Emotional Resonance
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Skinned teen and huggy bear girls watching a free beastie boys show in the old rough trade basement.
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Guardian Music: Want to take part in Music Diary 2012?
“Music Diary 2012 is an attempt to document, over the course of one week, how we listen to music: when we listen, where we listen, who we’re with when we listen, and how we choose what we listen to. Anyone is welcome to join in, as long as you would ordinarily be listening to music in that week or…
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RIP Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch
Awesome I Fuckin’ Shot That
Under the pseudonym Nathaniel Hörnblowér, Adam Yauch created the best tour video ever! The idea is so simple and the budget so cheap, yet the final product rocks. 50 audience members were given hand held cameras and told to keep rolling even whilst brocking out. It gets closer to the real thing than any gig footage I’ve ever seen. We watch whilst the boys keep it old school and witness the crowd rapping, dancing and bouncing along. I haven’t watched the entire thing, just what can be found on YouTube. It’s a sure shot way to get all frat boy/girl on a Saturday afternoon.
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A heads up on NTS Radio
NTS is an online community radio station from London. I discovered this through the fashion blog ISYS - who do a monthly show that arouses discussion and plays awesome tunes. I’m currently working through the podcast’s for This City Plays, a show featuring live streams of events from around the world. Trust me you will find something you want to listen to on this station, there is a wealth of material to dig through.
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I think Go Your Own Way and Cant Stand Me Now are similar in that they both lay bare the gut wrenching pain within both bands at the time. From my limited knowledge of Fleetwood Mac and my in-depth knowledge of Pete & Carl’s relationship, I know that each song depicts a couple deteriorating into bitterness, like so many others.
What is special for me about theses two tracks is the presence of both parties in the song. Its obvious for The Libertines to argue it out over the microphone, it is “an end fitting for the start”. Still this doesn’t stop your heart aching when Pete, so eloquently spills out his feelings to Carl. “You cut me out and tried to blame it on the brown.”
And Fleetwood Mac…well surely this is the greatest love angst song ever written and my god both Lindsey and Stevie are on stage singing it together. You can bet it was emotional and it certainly is to watch.
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The Libertines - Can’t Stand Me Now and Don’t Look Back Into The Sun (Jonathan Ross)
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Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way - Dance Tour ‘97
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Michael Stipe with hair, he looks good. Any idea what year this is?
(Source: suicidewatch)
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Phyllis Dillon - Perfidia.
Originally a song written in Spanish by Alberto Domínguez. This is a flawlessly written love song and like many others, tells the heartbreaking tale of betrayal. Many greats such as Ben E King and Glen Miller have recorded versions, but this reggae vibe works perfectly for me.
I wish the sun was out.
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Thought Id give my two pence on this Tupac hologram thing. Basically I can see why this would be appealing and assuming it looked anything like on the video, I bet it was quite something live. However I think all the posthumous stuff about Tupac has made this “performance” creepy. Can people not just appreciate the guy is dead and leave it that way. Play his music by all means, have him duet with Snoop, but just his voice would do.
(Source: youtube.com)
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Some blog recommendations for you
1. Dalston Oxfam Shop. http://dalstonoxfamshop.blogspot.co.uk/
Once a week high quality digital recordings of cassette tapes purchased at the Dalston Oxfam Shop in East London.
Not strictly as sometimes post are what readers have sent in and some stuff comes from other locations. It’s a really good blog about cassette tapes mostly and I love cassette tapes. A lot of it is dance music, acid house, old school that type of thing. There is plenty of other genres too, like punk and hip hop. It’s fun and informative.
2. Teenage. http://teenagefilm.com/
Based on a groundbreaking book by the punk author Jon Savage, Teenage is an unconventional historical film about the invention of teenagers.
This is a blog to accompany the film about Teenagers, which as the snippet says is based around the book by Jon Savage. Since I have grown up, at least got older I have developed an obsession with youth. It is maybe because I remember my teenage years fondly and I have always been a bit of a dreamer so blogs like this allow me to indulge my yearning to know more, do more and see more. This blog documents teenager’s lives in various ways. Featuring different kids from around the world and is very interesting.
3. Disco Vinyl. http://discovinyl-discovinyl.blogspot.co.uk/
Expat Michael’s opinion of anything relating to disco, Italo disco, funk and boogie music
Does as it says on the tin. Just a guy posting Disco and related genres, mostly vinyl rips. Brilliant, got some of my favourite songs from here. Not all that well presented, but it doesn’t matter when the music is right.
