Music Room *It's fully soundproofed*

[Fear 'n boozin]

I Googled Wendy James. So need to turn Safe Serach back on.

[mockney piers]

Ha ha. I have to say I had a look yesterday to see "whatever happened to".

She's in a terrible band called racine* and has gone down the huge amounts of surgery clinging on to youth look like a freak of nature route.

Watch at your peril, it's perfectly SFW it's just terrible.

[mockney piers]

hurrah, home time soon

enjoy

My Latest Novel - Sister Sneaker Sister Soul

[mockney piers]

And it's a happy day, so how about some Japanese funk!!

Rip Slyme - Galaxy

[mockney piers]

and having calmed down after this morning's unusual burst of energy and general good naturedness

Andrew Bird - Heretics*

*mp3

[SeanMacGabhann]

As this came on my shuffle in 3 different forms this morning - have a gander at this take on an old classic

The Man Who Sold The World

[mockney piers]

Nice version. Actually possibly nicer than the original.

I've a love hate thing with bowie. Love some stuff, hate other stuff.

This album encapsulated it with some quality but some seriously sub-prog bad quality rawk in there too.

Might have to give it another listen now, just to remind myself like ;)

[SeanMacGabhann]

Well, say what you will about Bowie (and you don't want to be stuck on an 8 hour flight next to me on the subject) but the album which spawned this song is the least representative of anything he has ever done, coming as it did before any kind of fame beckoned. Apart from the Title track and one other, both of which he had already written, the rest of the album was very last minute with all of the proggy/guitar solo stuff being produced by Mick Ronson and Tony Visconti whicle Bowie canoodled with his missus in the corner

I never listen to the album itself

Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Young Americans, StationToStation, Low, Scary Monsters, 1.Outside and Heathen would be the touchstones for me

[mockney piers]

Off home

And it doesn't get much better than

Miles Davis and John Coltrane - So What

[SeanMacGabhann]

Now i dont need to be able to connect to that link to hear every note. Class

[SeanMacGabhann]

Because today I feel like spending the afternoon in a dive-bar, playing pool and drinking beer

[mockney piers]

To echo your comment about Andrew Eldrich, I have a friend who's into his wrawk, who spent many years in the states trying to get his career going.

As he said, some things can only be in America, you can write a song about driving your Chevy down route 66, it doesn't work when you're driving your Passat to Biggleswade.

Equally country couldn't emanate from the CPT, no matter how much better pub culture here is to insalubrious mid-west bars.

[SeanMacGabhann]

duuuuuuuude - I so should have said I meant a dive-bar in downtown US-ville - maybe like the one in that movie with Linda Fiorentino when she heads out to the sticks

(besides, no pool table in CPT)

[mockney piers]

Some more mid american white trash. Mind you I've alot of time for these guys.

Modest Mouse - Cowboy Dan (live)

ps don't worry, I got your point, I was just backing it up!!

linda fiorentina *sigh*

[SeanMacGabhann]

Was quite upset I missed "the Mouse" last month - maybe next time

[Jimmy Mac]

Went to the Latitude Festival at the weekend. Personal favourites were Seasick Steve and Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip (they both, I think, have myspace pages).

Mockney - saw your BSP post earlier; "Carrion" on Later is superb. As a fan you've probably seen it but here it is:-

(sorry - can't do the clever link stuff)

[Fear 'n boozin]

Thanks to some, well, one unnamed individual, I've suffering a morning of Winds of Change....it's been a bad ride. This, however, has saved me:

Wolf Parade - Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts

[SeanMacGabhann]

Jimmy Mac - glad you liked Latitude - my friend also gave thumbs up to Seasick Steve

But you know.. Seasick Steve? Just a band... Scroobius Pip? Just a band

FNB - combined alcohol and Scorpions reference - good work fella

[SeanMacGabhann]

This is just....

[mockney piers]

...Divine Comedy, just a band, Talking Heads, just a band..

Cardigans and Tom Jones - Burning Down The House

ps nice one jimmy mac

[mockney piers]

...Under Byen, err just a band believe it or not

Under Byen - Legesag (live)

Some more Danish moody music

[mockney piers]

Bah humbug, it IS friday, time to cheer right up.

Here's a lovely happy ditty

Stereolab - Jean Seberg

[mockney piers]

getting happier as half five approaches....

and she's damnabley cute!!

Jenny Lewis* - The Charging Sky (live)

Jenny Lewis* - Rise up With Fists

*couldn't be bothered to write 'and the Watson Twins' twice

[SeanMacGabhann]

Well if I'm punching the air..

Flaming Lips - Race For the Prize

[Fear 'n boozin]

How could you leave out the twins!?!? i likes

- also Jenny Lewis.

Good call Sean - a great way to end the day!