Spacemen Pod

We take a look back at Spacemen 3's performance at Watermans Arts Centre from 19 August 1988, the gig everyone now calls Dreamweapon. With contributions from Spaceman for the night Steve Evans, bassist Will Carruthers, taper Andy Jackson, Vinita Joshi of Rocket Girl Records, Steve Mitchell of Fierce Recordings, attendees Col Todd and Paul Thorpe from the band The Loveblobs, latter-day Spaceman Mark Refoy, and the late, great, Pat Fish. Dreamweapon on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qA0nelfNc Will Carruthers’ Patreon, with free download of Will talking about Dreamweapon: https://www.patreon.com/willcarruthers Pat Fish RIP – The Jazz Butcher fan website: http://jazzbutcher.com/ Steve Johnson's contemporary photos of Watermans Arts Centre: https://www.facebook.com/groups/515954225190925/posts/1474226329363705/ Andy Jackson's interview with Sonic Boom from issue 5 of Sowing Seeds: http://spacemen3.co.uk/press/198804sowingseeds/ Official Spiritualized site information about the new album: https://www.spiritualized.com/blogs/news/everything-was-beautiful Video for Spiritualized’s Always Together With You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME0ji3o05UQ Some information about the Loveblobs: http://rareindie.blogspot.com/2007/07/loveblobs.html Steve Evans’ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGvo6HgJbIibZWwzB-I5-XO_jO3fsU7y7 New Slipstream album, Liberty: https://slipstream1.bandcamp.com/album/liberty This podcast’s site: spacemen3.co.uk/pod/ Twitter: twitter.com/SpacemenP Instagram: www.instagram.com/spacemenpod/

In this episode, we walk with Jesus as we discuss one of Spacemen 3's most famous songs. Ian and Mark disect the many recorded versions, and are joined by Pat Fish of The Jazz Butcher for a chat about a couple of versions where Pat supplied vocals. Plus contributions from a few other fans for which this is a favourite song. Band photo taken during the Walkin' With Jesus single cover shoot courtesy of Craig Wagstaff. Playlist of studio and demo versions: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnuXxuwZuErIvO9NPzB2-Y-EBT-uzezgU Playlist of Spacemen 3 live versions: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnuXxuwZuErKMo0mYJx2TOzplGtD9rBAG Playlist of Pat Fish versions: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnuXxuwZuErLhnzUWazB3WwgzBzIV_K4m Playlist of post-Spacemen 3 live versions: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnuXxuwZuErLZFhHGNkvLcmtf_UmtTnZJ Playlist of cover versions: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnuXxuwZuErIpP7yTuLwuj_uMSOrIlSEo Walkin' With Jesus original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxZx2B08Kn8 The Five Americans - I See The Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rArdpKkn7v0 Sonic Boom Bandcamp with tour dates: https://sonicboomspacemen3.bandcamp.com/community Spiritualized site with reissue details: https://www.spiritualized.com/ Will Carruthers' Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/willcarruthers/posts Hoxton Gallery Tilt exhibition with some of Will's artwork: https://www.hoxtongallery.co.uk/exhibitionlist/tilt Andy Black's record label, Popty Ping: https://popty-ping-records.bandcamp.com/ This podcast’s site: spacemen3.co.uk/pod/ Twitter: twitter.com/SpacemenP Instagram: www.instagram.com/spacemenpod/

