"Just a reminder that if anyone fancies a rant...."
Well, I do. Just a little one.
A couple of times this weekend I got asked "What the f*** is that Rasta piece all about? Are you taking the piss?"
(is it fair to * an f and not a p? a discussion for another day perhaps).
Firstly, no. Secondly, I didn't submit that particular title. Thirdly, I'm sure that whoever chose the title Brighton Babylon didn't count on it being misinterperetted as a direct reference to those pictured. Fourthly, when critiquing articles it's traditional to read them, as opposed to judging it by the title and photos. Fifthly, can we all just stay friends and forget this happened? I think it's what the Big Jah Man would want.
There, all done. Sorry x
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
SOURCE TV: Fujiya & Miyagi
If you were wondering why we put F&M on the cover - even though they were on two years ago - then check out this killer Gondry-inspired video for thier best song, Ankle Injuries:
sourcey work experience
hahaha...i'm doing work experince at source as a sub.
now i'm fairly new to brihton and working at source is awesome, i now know a lot of bands i didn't know existed before (the bobby mcgee's, guillotine, blood red shoes) and working for The Kendall is good as he seems to know everything...i have considered poisoning the current sub so i can steal his job.
however,i have been to many a gig in the city...some bands who are not yet mentioned in source that i have seen and can appreciate are: INVISIBLE JIM, i used to hate ska till i saw them...they are spot on. they are partly in redhill or some such surrey place but a few of them are in brighton and work at fidlers elbow so after listening to them on myspace you should stalk them down for an ep as it's well worth a listen.
also playing with them that night were bad sandwhich and swervin' merv who were (surprisingly) good, that's not to discredit them at all just that it's not what i would normally listen to...
if you're after some funk (though i'm not sure many source readers are) there's edd meme and the forms (or something like that) they usually play at jooglebury or casablancas, they are lovely and even gave me a lift home when i was stranded/drunk after their gig, what nice chaps.
there's also a man down my road who is in a band (there's probably at least ten men down my road in a band but i talk to this one...i don't know why though as he's a bit of a cunt) anyway, his band is called my fabric and they are heavily influenced by mr buckley. they sound suspiciously indie (or maybe just, heard it all before) for me but they are doing really well so obviously doing something (or maybe someone) right.
the actual sub only comes in for a few days a month apparently, and i met him for the first time today. it was a wee bit funny as he also subs for the magazine 'rocks' and he called a woman prostitute 'ageing' and she has threatened to sue. the thing is, she's in her fifties... is that not ageing? i'm 20 and am ageing...if she has found a miracle way to stop my beer belly enlarging (although the oestrogen in beer makes your boobs grow...hence moobs) and the dark circles under my eyes from getting worse with age then i hope she lets me know, but from what i undersand, she has not.
anyway. because the real sub has come in i am on a shitty computer that doesn't have word or anything else basic or useful...so i'm writing a blog. i'm a blog virgin and a tad bored so please excuse the rambles...
now i'm fairly new to brihton and working at source is awesome, i now know a lot of bands i didn't know existed before (the bobby mcgee's, guillotine, blood red shoes) and working for The Kendall is good as he seems to know everything...i have considered poisoning the current sub so i can steal his job.
however,i have been to many a gig in the city...some bands who are not yet mentioned in source that i have seen and can appreciate are: INVISIBLE JIM, i used to hate ska till i saw them...they are spot on. they are partly in redhill or some such surrey place but a few of them are in brighton and work at fidlers elbow so after listening to them on myspace you should stalk them down for an ep as it's well worth a listen.
also playing with them that night were bad sandwhich and swervin' merv who were (surprisingly) good, that's not to discredit them at all just that it's not what i would normally listen to...
if you're after some funk (though i'm not sure many source readers are) there's edd meme and the forms (or something like that) they usually play at jooglebury or casablancas, they are lovely and even gave me a lift home when i was stranded/drunk after their gig, what nice chaps.
there's also a man down my road who is in a band (there's probably at least ten men down my road in a band but i talk to this one...i don't know why though as he's a bit of a cunt) anyway, his band is called my fabric and they are heavily influenced by mr buckley. they sound suspiciously indie (or maybe just, heard it all before) for me but they are doing really well so obviously doing something (or maybe someone) right.
