Saturday 25 June 2005
Glasto 2
I can't remember what this was of. Maybe it's Brian Wilson, who was incredible. Just incredible.
Nope, couldn't have been Brian Wilson because it was so sunny by then. Maybe it was Ash? Definitely nobody we saw on the Sunday though, I'm sure of that. Oooh, I suppose it might have been New Order? x
I just noticed that you originally posted the pic on Sat evening and that you only added the commentary later, so it MUST have been New Order.
Love yer. x
Saturday 25 June 2005
Glasto 1
Athlete - Live from a puddle of mud!
Weren't they just incredible, though; well worth wading through all that mud for. You should have taken a pic of all those people trying not to knock over the three-quarters-empty cup of Diet Pepsi I had stuck in the mud in front of us! *grins* x
Monday 11 April 2005
Line up for the lineup
The Glasto lineup is out, and once again I will be making complex mathematical calculations over whether it's possible to see The Bravery and Athlete at the same time, or who's set I would prefer to see the first part of, and who would be better to see the end of.
Of course, in the final reckoning I shall probably be so out of it that I'll miss the majority of it.
Lucky for you that I'll be there with you...I can tell you about all the things you missed. :) (Whaddya mean you thought I'd be getting stoned in the tent with you?...Well, okay, but not for three straight days is all I'm sayin'.)
Now, when are U2 going to finally admit that they're playing? x
The Beautiful South in the acoustic tent!
Friday 4 February 2005
Libre le téléchargement
Trust the French. A delegation of Musicians and Politicians has delivered a petition to the Government asking that lawsuits against illegal downloaders stop. Apparently, they say, they all do it anyway.
Monday 17 January 2005
Musical Breadth
In other radio news, a secret computer programme (secret in that no record company will admit to using, but which record companies have been using to identify whether songs will be hits or not), is being used by a Spanish Radio station to identify songs which are outside a particular format, but which would be well received by listeners.
This is an interesting development, and could lead to more diversity in music programming. Which is a good thing.
Monday 17 January 2005
It's all for charidee, mate
Strange day on Brit radio - every commercial station (as opposed to the BBC) are broadcasting the same programme, a 12 hour long 'radiothon' to raise money for tsunami relief. Which is all well and good and busts open the Harry Enfield-generated stereotype of Radio DJ's 'doing a lot of work for charity, but not wanting to talk about it, and then talking about it.'
The lineup is interesting, though. As well as the good intentions, it would have been a great opportunity to showcase some of the great radio skills out there. So a schedule of 6am - 8am you get Davina McCall and Dermot O'Leary (TV Presenters); 8am - 10am Chris Evans (famous for screwing over the BBC); 10am - 12pm Simon Bates (Antique former BBC presenter currently hibernating at Classic FM); 12-2pm Zoe Ball (Ex Radio 1 breakfast show host); 2-4pm Mark Goodier (Ex Radio 1 chart show host); 4-6pm Johnny Vaughan (Ex Ch4 breakfast TV presenter & currently hiding from 85% of the country on Capital FM). There's been some good performances from the regions; as they cross to various jocks around the UK for 'updates' on what's happening ... these are the people that should have taken centre-stage, IMHO.
I thought that was every commercial station except Sunrise Radio? ;) x
Sunday 2 January 2005
Quick!
Here's something that probably won't stay once the lawyers find it - mp3 files of all of the Fab Four's 'Christmas Fan Club' messages. These are very funny.
Thursday 23 December 2004
The Best Songs Ever of this year ever
Everybody's doing it. And who ever said I had original ideas?
 | The Bees - Free the BeesTwas' the Horseman that came riding to cheer me up in the Summer. This is another record company's "Kings Of Leon", but ever so fractionally more polished. And I do like my bands to be polished, although less so recently. Anyway, if you do nothing else, check out "Horsemen", which is bloody marvellous. The album is no one-trick pony, either.
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 | Graham Coxon - Happiness in MagazinesI have to admit that I didn't see this one coming. He did the rounds of the festivals, but I didn't make it to Glasto this year (grumble grumble) so didn't pick up on it until it was passé. It's good bouncy stuff with an undeniable London accent, and I have forgone what seems to be everyone's favourite ("Freakin' Out") in favour of "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" as the best track on the album.
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 | Ian Broudie - Tales ToldI heard Lord Crowley of Plop interviewing the venerable ex-controller of the Lightning Seeds Mr Broudie (who also appears later in this list as a producer of an equally fine album). It's unexpected; Broudie growls through some laid back eulogies to life and love, and it's utterly listenable. Occasionally, you get flashes of the past - but they're brief, yet no less magical.
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 | The Killers - Hot FussEveryone but everyone loved "Mr Brightside", but I would balance that with "Smile Like You Mean It", not just because I'm insanely optimistic, but because it's a bloody good song. Plus it reminds me of the dance teacher in the Simpsons who says "lets turn those frowns upside down" and then snaps at Lisa "That's a smile, not an upside down frown!". I don't know where I was going with this now. Oh yes. The Killers. Very good. Next!
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 | Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad NewsThe good thing about the title of this album is that you can change all the words around and it still means the same thing. Probably. I thought this band were Canadian, which meant that I automatically didn't like them without hearing any of their stuff. Then I heard "Float On" and changed my mind. Then I heard that they weren't actually Canadian, but from Seattle, and thought that I'd better not like them again. But I can't help it. It's a fine jangly album. Apparently they've been around for 20,000 years, but this is the first decent thing they've done. Just so you don't go and waste money on their earlier stuff.
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 | Ordinary Boys - Over The Counter CultureIf someone put a knife to my throat on Green Lanes and forced me to pick my favourite CD of the year it would be this one. Or the Zutons. No, this one. Definitely this one. It's good honest punk-pop-rock with a benignly subversive message. Plus they're from Brighton. What more could you ask for?
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 | The Zutons - Who Killed The Zutons?"I haven't quite got to the bottom of why they rereleased this album. Anyway. It accompanied me while I was driving a convertible through the cornfields of Wisconsin in early July, and although they're from Liverpool, it all worked for some reason. Ian Broudie takes the production credit, and so he should, because it's polished and perfect and lovely. But not quite as good as the Ordinary Boys. I don't think.
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hey, you're back! and still purple!
whoever the hell wrote that bit slamming modest mouse and Canadians is such a moron I can hardly believe it. First, modest mouse's earlier material is way better than anything on the new record. Secondly, if you havent yet discovered the incredible music coming out of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Victoria, I feel sorry for you....but I don't feel that sorry for you cause you're ignorant and you listen to crappy music. enjoy your lame-ass Killers
Thursday 23 December 2004
Juletide Yoy
I forgot - I've left a little present hidden on this site. Those who may have stumbled through here in the past will know of my strange partiality to "mash ups", or in other words, mixing two songs together to make something vaguely pleasing to the ear.
So my Christmas present to you (until my bandwidth is stretched to breaking point), is one I made on a quiet night in the north of England - Faithless v. David Lowe - We Come Twenty Four.
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