What kind of music you into? Oh everything. Well turns out not really. Here is my top ten most played songs on my walkmen. (I just found this) Not very varied but I love them. Alot.
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Time To Get Away
LADYHAWKE Magic
LADYHAWKE Manipulating Woman
LADYHAWKE Love Don’t Live Here
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM North American Scum
LADYHAWKE My Delirium
RIHANNA Push Up On Me
SANTOGOLD, CASABLANCAS,PHARRELL My Drive Thru
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Someone Great
LADYHAWKE Better Than Sunday
In other news. Working on newie newie ‘HUGS’ will get back to ‘MANCUNIA’ just as soon as I’ve finished the 2nd verse. Got standing tickets for LCD Soundsystem & Hot Chip at Manchester Apollo. Excited. Saw the Klaxons in Manchester Malmaison Hotel they looked miserable. Read Everything Everything biting at the Courteeners in NME Is that all you have to say? I’m wondering if my online shop needs a pre launch opening party? Call me yeah. Saw Manchester’s Beat the Radar on Friday. The singer needs a straight mike stand and the guitarist needs to know when to play and when not too but there’s good songs there and they are loud which is a win. Me thinking Christopher Nolan needs to get more ruthless on the editing button Inception & The Dark Knight the snow fight scene and the ship hostage scenes respectively. CTRL Delete. Do it. Talking films here is Ladyhawke and friends jumping about to Dusk Till Dawn. Over and out.
Here is a fun clip from Mike Vallely talking through his part in the legendary skateboard video Rubbish Heap. Turns out Spike Jonze did it which I never knew. I once tweeted Mike Vallely and he replied ‘thanks’ what a gent.
In other news I’m working on a newie called ‘Mancunia’ it sounds abit N*E*R*D although last night it all went Rocky theme. Hopefully I can shoehorn in some the XX as I’ve been listening to VCR on loop on loop on loop and drop the trumpet section. Maybe.
I watched Nowhere Boy on Friday. As a Beatles head I always like to check stuff like that out. It was okay. Not as much beats and breasts as Stephen Dorffs Backbeat. But watchable. I guess every musician has a band they learned off and mine like billion others was the Beatles. Being able to play note for note George’s parts along with the live recording of the Shea Stadium gig in a bedroom in Truro aged 11 still rates as one of my best gigs. You shoulda been there. I was ace.
I love how inventive they were and how f’king good they all were. And how progressive and how ‘live in the now’ they were. That’s why it jars when bands dabble in nostalgia as an ode to past greats. Probably why I get Steve Marriott but struggle with Paul Weller (cept Town Called Malice). The Beatles today would be half Chemical Brothers half Band of Horses…and then some. So for the geeks if you’re after the goods get these >
Book – Pete Shotton In My Life
Pete Shotton's Book
DVD – The Beatles First US Visit
Beatles DVD
Visiting Liverpool – get on the Magical Mystery Tour Bus
I recently got Bebo spammed by Mark Kermode asking my views on the new Star Trek movie. Which I let slip, as I hadn’t seen it. Seriously, some people. And again this morning on messenger Jonathan Ross’s people peeped up asking for my Trekkie thoughts for their annual Film 2009 year round up. What? Me no Trekkie.
Star Trek
Star Trek – A Review by Piran
It’s really good. Like how the new(er) Star Wars films should have been if they’d paid attention to what was good about the first three. Lesson 1: Have a story Lesson 2: Go easy on the green screen baby.
4/5 Stars Recommended.
In other news… I still don’t care much for the Star Trek TV shows, ermm expect some sci fi phased synth in one of the new songs (like that wasn’t gonna happen), and I now roll with the Vulcan salute round the house, “Live long and prosper”.
Piran Yesterday
Please note – Mark Kermode did not spam me on Bebo, it was Myspace. I changed it as my love for eye torture myspace is wa-wa-wa-waning.
