There is a strong correlation between a cities griminess and the production of outstanding music, two of the best examples of this are Detroit and Manchester. Detroit (and the Michigan area) has produced or nurtured many great artists over the years ranging in style from the jazz of Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, the blues …
Being a bit of a backpacker, I often get to revisit songs and groups that I have not listened to for a long time. Recently on my way back from Burma to Chiang mai I listened to The Jam and Pink Floyd for the first time in a long while. I could never do a …
Being in Thailand Elephants seem to play a large part in my life, the Thai word for elephant is Chang. I drink far to much Chang beer, like to drool over the Chang girls, and live next to Wat Lam Chang. Even my friend in China has named herself Chang; though in Chinese it is …
Good to see supergrass get back 🙂 Guess the sleepwalking out of a window delayed the release a little!
The Fratellis Originally uploaded by beeez And more importantly the fact that you were into the stones when i was into the roses. I found this great live set from the virgin site: Click here flathead
I saw Rocko Dorsey and the individuals at the haunt last night with Liz, Katie and some of their friends. Here’s a video of Rocko Dorsey (I moved back a bit so that I’d get better sound, but now the picture quality is a bit naff. And some pics of the girls looking as gorgeous …
Rocko Dorsey and the individuals at the Haunt, Ithaca Read More »
Due to a few important things, I’ve not had much chance to update my blog from my trip to Greece/Germany/Holland. So here’s a little bit more, still on day one of my trip. After landing in Cologne, I went round to Sandra and Jochen’s, had a quick bite to eat, then we met up with …
The Holloways, CSS, Tilly and the Wall – Cologne Read More »
Well i might as well get my fratellis fixation out of the way. Here’s their flathead video. Many Americans will know the song from the Apple commercial, but might not realise who they were listening to; people from Europe will just know them anyway, and to my 3 visitors from China and 7 from Japan: …
One of my favourite bands of last year (and this one too I guess) are the Fratellis. This video appeared in the Guardian, thought i’d share the love. This presentation requires Flash 8. Click here to download it for free.
As many of you know I have given up being an atheist for lent. Today I’m giving being a catholic a go. To get really into the feel ofr the religion I needed to go back to Europe, not to Rome but to a little town in Yorkshire. Now I just love it when they …