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Patrick Wolf and The Horrors. Quelle Horreur! 2007-03-22 01:32:00 Not quite as good as the laydeez C4 ad - but at least this one looks like they're all in the studio at the same time.So we have: The Horrors
, Bat For Lashes, Unkle Jam, The Noisettes, Jack Peñate and Patrick
Wolf. I love how they all try and get their 'personality' into their 2 seconds of spotlight. Fab. Read more:Quelle
, Patrick Wolf
Spring chez moi 2007-03-26 16:17:00 I ram-raided Columbia Road Flower market yesterday. Read more:Spring
Video of the week 2007-03-26 03:35:00 Faithless - Music Matters (Axwell Remix)Q: How many Faithless songs have I ever thought, "Hmmm. Quite like this one"A: NoneEven though it's got another 'worthy' rap from Maxi Jazz, imagine my total shock as I say: "Hmm. I REALLY like this one". *Faints*I'm especially loving the gorgeous animation and the ack-chew-al vocals from Cass Fox of Rui DaSilva, Touch Me fame.
The centre of the world 2007-03-26 03:18:00 London at night Taken with a Cybershot camera from the moon or something. Doesn't she look all bright and gaudy and fab?
I quit 2007-03-26 00:27:00 Nah, not really. But according to The Sunday Times today, the 'blog craze' is officially dead. Lindsay Lohan hasn't posted since Freaky Friday (!!??) and, despite there being a blog page, Barbara Streisand hasn't even switched on her computer and done her first one yet. Now that really IS a trend! Apparently several hundred million blogs are being abandoned left right and centre. Hey ho. But there was nothing in the article about how the good blogs are still, and will probably remain, standing (see right, although I'm starting to worry about lifeiscock).
It's nothing like Touch Me 2007-03-27 16:04:00 After posting about the gorgeous Faithless track, below, I looked up the vocalist, Cass Fox's other stuff. I had a vague recollection of an album (Come Here - now only £1.69 snniiiiipp!!) being released last year, but without much fanfare, and it subsequently passed me by. I think it was probably overshadowed by the monster dance track Touch Me which doesn't sit well on this CD of more chilled, Massive Attack-type stuff. More's the pity, though, 'cos this song is so great: the sentiment is very sweet and the vocals sublime.Cass Fox - Come Here (mp3 download)
"Blue? Blue ooh?" 2007-03-29 14:15:00 MARBELLA BELLES - ITV1, Tuesdays 10.00pmOMG everything is curling! The cringiest, funniest reality (!) show in ages! I found this clip of the show being reprised on the brilliant Harry Hill's TV Burp. Marbella Belles follows the vacuous lives of five champagne-fuelled, tanorexic, acid-stripped, surgery-enhanced, painted-taloned, coiffeured forty/fifty-somethings in, guess where, Marbella, Spain. And aren't they a joy to behold. One of them, Lisa Johnson, 38 *splutter, yeah right*, doesn't work "'Cos I decided I didn't want to anymowah!". She swears at her son to stop swearing, has ciggie in her gob whilst getting facials and forgets she's actually a mum to her baby son called Blue: "Blue? Blue ooh?... Ow! The baaaaby!". I am in pleats watching this show. It's one enormous freak show. They all clearly hate each other, and I bet when the cameras go they sit, head-in-hands and WEEP! Gawd!
Kitchenware Records - a Newcastle marvel, 25 years old (!) 2007-03-28 12:26:00 25 years ago, in Newcastle
Upon Tyne, I was 13. Every Saturday I'd tread a well-worn path in my black desert boots between HMV, Virgin, Volume Records
and, for the huge bargain bin, Windows Music shop. I'd know where every band's records were. But there'd also be aisles and corners I'd avoid: the Metal section was scary and, strangely, smelt of hippy juice and the punk section just smelt. Probably farts and beer. But 25 years ago, unbeknowst to me because I was too young, Kitchenware Records was formed. Keith Armstrong and Paul Ludford at the time ran a successful club called Soul Kitchen at Tiffanys - "New Sounds, New Hope, Newcastle!!!", it said on the flyer. And on the back of their biggest gig at the club, New Order, they set up a record label.Cut to two years later and, having since found out about Kitchenware, I got in touch - I was brazen 15 year old by then - and did my work experience there. From then on I'd spend intermittent days or weeks there until I found other plac
Robyn ram-raids Hoxton 2007-03-30 18:33:00 Robyn @ Cargo, London, 29th March 2007For the second time in a month, Robyn played a blistering gig in old London Town. The venue, Cargo in Hoxton, was twice as big as Metro; visible progress at least, in the onward march of her world domination. The place was jam-packed with fans, so there was a lot of love in the room and a huge boom of appreciation after each song.Acknowledging the "big love", Robyn also told everyone how she never envisaged the success of her "Own record" put out on her "Own label" on her "Own terms. Bless! She bounced around the stage for the whole gig, bashing a syn drum within an inch its life for Who's That Girl. Her voice is so spot on, live, but her memory went west during You Can't Handle Me. She forgot the words but was rescued by her guitarist. The setlist was exactly the same as the Metro gig - just a different order - but there was still a noticeable absence of Crash and Burn Girl. The highlight tonight was the acoustic version of Be Mine - played as Read more:Robyn
A League of their own 2007-03-30 18:17:00 Have Canadians never heard of the greatest band from Sheffield? Tsk. What next? The Soft Cell Association of British Columbia? Read more:League
The bitterest gob 2007-03-30 17:57:00 "It just kind of popped out! Sozz"Hats off to Mr Paul Weller. A man who has never really touched my radar - a rare breed some might say. The story in the Daily Mirror that he gobbed on a picture of Sting fills my heart with glee. The fact he hawked up a chest full of phlegm, spat, then growled "Fucking twat!" made me belly-laugh.
