Wonderings, wanderings and waffle
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2010
One of, what used to be, my favourite websites – thesixtyone .com (can’t be bothered to turn it into a URL – they don’t deserve any more search-ranking) recently completely changed not only the design, but the fundamental operation of their site.
- They didn’t beta test with all the users
- They turned the beta test [...]
Went to Theatre Mwldan last night, in Cardigan, to watch Mabon play. They’re a Celtic band – five Welsh plus one Scot. Think Riverdance – and you’ll be close to the kind of music they play.
One of their pieces was called Nicolai the Dancing Bear, it was stunning and very moving. The Scot (Calum Stewart) [...]
Posted in music on Aug 24th, 2009
Create your own album cover
1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 – Go to “Random quotations”
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 – Go to [...]
Posted in music on May 6th, 2009
Going to see Rod Thomas, playing in Cardigan (notice the capital letter) tonight. He’ll be there with a singer called Devon Sproule.
Posted in music on Apr 25th, 2009
Some, mostly Indie, bands that I’ve been listening to lately:
The Raconteurs
Metric
The Veils
Animal Collective
Papercuts
The Grand Opening
The Thermals
Fruit Bats
The Dodos
Ane Brun
Secret Machines
Squid
Felt Tips
Gravenhurst
Bubblegum Lemonade
The Field Mice
The Dears
Teitur
Harper Lee
Feist
Grizzly Bear
The National
The Hush Now
The Damnwells
Interpol
Modest Mouse
Math and Physics Club
Bishop Allen
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Just got new albums, released today:
Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns
Bloc Party – Intimacy.
Snow Patrol sounding quite similar to previous album, which isn’t a bad thing. Will see how that develops.
Currently reading – Tricks of the Mind, by Derren Brown (check out some of his caricatures on his website). An excellent read! Magic tricks, memory techniques, NLP (neuro linguistic programming), self-confidence tricks (reason I bought the book), how to spot lies…. haven’t quite finished yet. I would recommend this book wholeheartedly.
Currenly listening to – [...]
Posted in music on Oct 10th, 2008
Somehow sneaked below my radar, but Belleruche have released their new album – The Express.
I’ve been following them, since they did a great set in Oxford a few years back. I also went to their first album launch party in London.
Posted in Dreams, Uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2008
The new version of iTunes (8) is pretty good. I had some doubts about what Apple are going to be doing with all of my music library.
One feature is pretty cool – Genius. It’s a bit like Pandora (before they only allowed USA listeners) – it recommends tracks and makes new playlists. Here’s an example [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 14th, 2008
If you’re finding it hard to discover music, then subscribe to the RSS feed of Stereogum. I’ve discovered lots of new bands, that otherwise would have remained hidden from me.