Acieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedddddd
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Music | 2 Comments »An email flew across UK new media types today, exhorting people to take part in a flashmob to celebrate 20 years of acid house. Or as most people would term it, acccieeeeeeeeeeeedddddddd - courtesy of D-Mob's We Call It ...
How can we take the time if we never make the time?
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Music, Zeitgeist | No Comments »There's a fascinating article in the Washington Post about what happened when they persuaded a world-class violinist, using a rare Stradivarius, to play some of the world's 'best' classical music purposes while standing on an intersection in a busy ...
Why Glastonbury hasn’t sold out this year…
Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Current Affairs, Music, Pop Culture | No Comments »So it's Glastonbury weekend - a weekend where I traditionally muse on the fact that I'm starting to get too old to go to such a weekend as a first-timer, and that I really need to get off my backside, ...
The gayest songs of all time…
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in Music | 5 Comments »An Australian gay site has produced the top fifty gay songs of all time, and it's quite interesting/scary to see the songs I like/love on the list...
Lost in music…
Friday, January 4th, 2008 Posted in Music | 1 Comment »Unusually, I seem to have rediscovered my love for pop music lately - probably as a result of driving around over Christmas with the radio turned up. But it's never usually a good sign. I'm certainly digging (daddio) Scouting For Girls, ...
“it’s got a good beat”
Friday, December 14th, 2007 Posted in Music | 1 Comment »Take: - ethereal vocals from Sarah Nixey, formerly of the fantastic Black Box Recorder - an ancient overheard Christmas carol in the form of Silent Help - mix in some drumbeats from ambient pop duo Infantjoy - download it - put on headphones - listen and ...
Where’s the Fairytale of New York?
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 Posted in Me me me me me, Music, radio | 1 Comment »Update: Heard it on 6 December. Hurrah. Christmas can now officially start! Despite having spent the last three days trotting around all the shopping centres that Manchester and Cheshire have to offer - in the hunt for a new pair of ...
