You might have noticed me mention Motorhead once or twice on this blog… so you might think that I was a bit of a fan. From 1979 when I first heard Overkill until 1984 when they released No Remorse (a compilation with four substandard new tracks on it) I listened to precious little else. I [...]
HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSICoriginally uploaded by 4mediafactory …how can Radiohead allow people to download their album without DRM for as little as they want…and within a couple of months have the same album top the SALES charts in the UK and the US. People are happy to pay so don’t treat them like thieves… [...]
The New Yearoriginally uploaded by HeyRocker Last year I started a tradition to post about the New Year every new year but it’s only this post on the always excellent Bradley’s Almanac that reminded me of that tradition. So here it is, a bit late but my new year post about the new year. Last [...]
Wonderstufforiginally uploaded by mark benney I can’t even imagine the point in my life when The Wonder Stuff fitted in. HUP was released in 1989, the same year that I first heard Galaxie 500 and the year after Sonic Youth’s “Daydream Nation” was released. And yet here it is in my record collection and I [...]
Buffalo Tomoriginally uploaded by mark benney Maybe this series name should be changed to “I just dreamed one up” because this morning I woke with another blast from the past rocking around in my head. There was a time when I really liked Buffalo Tom…for two or three years Stuart and I saw them a [...]
St Vincent @ The Bush Halloriginally uploaded by grange85 We saw a stunning set by St Vincent last night at the Bush Hall. There’s something a little incongruous about the frail young thing on stage in her cocktail dress and dainty shoes playing her guitar so emphatically. Occasionally she was sweet and sometimes possessed and [...]
Naomioriginally uploaded by grange85 This is Naomi’s second appearance in this series, and second time wearing boots although these cool buckle-y boots are a little cooler than last times wellies… The photo was taken at Sunday’s very wonderful Damon & Naomi show in London which you can read about on A Head Full of Wishes, [...]
Surprise! Being exposed to more music makes you more likely to buy more music… However, our analysis of the Canadian P2P file-sharing subpopulation suggests that there is a strong positive relationship between P2P file-sharing and CD purchasing. That is, among Canadians actually engaged in it, P2P file-sharing increases CD purchasing.Intellectual Property Policy Directorate – The [...]
PJ Harvey DSCF0081originally uploaded by Steve Asenjo PJ Harvey is a joy for this series – she wears silly clothes and silly shoes pretty much all the time and a wade through the pictures on Flickr is a treat of short gawdy coloured dresses and silly, gawdy coloured high-heeled shoes and boots….so #16 PJ Harvey [...]
There was a Far Side cartoon from way back when showing parents reading a newspaper where all the ads for jobs were along the lines of “Expert Super Mario player required, 23k plus benefits”. As a parent now I do genuinely dream that the many hours Adam spends playing World of Warcraft will prepare him [...]
