What a belter. The sun I prayed for shone brightly, solidly, for three days, apologising profusely for its previous absences. We arrived on site on Thursday afternoon without a hitch, set ourselves up and began our exploration. The good weather and the prospect of World Cup delight lifted spirits sky high, despite the sheer number [...]
This year will mark my third visit to Glastonbury Festival, where Bono’s pain will be my pleasure as U2 make way for Gorillaz to headline on Friday night. Hooray! I’m very excited about Glastonbury because, as ever, I’m sure the music, comedy, arts, crafts and booze will be outstanding. There is, however, the inevitable and [...]
I was lucky enough to do a little funky dancing over at Koko in Camden last Saturday where the potato-enthused, tea-drinkin Mr Scruff was doing a marathon six-hour DJ set. An mp3 of the entire set is available for the next week from his site using download code Bs97kw. And if that wasn’t enough there [...]
It’s Saturday, I’m resting at home recovering from evil cold from hell, and I’m avoiding chores by looking for good music to wash up to. Here’s what I’ve got so far: Martika’s Kitchen – Martika The Boy Does Nothing – Alesha Dixon Dishwasher – Fujiya & Miyagi Soul Kitchen – The Doors Wash Your Face [...]
Thanks to the awesome LastGraph, I’ve mined my last.fm profile in a very elegant and beautiful way to look at listening habits over 2008, with the output below. No big surprises here. Had a couple of weeks off in late October/November so big chunk of listening there. Intriguied by a burst of listening to The [...]
Here are a few things I’ve been listening to so far this year – I’m on the look out for some new aural stimulation, and trusty last.fm recommendations can only go so far before you need a bit of good old word-of-blog, so if you have a minute let me know what’s been floating your [...]
What’s brown and sticky? A stick. Oh, and also British music festivals in the summer. Aah Glastonbury and the British weather. You can’t beat it. So some aspects of this year’s festival were no better than my last experience: planning and successfully executing toilet trips was a thankless task; the food ranged from the sublime [...]
You might as well watch the Eurovision song contest with the sound off these days, according to EuroGuru Tim Moore. Winning, apparently, has everything to do with the visual theatrics of each country’s 180 seconds of glory. He should know – he’s written a whole book about it. Perhaps he’s right: the winner and the [...]
Straight men of the world: do you listen to Cyndi Lauper at full volume on the tube? Do you just want to have fun? You big Girl?
Barely 21, Welsh songstress-turned-TV-sleb Charlotte Church has announced that she’s preggers. Come on Charlotte, just slow down and let the rest of us feel good about our achievements! You’ve already been a child star, successfully morphed your angelic-voiced 13-year-old self into a filthy-sounding twenty-something vixen without going off the rails like one of your American [...]
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