Animals and Men play Salford May 1st

Details here of this gig at the King's Arms Salford. Promoters 'Comfortable on a tightrope'.

Scene from Godard's Weekend (1967)

Lovely scene from this black comedy/experimental film that is considered by many to be Godard's best work. The cars in this clip are great - there's an NSU Prinz or two - this was our first car bought cheaply.

Made in USA (1966)

This is one Godard film I don't think I've actually seen more than once so I don't remember too much about it but it looks great from this trailer. Wiki on the movie. It was the last full length movie that Karina and Godard worked together on so a kind of 'end of an era' movie. Based slightly on the Big Sleep it had copyright issues with a book called the Jugger and wasn't realeased in the US for many years

Pierrot le Fou (1965)

I am going to have a short season of Jean-Luc Godard trailers. This is one my favourites with brilliant cinematography by New Wave legend Raoul Coutard and the great teaming of Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina as leads. So what's not to like? Wiki here

Monochrome Set

Good to see the Set back in action with all manner of gigs coming this year, which means that Bid has recovered from his brain aneurism - they're playing the Thunderbolt Bristol on June 18th. They have a Facebook page if you're a Set maniac with all their dates including a German tour and a gig at Dingwalls.

Billy Boy Arnold 'I wish you would'

Cool performance of his 55 hit.

The Forty-First (1956)

Russian film with English subtitles about a female sniper during the Civil War and her relationship with a White Officer. Wiki here