Bits 'n' pieces 2007-03-29 20:44:00 PET SHOP BOYS NEARLY DEADEDAccording to the New Zealand Herald newspaper a plane flying from Santiago, Chile, to Auckland, New Zealand, carrying the precious cargo of Pet Shop Boys "...was within about 40 seconds of a potential catastrophe." What was thought to be a a piece of broken old Russian satelllite hurtling to earth narrowly missed the PSB jet. It turns out it was actually a meteorite. The Boys slept through it. Apparently.I'M SEEING ROBYN TONIGHTThe gorgeous Robyn is playing her second gig in a month in London tonight. The venue, Cargo, is just down the road. Ha! I shall be hopping on the 55, 26 or 48 bus in about 15 minutes.DOCTOR WHO TOPS COOLEST TV CHARACTER POLLThis is for the benefit of Dan's Project '76... Yet another poll, just in time for the series starting on Saturday, puts Dr Who at the top of a Radio Times list of the Coolest TV Characters. Oh, and both the programme and mag are from the BBC. Funny that. But I like the fact that The Fonz is still up there. Heeee Read more:pieces
Sisters are doing it to themselves 2007-03-31 20:18:00 Hey! Girls! Girls! Break it up! Watch your mouths when you're pissed. That bloke flirting with you is a sneaky journo! You don't HAVE to bad mouth each other, so don't! Apparently, Babydaddy is having a go at Mika. He said, she said, he said, she said. *wanders off to watch paint dry. Again!!!*Sheesh!How it COULD be... Read more:Sisters
, doing
, themselves
A Quentin Crisp ringtone 2007-04-02 21:18:00 Well, you could use it as a ringtone, or you could just play it for a quick cheer up on a Monday evening. (By the way, the pic on the right is of Mr Crisp
).Quentin Crisp (download)
Random Treats Pt. 3 2007-04-01 22:54:00 It was 1998 and I had just spent an excruciating year or so working in an office WITHOUT MUSIC. It was awful. If anyone spoke about the latest thing music-wise I was clueless; I felt like I was constantly pulling at other people's sleeves going "Whaaaaat?". And being in an office without music makes you aware of every IRRITATING office noise. Just attune yourself to the mouse clicks and you'll see exactly what I mean. Click, click, clickety, click, clickety. Like battery hens mad on Pro Plus. That's why, when I found myself in an office with the radio on, it was like being pulled out from under a stone. These days I'm so blasé about having the radio on permanently, I can slag it off. Daily rants about Jo Whiley (Radio 1's mid-morning comatose DJ) is a jolly sport I'd highly recommend. And smelly old Edith Bowman with her rubbish features is a particular favourite. A friend of mine once emithered her during the show to ask, quite rightly, why on earth they were talking to an Elto Read more:Random
The 7 one-hit wonders... 2007-04-03 19:36:00 ...of my world, at least. The criteria is: I only ever listen to one track of theirs and LOVE it; and there has to have been enough time passed for a decent follow-up but they haven't managed to. A couple of the acts, Ben & Jason and Dirty Vegas had entire albums of material to get into, but I couldn't. I only have ears for the tracks below. In alphabetical order:1) Ben & Jason - The Wild Things (mp3)2) Damage - Ghetto Romance (mp3)3) Dirty Vegas - Days Go By (mp3)4) Galleon - So I Begin (mp3)5) Grand Popo Football Club - Men Are Not Nice Guys (mp3)6) Lene Marlin - Unforgivable Sinner (mp3)7) Juliet - Avalon (mp3)
The Notorious Mr Crisp 2007-04-02 22:25:00 Quentin Crisp
does make great soundbite. But of course he was more than that. The word legacy is the first that springs to mind. Gorgeous old puff are another three. And according to Grand Dame himself, he was "born reluctantly on Christmas day in 1908", to his "dismay" he found himself to be "the son of a middle-class middle-brow, middling parents who lived in Sutton".Near the end of his life, he was still as dryly self deprecating by describing himself on income tax forms as a "retired waif". Read more:Notorious
No apologies 2007-04-06 18:26:00 A huge heads up to Mr Jason D'Luv on Chart Rigger for the report on Timbaland's new album Shock Value. I doubt I would have gone to iTunes to have a listen had it not been for his posting. And I doubt I would have heard the Apologize track until it was played on the radio or TV or something. What is it about certain songs that grab you straight away and you KNOW they will be a favourite for years to come? If I had the answer, I'd be banging my own versions out every week.Anyhoo, a band I know nothing about, OneRepublic wrote this track with Timbaland, and, U2 pretensions aside, have produced a gorgeous anthemic sound with a pop spin. And without demeaning Apologize it actually wouldn't sound amiss in boyband V's repertoire. This track will probably be a single, so enjoy it before it's played to within an inch of its life! And for the pedantic amongst us, it's Apologise with an 's'.Apologize - Timbaland feat. OneRepublic (mp3)Indestructable - V (mp3)