the actual sub only comes in for a few days a month apparently, and i met him for the first time today. it was a wee bit funny as he also subs for the magazine 'rocks' and he called a woman prostitute 'ageing' and she has threatened to sue. the thing is, she's in her fifties... is that not ageing? i'm 20 and am ageing...if she has found a miracle way to stop my beer belly enlarging (although the oestrogen in beer makes your boobs grow...hence moobs) and the dark circles under my eyes from getting worse with age then i hope she lets me know, but from what i undersand, she has not.
anyway. because the real sub has come in i am on a shitty computer that doesn't have word or anything else basic or useful...so i'm writing a blog. i'm a blog virgin and a tad bored so please excuse the rambles...
Thursday, 28 June 2007
Sartorial satisfaction
I am a very happy bunny today for I am wearing my Turbowolf t-shirt. Here it is:
Turbowolf make me so very happy in so very many ways. I think I'll invent the term 'Groin-Rock' to describe them.
We're livin' in a playland baby!
Meatbreak
Turbowolf make me so very happy in so very many ways. I think I'll invent the term 'Groin-Rock' to describe them.
We're livin' in a playland baby!
Meatbreak
Sunday, 10 June 2007
NFR 6th June Setlist and BBC 6 Mix Result>>>
I had a lot of fun during the week with the voting for the BBC 6 Mix Virtual Tour competition that we're in. Thanks to everyone that voted and gave their support, there was so much of it, I really couldn't believe it all. Quite overwhelming. Thank you – I love you all! The voting got pretty insane. Crazy even, and there were loads of great comments on the BBC site. Thank you all!
Oh how I enjoyed the irony of the BBC cutting The Flesh Happening from my set when we're up against a pair of DJ's called Ban This Filth.
They announced the winner of our round tonight. Who do you think won it?
Well come on, how could NFR have possibly lost? Yup, we did it, Not For Resale into the final of the competition. Not sure what happens next, whether we have to do another mix or if they play a bit of the previous set. Would be good to get some more stuff out there but we'll see. I'll let you know what's happening when I do.
Thanks again to everyone for voting and I look forward to your support in the final.
You can stream the set again from the site if you want to hear it, or download it here if you don't want BBC trails, the news and my voice getting in the way of everything. Plus, this version includes The Cleft Palettes, Surkin and Flesh Happening tracks the BBC cruelly excised from the final cut: NFR 6 Mix.mp3
Also, here's the NFR bit.......Wow, what a great night we had this week. To everyone that was there at Fitzherbert's; thanks for coming, hope to see you again and I hope you enjoyed yourselves! Saw a few pale faces during Bone Awl that lit up straight after when Holy Fuck kicked in. That's the point of what we do – throw you for a loop and have you enjoy it all whilst introducing you to stuff you might never otherwise hear.
Here's what we played on Wednesday. No one anywhere can top a set like this:
Cats And Cats And Cats – You'll Never Make It Home (7", Field)
Lords Spiritual – I Am The Satellite / People With Good Hearts / Turn On My Radio / Music Makes Me Cry (Demo)
Tired Irie – For Those Who Swung Hips (7", Field)
The Customers – Black Water (Demo)
The Butterflies Of Love – Orbit Around You (7", Fortuna Pop!)
