Over the course of a quarter of a century, Wedding Present and Cinerama auteur David Gedge has consistently documented the intricacies of interpersonal communication, mostly of the romantic kind. While currently writing new tunes in his tradition of celebrating romantic bliss and bemoaning lost love, Gedge is also revisiting some old flames. His label, Scopitones, last week released Live 1988, a double album of concert recordings from—you guessed it—1988, the second in a series of LPs collecting live cassettes that were sold at gigs and through their fanzine in the late ’80s. The band is also playing Bizarro, arguably the best Wedding Present effort, in its entirety during a tour that kicked off April 1 in San Diego. Gedge will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Q&A with him and our 2005 career overview of the Wedding Present.
Gedge: Swingers is a “rock ‘n’ roll” diner popular with the late-night and morning-after-the-late-night crowd in West Hollywood. If it’s a Saturday morning and I’m in Los Angeles, I’m probably eating stuffed French Toast there. Our bass player, Terry de Castro, describes it as like having an entire cheesecake for breakfast. It consists of two thick challah pieces of French toast, stuffed with sweetened cream cheese and topped with sautéed fruit. OK, I admit it’s a bit of a gut bomb, but I’m sure all that fruit makes it healthy in the end, doesn’t it?
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