Wow!

"You smell like Shat"

2010-03-26T11:02:00.000-07:00

"Citron, black pepper, and cedar create refreshingly clear top notes, layered over warm vanilla, white musk and sandalwood base notes"
"Casual yet commanding cologne spiked with freshness and sensuality"

more pertinantly: will it disguise the smell of sitting in your bedroom for a week with the curtains closed and does it come with instructions on how to talk to women?

The Inaugural Wowtape

2010-03-14T14:23:00.000-07:00

I've made a mixtape comprised of songs from albums I have on vinyl. It's a bit all over the place and it's not mixed but it is free!

Download: wow, that's what i call music vol. 1

Tracklist:

Belbury Poly - And The Cuckoo Comes to Belbury
BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Scene & Heard
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
J Dilla - Lightworks
James Brown - Down and Out In New York City
RJD2 - 1976
Wu Tang Clan - Shame on a Nigga
Talking Heads - I Zimbra
Yamasuki -Yamasuki
Serge Gainsbourg - Cannabis
Jean Claude Vannier - Danse de l'enfant et du Roi des Mouches
The Valerie Project - Introduction
Oneida - What's Up, Jackal?
Times New Viking - DROP-OUT
Ducktails - Backyard
Eat Skull - Dawn in the Face
Washed Out - Get Up
J Dilla - Two Can Win
Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Lovesick
The Very Best - Julia (Javelin Re-do)
Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free

(cover taken from here)

Quick Note

2010-03-14T12:26:00.000-07:00

I'm loving the new Ariel Pink song (and awesome artwork)
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round

The Tomorrow People

2010-03-11T14:08:00.001-08:00

I got quite excited the other day when The Advisory Circle record I had pre-ordered arrived.

The first vinyl to be issued on Ghost Box, one of my favourite record labels. Ghost Box are purveyors of creepy soundtracks to imaginary sci-fi movies, informational jingles, themes from half-forgotten 70's children's programmes, haunting vintage electronics; all wrapped up in prefectly designed artwork.

some short clips taken from their website:

The Advisory Circle - Mind How You Go Now
Belbury Poly - The Hidden Door
The Focus Group -Bromiding Place
Roj - Bongo Workout

It's that guy #1

2010-03-11T00:55:00.000-08:00

New regular feature! Whereby if i see an actor who's been in more than one thing i'll post about it here.

Number 1: There's the ass from Ghostbusters with Ben Linus.

"HI I'M FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, SHUT THIS SHIT DOWN"

L O S T

Smooth and Sticky

2010-02-25T12:05:00.000-08:00

Hold on to your knickers ladies, it's that silver haired, husky voiced stud Michael McDonald:
"WOAHHH YEAH, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU FOR A DRINK NEXT WEDNESDAY OOOOOOOOOOO"

I used to think old Mickey boy made music for brainless housewives who dreamt of having an affair, how wrong I was. He is the Sultan of Sensuality, the Pheromone Extractor, the Harbinger of Sex.

Light some candles and hop on your washing machine, here's Michael:

Humpphh

2009-07-16T07:28:00.000-07:00

This has got to be the worst blog I've ever read. I mean look at the title of this post, what's that meant to mean? It's got no relevance. I just couldn't think of anything. The writing is godawful and I'm pretty sure I've got a problem with overusing commas.

Let's take a look at the last post I made. November last year. It was going well, video of "Africa", then I started writing some bollocks afterwards. Probably ruined the good feeling you had after watching the video. Who am I talking to there? Nobody. See? All over the shop.

Anyhow, I heard someone say "d'you know what i mean?" earlier and realised how much that phrase fucked me off. It's always at the end of some banal sentence like "Oh, I like donkeys but I wouldn't name my child after one, d'you know what I mean?" or "He had no right to use my pencil sharpener without asking me first, d'you know what I mean?" OF COURSE I KNOW WHAT YOU FUCKING MEAN, YOU'RE THE STINKING IDIOT HERE, NOT ME. Ahhhhhhhhh. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

I guess I'm in a bad mood today.

In praise of Toto's "Africa"

2008-11-27T12:21:00.000-08:00

I love that song.

When the chorus kicks in, I could be high-fiving a baboon.

or doing reps with a prairie dog whilst pointing at a zebra, as if to say, "you're next zebra".

An Officer and a Gentleman and the Philips 180 Portable Record Player

2008-10-15T04:51:00.001-07:00

I've become obsessed with this record player.

