tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163706760182042957.post7438590777161272369..comments2023-10-01T14:49:10.673+01:00Comments on Call Of The Wyld: Mark Stewart and the Maffia / Stiff Little Fingers at Royal Festival HallWyldmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06701612407581789722noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163706760182042957.post-35358457327302155912008-06-20T00:19:00.000+01:002008-06-20T00:19:00.000+01:00SLF were speeded up 1950s r'n'r. Mark Stewart and ...SLF were speeded up 1950s r'n'r. Mark Stewart and the Maffia were God-like (both times). Cracking review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9163706760182042957.post-23391929385220812512008-06-19T22:06:00.000+01:002008-06-19T22:06:00.000+01:00This was indeed an astonishing performance by MS &...This was indeed an astonishing performance by MS & The Maffia as if the last 15 years (for I reckon that it's this long since I've seen them)have never happened. The music doesn't sound dated as it was always in a class of its own. Stewart however is bogglingly changed in his approach. I particularly enjoyed his forays down the front of the stage in the second set, leaning over the audience, which would have been unimaginable in the 80s. Skip Macdonald now amusingly looks like one of Juan Munoz's spookily grinning figures. Compare here:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/5pscu8 <BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/6kr4wjAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com