The Be Be See – Discover E (Single, At Large)
Metronomy – You Could Easily Have Me (Pip Paine, Pay The £5000 You Owe, Holiphonic)
Turbowolf – Do Me Wrong (Demo)
Of Montreal – Cato As A Pun (Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?, Polyvinyl)
Surkin – Ghetto Obsession (12", Institubes)
The Black Ghosts – Any Way You Choose To Give It (The Whip Remix) (7", Chrysalis)
Fujiya & Miyagi – Photocopier (Transparent Things, Tirk)
Robot Ninja Dinosaur Bastards – Cut Yr Tits Off (Demo)
The Cleft Palettes – Stand Up Sonic (Demo)v
Love Team – Rats N' Cats (Demo)
Kotki Dwa - Pad (Demo)
Shy Child – Noise Won't Stop (Noise Won't Stop, Wall Of Sound)
The Death Kit – Tarantino's Culo (Demo)
Grails – Silk Rd (Burning Off Impurities, Temporary Residence Limited)
65 Days Of Static – The Conspiracy Of Seeds (The Destruction Of Small Ideas, Monotreme)
Sudden Infant – Bleachole Boogie (or something like that, I can't read the writing or find it anywhere on the web) (Three Puppets Ep, Needle Soup)
Wooden Shjips – Shrinking Moon For You (Wooden Shjips 10", Self Released)
Bucks & Gallants – Paid Professionals (Mark, Hey Person)
Catnap – Onward Christian (Snakes & Ladders Compilation)
Milk – Don't Eat The Sweets (Sweet Tooth, Demo)
Vile Imbeciles – Licking Venom With A Reproach Muscle (Ma, White Heat)
Extinction – Down Below The Fog (Down Below The Fog, Todestrieb)
Bone Awl – In Eternal Dark (Magnetism Of War, Klaxon Productions)
Holy Fuck – The Pulse (Holy Fuck, Self Released)
Crystal Castles – Xxzczx Me (Demo)
Parts & Labobr – Fractured Skies (Mapmaker, Jagjaguwar)
The Flesh Happening – Turpitude (Demo)
Air Conditioning – Where To Litter (Dead Rails, Load)
Revenge Of Shinobi – Champ (Demo)
Spoono – Oh, So Relentlessly Mortal (Oh, So Relentlessly Mortal, Demo)
Girls From Egypt – Demons & Liars (Demo)
Old Mayor - Sirens (Demo)
The Horrors – The Next Rain I See (Demo)
Meatbreak – They Will Follow The Stick If It Has A Good Beat (The Introvert Perversion, Fucking Racket)
It's a BIG Not For Resale LIVE! coming up next Friday with Raised On Replicas, Catnap and My Device. MD are playing us their new album in it's entirety, which we are very excited about.
See you at the Greenhouse Effect on the 15th.
Meatbreak
Oh how I enjoyed the irony of the BBC cutting The Flesh Happening from my set when we're up against a pair of DJ's called Ban This Filth.
They announced the winner of our round tonight. Who do you think won it?
Well come on, how could NFR have possibly lost? Yup, we did it, Not For Resale into the final of the competition. Not sure what happens next, whether we have to do another mix or if they play a bit of the previous set. Would be good to get some more stuff out there but we'll see. I'll let you know what's happening when I do.
Thanks again to everyone for voting and I look forward to your support in the final.
You can stream the set again from the site if you want to hear it, or download it here if you don't want BBC trails, the news and my voice getting in the way of everything. Plus, this version includes The Cleft Palettes, Surkin and Flesh Happening tracks the BBC cruelly excised from the final cut: NFR 6 Mix.mp3
Also, here's the NFR bit.......Wow, what a great night we had this week. To everyone that was there at Fitzherbert's; thanks for coming, hope to see you again and I hope you enjoyed yourselves! Saw a few pale faces during Bone Awl that lit up straight after when Holy Fuck kicked in. That's the point of what we do – throw you for a loop and have you enjoy it all whilst introducing you to stuff you might never otherwise hear.
Here's what we played on Wednesday. No one anywhere can top a set like this:
Cats And Cats And Cats – You'll Never Make It Home (7", Field)
Lords Spiritual – I Am The Satellite / People With Good Hearts / Turn On My Radio / Music Makes Me Cry (Demo)
Tired Irie – For Those Who Swung Hips (7", Field)
The Customers – Black Water (Demo)
The Butterflies Of Love – Orbit Around You (7", Fortuna Pop!)
