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Macrolog entries filed under Sound & Screen
Mike Watt + The Missingmen, June 2011 Mon 31 Oct 2011
The Cartographers of Cinema Sat 29 Jan 2011 | 0 Comments
From an otherwise unremarkable interview with the Coen brothers in The Guardian last week on release of their latest, True Grit, there’s this: It is their 14th to date, and the latest instalment in what appears to be a concerted...
Lazyweb Request: A Social Network for TV Tue 13 Apr 2010 | 0 Comments
I’ve been thinking a lot about television recently — more so since we got our first PVR last weekend. I hadn’t felt I was missing out in not having one before (apart from the programme clash conundrum); I’d always been...
Movies in 2009 Wed 31 Mar 2010 | 0 Comments
Looking back over my movie-watching habits in 2009, I was surprised at how little I’d actually seen, whether at the cinema or on TV or DVD. My calendar never lies: I sometimes went weeks without sitting through anything of feature...
Destination: Boredom Sat 27 Oct 2007
The post title is just my little joke, of course; if it's anything like their last show here, it'll be anything but boring, since the Boredoms are, quite simply, one of the greatest live bands on the planet.
Onward to Spiderland Fri 17 Aug 2007
I hope I've made you all insanely jealous. That is all.
Kong Bomb? Tue 27 Dec 2005 | 2 Comments
A little over a week ago I went with Dave No Spaces to see the big Peter Jackson remake of King Kong. Dave loved it, but I wasn’t so enthused. I mean it was alright as big action-adventure event movies...
Concert Zones Fri 11 Nov 2005
Tim O Thompson proposes a new solution to concert disturbances: Perhaps you could have concert zones. You could have the singing/drumming/air guitar zone, the text messaging zone, the marijuana smoking zone, the unlimited talking zone (somewhere in the back third),...
Test Icicles Are Playing At My House Sun 06 Nov 2005
Fuck the Arctic Monkeys. That’s right. Test Icicles are my new favourite band. What can I say? They’re fresh, original; lots of noise, lots of groove; and very much unclassifiable. (Need a lazy-music-snob description? Okay. They sound a bit like...
Holy Sith! Fri 17 Jun 2005 | 12 Comments
Two points, after seeing Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: Doesn’t it strike you as odd that at the beginning of the movie the technology is all plasma screens and shit, but by the end they’ve regressed to...
It Even Cured Me Sun 22 May 2005
Well I did try to post a spiel about the Mike Watt show last week (honest!) but that didn’t quite work out.* So here’s one I hastily cobbled together this afternoon. The show, in a word, was phenomenal. This...
The Sea Cures Everything Thu 12 May 2005
In Dublin tonight? Nothing better to do? Well, you could do worse than head along to Whelan’s of Wexford St to see Mike Watt and his band crank out some of their finest econo jams: It’s the first time I’ll...
John Peel, 1939-2004 Fri 29 Oct 2004
There’s not much more I can say about the untimely death of radio legend John Peel earlier this week that hasn’t been said already, and said better. So I’ll withhold my own blathering and point you to The Guardian’s fittingly...
Miss Machine Fri 30 Jul 2004
After two weeks of impatient thumb-twiddling, my package from Relapse Records finally arrived this morning: a package containing a limited edition copy (with bonus DVD) of Miss Machine, the long-awaited new album by The Dillinger Escape Plan. (Cue sound of...
Mission Of Burma in Dublin Wed 07 Jul 2004
Mission Of Burma played a blinder of a show last night at the Temple Bar Music Centre, despite technical problems that threatened to end things before they started (to be specific, during openers Seachange’s set the PA blew up)....
Jumping On the GarageBand-Wagon Wed 05 May 2004
Though there was a lot that I didn’t get around to doing during my visit to South Africa (I’ll make up for that next time, which will only be a few months away) one of the many things I did...
Happy Birthday, D. Thu 01 Apr 2004
A photograph of D. Boon from in 1985.
Ben & Benjamin On Classic Rock Thu 05 Feb 2004 | 1 Comments
Ben and Benjamin discuss the merits of Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love: == Ben: This is rock music but you could play it at a disco. Benjamin: Yeah, at a dude disco. == There's lots more where that came from....
