Malcom Mackay – Der unvermeindliche Tod des Lewis Winter (S. Fischer, 2014)
Gelesen: 20. – 23.01.2017 netto 354 Seiten
Der erste Teil der “Glasgow Killer Trilogie” von Malcom Mackay ist nicht ganz so hard-boiled wie die Krimis von Allan Guthrie (die ich sowas von empfehlen kann) aber ein mehr als ordentlicher Start.
Dabei war ich auf den Seiten 7-10 schon voll genervt, da werden nämlich alle handelnden Personen vorgestellt. Was danach kommt ist nicht episch und breit sondern focussiert und schmal – eine kleine Geschichte, offen angelegt (der Titel gibt ja schon weg wer da stirbt) und mit den notwendigen Vorarbeiten (die zum Tod von Lewis Winter, einem ehr glücklosen Kriminellen, führen) und der Fall-out davon. Und der ist vielschichtig.
Alles was von den handelnden Personen geplant war – kommt nämlich nach dem Mord anders. Und so wird das eine spannende Geschichte und man kann erkennen wie das letztendlich Stoff für 3 Bände gibt. Das Setting und die Sprache ist einfach, der Lokalkolorit überzeugend und die Figuren werden überzeugend beschrieben – und dazu eine ausreichend ehrliche Menge Gewalt.
Thanks to Riebe Hard Skin made a short stop-over whilst on a mini-tour through northern Europe and almost packed the Goldener Salon upstairs at the Hafenklang. Nice’n’cozy and quite full, coupled with the promise of a working club show to get us to bed early, so that we can be up early for work on Monday.
Hard Skin seemed a wee bit tired (after a lengthy drive from sunny Malmö) and Fat Bob being a bit under the weather from a cold. Nevertheless they armed the stage just short after 21:00 and blasted into their sing-a-long hits – but not without complimenting Exhibit A for the nice tits (and making it clear that in some jurisdictions shirtless dancing means being expelled from the premises, something that in hindsight might have been a good idea in the first place).
But all of that did not stop them to tip off to Status Quo:
Besides some awful behaviour in front of the stage by Exhibit A, Exhibit B and Exhibit C it was all that a Hard Skin show needed, though sans some of the lectures normally given.
Hard Skin (Hafenklang, Hamburg, 22.01.2017) (c) gehkacken.de)
Whilst Hard Skin where Hard Skin the Exhibits made themselves … Exhibits. A was taunted from the Stage, B was moved into the silent corner by force at one stage and C tried to take it on with Fat Bob and got removed. Following the removal Hard Skin suggested to bring everyone back altogether and set sail into “If the cunts are united”:
… and because Exhibit C decided to take some fights with himself, with Exhibit D (like Drunk) and the world as such outside the club the song got stopped. Exhibit A by now had a shirt on, Exhibit B was no longer seen … it is quite a long time ago that i did see so many Exhibits at a show. Odd.
Hard Skin and one of the exhibits ( Pic by Alan Ford, (c) gehkacken.de)
Nevermind, after a break Hard Skin came back and provided some encore, but still finished the show early enough so that people would get home in time. And thus they gave us (and them exhibits) “Taken Away“:
And, any morale? Nope, there ain’t no lesson hard enough to penetrate them brains (of them Exhibits) – so we better not waste time on that one. We’d rather pass the blame to Riebe for bringing violence, drugs, nudism and … let’s make it wanking to our little, peaceful and quiet community (on our pleasant and flat earth).
… an audience with a problem …. ( Pic by Alan Ford, (c) gehkacken.de)
So thanks for that Mate! And for the show. The flyer. And the cardboard posters!
This beauty is from 1984 and never was properly released. The internet (damn internet, never forgets) states:
Believe it or not, once upon a time, Punk Rock was as dangerous as it was interesting.
This covers one of the best Punk Rock documentaries ever released: "Urban Struggle: The Battle for the Cuckoos Nest". This 1981 film is an unabashed look into the dawn of West Coast American Hardcore Punk-Rock and how the "powers-that-be" fought so hard against it.
It chronicles the Costa-Mesa based club "The Cuckoos Nest" and it's owner Jerry Roach during his long-going fight with local authorities trying to shut his club down. Unfortunately, he fought the law, and the law won.
Featured throughout this are performances and interviews from quintessential punk bands such as Black Flag (in my personal favorite era with Henry Rollins), The Vandals (Stevo years), T.S.O.L., The Circle Jerks, and more.
Legend has it that this documentary was aired on a local cable access channel at the time, and someone recorded it from TV. This sole recording is what birthed the generations and generations of bootlegs that came from it. Despite a lack of official release, "Urban Struggle" has long been traded in West-Coast based record stores.
Quote from Anti-Current Video Archive
Cut’s from it ended up in this worthwhile 2012 documentary:
That’s OC Life and some great footage and some great memories of those who where there.
I’d wish that someone would have a camera and film back then in Hamburg – oh my lord that would be memories!
