Friday afternoon, another week of work over... excellent! Thursday was bright and sunny - so a trip to East Chevington was called for during the afternoon. On the north pool a single roseate tern roosted amongst the common, arctic and sandwich tern and four 1s little gull were pottering about. Water levels continue to drop, so hopefully late July will attract plenty of waders. At Hauxley the main bird...
As I mentioned before, I’m not really in the festival-going demographic any more, so when Glastonbury rolled around this weekend I settled down in my comfy chair to watch it on the TV. It’s getting on for a decade since I last attended the festival in person, and, fun though it was, I can’t say that [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAvOZ-fiMqo Live at the Minotaur release party in London, June 15. RELATED: How To Grow Up To Be A Debaser RELATED: Burying The Hatchet With Black Francis
From the untimely passings of Michael Jackson and Billy Mays to the possibility of a Jackson family tribute tour worst idea ever and the Pixies' continued refusal to make their way to the U.S., there hasn't much to smile about...
When, back in April, we first made mention on our blog of George Gimarc 's intention of honoring KDGE FM 's 20th anniversary with a shindig at the Lakewood Theater , one commentor noted that "the occasion only invites more tales of regret and lost opportunity." Amen, brot...
Icarus Studios' debut trailer for Fallen Earth is brazen in its presentation and ballsy in its confrontational approach to the MMO genre. As the trailer states, 'this ain't your daddy's MMO.'
Who: Bred in one of the country’s strongest DIY punk communities, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based trio Screaming Females have actually got only one shrieking lady. Her name is Marissa Paternoster, and she is 2009’s answer to Sleater-Kinney’s 2006 breakup, using her throaty pipes and serious chops to channel that trio’s femme-shredder legacy to a [...]
The sophomore album. I hear it’s tricky. So begins the second and final chapter on our tribute to one of Boston’s finest. It was 1993, and in those pre-internet days, information on your favorite band when they were between projects was rather hard to come by. (There is a part of me that actually misses that, [...]
Ah, Pixies. For as much as they hate one another, you gotta love how painfully apparent it is that they love money just a little bit more. Already set to drop the half-assed-cash-grab Minotaur box set this fall - which seems to be little more than their discography stuffed in a box (there's a few pictures, but I mean, come on! Have you seen the band? There's a reason they never put their faces on a...
In honor of Blur’s triumphant return Sunday at the Glastonbury Festival, the Independent compiles a list of the best rock-and-roll comebacks: Elvis Presley: The King was practically a has-been in 1968, following his army stint and a string of lackluster films. His black-leather-clad, blues-heavy appearance on an NBC Christmas show that year revived his career.
The weekend after Michael Jackson’s death saw the King of Pop take over the Billboard charts. Though the numbers aren’t final yet, it’s estimated that Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller each sold 100,00 copies last week; the week before, his entire solo catalog sold 10,000 copies total. Jackson may hold six to [...]
--As you might have predicted, Michael Jackson is experiencing a posthumous sales surge . Three albums-- Number Ones , The Essential Michael Jackson , and Thriller --each sold around 100,000 copies last week. The King of Pop left behind plenty more opportunities for cash flow, including a high-tech 3-D video, called the "Dome Project," completed a couple weeks before his death. Four sets...
On a just-announced European tour, the reunited Pixies will blast through the entire Doolittle album and related B-sides. Doolittle, released two decades ago, is a blazing mash of stop-start punk and pop that hop-scotches from surreal burners like “Debaser” and “Tame” to biblical thrashers like “Dead” and “Gouge Away” without giving away anything in majesty....
Just read this and wowee, Doolittle! Exciting! And Mnemonic mentioned that I should post a pic or two of Dani, our insane, characterful rescue cat, so here she is, napping in the poppies. PIXIES ANNOUNCE "DOOLITTLE TOUR" MONDAY, June 29, 2009 -- To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their 1989 album Doolittle, the Pixies - Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering...
http://www.lyrics.as/Devour/lyrics/Marilyn_Manson The High End of Low starts strongly with "Devour" which comes across as Manson's take on the Pixies mixed with some latter-day Deftones. While his lyrics continue to obsess on drug references and other somewhat infantile matter (we get it already!) this song drives along nicely, and in contrast to most of his prior albums, it eases you into the record
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