Free Cris Kirkwood! Wed 04 Feb 2004 | 6 Comments
Were you watching Txt, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll on MTV2 this afternoon? Did you happen to see the following message on the screen?: Play some Meat Puppets! Free Cris Kirkwood! If you did, that was me....
Bleep Revisited Mon 26 Jan 2004
I have posted a revised version of last week's piece on Warp Records' Bleep.com download service. If you enjoyed it, please enjoy it again. If you haven't, well this was the perfect opportunity to draw your attention, wasn't it?...
Bleep Tue 20 Jan 2004 | 1 Comments
The Sheffield-born, London-based electronic music label Warp Records (home to Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, et al) has recently, after much anticipation, launched its Bleep.com music download service. Essentially, the label has provided virtually its entire back catalogue -- over 10 years...
Top Eleven Albums of 2003 Wed 31 Dec 2003 | 1 Comments
Seeing as I only bought a handful of records this year -- a significant percentage of which being compilations of more 'vintage' material -- the list I am about to present is not so much my top eleven albums of...
For Love Or Money? Tue 14 Oct 2003
Mark Lawson writes in Saturday's Guardian on the case of Georges Lopez, the school teacher featured in the excellent documentary Être et Avoir (here's a review I wrote over the summer) who is reported to be suing the film's producers...
House Porn Sun 21 Sep 2003 | 4 Comments
Whilst reading the MediaGuardian supplement on Monday afternoon I was shocked to discover that the new head of Channel 4 is planning to cancel one of my favourite shows, Fifteen to One. For those of you who are unaware, Fifteen...
Google Celebrates Hitchcock Wed 13 Aug 2003
Yet again, Google marks a special day with an appropriate logo. Last time around it was the birthday of M.C. Escher. This time, it's someone a tad more renowned: ==== That's right, today is Alfred Hitchcock's birthday. I wonder how...
To Be and To Have Sun 13 Jul 2003 | 3 Comments
(or, _Two Films Recently Enjoyed_) Though they appear to have gotten themselves somewhat of a reputation for being, for lack of a better term, _boring_, my own response to the two (very different) films I've had the opportunity to see...
The Walrus of Love, 1944-2003 Sat 05 Jul 2003
In tribute to the late, great Barry White -- who passed away yesterday from kidney failure after a long period of ill health -- I present to you, kind reader, this small token of appreciation: == Barry White - Live in...
Ethan James RIP Thu 26 Jun 2003
Mike Watt recently posted (on the Watt list) the following tribute to Ethan James, the LA producer/engineer probably best known for his work on the Minutemen’s Double Nickels on the Dime, who lost his secret battle with liver cancer last...
Late Night TV Blues Wed 25 Jun 2003
Last night I set the video to tape Cry, The Beloved Country on Channel 4. But that's not quite what I found on my tape this afternoon... I had woken up at some point during the night, whilst the video...
Graham Norton Must Die! Fri 20 Jun 2003
If there’s one person that I’m simply sick of seeing on my TV night after night, it has to be Graham Norton. I actually used to enjoy his original show, So Graham Norton, back in the day; at the time...
Matrix Schmatrix Sun 01 Jun 2003 | 5 Comments
I'm probably the last weblog writer on earth to see The Matrix Reloaded. I was in fact much later getting around to seeing the original because, to be honest, I just wasn't that pushed about it. (I didn't bother until...
A Day in the Life of a Wannabe Critic Tue 06 May 2003
Most of my day today was spent at the Buena Vista screening room for not one, but _two_ media previews, courtesy of Touchstone Pictures. More review fodder for me. Could only be a good thing, I expected. After lunch, we...
A Missed Opportunity for Fleeting Infamy Mon 05 May 2003
Friday night at Whelan's: Eric Copeland from Black Dice is standing at the edge of the dancefloor after their show with his back to me, talking to some music geek. It takes a moment or two before the idea crosses...
