- Entrailicus vs Mark E Smith #1

Smith on the left, me on the right

While the family are away on holiday and I'm left home waiting for the academic year to draw to a close, I have been spending way too much time fiddling around on the computer. Fortunately, not all of that time has been a complete waste, at least I hope you'll agree with me, as I've cobbled together the following track.

Although more people get to work with Mark E Smith than would be the case of a member of any band other than The Fall, the time comes when you realise that your chances of ever being in the band are fairly limited. Luckily for the computer techno geeks among us, lord Smith has a couple of spoken word albums for us to sample from.

I've been intending to give it a go putting samples and loops to a Smith vocal for ages and have finally completed the first track of what I optimistically hope will become a full album worth of tracks. This first effort is entitled 'Chocolate tourizt findz art muzeum' and features the track 'The CD in your hand' from Mark E Smith's spoken word album 'The post nearly man', along with various royalty free samples from the SONY Loops and samples collection, namely 'Blip: Glitch Electronica', 'Bradley Fish: Unstrung' and 'Cinematix Vol. 1'. Consequently, the only person who could legally make any dosh from this is Mark E Smith. I hope this will become viable because I also invite all of you to remix the bugger and do a better job than I've done.


Entrailicus vs Mark E Smith- Chocolate tourizt findz art muzeum


Download the samples and have a go yourself (link now fixed). If you do a remix, please let me know.

- Best Videos Ever #1: Wings - The Fall

A hand held camera being poorly operated while moving around the backroom of a pub.

Smith making not the slightest attempt to lip sync properly.

Fabulously bad wallpaper.

Random members of the band sitting at the bar and playing pool.

Brix doing absolutely nothing.

An empty beer glass on the table.

The North of England outside the window.

This was the song that made me hate the Fall for many years until that damascene moment that we all experience when it all slips into place and you’re finally part of the club.

Possible lineup:

Mark E. Smith – vocals, piano, violin
Craig Scanlon – guitar, vocals
Steve Hanley – bass guitar
Paul Hanley – drums, keyboards
Karl Burns – drums, bass guitar
Brix Smith – guitar & vocals

- Mark E. Smith in Rare Agreeable Interview Mode

I met Gaz Top once and, let me assure you, he was an absolute twat. You know when someone famous expects you to be in awe of them because they’re famous, well, hopefully you don’t but that was what Gaz Top was like. This is why it’s even more of a surprise to me that Mark E. Smith gives such a coherent and respectful interview here. Did Brix have such a calming influence on him?

I don’t know a great deal about this show, called APB, apart from the fact that it was ‘short-lived, although I can confirm that this broadcast is from 1988. There’s a brief clip of an Adult Net song, which confirms my belief that Brix’s best work was her contribution to the Fall. Feel free to argue her worth…

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- Blindness, April 2006

A classic Fall clip for the weekend.



As good as ever. The rest of the '87 Festive 50 will be posted next week. Promise.

- The Fall on The Tube, 1983

Sometimes I ask myself if why I like The Fall so much. Then I watch a clip like this and wonder what I was thinking. This is awesome.





I've always had a thing for bands with two drummers. Peel finally got an opportunity to get his favourite band on national TV, I believe this was their first appearance on any nation-wide program.

If you like The Fall as much as me, look at some of my other posts, such as thid documentary about Smith at the age of 50, or The Fall’s set at John Peel’s 50th in 1989 .