So, another year over, more or less.  I flutter off to the UK tomorrow, and figure this is as good a time as ever to edit my top 10's for the year.  I also not my entries into LJ have been very low as off late.  I have no idea why. I still like writing an occasional journal.  Must be the exciting busy life I lead, or the fact I spend time writing ( Read more... )

I have Men Without Hats' Safety Dance stuck in my head now after being shown a video of it two days ago. The video is special. It feature Morris dancing, medieval dwarves and new wave singers. I am not sure these three things were ever meant to mix ( Read more... )

... except for when they do...

March 3rd : Billy Talent, Alexisonfire and Against Me!

Against Me! is particularly a band I want to see live. Sweet.

I suspect that the top 100 of all time as voted on by XFM listeners was biased by Oasis splitting up, as the top 10 contains 3 Oasis songs ( Read more... )

Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, recorded an album of Calypso songs under the name "The Charmer".  One of the tracks is "Is She Is, or Is She Ain't", a song about Christine Jorgensen, the first person to be widely known for gender re-assignment surgery (male-female ( Read more... )

I really don't write enough.  Here or anywhere else.  I need to get in the habit of writing more.  Only way to keep in contact with some people, it's rewarding and occasionally it's useful and rewarding to document what I've actually done, thought or said ( Read more... )

1) I've always held it to be a truism that a Bacon Butty is the best cure for a hangover, and most of what ails you. Gotta be proper rashers of bacon, none of that lame, crispy streaky bacon stuff they use out here in Canada. Big rasher or two, fried till just the edges crisp, some good bread, a mere smear of butter and splash or two of red (or ( Read more... )

What the hell happened? From a very awesome 90's indie rock sound to very piss poor keyboard pop which makes no sense ( Read more... )

... after having Ghetto Love in my head all day (helped by the trusty iPod), I came home to find this in my inbox from Sirius:

"Exclusive limited-run channel devoted to Paul McCartney's legendary and expansive post-Beatles music-making. Featuring "Fireside Chats" hosted by McCartney himself!"

I am feeling all Mr Agreeable about this news...

.. for music at least ( Read more... )