The Be Be See – Discover E (Single, At Large)
Metronomy – You Could Easily Have Me (Pip Paine, Pay The £5000 You Owe, Holiphonic)
Turbowolf – Do Me Wrong (Demo)
Of Montreal – Cato As A Pun (Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?, Polyvinyl)
Surkin – Ghetto Obsession (12", Institubes)
The Black Ghosts – Any Way You Choose To Give It (The Whip Remix) (7", Chrysalis)
Fujiya & Miyagi – Photocopier (Transparent Things, Tirk)
Robot Ninja Dinosaur Bastards – Cut Yr Tits Off (Demo)
The Cleft Palettes – Stand Up Sonic (Demo)v
Love Team – Rats N' Cats (Demo)
Kotki Dwa - Pad (Demo)
Shy Child – Noise Won't Stop (Noise Won't Stop, Wall Of Sound)
The Death Kit – Tarantino's Culo (Demo)
Grails – Silk Rd (Burning Off Impurities, Temporary Residence Limited)
65 Days Of Static – The Conspiracy Of Seeds (The Destruction Of Small Ideas, Monotreme)
Sudden Infant – Bleachole Boogie (or something like that, I can't read the writing or find it anywhere on the web) (Three Puppets Ep, Needle Soup)
Wooden Shjips – Shrinking Moon For You (Wooden Shjips 10", Self Released)
Bucks & Gallants – Paid Professionals (Mark, Hey Person)
Catnap – Onward Christian (Snakes & Ladders Compilation)
Milk – Don't Eat The Sweets (Sweet Tooth, Demo)
Vile Imbeciles – Licking Venom With A Reproach Muscle (Ma, White Heat)
Extinction – Down Below The Fog (Down Below The Fog, Todestrieb)
Bone Awl – In Eternal Dark (Magnetism Of War, Klaxon Productions)
Holy Fuck – The Pulse (Holy Fuck, Self Released)
Crystal Castles – Xxzczx Me (Demo)
Parts & Labobr – Fractured Skies (Mapmaker, Jagjaguwar)
The Flesh Happening – Turpitude (Demo)
Air Conditioning – Where To Litter (Dead Rails, Load)
Revenge Of Shinobi – Champ (Demo)
Spoono – Oh, So Relentlessly Mortal (Oh, So Relentlessly Mortal, Demo)
Girls From Egypt – Demons & Liars (Demo)
Old Mayor - Sirens (Demo)
The Horrors – The Next Rain I See (Demo)
Meatbreak – They Will Follow The Stick If It Has A Good Beat (The Introvert Perversion, Fucking Racket)
It's a BIG Not For Resale LIVE! coming up next Friday with Raised On Replicas, Catnap and My Device. MD are playing us their new album in it's entirety, which we are very excited about.
See you at the Greenhouse Effect on the 15th.
Meatbreak
Friday, 1 June 2007
Keep your friends close, but the NME closer
I'd like to chuck my titfer into the ring with regards to the NME and the offence it seems to have caused my fellow scribe. Now first of all, the NME has always, always been just one step up from shit tickets. It hasn't needed to dig itself into any kind of black hole, it has always lurked somewhere beneath the lowest rung of the journalistic ladder (the very same ladder that up which we tappy-tap-tappers all aspire to shimmy)
My point is this: If, in their severely restricted wisdom, the editorial weasels (a business of weasels i believe is the correct collective noun) behind the inky rag wish to cover the front page with a bit of flesh then mores the better. Granted, the Ditto-potamus isn't one to make my jeans creak; i wouldn't touch her with kens, but at least she's up for cracking them out. Let's hope this is the NME setting their stall out. Let's hope they've seen the error of their ways and from now on we'll see them negate the opinionated drivel and opt for a decisive movement towards smut; good old fasioned prostitution, instead of the covert, industry driven lip service that has all but swallowed up the burgeoning UK music scene. Maybe one day, and this is a big shout, one day the NME will be reduced to basic service journalism: a huge picture of some fitty from a shit band with her feeders swinging on one page, and the other with a running tally of which bands have had the most money chucked at them by hand wringing A&R departments and shadowy record executives.
Just a thought.
The World Russelling Federation
My point is this: If, in their severely restricted wisdom, the editorial weasels (a business of weasels i believe is the correct collective noun) behind the inky rag wish to cover the front page with a bit of flesh then mores the better. Granted, the Ditto-potamus isn't one to make my jeans creak; i wouldn't touch her with kens, but at least she's up for cracking them out. Let's hope this is the NME setting their stall out. Let's hope they've seen the error of their ways and from now on we'll see them negate the opinionated drivel and opt for a decisive movement towards smut; good old fasioned prostitution, instead of the covert, industry driven lip service that has all but swallowed up the burgeoning UK music scene. Maybe one day, and this is a big shout, one day the NME will be reduced to basic service journalism: a huge picture of some fitty from a shit band with her feeders swinging on one page, and the other with a running tally of which bands have had the most money chucked at them by hand wringing A&R departments and shadowy record executives.
Just a thought.
The World Russelling Federation
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