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I decided not to go see Gruff Rhys or British Sea Power at the weekend because I was (and am) feeling skint. But I decided to go see Les Savy Fav last night. They were FUN! It was at Heaven, and they were supported by Pulled Apart By Horses. Featuring stagediving/crowdsurfing boys in tiger suits (it was a 16+ gig, so they were probably 16 but ( Read more... )

i need more Barry i my life :)
(really like the first half)

i can hear your heart beat / i can hear your heart beat / girl the sound of you is so sweet...

quite often, i find out about things because of an obituary or people talking about stuff that someone has done after they have died. which is sort of sad, but at the same time i am happy when i come across good things. here are a couple:
the first is Peter Yates, film director, who made a reasonable innings at 81. i don't know much of him ( ( Read more... )

one to keep an eye on http://www.wegottickets.com/greenmind
Simon always had decent taste in sounds

i saw Suede at the o2 last night. was good. funny how Richard still looks so different, i mean i know he can't catch up, in age, but you'd have thought that maybe he would have blended in a bit by now, but he sort of looks like he could be in another band. Brett was in good voice, and did plenty of pogoing and mic-swinging. with all the songs mixed ( Read more... )

saw "chilly" gonzales last night at the Scala. good night all round. the sound was a little wack - too high on the high notes from the electric piano which hurt my ears. he started with a little piano music, did some stand-up, some musical comedy, rap comedy, some comedy music.. you get the idea. perhaps i would have preferred it a little more ( Read more... )

i think i might finally be sick of melodramatic-boys-with-synths... but just in case, here are some more: Mirrors

and something a little more fun (and french) but that i also haven't made up my mind on yet: Jamaica

also i'm really tempted to go see the Invisible at Heaven - and it's really cheap! - but it's a couple of days before a big family ( Read more... )