On Selling Out Mon 21 Apr 2003 | 6 Comments
On Kottke's weblog today, there's a post comparing manufactured pseudo-punk Avril Lavigne to her supposedly less phony pop-punk genremates, with a link to an interesting rant by Dave Eggers about 'selling out'. The Eggers rant is interesting, yes, but also...
Burn Piano Island, Burn! Fri 28 Mar 2003
Last night I was at the Temple Bar Music Centre to see this lot: ==== It was an excellent show (click here for a review) despite the poor turnout. If anything, it was better that way due to the favourable...
Thoughts On the Film Festival Thu 13 Mar 2003
The film festival finishes today, and even though I only attended a handful of screenings and so obviously can’t judge for the festival overall, it was well worth the hassle for me. Even the badly-soundproofed confines of the Screen on...
A Reply to ‘Freeloader.com’ Fri 07 Mar 2003 | 2 Comments
Perhaps my personal feelings on the matter have clouded my judgement, but I find it hard to believe at this stage that there are still people (otherwise intelligent, articulate people at that) who fail to completely understand the mechanics of,...
At The Movies Fri 07 Mar 2003
I haven't had much to do lately (besides enjoying the box of goodies from Midheaven that arrived yesterday, and one or two other, very important things that I don't need--or want--to divulge here), and as you might imagine I'm kind...
Adaptation Mon 10 Feb 2003 | 3 Comments
I had the good fortune last week to attend not one, but two free media screenings. Tuesday morning was spent watching Analyse That (the sequel to Analyse This, natch); it was nothing to write home about. Wednesday's screening of Adaptation...
Thirst for the Obscure Sun 09 Feb 2003
I came across the following quote last week in a review on the Pitchfork website: Rock critic Michael Goldberg recently speculated that what makes music fanatics thirst for the obscure is the desire to discover music that is “uncontaminated by...
Some Stuff I Found Sun 12 Jan 2003
A couple of days ago I rediscovered two records that I completely forgot I owned, namely OXXXES by OXES (who else?) and Rye Coalition's On Top. I don't think I gave them a fair chance before, but I'm more than...
Dark. Darker. Darko. Sun 05 Jan 2003
I saw Donnie Darko for the third time yesterday. This time however it was on the big screen, at the IFC with Eoin and Joana. Having made many mental notes for the duration of the film, I actually think...
Top Eleven Albums of 2002 Sun 29 Dec 2002
It took me ages to write this list. Please don't take the numerical order as any degree of quality, merely personal preference. To be honest, I'd probably write a totally different one a week from now. Whatever the case,...
Too Cool For School Sun 22 Dec 2002
I'm still working on my own shortlist (since I did one this time last year, I thought why not do it again) but Pitchfork's list of the top 50 albums of 2002 is online now. I own five of...
On the Minutemen Sun 22 Dec 2002
Just happened to read this by accident whilst blog-hopping, as you do, and I couldn't help but notice that the Minutemen were mentioned. I must say, what's written here is a pretty good description to give to a novice...
Shipping News Sun 01 Dec 2002
Can it be true? Oh please let it be true! It looks like Shipping News have included Ireland in their 2003 European tour schedule. Oh yes....
Bowling for Columbine Wed 27 Nov 2002
I met Dave on the bus on the way into town, which was convenient since we were supposed to meet in town anyways, and we went to see Bowling For Columbine. Powerfull stuff indeed. Entertaining, yet very thought provoking....
J Mascis (and Other Random Observations) Tue 26 Nov 2002
So yeah, it's been nearly a week since I last posted. There isn't that much to report. Work is... well, I did promise I wouldn't talk about work here anymore, so I won't go there. Let's just say my...
Orthrelm Wed 20 Nov 2002
np: Orthrelm 2nd 18/04 Norildivoth Crallos-Lomrixth Urthiln Need I say more?...
The Sleaziest Band in the World Sun 17 Nov 2002
My eyes hurt so this is gonna be quick. The New Bomb Turks were excellent last night. Even though I couldn't stay for the whole show - had to hike the mile or so from Whelans to Abbey Street...
Slap A Ham Closing Down Tue 29 Oct 2002
Slap A Ham Records are closing down soon, so if you're a fan of good underground hardcore, grindcore or power violence, check out their site quickly because they're liquidating their stock. Dirt cheap too: 3 CDs for $25 for...
