Whilst making Headphones these songs influenced me. Have a listen see if you can spot where, when and what. PS Dearest Joe Satriani as much as I love the idea of suing other musicians over the use of notes. I didn’t use any of your notes, not even one. Love + Hugs Piran x
Britney Spears Toxic
Willy Mason Still A Fly
Friendly Fires Skeleton Boy
The Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil
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.
“What?”
“Fancy some pills mate”
“Nah you’re alright”
It is Saturday night, it is a stormy November Manchester evening and I have just walked into the Warehouse Project. I haven’t even got from the entrance to the bar yet. In a fantasy realm somewhere aligned with a Freddy Mercury aftershow party or an outtake from the Motley Crew biog I would be talking to a Playboy bunny with a silver chrome dish of appetisers. Alas I am not. I’ve just turned down Bez’s ugly brother (note I say ugly).
What happens in Mordor when there’s no Hobbits to kill? …they breed. My first response is “I wouldn’t buy nuclear sealed tic tacs off yer you Middleton funk wit”. But I go with “Nah you’re alright”.
Why I am here…Friendly Fires. Who do stuff like this
Friendly Fires rule. Probably my band for 2009. Yes my band for 2009. Craftmanship musicianship and songs – bang bang bang the full house. They roll on at 2:30am. The guitarist and drummer look like they’ve just been woken up 40 seconds before walking on. They then plug in. They then tear the place apart. With ease.
Friendly Fires
During the set around the time I am realising Friendly Fires fill enough detail into their songs and enough layers of intricacy only equalled by Dangermouse, and Kanye West I get accosted by a pro-pickpocket. All smiles and dynasty hair and dress. Odd? It is the eastern European accent, the “Is this Friendly Fires?” dumb approach, the scary blatant over enthusiasm for Piran that alerts me something is amidst. It is also that both hands are bound for my wallet and phone. Probably marked as an easy target waving my camera about, I nullify any advance whilst keeping a firm hand over my wallet. Till the cosy façade turns to harsh iceberg and she turns to her accomplish “Let’s move on”. “Bye bye.
Friendly Fires played formidably and I’m looking forward to album number 2, hopefully album 2 will be bigger heavier and erm song-ier.
Friendly Fires Jack Savidge
Here they are covering Baby It’s You. I like to think all great bands have the Beatles Live at the BBC in their collection. Don’t correct me.
After an ace week back in Cornwall at the folks I have fallen back into my lazy trap that happens everytime I return to Manchester when talking with northerners.
Northerner: Do your folks live in Newquay
Piran: Erm Yeah
Northerner: Did you go surfing
Piran: Yeah kinda
Due to my lack of love for un-needed detail, what I should say is “No they live 20mins down from Newquay on the A39″ and “No I go bodyboarding”. It has dawned on me that I’m doing a disservice to my bodyboarding brothers. Caught up in the generation that gravitated to the ocean from the world of skateboarding at Mount Hawk skatepark it was the technical spins, airs, drop knees and progression that made us opt for bodyboarding. Still not really in the mainstream, bodyboarding is where snowboarding was say 10 years ago, kinda.
Here’s the trailer from Brushed Aside BodyBoard DVD that was shot in Cornwall. My fave local is Damian Prisk as he still holds my record for the biggest air I’ve seen busted out at Porthtowan.
My fave move is the ARS, which stands for Air – Roll – Spin, Which goes alittle like this
Outside Cornwall in the big wide world bodyboardings equivalent of Tony Hawk is Mike Stewart and the current world champ is Uri Valadao (Brazil). Anyways here’s the big guns going for it in the Launch DVD …
Check http://www.kernowbodyboarding.co.uk if you’re into it.
