Peter Doherty, The Man Who Would Be King, There She Goes + Fuck Forever, Rhythm Factory 28.02.08

Peter Doherty Rhythm Factory 28.02.08 The Man Who Would Be King, There She Goes and FF from nearer dark on Vimeo.

"...twisting and turning to northern soul..." that's a beautifully evocative lyric, and there's some really nice guitar going on here, too.

That was a wonderful night, and for all that we looked as though we'd gone 10 rounds with a sauna and lost, I think most of us would do it pretty much every night of the week if we could. Well, if he played Sheepskin Tearaway and Breck Road Lover a bit more often, like...

Peter Doherty, Ha Ha Wall + Fuck Forever, Rhythm Factory 26.02.08

On FF, every cameraphone in the place seems to magically appear, crowd goes nuts, I go sideways, my lens goes roofwards. I'm clinging to "atmospheric" as a descriptive, it works for me. And at some point Peter's mic stand temporarily vanishes, and a kid appears next to him and makes off with his flag.

"Yeah I know, this is the original..."

There are many things I love about FF, the only thing that I don't is that it tends to signify the end of the set. Except for the time when he played it first, which was a little alarming until he carried on and played something else.