Out on 4/20, of course!
And also …
One Of These Days I’m Going To Cut You Into Little Pieces
I’m in! Incidentally, regarding “One of These Days” …
The vocals were recorded through a ring modulator, with [Nick] Mason singing in a falsetto voice and then slowed down to create an eerie effect (some compare it to the Daleks from Doctor Who, which makes the song’s usage of the show’s theme adequate). It was aimed at Sir Jimmy Young, the then BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 DJ whom the band supposedly disliked because of his tendency to babble. During early 1970s concerts, they sometimes played a sound collage of clips from Young’s radio show that was edited to sound completely nonsensical, thus figuratively “cutting him into little pieces.”
Apologies for my recent blargh absence. Work is kicking my ass on the daily.
Last Shadow Puppets
This guy’s OTHER band, at the same time as young Arctic Monkeys. Seems like they’re still teens.
They switch guitars and positions between these two videos, I think, and they look kinda the same, so it threw me.
Easter’s On Its Way
Local Boy Makes Good
MJ was last year’s reluctant golden boy. I wore the record out, and love this video. He’s from Asheville, so my kid and I went to his record release at a record store and I saw him two nights at the Orange Peel.
Please Listen to My Demo
More details here.
Ladies and Gentlemen The Blurs
New Hives!
This timely ditty should get your pulse moving. New album coming this August!
We’re Only As Good As The Songs We Don’t Play
A Study In Contrasts
I must have stumbled across the Renfield feed with this one. Had to look up Peter Maxwell Davies.