In this episode we conclude our interview with Mark Refoy, talking about his extensive post-Spiritualized work. As well as Mark's many Slipstream albums, we talk about his time with Pet Shop Boys and the songs by other artists that he has guested on. Plus Graham Duff, writer of the BBC 3 comedy Ideal, tells us about his use of Mark's music in the programme. Slipstream on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/slipstreamuk Slipstream on Bandcamp: https://slipstream1.bandcamp.com/music Slipstream on Spotify (also includes a different Slipstream): https://open.spotify.com/artist/55bkpmIfvggwrDi3T1squ9 Slipstream on Apple Music (also includes a different Slipstream): https://music.apple.com/us/artist/slipstream/5308967 Slipstream at the Northampton Labour Club – Crayon Angels (Judee Sill)/Everything And Anything (2008): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSv4Ch8TM5A Slipstream at the Northampton Labour Club – Psycho Paul (2010): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO8JcjJDZ5A Restoration of Mark’s guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EdF5Tkzlnw Sunshine Valley Dance Band – Maybe Next Time (Demo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyLNdxSmLoI Compilation of Psycho Paul moments from Ideal, ending with the Slipstream song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1fFX0w3ZTM A reunion of friends – Walkin’ With Jesus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTR-fbcoQFw Interview with Mark at The Lazarus Files: https://thelazarusfilesblog.wordpress.com/mark-refoy-slipstream-nov-2019/ Interview with Mark at American Noir: https://american-noir.blogspot.com/2017/11/venturing-into-slipstream-interview.html Pet Shop Boys Peel session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCg5bcbKwWs Pet Shop Boys at Live 8 – It’s A Sin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N60fO1xOcXA Pet Shop Boys – Love Comes Quickly (Cologne, 2002): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90dkSscYePQ Philip Parfitt – Are We Really Still The Same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IibLAERS6zU Morningface & Slipstream – I Don’t Wanna Know: https://soundcloud.com/broadcast-jones/morningface-slipstream-i-dont-wanna-know Fuxa – Real Wild Child: https://soundcloud.com/fuxa/real-wild-child-teaser Lucigenic – Hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F4zPuBOaRA She Robot – Obsessed With You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzixUtcnrjo Paul Roderick – The Thrill Of New Love: https://soundcloud.com/mboppromotions/the-thrill-of-new-love-paul-roderick-diane-charlemagne-mark-refoy Paul Roderick – Shadow Boxing: https://soundcloud.com/mboppromotions/shadow-boxing-paul-roderick-feat-diane-charlemagne-and-mark-refoy Damian Smiler – 2020 Club: https://soundcloud.com/damien-smiler/2020-club Graham Duff’s label Heaven’s Lathe: https://music.heavenslathe.co.uk/album/crumb-dropper Judee Sill – The Kiss on the Old Grey Whistle Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0feFedDW_iQ Simon Wolstencroft on Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonWolstencr1/with_replies Kraftwerk at Hammersmith Palais, 29/6/81: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joUUjvP2Sc8 Lieutenant Pigeon – The Villain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE7o0_2jJcM Anthony Tombling’s project, Cuts: https://soundcloud.com/cutsmusic This podcast’s site: spacemen3.co.uk/pod/ Twitter: twitter.com/SpacemenP Instagram: www.instagram.com/spacemenpod/

We continue our chat with Mark Refoy, who recounts his memories of making the Spiritualized album Pure Phase. Photo of Mark in the early days of Slipstream courtesy of Phil Nicholls (www.instagram.com/philnichollsphotography/). New Slipstream track, Bradlaugh Fields Forever: https://slipstream1.bandcamp.com/ Rumponia compilation including a Cellar 16 song: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Rumponia-An-Answer-Within/release/828112 Spiritualized at Glastonbury 1992: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cInkTa9kq3A Spiritualized at Glastonbury 1993: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrfyX6K1yMg Spiritualized MTV session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfV_xwXvYJU Andrew McCulloch's piece on Pure Phase: https://evenbutterfliesmakeasound.com/2021/06/12/the-spaceman-reissue-program-pure-phase/ Pete Bassman Manchester date, 13 November: https://www.facebook.com/events/505876707123401/?ref=newsfeed Electronic Sound magazine with Jason interview: https://electronicsound.co.uk/shop/p/issue-78 Relatively Clean Rivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6h-rQmyaag This podcast’s site: spacemen3.co.uk/pod/ Twitter: twitter.com/SpacemenP Instagram: www.instagram.com/spacemenpod/