I imagine it as lady and me as the tramp. I'm ghost to it's Demi Moore. In fact it's the lady lead in any Swayze movie.

Nobody puts the Philips 180 portable record player in the corner.

Note to the fucker who outbid me on ebay: I hope you're happy with that chip on the clasp and the dent on the corner. prick.

LET'S (soft) ROCK!

2008-10-09T12:59:00.000-07:00

Ich bin eine Zeit reisen Attentäter

2008-09-28T12:46:00.000-07:00

This blog is in full swing now, huh guys?

So on the train back to Dublin I read this:

Bought primarily because it was a winner at this year's Eisner awards

In short (and short it is) it's about an assassin who travels back in time to kill Hitler on the bequest of a client.

It's fucking great.

I'm not familiar with Jason but he is one deadpan muthafucka. He's also a romantic, once you get down to it. This is a love story. It's really quite sweet *sob*

Also, the bio on the inside cover reads thus:

Jason was born in Norway in 1965. Suddenly he spoke to a cat. Winter filled the room. They could see the ocean.

How could you not like the guy?

Highly recommended.

What's in a name?

2008-09-28T07:29:00.000-07:00

Out on the same day as the new Deerhoof, and on the same label, is the second album from New Yorker, Marnie Stern - the fucking terribly named "This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That"

For some reason I never got round to listening to her debut, but the follow up is a balls out rocker. Man can Marnie shred.

File beside No Age on the best fuzzed out noisy rock albums of the year list.

marnie in action (that drummer is a machine):

myspace

Deerhoooooooooof

2008-09-28T06:52:00.000-07:00

Deerhoof are back with a new album in week or so (you can find more "information" here)

For some reason a lot of people seem to have a strong disliking for the band. Screw them. In my eyes they are one of the most interesting and experimental bands on the go, consistently zinging out a clatter of off-kilter pop songs. Good shit.

Check out the video for Fresh Born (a play for a spot on the new dairy milk advert?) from the upcoming Offend Maggie. Ever unconventional, the band leaked the song in the form of sheet music. You can listen to fan covers on their myspace, link below. Anyhow:

Offend Maggie is out on Kill Rock Stars on 7th October.

Myspace
Kill Rock Stars

#1

2008-01-02T06:50:00.000-08:00

New year, new blog-updating intentions.

I'll begin with my experiences of 2007 which, since no one is likely to read this, will serve no purpose but as a portal for my age-retarded mind to return to it's youth come 2056.

(Assuming: a) I last that long with my sight and hearing intact
b) The internet hasn't been killed by rollerblading haircuts with stupid ass nicknames)

2007 saw me leave the island twice (in the one year! twice!). First in January for some snow skiing on the slopes of Bulgaria to varying results. Coincidently pizza and fries is pretty much all I ate whilst there due to my aversion to undercooked, indeterminable, grizzly cuts of meat.

Nothing in Bulgaria compared however to the Bacalao con la sangre menstrual y tentáculos congelados servido con chips (big up google translate!) I ordered in the world's shittest restaurant in Barcelona. Fucking muck.

That was a minor blip in the otherwise wonderful trip to Primavera Sound 07 - highlights being Justice, Battles, Chromeo and Joe puking on the nightbus.

The rest of my year was taken up by the tiresome routine of working 9-5 in a job I didn't particularly like for a wage I hated. I'm done with that in a week though, so I can't complain until I grow tired of my new job.

Best television programme/moment/use of a song in television history:

Battlestar Galactica season 3 finale. Blew my tiny little geek mind.

To be finished.......(hopefully)

2007-03-29T07:22:00.000-07:00

Saying as this blog is turning out so well, I may well make a habit of posting in it. Subscribe now!

2006-10-09T08:46:00.000-07:00

The advantage of having a chaffeur over getting a taxi is, of course, the lack of obligation to sit up front beside the driver and converse. This massive weight off the shoulders is counter balanced by the very real risk that one of your sworn enemies may have replaced your driver, just another pitfall of being rich.

2006-10-09T08:43:00.000-07:00

I wonder if a starving child in india would be happy to receive a gift of some wrigley's juicy fruit?

I expect he would..........at first.

2006-10-09T08:36:00.000-07:00

The Knife - Like a Pen

2006-10-09T08:18:00.000-07:00

"daddy, what did people do before blogs?"

"They went outside and talked to people, real people. not those internet wankers. now eat your moon soup and shut up."