Ahh… Gwendolyn Post – I love Gwendolyn Post and really wish she’d been strung out for a few more episodes… I’d have loved to have seen her doing more English things with Giles – Giles needs more Englishness around him and Gwendolyn was just so gorgeously and perfectly English… there is talk in the council [...]
The Ruts let the audience finish the last track on ‘The Crack’ – “this number’s called ‘You’re a Human Punk’” Hanoi Rocks let the audience finish their cover of The Stooges ‘I Feel Alright’ from their live album ‘All Those Wasted Years’ – “Get up and dance!”
I love White Horses (it was top in My top 6: TV theme songs)… and I love all these versions of it… Claudine Longet Jacky Trixie’s Big Red Motorbike Dean & Britta (maybe Les chevaux blanc?) … also available in English Kitchens of Distinction … see also the Toilets of Destruction Argh! forgot this one [...]
After a long, long hiatus (I wrote about Homecoming in May!) we’ve finally got back to Buffy and back with Band Candy that veers wildly from the unbearably long Angel Tai Chi sequence and almost as long and nearly as unbearable Xander/Willow footsie-playing – to the thoroughly enjoyable… which is mostly Joyce and Ripper… Joyce: [...]
Everyone loves having a shot at Dylan’s finest… here are some faves: Damon & Naomi Richie Havens 13th Floor Elevators The Byrds (Byrds-y version) The Byrds (slide-y version) Joan Baez … and Bob obv
Not many classics this year but lots I loved – here, off the top of my head, are some… for the sake of wanting to have an album of the year I’ll give it to… Wye Oak – Civilian Although any one of these three could also have been in that slot… The Unthanks – [...]
I love the Internet – it has made my life richer, it has found me friends, it has put me into in-real-life conversations with my heroes… and it has people on YouTube doing covers (I’ve expressed a love of this once before on this blog). Whereas the proper band‘s Galaxie 500 cover of choice seems [...]
Ahh – you know it’s not really a “top” anything – the concept was artists who never surpassed the first track on the first album… a few of these obviously did! So it’s just six great arrivals… Portishead – Mysterons Sparklehorse – Homecoming Queen Joanna Newsom – Bridges and Balloons Love – My Little Red [...]
A bit of preliminary research showed that most covers of 96 Tears are in fact crap – steaming away at the top of that pile of poo is The Stranglers cover. Here’s the original (and best) followed by some gems and some not that bads… 96 Tears – ? and The Mysterians 96 Tears – [...]
Just finished watching George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Martin Scorcese’s documentary about George, great in parts but on the whole only OK – anyway it got me thinking of these… obviously… Isn’t It A Pity – Galaxie 500 Isn’t It A Pity – The Television Personalities Isn’t It A Pity – Jonathan Donohue, [...]