In this episode, we continue our chat with Mark Refoy, talking about his time in Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized, and we examine I Love You from the final Spacemen3 album Recurring. Photo of Mark with the first Spiritualized lineup courtesy of Phil Nicholls (https://www.instagram.com/philnichollsphotography/). Spacemen 3 at Subterania, 22 August 1989, part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKys-TmhrbA Spacemen 3 at Subterania, 22 August 1989, part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIKO6oBt-KM Spacemen 3 at the Reading Festival, 25 August 1989: https://soundcloud.com/stef-j-c/spacemen-3-live-reading-festival25th-august-1989 Art & Language: Letters to The Jackson Pollock Bar in the Style of The Red Krayola (includes link to the video of the event): https://www.lissongallery.com/news/art-language-letters-to-jackson-pollock-bar-event Buy J Spaceman And J Coxon Play The Red Krayola Live 1967: https://honestjons.com/shop/artist/J_Spaceman_And_J_Coxon/release/J_Spaceman_And_J_Coxon_Play_The_Red_Krayola_Live_1967 Synthetic Dreams podcast with Pete Kember: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1674871/8550939-sonic-boom-aka-pete-kember?play=true New Cheval Sombre album at Sonic Cathedral: https://www.soniccathedral.co.uk/2021/05/28/cheval-sombres-new-album-days-go-by-is-out-now/ Will Carruthers on Twitter with details of his online gig: https://twitter.com/willcarruthers/status/1394609050671849475 Bob Marley's musical influence on I Love You, Mr Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amGI5T0JGDc Bob Marley's lyrical influence on I Love You, Duppy Conqueror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yy29XUsceU This podcast’s site: http://spacemen3.co.uk/pod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpacemenP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacemenpod/

In our third episode, Ian Edmond and Mark Lascelles chat to Mark Refoy about the bands he was a part of in the 1980s and his memories of seeing Spacemen 3 as a fan. The interview will continue in future episodes, covering Mark's time in Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized and the many projects he has been involved with since. The Syndromes CD can be bought from here: http://shop.detourrecords.co.uk/epages/es785745.sf/en_GB/?ObjectID=50787177 Video of Mark playing with Cellar 16 at the Black Lion: https://www.facebook.com/martin.hendle/videos/10158676433727949 Playlist of songs from Mark's early bands: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnuXxuwZuErIjJxV9HM_DyyI_r_xFbJLu Whistle Test piece on the Northampton Musician's Collective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssIY1k3yCZY Graham Holiday's book about his (and Mark's) first Spacemen 3 gig: https://thegrassisgreeninthefieldsforyou.co.uk/004 John Lucibello's pre-Syndromes band Russians: https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/Russians Sonic Boom Bandcamp page, including details of live dates: https://sonicboomspacemen3.bandcamp.com/ Spiritualized site with links to stores to order reissues: https://www.spiritualized.com/ The Psychedelic Schafferson Jetplane: https://volantediscos.com/album/the-psychedelic-schafferson-jetplane Foxtrot Sierra & His Uniforms: https://foxtrotsierra.bandcamp.com/ Latin American Spacemen 3 tribute album (free!): https://pleromadiscos.bandcamp.com/album/jugando-con-fuego-2013 This podcast’s site: http://spacemen3.co.uk/pod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpacemenP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacemenpod/

In this second episode, Ian and Mark chat about Transparent Radiation and the November 1985 gig at the Mercia Leisure Centre. Greg Jarvis from Flowers of Hell describes his Spacemen 3 voyage of discovery, and there's a discussion of Spacemen contemporaries Loop. Many thanks to Greg Jarvis (https://www.flowersofhell.com/), Gavin Wissen for Mercia memories, and Steve Evans for permission to use his early band photo. Spacemen 3 play Transparent Radiation at Willem 1, Arnhem, Netherlands, 13 April 1989: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL_xe12lBVo Spacemen 3 play Transparent Radiation at the Forum, Enger, Germany, 6 May 1989: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VajENwvV1U Spiritualized site, with links to stores to order reissues: https://www.spiritualized.com/ Pete Kember’s BandCamp: https://sonicboomspacemen3.bandcamp.com/ Pete Bain gig, London, 18 November: https://www.facebook.com/events/315448602861434/ Pete Bain gig, Colchester, 19 November: https://hotboxlive.co.uk/event/thee-lucifer-sams-pete-bassman/ More about the Mercia Leisure Centre gig: http://spacemen3.co.uk/gigs/19851127-2/ This podcast’s site: http://spacemen3.co.uk/pod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpacemenP Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacemenpod/

Welcome to Spacemen Pod... In this introductory episode, Ian Edmond and Mark Lascelles talk about how they discovered Spacemen 3, try their best to explain what it is about the band that appeals to them so much, discuss their favourite Spacemen song, and look back at the 11 January 1988 gig at the Rose Club in Cologne.