Fugazi: Good. My Workplace: Bad. Sun 27 Oct 2002
The Fugazi gig last night would have been excellent were it not for the 90 minutes we spent standing outside the Red Box in the rain waiting to get in, the 30 minutes the Connect 4 Orchestra spent on...
Beaches and Canyons Mon 14 Oct 2002
I received a nice surprise when I got home this evening: a parcel all the way from San Francisco containing the new Black Dice album, Beaches & Canyons, and the 2xCD Troubleman Mix-Tape. Sweet. I only ordered them five...
Twenty Years of Dischord and a Triple Espresso Sun 06 Oct 2002
I've been listening to the just-released Dischord Records anthology box set since I got my hands on it last night. It's a truly beautiful thing. Most of the bands I'd never heard (or even heard of) before, which is...
Watching Movies Sat 21 Sep 2002
Keyboard problems sorted: I swopped the one that shipped with my eMac for a proper local version, with all the keys in the right place, in town this afternoon. While I was there I also got a 250mb Zip drive...
The Dillinger Escape Plan Mon 09 Sep 2002
I'm sure that my opinion will alter somewhat in the future, with more experience, but as of right now I officially declare The Dillinger Escape Plan to be the greatest live band in the world. They simply killed tonight....
Nothing Special Thu 22 Aug 2002
We don't get VICE Magazine in Ireland; the reason being that we don't have any VICE stores here. But I am actually acquainted with the publication, having perused a few copies during my stay in Toronto at the ManHole,...
Redd Blood Cells Sun 18 Aug 2002
Steve McDonald of Redd Kross has added bass parts and harmonies to the White Stripes' White Blood Cells, with the full consent of Jack and Meg. You can download the whole of Redd Blood Cells here, but you better...
Simpsons = Shite Sun 18 Aug 2002
Just saw bits and pieces of a new episode of The Simpsons on Sky. It was shite. Come on, Homer bouncing down the street on a ladder? The writers must have been high when they came up with that,...
A Shrine At Which to Worship Sun 18 Aug 2002
The Trouser Press website has finally been relaunched (c/o xBlog). I remember looking for this when I first got onto the intramanet almost four years ago, and being very disappointed to find nothing but dead links. But now, now,...
Sorry Mr. Pollard Sat 17 Aug 2002
I've toyed with the idea of going to see Guided By Voices live, a couple of weeks from now. But they're playing the Ambassadump. And I can just imagine the hordes of music geeks and poseurs who'll be there,...
Christian Rock Tue 13 Aug 2002
I want to talk about Christian rock. I used to have a real big problem with it, and I still do to an extent. Especially with crap like Creed and Delirious? around. I mean, why do they have to...
One Beat Sun 11 Aug 2002
Thanks to those lovely people at kill rock stars, one can listen to a live stream of the new Sleater-Kinney album, One Beat. You'll probably need more than a 56k connection to hear it well - I've only heard...
New Records Sat 10 Aug 2002
We've been playing a couple of new records in the shop this week which have caught my ear. Like the new album from Ben Kweller. You know, the scrawny kid who was in that shite band Radish? Anyway, he...
Is it Really So Wrong to Like Rush? Tue 06 Aug 2002
We were playing this new compilation CD in work yesterday caled Rock Monsters. One of those RAWK-type comps that someone might stick on at a party for an ironic laugh, but then get drawn in and realise that, deep...
Coming Attractions Sun 04 Aug 2002
The Dillinger Escape Plan are coming back to Dublin at the TBMC on September 8th. This'll make up for missing their show with Nasum back in May. Not only that, but Fugazi finally rescheduled and are playing the Red...
Storytelling Tue 23 Jul 2002
I watched Todd Solondz's Storytelling earlier today. It was shit. Uncomfortably manipulative, laced with flavour of forced post-modern irony (you know, the kind that went out of fashion in 1995), his characters designed to be either repulsive (frustratingly so)...
