Oh how I hate the NME so.....

When will the NME stop digging itself into its black hole of tabloid idiocy? Yesterday I saw a few people looking at a copy and did a double take over the front cover. Is that Beth Ditto completely naked? “Yeah” they replied “It’s disgusting!”

Errr…No, it’s not. Not in the way they meant anyway. People sadden me more and more each day. It is disgusting that the NME feels it appropriate to use a naked cover shot just because the person is overweight. I’ve never seen any other girl completely naked on the cover before, but along comes someone overweight and willing and there she is. Is it some kind of irony, or is it just o.k. because people consider it non-sexual (except chubby chasers and people with brains)? Miss Ditto can do what she likes, no problem there at all, but I can only imagine that weasel faced arse of an editor thinking ‘yeah, this is going to gross people out so much, hahaha.’ Arse faced weasel. I notice that on their website they have a photo story of the shoot for the feature without a single image of her starkers, except for one checking the cover shot on a computer. So if they felt it was such a beautiful image to put on the cover, why not show us more? I can only surmise that it was not fascination of the sensual curves of a renaissance figure.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before but…who still buys the NME, and why?

Meatbreak

For the sake of Brighton nightlife, quit smoking now

It’s a conspiracy from the government to stop us having fun of course. First they change the licensing laws so everyone stays in the pubs later. Great, you think, but what about the clubs. Emptier and emptier. Now they’re gone it’s time to think what to do about those perky pubs. Aha! Ban smoking. So, now everyone is going to start drinking at home. Eventually you’ll stop inviting your mates over and just watch TV. And we all know that TV is: governmental propaganda.

So, for the sake of society and rebellion, give up smoking. Your social life depends on it.

Velvet Rufus

So, the new Rufus Wainwright album is out. It’s sitting by the CD player waiting, I think because Mika has really put me off Loudon Jr. All this camp pop has really started to take over – I guess the Scissor Sisters are to blame – and I don’t like it. Since when has Elton John been the great influence on music? A handful of good songs, a heap of foolishness and a tantrum or two do not a legend make. Thanks to the inexplicable success of the aforementioned Mika we can expect more of this show tune-esque nonsense, something I’m less than happy about…

Right, I bit the bullet and listened to Rufus. Utter flamboyant crap. Although at least he’s personable, unlike that twit Mika.

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Not For Resale news

This is from my Not For Resale Myspace blog; but bigger and better:

They've rearranged Fitzes! It's actually pretty good now; decks by the window which is nice for the balmy weather, more space, some of which you can dance in if the feeling were to take you, same number of sofas too. Almost a miracle of physics, but obviously not. Yeah, I like it except for the horrendous funk band playing downstairs whose clichéd thumping was too much to bear for too much of the night. I'm going to try and move NFR to Thursdays and see what happens. Apparently that's a better day for most people anyway so we'll see.

Thanks to everyone who turned up, is always a pleasure to have a decent group of people to chat and play stuff to.

So yesterday I went to BBC 6 Music to be interviewed for the Virtual Tour competition. Not For Resale/me has been entered into this competition to win a DJ set at a summer festival. Hmmm. Wonder what I could do with one of those. So I get a 1 hour mix played (Which has been pre-recorded. Not sure if I should tell you the tracklisting or keep it a surprise. What do you reckon?)

Anyway, yeah, so my mix and interview get played next Sunday, 3^rd June at 8pm. Here's the link to the shows site so you can vote for me. BBC 6 Music 6 Mix

I'm looking forward to this. I wasn't sure whether I was or not and I wasn't interested in winning until I heard the DJ I'm up against in the first round is from Cambridge. Brighton Vs. Cambridge? They wouldn't even open a book on it. I have also realised the enormous potential of me getting a set at a festival. They can't drag me off the decks can they? They wouldn't dare. That's the best environment to hear totally fucked up music, people are always much more open when they're in the fresh air and I’ve got a whole lot to give, yeh?

I'm sure some famous political quote that I should really know the originator of says: "A vote for me is a vote for you" - but that could have been from a film. Well it applies here fictitious or not.

So yeah, exciting. I have no idea what degree of awfulness my interview will be, so don't expect anything. It's all about the music anyways, maaaan.

Here’s your monthly NFR mix download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/bzm14q

So this isn’t the biggest unwieldy blog entry ever, the tracklist is here: Not For Resale Blog

Here's last nights tracklisting. It's a mash of me and Fokka Wolfe (as much as I can remember of what he played:) since we kept swapping over - so no defined personal sets. Watch out for Turbowolf – they’re from Bristol, sent me the best packaged demo ever all wrapped up in tape with matches, balloons, stickers and a little cake card. Now DFA 1979 have gone we need something to fill the void and Turbowolf are it::

