So after my problems, I’ve finally downloaded Brian Wilson’s new album. After a few listens, I can safely say that this is without a doubt the second best solo album by a member of the Beach Boys to be released this year… On paper, the combination of Brian Wilson and George Gershwin is a good [...]
Filed under: music | Tagged: Brian Wilson, Beach Boys, Darian Sahanaja, Paul Mertens, scott bennett, george gershwin, ira gershwin, gershwin, brian wilson reimagines gershwin | 3 Comments »
Before I start, for those expecting PEP! today, I’m afraid I was so overwhelmed with fielding the response for my last post I’ve had to leave it til this weekend. That’ll teach you to actually read and like things I write. But to make up for that there’s two posts today – one on comics [...]
Filed under: music | Tagged: Brian Wilson, music, copyright | 8 Comments »
I *am* working on my Batman posts (and on PEP! 2 – which I had to put off slightly, because I realised that I could write an essay about Doctor Who that *also* served as an example of what a truly Liberal attitude towards copyright would look like, and tie the issue together much more [...]
Filed under: music | Tagged: anne sofie von otter, art garfunkel, Beach Boys, elastic no-no band, elvis costello, freddie mercury, geraint watkins, kirsty maccoll, larry lurex, melt banana, murry wilson, music, nazareth, playlists, rufus wainwright, sal valentino, Sandy Salisbury, spotify, suzy & maggie roche, syvie vartan, the high llamas, the pearlfishers | 4 Comments »
This isn’t a Proper Blog Post as such – I know I now owe people two Batman and two Doctor Who posts for next week. However, Manchester University’s computer science website is down, which means I can’t get any of my (due in on Monday) coursework done. So to try to overcome the horrible panic [...]
Filed under: music | Tagged: a postcard from california, al jardine, Alec Baldwin, america, Brian Wilson, david crosby, Flea, glen campbell, music, neil young, stephen kalinich, stephen stills, Steve Miller, the Beach Boys | 10 Comments »
A few years ago, my friend Tilt and I were, for reasons we shall not go into right now, watching an old episode of The Wheeltappers And Shunter’s Social Club, when Freddie Garrity of Freddie & The Dreamers came on. I mentioned how I’d been shocked that, when he died, a powerpop mailing list I [...]
Filed under: comics, computing, music | Tagged: animation, chris sievey, comedy, comics, computing, frank sidebottom, music, the freshies | 6 Comments »
A little break from politics – some music. Those of you who follow my musical interests will know that my tastes run in two seemingly contradictory directions. Half the time I like extremely harsh, visceral music – squonking jazz like Ornette Coleman, aleatory compositions like John Cage, Frank Zappa’s orchestral music, Captain Beefheart, Tom Waits, [...]
Filed under: music | Tagged: blake jones, carolyn edwards, chewy marble, cosmo topper, kristian hoffman, music, negro problem, stew, Wondermints | Leave a Comment »
Sorry for lack of actual content – proper posts tomorrow. For now, some links. First of all, I don’t plan to discuss Brown’s ‘gaffe’ today, where he was polite to a bigot to her face and then grumbled about her behind her back, without realising his mic was still on. It’s the kind of thing [...]
Filed under: comics, linkblogging, music, politics, science | Tagged: immigration, linkblogging, music, politics, science, spotify | 3 Comments »
This playlist is rather different from my normal playlists. Normally, I try to mix up obscure tracks, new things I’ve only just discovered, and old classics. This time, however, this is (almost) on commission. Talking by email with Plok earlier today, he said he knew a teenager who wanted to learn more about ‘sixties music’, [...]
Filed under: music | Tagged: aretha franklin, captain beefheart, four tops, james carr, johnny kidd & the pirates, love, lovin' spoonful, music, neil young, ronettes, sam and dave, spencer davis group, spotify, swinging blue jeans, the animals, the Beach Boys, the bonzo dog band, the creation, the kinks, the knickerbockers, the miracles, the monkees, the small faces, the turtles, the zombies | 4 Comments »
If ever I’m asked why I think hipsters are wankers, Watertown is exhibit one. Watertown is an album whose good qualities are absolutely self-evident. Anyone with ears – and I do mean anyone – would have to admit this is a very good album. In terms of thematic unity, quality, and feel, this site easily [...]
Filed under: music | Tagged: albums you should own, bob gaudio, frank sinatra, jake holmes, music, sinatra, watertown | 4 Comments »
I’ve got a LOT of posts I want to make over this four-day weekend – reviews of The People’s Manifesto by Mark Thomas, This Town Will Never Let Us Go by Lawrence Miles, and I, Claudius and Claudius The God by Robert Graves, a post about Batman comics, a review of the new MoffWho, my [...]
Filed under: music | Tagged: daisy door, ella fitzgerald, high llamas, jake holmes, janet klein, june and the exit wounds, kie, margo guryan, michael nesmith, music, papa doo run run, pearlfishers, peter thomas, playlists, roy wood, spotify, the imagined village, the turtles | 1 Comment »
