Update time..

So, Audioscrobbler. Well, i've got about 280 tracks up there now (it's *so* addictive) and i've finally got some neighbours. Most seem to listen to a lot of fey indie-rock :(
There's no-one who has ever listened to Girls Aloud, Louie Prima, The Stars of Heaven, The Flys....i could go on.
Could this be something which shows me who to avoid, as opposed to who I should connect to?

More Members..

..and i'm still listening. Right now, it's "Brian Was" (about two-thirds down).

And this is how I feel right now.. 

And here's my IM photo. Look at how regal I am. 

Bit blurred, but here's my unseen Nick Drake photo...pride of place on the wall. 

Who me? ..i'm..an airline pilot, actually..

So, Monday was the launch of the new Members compilation "Res-Erection" with a party at the Notting Hill Arts Club. Got to meet Nicky Tesco and JC, which was one of the highlights of my years so far. All those years marooned in the Wiltshire countryside with only copies of "Chelsea Nightclub" and "Solitary Confinement" for company; it's a wonderful thing to meet the people responsible.

...and I FINALLY tracked down a Skull Skates Todd Swank! 

Here's Lulu :) 

The Sound Of The Suburbs...

I've been listeneing to The Members a lot recently, in fact it seems like i'm on a "Virgin Records 1978-1981" kick at the moment; Fingerprintz, The Records, The Members, The Ruts... it's all good with me.
Anyway, The Members.. This sums it all up. What's it like being in a band?
Well, there's Sex and groupies, but there's also loneliness and frustration. There's drugs and booze, but there's also hangovers, paranoia and breakdowns. there's Rock'n'Roll, but there's both sides of that equation as well: sometimes fame- and sometimes failure.

And how was *your* weekend?

Mine involved trying to get over Friday night...and the Casino on Saturday. I turned £40 into £100, so i'm not complaining. It's always rather dull watching me bet though, I always play roulette, betting solely on black. However, if it works, who's complaining?
I think this week will be characterised by my new-found love for Audioscrobbler: I want to get 100 tracks up on there, then I can really get going...

Today's food for the ears...

Comes in the shape of Momus and Shambeko! Say Wah!

It's a Bank Holiday, i'm the only one in the office....

...So I can enjoy this repeatedly.
Great weekend, if a little tiring. Friday night was the topping-out party for the new rental property in Hanover, which degenerated into a drunken spree around a impropmptu bonfire (I hope we didn't burn anything important!) Saturday was a trip into the depths of the Kent countryside, returning to Brighton in the most beautiful golden hour ever.
Sunday? Well, as ever, lot's of cooking and r'n'r. Need you ask?

I have a new item at the top of my shopping list...

Can someone get me one of these? :)

Hurrah!

Last night, inter alia, I was doing some proper deep-level mining of the interspazz and managed to tick a couple of tunes off my list of long-term musical "wants"

1. The Popticians. A wonderful comedic outfit featuring John Hegley, i've been searching for these two tracks (both sides of a single, originally broadcast as a Peel session) for about 20 years. Last year, I finally found a copy of the single- took it home and played it: it jumped. I was almost resigned to another 20 years of digging in the crates...
2. Intaferon. Another one of their 3 singles (the last, "Baby Pain")turned up on the excellent Lost Bands of the New Wave Era mp3 blog recently- and the first ("Getoutoflondon") is, amazingly, available on the soundtrack to a teen flick. This is their second single and as far as I know, the first time it's been online :)

Weekend..

Mine was full of Football (and a giant hangover the next day), cooking and a gig from this lot. Seriously bowel-loosening bass, plus they managed to blow the P.A.
It's not going to be there long, so check out A Frames on Fluxblog, while you still have the chance.
Right, open the airwaves....