I’ve created a playlist on Spotify for some of the stuff I talk about on here. Here it is. I’ll keep adding to it when it’s relevant, but I’ve left it collaborative so youse can send me recomendations. And Rick Astley songs, you crazy intertubes kids…
Embracing Technology, Part Two.
Posted in Uncategorized on 3 February, 2009 by ChristopherEmbracing technology.
Posted in Interesting things. on 28 January, 2009 by ChristopherI resisted most social networking sites for as long as it was practical – setting up and closing down myspace and bebo sites respectively. I thought I was being well ahead of the pack setting up a Twitter feed:
Turns out I’m a bit of a bandwagon jumper – apparently Stephen Fry was gibbering on about it recently so every middle-class QI watching pseudo intellectual in the country has signed up. In my defense it was the serendipity of finding an article about it in the Morning Star that made the decision for me.
I’ll link the blog to it once someone more cleverer than me tells me how to… anyone?
Big Ned.
Posted in Music, Musings on 24 January, 2009 by Christopher
Every January, the music magazines and broadsheet pull-outs run the obligatory ‘who’s going to make it big this year’ article. Most of the time they’re completely identical to one another, and the crushing inevitability of Little Boots and Florence and The Machine dominating the festival season this year is as depressing as it is manufactured.
I was over visiting my folks the other day, and had a flick through the local paper while I was there. To give this some context; the front page was a story about the debate raging over the hanging baskets. That’s how we roll in my ‘hood boyeee. Of course the teenager writing the music pages had compiled a 2009 list, only being a local paper he was only allowed to mention bands from within a fifteen mile radius.
One of these was Big Ned. They produce doom-laden two chord Americana (which is an oddly popular sub-genre round these parts. One day when I’m feeling a bit more verbose I’ll expand upon that in a Paul Morley-esque manner.) and have a single out on the Optimo record label – so will presumably be playing there sometime soon. They’re surprisingly good. Have a gander at their mySpace, or on the Optimo website.
Benzi – Sky High Mixtape.
Posted in Music on 20 January, 2009 by Christopher
Free Kanye West mixtape, approved by Yeezy himself and features Kid ‘Number Six in every who’s going to be big 2009 list just behind La Roux’ Cudi.
Where did this thing of calling it a mixtape come from anyway? Oh, we’re so fucking retro and iwonic like its a hand-spliced C90. It’s an mp3 people. Don’t be afraid of technology. That only leads to Ocean Colour Scene.
The RPM Project.
Posted in Interesting things., Music on 20 January, 2009 by Christopher
So, I’ve signed up to this thing. The challenge is to record an entire album in the month of February – sounds like it could be good fun! Sign up here. As they say:
Anyone can come up with an excuse to say “no,” so don’t!
My cunning rock star pseudonym is Christopher Queen, by the way.
Toxic
Posted in Music, Recipies on 17 January, 2009 by ChristopherNote: These chords are with British tuning, for American tuning play the chords in brackets Transcribed by Mario Jaconelli. Intro as Verse .. Cm (Bm) Baby, can't you see, I'm calling, A guy like you Should wear a warning Bb (A) It's dangerous G (F#) I'm falling Cm (Bm) There's no escape, I can't wait, I need a hit Baby, give me it Bb (A) You're dangerous G (F#) I'm loving it Cm (Bm) Too high, Can't come down, Losing my head Bb (A) G (F#) Spinning round and round Do you feel me now. Cm (Bm) With a taste of your lips Eb (D) I'm on a ride F (E) You're toxic G (F#) I'm slipping under Cm (Bm) Eb (D) With a taste of a poison paradise F (E) I'm addicted to you G (F#) Don't you know that you're toxic? Cm (Bm) Eb (D) F (E) And I love what you do G (F#) But you know that you're toxic etc, etc It's getting late To give you up I took a sip From my devil's cup Slowly It's taking over me Too high Can't come down It's in the air And it's all around Can you feel me now? *** With a taste of your lips, I'm on a ride, You're toxic, I'm slipping under, With a taste of a poison paradise, I'm addicted to you, Don't you know that you're toxic? And I love what you do, But you know that you're toxic! But you know that you're toxic! *** Taste of your lips, I'm on a ride You're toxic I'm slipping under With a taste of a poison paradise I'm addicted to you Don't you know that you're toxic? With a taste of your lips I'm on a ride You're toxic I'm slipping under (toxic) With a taste of a poison paradise I'm addicted to you Don't you know that you're toxic Intoxicate me now With your loving now I think I'm ready now I think I'm ready now Intoxicate me now With your loving now I think I'm ready now
Captain Beefheart vs Oral Surgery
Posted in Uncategorized on 15 January, 2009 by Christopher
I just had three teeth taken out. You know you’re in trouble when a hardened Glaswegian dental nurse covers her mouth and yelps ‘Oh my God’ as a small bespectecaled man presses his knee on you chest.
For some reason, with a mouth full of medical equiptment and three peoples hands, face half paralysed like a stroke victim all I could think of was Captain Beefheart singing ‘Upon The My Oh My’.
Try to ignore the smug presenters at the start.
Fever Ray – Fever Ray.
Posted in Music on 13 January, 2009 by Christopher 
Hey, so I went AWOL for a couple of days there. It’s a long and convoluted tale involving; my old boss, Antony and The Johnsons, the head of the National Theatre for Scotland, a transsexual, Emperor Palpatine and a bottle of Polish Buckfast. Remind me to tell you the full story one day.
Anyway, back now with the news that Fever Ray’s album will be available digitally from today, and features some rather lovely artwork by Martin Ander. So there you go then.
Bashment Granny.
Posted in Film on 9 January, 2009 by Christopher
yu talkin di play Vixy…wid Shabala…?? …if so mi did si it too…a wun peice a scandal eee…bout man a try swingle ooman fi operation fi him granny?….bwai wah mi did almos pee mi panty wid lafftah ….wen di same bwai fling dung pon di groun wen police ketch im r***… wwooooiiieee it sweet mi ….wah im nyame hoffica daffodil…. …. wen granny appear mi buss mi side yu si….mama man play di pawt a likl too wel … …yes ay Bless vixy fah di memory pon dis dull ole mawnin….
Quite. Couldn’t have put it any better myself.
