On the Friday afternoon I met up with Janine and saw Tim Minchin. Well I say ’saw’, unless we jumped up and down we couldn’t actually see anything as they’d draped black fabric over the metal fencing. He was great as usual. Caught some of Streetlight Manifesto and then The Horrors, saw a little of the Deftones. Saw Florence and the Machine and she ( Read more... )

Recently there’s been a lot of talk about Spotify. I have to admit it took longer for me to check it out than normal because it was being compared to Pandora, and try as I might I just didn’t along with Pandora. I occasionally used LastFM’s radio feature, but I own a hell of a lot of music. I’ve been buying CDs since I got my first CD player in ( Read more... )

I was lucky enough to get to see Clutch play at the Zodiac@Oxford Academy on the 18th. Was also a good excuse to try out my new Flip Ultra video camera. Was a good venue to test it out in as I could get near the front and the sound was superb. If I’d known how well the Flip was going to perform I’d have taken much more footage! As it is, here’s 50- ( Read more... )

So, another festival is over. Not a great one this year in all fairness.

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Went to exchange my ticket for a wristband on the Thursday and found the signs for the exchange were absolutely dire. In fact we only saw one and the only place you could see it was AFTER you’d been through the exchange tent. Not good enough…

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First off, against all the odds I survived. I’m here to tell the tale. I’ve been ill though, with festival germs so it’s taken a while for me to get around to this.
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This is absolutely outstanding! I am a lover of Theremins anyway (I have a Moog EtherWave - woo!), this is just awesome
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FINALLY got hold of a digital version of “I’m in Love” by Kingmaker. I have it on vinyl & tape, and after many years of searching it turns up on the iTunes store of all places! This song has been personal to me since I was a teenager. I love it. Miss you Loz.
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I felt bad for putting up a post about Hadouken! and only showing a below par song. So even though I still know most people who read this will hate them, here’s a better one of their songs:

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I don’t know why, but after having my rib-cage smooshed to bits by an insanity of bass in a small tent at Reading this year I’ve had a real soft-spot for Hadouken! They are so young and really seem to be doing something a bit different. Some of their tracks are insanely catchy too. I know a lot of my friends won’t like this, but I likes what I ( Read more... )