Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Another Spotify playlist that's courtesy of David - Facial Fuzz. Yes, we're in the land of the beard, a 15-track mix of psych, rock and folk, all held together by facial hair. Well, mostly anyway. So if you fancy some...
Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
THE GRAHAM COXON POWER ACOUSTIC ENSEMBLE *** QUEEN'S HALL, EDINBURGH
blissblog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
more on beardswouldyabelieve it, another article on iconic beards that came out on exactly the same morning as minewho knew it was National Beard Month and/or (are they the same thing?) No Shave November?here (from a few years ago) a female pogonophobe perspectivematt on "the Shoreditch Moustache" ^^^^^^^^In the comments my old colleague Jonh Wilde had a funny story about his time at Sounds...
The Bluegrass Ireland Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Cat Malojian: Jonathan Toman, Rachel Toman, Steve Scullion Thanks to Jonathan Toman for the news that Cat Malojian will be playing at the Cobblestone, 77 King St., Smithfield, Dublin, on Saturday 21 November at 9.00 p.m., supported by Baz McSherry. The band's latest press release gives their bio: Cat Malojian are singer-songwriter Stevie Scullion along with multi-instrumentalist siblings Jonny and...
Tape Noise Diary (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Golden Age of Infinite Music BBC News article by John Harris about how the web has broaden listeners tastes and choices. I had a long chat about music with the 16-year-old son of a friend, and my mind boggled. At virtually no cost, in precious little time and with zero embarrassment, he had become an expert on [...]
The 'Spill (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I made an old-fashioned mix-cd today. it has a real nice autumnal mood (IMHO), tracklisting: 1. Jochen Distelmeyer - Regen 2. Big Star - Kanga roo 3. The Mountain Goats - Matthew 25:21 4. The Black Heart Procession - Wasteland 5. Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The rider song 6. Hush Arbors - Fast asleep 7. Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard - Willamine 8. Grant-Lee Phillips - Buried treasure 9. Chuck...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
"Mr Joy", the opening song of this 1968 album by Norwegian vocalist Krog, still sounds startlingly contemporary, like a newwave folk-jazz project referencing Robert Wyatt and early John Martyn. It'sco-written by AnnettePeacock; Jan Garbarekplays tenor sax and ArildAnderson's dextrousdouble bass-pluckingrecalls Richard Davis'swork on Astral Weeks.Acouple of tracks, withKrog's voice distressedthrough...
Beard (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
This week's Beard radio is now up to listen again. Featuring a mental prog double header, some crazy metalcore, rousing 70s theme tunes, womb-like dub-folk, digital anarcore and much more. Also, Stew skelps his head on the CD player. Madness you can't do without! Barry Gray Orchestra - Stingray (Cinephile) Oneohtrix Point Never - Computer Vision; Rifts (No Fun) Atari Teenage Riot - Start The Riot;...
We love sheds (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I have signed up to the premium version of Spotfiy and its great when you get bored of Thrash Metal, they have all sorts on there, so thought I would… Post from: shedblog.co.uk - We love sheds The wonderful thing about @spotify is the sheds
Techdirt (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
While we keep hearing record execs and politicians bemoaning the state of the recording industry, UK music critic John Harris has written up a great article at the BBC pointing out how wrong they are, and noting that this is the "golden age of infinite music." Indeed. This is exactly what we've been saying for years, though not as eloquently as Harris: Last weekend, by contrast, I had a long...
AterSlash (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In a move guaranteed to annoy long-term science fiction fans, the estate of legendary science fiction author Isaac Asimov, who passed away in 1992, has authorized a trilogy of sequels to his beloved I, Robot short story series, to be written by relatively unknown fantasy author Mickey Zucker Reichert. The move is already garnering opposition online.
AterSlash (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
My girlfriend is training to be a speech and language therapist here in the UK (speech pathologist in the US). A number of clients are guys who enjoy playing computer games, and for a variety of reasons some have no incentive to try and improve their speech.
Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Over at the BBC, music journalist John Harris speculates on what may become of the music business now that we have entered the golden age of infinite music. "I've just poured the music-related contents of my brain into a book, and I would imagine that 30-ish years worth of knowledge about everyone from Funkadelic to The Smiths has probably cost me a five-figure sum, a stupid amount spent on music...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Over at the BBC, music journalist John Harris speculates on what may become of the music business now that we have entered the golden age of infinite music. "I've just poured the music-related contents of my brain into a book, and I would imagine that 30-ish years worth of knowledge about everyone from Funkadelic to The Smiths has probably cost me a five-figure sum, a stupid amount spent on music...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
BBC : I’ve just poured the music-related contents of my brain into a book, and I would imagine that 30-ish year’s worth of knowledge about everyone from Funkadelic to The Smiths has probably cost me a five-figure sum, a stupid amount spent on music publications, and endless embarrassed moments spent trying to have a conversation with those arrogant blokes who tend to work in record shops....
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