I don't seem to be able to stop listening to this song at the moment:

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Catchy, upbeat, edgy... good video too, nothing super-inventive, just good visuals cleverly bringing out the mood of the song.

Easy Star All Stars, who managed the seemingly impossible feat of doing a dub cover album of Dark Side of the Moon (Dub Side of the Moon), and what's more making it damn good, have gone and done it again with 'Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band'. It's really good. Check ( Read more... )

I found Spotify useful if I've wanted to listen to something without bothering to download, but this site:

www.deezer.com

Seems pretty comprehensive, and you don't even need to download anything or register...

Some thoughts that have been brewing for a while: I need to spend more of my time being creative and learning. These are in theory my two favourite things to do, but I just don't spend the time. My course has been a great way to learn, but I'm taking a bit of a break from that. Thoughts:

Learning

• Biology... My environmental studies have been great ( Read more... )

Hmmm... it appears to have gotten dark without me noticing, whilst I was strumming away ( Read more... )

I just learnt Dylan's One More Cup of Coffee...

How can you make such a fantastic song out of four chords?

My guitar playing is going really nicely (having said this, universal law dictates I will soon be asked to demonstrate this and stuff it up royally...)

Check this out. Some of these are great. Watch out for Michael Jackson, The Cure and Skid Row in particular...

If pop songs were graphs...


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Yay, Portishead released another date at Brixton Academy on the 17th April... got the tickets this morning... still some left if anybody is interested... Ticketmaster or Stargreen.

Ok so in the spirit of getting people into new music (and with it being a meme, other reciprocating and giving me some ideas), my thoughts on some acts you should know about and perhaps don't, divided up into what's on my stereo right now, and some longer burners:

Right Now:

Stephen Fretwell: The best thing to come out of Scunthorpe. Ever. A ( Read more... )

There will be a review of the year when I'm back in coverage country and can eaasily check my archives... But right now, it's Boxing Day (Ah, don't have to call it St Stephen's Day anymore...). I got a few presents yesterday, a couple of them good. Xmas now is just a time to relax and recharge batteries... my Dad's in Africa, my Mum's coming to ( Read more... )