going and not listening? It would drive me mad being there. It puzzles the band too: "It's hard sometimes playing your music when you can hear people chatting away." I bet.Anyway, here are two particularly good studio videos, unadulterated with audience noise: We carry on (from BBC, Later) and Magic Doors (from their current.tv show). And the CD is out tomorrow ...

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