The magic playlist 2007-04-06 15:44:00 Actually, I'm not talking about the Magic FM playlist but the once giant Capital 95.8. After a heavy knock in radio listener figures, where they went from the number 1 to the number 4 station in London they seem to have ditched the dance pop circa 1993 playlist (Loveland! Alison Limerick!! N-Trance!!!) and are now rotating Patrick Wolf (!), Mutya Buena (!!) and Siobhan Donaghy (!!!). The best thing is, these tracks sound FAB on a chart hits station. To hear anodyne DJ, James Cannon, (hopefully the next thing to be booted out) say about The Magic Position: "Sounds like a grrrreat band from the 80s. Anyone remember Aztec Camera?" and Don't Give Up sandwiched between Gwen Stefani and Nelly Furtado all sounds very wrong, but very right!
And so I'm back... 2007-04-06 15:18:00 I just popped out for a bit, just to see what was going on in the real world... I stayed at The Hoxton Hotel on Wednesday night - just five minutes down the road. It cost a fortune! Not. We had a gorgeous double room for the princely sum of £1.00. By the time we had our free copy of The Guardian newspaper (70p) and the two free Pret A Manger breakfasts in the morning (£3.00 each), we'd worked out that they had paid us £2.85 each to stay there. What a bargain! Get on the mailing list for the future offers. Every so often, they'll email an offer of nearly 2,000 rooms over a month or so at this gloriously ridiculous price. Sniiiippp!
It's like a big movement after being egg-bound 2007-04-07 13:41:00 FUNNY WOMEN PLAYING FUNNY OLDER WOMEN PART 2Caroline Aherne as Mrs Merton: "Lisa, we love you because you've done so well. You and little Mick Hucknall. You know, two scrag ends made good. Aren't ya..." Read more:movement
Name? Ruby Romaine. Like the lettuce. 2007-04-07 13:26:00 FUNNY WOMEN PLAYING FUNNY OLDER WOMEN PART 1 Tracey Ullman as Ruby Romaine: "Anyhoo, I was enjoying the ride, er, you know, just minding my own bees wax when all of a sudden I was blinded by a very bright light that kinda just exploded in front of me... so I says to little Greenie..."
Un oeuf is un oeuf! 2007-04-11 01:18:00 That's it then, Easter's over. It's been a fabulous four day break, now fuck off back to work, you shysters! I love Easter. It's the first big holiday to loosen those valves after Christmas and the first real Bank Holiday Weekend of the year. No one really knows what to do with it though. If the weather's fantastic - like it was in London - everyone walks around with a gormless smile on their blessed chops going "This is great. And we do what?". And the parks? Full of people getting into breathing difficulties trying out the 'spring air'.No one's really got their act together wardrobe-wise. Last year's spring/summer stuff gets an airing but looks very out of place with the black skinnies and black bomber jackets. But for those brave enough to show a bit of flesh, a medal and a little tip: the purple-veined Pete Doherty look isn't going to take off.Anyhoo, along with the warmer weather (we're currently basking in 20 degree Cs of sunnyshine) here's a few NEW TUNES currently t
Buffalo Mozzarella Stance 2007-04-11 21:53:00 So, one of my favourite popsters has a legit job on telly. Neneh Cherry's doing a cookery programme! There's no measuring or timing of the food, more the licking of spoons and fingers with loads of "Ooohs" and "Aaaahs", but at least on Neneh and Andi Dish It Up it looks authentic. She and Andi Oliver, (they met in Rip, Rig and Panic and Andi is a BBC London stalwart) have an easy on-screen thang going on and they do genuinely know their onions, but if I see one more London market portrayed as THE place to get PROPER food where EVERYONE is as chirpy as a sparrow on heat, I'll have to stick a pinapple up my arse AND enjoy it.This week's show they cooked up a very tasty looking roasted garlic chicken (with blood red oranges and cheapo champagne no less), shrimp fritters and coconut ice-cream... for 25. 25? 25!!?? I know they've both got loads of friends but that was reeedickulous. Who, for a start, has oven space for 7 whole chickens. Like I said earlier, it 'looks' authentic. BT Read more:Buffalo
, Stance
Snow business 2007-04-14 18:30:00 "High on a hill was a... oops, sozz! Wrong song!""Can someone turn the heating down? I'm bloody roasting"I love these shots of the Scissor Sisters in action at the 'says what it does on the tin' Top Of The Mountain show in Ischgl, Austria. After months of looking out over same-same hangar-type venues, this view must be a blessed relief for the constantly touring band. Thanks to Arjan for the link!
