Interview -- A Conversation With Martin Atkins

[@NoSuchThing99]

Thanks for posting this!

[@johnfluid]

Sir. I didn't hear the entire interview but I wanted to say that in the right time and in the right place I was a big Brian Brain fan. I saw you perform in Houston, Texas as Brian Brian in "my" small club. I already had the record and was psyched for the show. I actually don't remember what year this was..79?, 80? 81?? The club was called Paradise Island, or Rock Island, or "The" Island depending on the date. The Brian Brain show on Easter (or thereabouts) at The Island is still one of the best shows I've ever seen. It was the first time I'd seen any looping or pre-recorded music being utilized. The exchange with the audience was legendary and I still talk about it to this day. At one point you guys brought out giant potato sacks filled with plastic easter eggs and dumped them onstage. In an instant the entire club became a flurry of brightly colored balls of color that flowed off the stage like a waterfall. It was punk, it was incredible, and it's the closest one could ever be to being inside an atom..electrons crashing about in randomness. How could we not pick up every egg and throw it as fast as you could. This vision is cinematic and incredible and it happened. I want you to know that you touched me deeply. I've forgotten a lot I'm sure, the Brian Brain show in Houston? Superb. Legendary.

[@NoSuchThing99]

I'm moving to Norway