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Caged Animals - Teflon Heart
Zooey Deschannel - Sugar Town
The Vaccines – A Lack of Understanding
The Black Keys – Tighten Up
Friends – Friend Crush
Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place
Pixies – Here Comes Your Man
Action Bronson – Beautiful Music
Brenmar – Temperature Rising
Little Dragon - Ritual Union
Wendy Rene – After Laughter
Just a badly mixed MP3 of songs I like at the moment. No bullshit just music, good music. Have a listen. -
Remembering record shops.
Written by someone too young to have grown up in them.I didn’t visit a record shop until about three years ago, meaning I was 19 on my first time. I was part of the CD/MP3 generation. I can remember the first track I downloaded (illegally, it was Fugess – Killing Me Softly) rather than the first record I brought. Most of the CD’s I had were from Asda or HMV. I remember begging my Grandma to buy me a Craig David album for around £10 I think. She brought it alongside the stew and dumplings. It wasn’t until the internet that I listened to less clichéd and obvious music.
When I went to London for university I loved music, but only had an Ipod and CDR’s. I noticed that London had a lot of record shops. It was around this time that I decided I wanted something tactile to listen to, I decided I would collect vinyl records. I wasn’t a hipster; I had no image to speak of. I was awkward and northern. I clung to the record idea and imagined everything else would fall into place. We would pass Music & Video Exchange (Greenwich) on the way to the pub/bus stop/uni/park/DLR and I would part from the group and stare into the window. Or if I was a little drunk I’d start retelling my fantasy over and over about owning every song I’ve ever liked on vinyl. Eventually I persuaded two of my friends to come have a look around with me.
As you walked in, vinyl records were to the right and CD’s on the left. The pokey room was covered in flyers for various nights, gigs and records. If I remember rightly it had a distinct indie vibe, I felt safe only with hip hop. I had only just started listening to guitar based bands and so when I went over to the vinyl section I was wary of being seen with anything I didn’t know much about. Flicking through racks of old school and obscurities I still felt I had a lot to learn. It was a brilliant moment when I’d stumble onto something I loved, like Paid in Full by Eric B. & Rakim. I didn’t buy anything that day though.
A cultural shift happened when I moved to London, maybe it was the company I kept or my trip to Brighton. Maybe it was living in the east end (kind off) or being by the river. My passions became less distorted; I had decided I wanted to be a mod/skinhead. I think I had always admired them and I’d watched Quadrophenia. Not exactly confident where fashion is concerned, I didn’t suddenly get a bob or undercut and start wearing dock martins or an A-line dress. Instead I read/watched/listened to stuff about Ska and became infatuated with 2 Tone Records. Next time I frequented Music & Video Exchange it was with a more determined enthusiasm and a hunger for Ska. What I brought could be deemed as obvious, I brought The Specials self titled album. The actual record isn’t as important as the experience though. I learned a few things about record shops that day. Not a lot of over excitable young women go into record shops, but the staff don’t mind when they do. Most importantly I learned that you should always check second hand vinyl, thanks guy behind the counter for telling me this and for knocking down the price for that hairline scratch.
Honourable mentions:
1. Jumbo – Leeds. Great selection of vinyl and CD’s. Some really interesting stuff and some helpful little description cards. Really friendly and knowledgeable staff. Helps the local scene loads too.
2. Crash – Leeds. Similar to Jumbos, just smaller and I hope I’m right in saying more dance music.
3. Wall of Sound – Huddersfield. Sadly it has now gone, but I believe new owners have taken over and kept it as a record shop. Wall of Sound was quite a traditional record shop, the owner catered to what he liked, mostly prog rock. However I brought some of my favourite albums on vinyl in there and it was always a welcoming place. I interviewed the owner once, will post the transcript later.
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THE TUESDAY CLUB
I wrote this when I was at university and had been to The Tuesday Club twice. I’ve only ever made it down once more since. I think its time I went again. This really is a grand experience, one every student should enjoy… oh that’s right I’m not a student any more. If you are I suggest you overdose on Tuesday Club whilst you can, you don’t want to miss the biscuit on this one.
Sheffield is commonly described – by many southerners – as bleak. Some aspects of the steel city are indeed typical northern style bleakness, but Sheffield has much to offer. Especially if you’re a music loving student.
Tuesday Club is Sheffield’s (possible the UK’s) finest student night. The Guardian praised the night saying “every city should have a student night as good as this”. The usual location ‘Foundry & Fusion’ is the student union for Sheffield University; which means students only, so remember your I.D. Ticket prices vary – between £5 and £15 – depending on the popularity of the acts that night. From 11pm-2.30am a variety of stuff is played with previous acts including Mark Ronson, Skream and local boy Toddla T. Drinks deals are available, making Tuesday Club a cheap, but not tawdry night out.
Tickets on sale from Union Box Office, online and also Hallam Union Box Office (HUBS).
Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.