Stick to the (French) B.E.A.T. 2007-04-14 13:24:00 Summer's here! Well, with this tune it is. SIART first got me onto this track a few weeks ago and I've found myself looking for it when the sun comes out - which these days in London is nearly *gasp* every day - so I've been playing it a lot. It's such an 'up' tune with its Sesame Street type vocals over the very (French
) dirty bass and sampled disco strings. Nice song, shame about the face. Justice are shaping up to be the Hot Chip de jour over the summer. They have numerous festival appearances lined up and this track is gaining loads of airplay at the moment. They're another French electronic duo (comprised of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay) with a knack for the perfect tune. Whether or not they can buck the trend and translate that across a whole album (coming up in June) is anyone's guess. They've been knocking around for a few years under the auspices of (ironically) Daft Punk's manager and head of Ed Banger records, Pedro Winter, but got a name for themselves with Read more:Stick
This must be the place I waited years to leave 2007-04-13 20:20:00 Or so I imagine most people in Swindon must think to themselves on a day-to-day basis. I used to have to 'pass through' once a month on the way to not-much-better Gloucester. It's the kind of place I imagine invented Ginster's pasties, B&Qs and BBQ Sauce. So to see there's something to look forward to on June 7th at The Oasis Centre (a common name for 'leisure centres' and NOT named after the Manchester knobheads) is heartening and probably a tonic for the people of Swindon.
Pop will eat itself 2007-04-15 18:10:00 Barney! Barney! Barney! Oof! There's a spitting 'n' hissing bitch slapping going on... or is there? Lily Allen has had her knockers (fnar) in the past, but still they come. Along with Kate Nash, The Klaxons, Mr Hudson & the Library, Maccabees, Doherty and Just Jack, she's namechecked in the vare funny tune LDN IS A VICTIM which takes the piss out of the mockney masses. The title splices together Lily's LDN and Kate's Caroline is a Victim. Go to the LDN IS A VICTIM MySpace to listen to it and to start the story...Because the people behind it are so anonymous, there's more than speculation that it's all just one big wind up. But Lily Allen does seem genuinely mad as a cat in a bag.NME.com has the gist and Lily's (over)reaction to it and The Guardian goes into more detail. If anything, it's just funny to see someone take the piss and get a rise out of someone else. Vare British and vare Ldn.And then, the last bon mot has to go to, The Word Editor, David Hepworth. Many a true wor
Electro dreams 2007-04-15 14:16:00 Aaaah, the sharp, ice cool taste of electro; served chilled to the bone with a dash of clipped accent and slice of Euro women.CLIENTThe UK threesome have been ploughing their pure electro furrow for a while now, and most gorgeous readers of this blog will own and cherish most of their songs. One little fact that I was unaware of until doing this post is that Emily Strange (Client E), on the left, was a contestant on Make Me A Supermodel. Rachel Hunter: "Emily, I'm sorry. We can't make you a supermodel. Please leave the house... and go and do something more worthwhile like join Client". The new album Heartland has been put back a month and is now out on 30th April. Here's a little taster from it:Lights Go Out - Client (mp3)MARSHEAUXThis Greek duo I found at Secrets Online, the Human League forum and over on their Myspace there's a freedownload of their cover of The League's Empire State Human. Marsheux have a real affection for the genre, and the new stuff is a strong progression f Read more:Electro
Nice things (part 2) 2007-04-17 23:56:00 Robyn. Mad as a box of frogs. It's a step-up from I'm a Little Teapot, I suppose."Can you hold my pint for me please. I can't at the mo." Read more:things
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