(A customer walks over to the first aisle and taps each and every last CD case with his finger while saying either ‘mainstream’ or ‘sell-out’. He proceeds to do this with every single CD in the store, which takes him about 25 minutes. He then walks up to the counter.) Customer: “What a bunch of… Continue reading If You Have It, Then I Don’t Want It
Tag: Music
Rockety Bye
I’ve been reading various snippets about a band in the UK currently getting hyped by the long-since-post-relevant NME and various other media as the “saviours of rock”. Music blog (and my chums) Both Bars On have alluded to them in passing tweets, and then yesterday I read this piece on The Quietus, which discusses the… Continue reading Rockety Bye
The Social Network Soundtrack
One of the best things about the movie The Social Network was the soundtrack by Atticus Ross and Trent “NIN” Reznor. It’s available here for only $5, and there’s a free five-track sampler available at the same link if you provide your email address. I’m downloading it now. What I heard on this site sounded… Continue reading The Social Network Soundtrack
Stars – The Independent – June 20 2010
Cassie took me to see Montreal-based popular beat combo Stars at The Independent last night. She knows the band well, having known singer Amy Millan for a long time, and seeing them in London and LA. We went to see Amy and her band play a small show at Cafe du Nord a few months… Continue reading Stars – The Independent – June 20 2010
Meme On A Theme
Any excuse for an easy post, and this one I can do quickly and follow it through! Flesh Is Grass pointed this at me, so here goes… The idea is to choose a theme tune for your blog. Like FIG, I thought two songs would do better than one. New Order – True Faith (lyrics)… Continue reading Meme On A Theme
Xmas Rapping Re-release
I couldn’t resist reposting this for the new decade. Ho ho ho, ho ho Ho ho ho, ho ho Ho ho ho, ho ho Ho ho ho, ho ho Yo when I step up in the place you know I step correc’ Wooha! Got Yule in check Got that egg nog shit that make you… Continue reading Xmas Rapping Re-release
25 Albums – Pet Shop Boys – Actually
Part of the 25 Albums project. Spotting a trend yet? Not one for the rock music, me. Maybe later in the list. The Pet Shop Boys’ second studio album was the one that really pushed them out, with several chart hits. They had the 1987 Xmas Number One, with a song that still makes me… Continue reading 25 Albums – Pet Shop Boys – Actually
Restore An iPod Without Windows, iTunes Or A Net Connection
This is a continuation of an earlier post about getting music onto my iPod in Linux. After all the to-ing and fro-ing with various music software, my iPod went a bit strange. It showed all my music files on there, with album art where I had added it. But if I tried to play a… Continue reading Restore An iPod Without Windows, iTunes Or A Net Connection
Songbird, Amarok, Ubuntu and iPods
This is a marathon rambling one about iPods, MP3s and my struggles to get the two together. It’s been sitting in my Drafts folder for ages, and recent events have made me finish and publish it. When I first got an iPod (white 20GB color model in 2004), I was still running Windows on my… Continue reading Songbird, Amarok, Ubuntu and iPods
How 37-Year Olds Consume Media
By Matthew Petty (37 years and 2 months) This has been a bit of a thing recently (read: “about 3 weeks ago”), although my delay in posting this means I’ve missed the boatwagon a bit, but never mind eh? Caveat – the fact I disagreed with the previous attempts at this tells me to state… Continue reading How 37-Year Olds Consume Media