The Butterflies Of Love – Orbit Around You (7", Fortuna Pop!)
Turbowolf – Do Me Wrong / Mystery / Playland (Demo)
Dragonette – I Get Around (Single, Mercury)
Parts & Labor – Unexplosions (Mapmaker, Jagjaguwar)
Yeborobo – I Was Injured At Work, Help Me Wreak My Revenge (What A Fantastic Barrier, Mentalist Association)
Good Shoes – Morden (Think Before You Speak, Brille)
The Dirty Socials – Smokin' Gun (Demo)
Dungen – Sa Blev Det Bestämt (Tio Bitar, Kemando)
Blodulv – Grimness (The Purest Cold Precision, Total Holocaust)
Charlottefield – The Eleventh Day (How Long Are You Staying, Unlabel/Jonson Family)
Enid Blitz – Bedtime (Demo)
Catnap – Onward Christian (Snakes & Ladders Compilation)
The Banned – Godspeed (All The Good Things, Demo)
Foals – Hummer (7", Transgressive)
Holy Fuck – The Pulse (Holy Fuck, Self Released)
Hadouken! - Superstar (Demo)
Of Montreal- The Past Is A Grotesque Animal (Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?, Polyvinyl)
Ben Frost – Stomp (Theory Of Machines, Bedroom Community)
Go Johnny Go – Mama Please Don't Go (The Spend Ep, Demo)
Bucks & Gallants – Paid Professionals (Mark, Hey Person)
The Chedington Incident – Cut The Cord (Demo)
Sick Buildings – IDK (Demo)
Does It Offend You Yeah? – Weird Science (7", Chrysalis)
Shy Child – Noise Won't Stop (Noise Won't Stop, Wall Of Sound)
Kap Bambino – New Breath (7", Alt/Delete Recordings)
Crystal Castles – XXZCZX Me (Demo)
Grails – More Extinction (Burning Of Impurities, Temporary Residence Limited)
Turbowolf – Do Me Wrong (Demo)
Monotract – Muddy Thunder (Trueno Oscuro, Load)
Revenge Of Shinobi – House (? – I Don't Actually Know Anymore – I Think All Shinobi Songs Are Called 'House') (Demo)
Milk – Don't Eat The Sweets (Sweet Tooth, Demo)
Kotki Dwa – Pad (Demo)
Howlin' Rain – Calling Lightning With A Scythe (Howlin' Rain, Birdman)
Herman Dune - I Wish That I Could See You Soon (7", Source)
Teen Evil – Relapse (Demo)
Vile Imbeciles – Licking Venom With A Reproach Muscle (Ma, White Heat)
The Middle Computer – Eating Bananas reminds Me Of the Old Days (Demo)
The Horrors – Gloves (7", Loog)
Let's Wrestle - Song For ABBA Tribute Record (7", Marquis Cha Cha)
Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position (The Magic Position, Loog)

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I'm disappointed that I never got to play the Dreamer and Bearhead tracks I was planning on playing. Next time, next time.

Next Fitzes Not For Resale is on the 6^th June, unless I do change it to Thursdays quickly.

Next Not For Resale Live is coming up soon on the 15^th June in the Greenhouse Effect Basement, with Raised On Replicas, Catnap and My Device. It's going to blast.

See you soon.

Meatbreak

Give up the films Quentin

I never thought I’d say this but I’ve got no interest in the new Quentin Tarantino film. Back in the 90s I was such a fanboy – to the point I went to a Q&A screening of Reservoir Dogs and met him – but he’s really gone off the boil. Kill Bill was a disappointment in its patchy Part 1 and its conclusion was a waste of time to the point that I’ve forgotten what happened. Too long and too long coming. If Death Proof is shit he’s down to a 50/50 rating in my book. And already the reviews are very mixed.

Kill Bill did, however, have a great soundtrack again – Zamfir’s The Lonely Shepard is almost worth the admission price alone – and that looks to continue with Death Proof. One of the tracks on it is April March’s Chick Habit. It sounds like a playful old rock’n’roll/girl group record but was actually made in the 90s. It’s a cover of a Serge Gainsbourg track, translated into English.

He’s got a great ear for music, and an obvious passion (strange that this is not shared by many other directors – Martin Scorsese being an obvious exception – you’d think that the two would go hand in hand). Perhaps he should start his own record label and go into music. Now, that I could get enthusiastic for.

BONUS TRUFACT: April March is also one of the key animators for Ren & Stimpy.

Hear Chick Habit here but buy it if you like it.


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News from the horse’s mouth: The Stone Roses will never reform

I’ve got loads of stories from the Great Escape – it’s pretty good fun if you can find a way of avoiding queues – but here’s my favourite. I met Mani from The Stone Roses at the Happy Mondays gig on the pier. He came and sat down next to me and fellow SOURCE writer Ben and did an interview with BBC News. They kept asking him if he was going to reform the Roses and he was polite. One question too far and he whispered in Ben’s ear, “I’d rather lick the Queen Mum’s twat.” Ben looked aghast and said, “But she’s dead.” “Exactly!” cackled Mani.

Ben had already interrupted the interview with his assertion that the Roses should never reform, and I have to say he’s right. The comeback circuit is pretty much based around live gigs and they weren’t a great live band. Primarily cos Ian Brown can’t sing. A new Stone Roses album? I’m not sure I fancy it to be honest.

Strangely though, the reformed Monday’s were rather good. And they were dreadful both when I saw them in ’92 and when Ben saw them six years ago.

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