. . . on songwriting. Radio 2, 1-11:30 tonight.

First, Gigantor 7th December last:

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My first Neon set tonight stiffed, to the extent that some random punter came up and tried to tell me how to do my job. Do I tell them how to dance? Well, do I? Even when they clearly need told ( Read more... )

Apparently the new Magnetic Fields album sounds just like Psychocandy

They like it more here ("great"), but apparently JAMC's current bassist reckons it sounds more like Ultra Vivid Scene. Doesn't matter. I'll buy it anyway - except that I can't, not for another ten days. How will I survive?

The BBC covers this story here, quoting the chief scientist of the Food Standards Agency, Dr Andrew Wadge, as saying ""There's a lot of nonsense talked about 'detoxing' and most people seem to forget that we are born with a built-in detox mechanism. It's called the liver. So my advice would be to ditch the detox diets and supplements and buy ( Read more... )

There are, of course, two actually good christmas records out, and it's not quite too late for you to rush out, buy about a dozen copies each, and propel them via a great big boot to the arse all the way up the hit parade to the very top.

Christmas Number One, by the Black Arts (being, of course, a collaboration between Black Box Recorder and Art ( Read more... )

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1. Late Junction on Radio 3 tonight (11:15-1am) has something on Diamanda Galas.

2. The government are looking for buyers for Northern Rock: Steve Bell reports3. According to Thee Ackurssed Witchipedia, My Bloody Valentine sold out the Manchester Apollo in 30 minutes, Glasgow Barrowland in 15 minutes and the London Roundhouse in 6 minutes. Not bad ( Read more... )

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The Day After / Ghosts Of Cable Street / Wishing Well / Bounty Hunter / Shirt Of Blue / Barratt's Privateers (Swill) / Parted From You (Swill) / A Boy Named Sue (Cush) / Donald Where's Yer Troosers? (Cush) / Billy Morgan / Singing Elvis / Rosettes / Smugglers / Nightbird / The Colours / Ironmasters // Green Fields Of France // Greenback Dollar / ( Read more... )