Music Is My Life Mon 22 Jul 2002
I bought 15 CD's and a book at the end of my shift today, the above-mentioned record being one of them. I know that might seem like a lot, but what can I say? I'm addicted to music. In...
On The Air Mon 22 Jul 2002
Cormac Battle's hosting a show on FM104 right now. He played Fugazi and Jawbox before I tuned in. Fingers crossed he'll play Husker Du or fIREHOSE later (I know for a fact that he is a fan of both)...
Late Night Radio Tue 09 Jul 2002
I listened to the last hour of Jay Ahern's show on 2FM last night, and immediately fell in love with it. I've been missing out so much. Why did I never check it out before? 2FM may be a...
Tenacious D: Good. Ambassadump: Bad. Mon 01 Jul 2002
Fuckers. MCD have moved the Tenacious D gig from Whelans (good) to the Ambassadump (very bad). Well, to be fair, the Ambassadump isn't the epitome of crappiness, since it happens to be close to my bus stop. But other...
The Thing About Jello Mon 24 Jun 2002
This great article by the Doors' John Densmore (c/o Mat) reminds me of the Jello Biafra vs. DK's situation, particularly since the DK's played here last night. I didn't go. Did anybody? Today they seem tragic to me. That's...
On The Horizon Mon 17 Jun 2002
I might go see The American Analog Set next week, if I feel like it (although it is at the Shelter, and that's along walk back to my bus stop). Hopefully I won't be totally worn out and not...
Double Booked Fri 14 Jun 2002
Oh no! Tenacious D are playing Whelans on the 6th of July, which just happens to be the same night the WWA is coming to town. Aaaargh! I already have tickets for the wrestling so I have to go....
Fugazi Postponed Fri 31 May 2002
The Fugazi tour has been postponed due to a death in the family. I don't know who, I don't know the band anyway, and it feels kinda cliched of me to say that my thoughts and prayers are with...
Record Executives Foiled By Black Magic Marker Mon 20 May 2002
It was only a matter of time before someone discovered this. I noticed a few copy-protected CDs today at work. Funny, they were all shite dance discs, the kind of stuff most people wouldn't bother buying if they could...
Controversy? What Controversy? Thu 16 May 2002
I completely agree with Woody Allen regarding this so-called 'controversy' at the Cannes Film Festival. Why should he boycott? If these 'American Jews' actually practiced their own logic, surely they'd have to boycott their own country. How come such...
Fingers Crossed Tue 07 May 2002
Pssst. Pass it on: Fugazi are playing in Glasgow next month, so it's quite likely that they'll play here in Dublin too. Fingers crossed, eh? In other music-related news, my old work acquaintance Goodtime John is releasing his debut...
The Coolest/Uncoolest Records of All Time Mon 06 May 2002
Rolling Stone has provided us with yet another redundantly subjective music magazine top-whatever list: this time, it's the 50 coolest, and 50 uncoolest, records of all time. Why am I bothering with this? Because I'm easily distracted from more...
Finally the Truth Comes Out Sat 04 May 2002
Finally the truth comes out. It just goes to show that the recording industry really has misunderstood the demographics....
Show Me the Funny Wed 01 May 2002
I hate to say it, but it's about time. There just isn't enough funny to make The Simpsons season as long as it is. But why not just up the quality control and make the series shorter? And how...
Amelie Sat 27 Apr 2002
I rented Amelie on DVD yesterday and watched it last night. Everyone I knew who'd already seen it said it was great, but I wasn't sure. I thought Jeunet made a dog's dinner out of Alien: Resurrection, and I've...
Synth-Pop Fri 26 Apr 2002
I dunno whether there's something funny in the air, but there seems to be a whole rash of 80's synth-pop compilations coming out at the moment. And I want one. Specifically one that has, and I'm completely serious about...
Layne Staley Dead Sun 21 Apr 2002
Layne Staley is dead (from Muj on the Wattlist). I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later. The man was a heroin addict after all. But it's still sad....
Cut Your Heart Off... Sun 21 Apr 2002
While I'm on the subject of music, and before I set the video for Touch of Evil and hit the sack, yesterday I got the new Redneck Manifesto album, Cut Your Heart Off From Your Head. It's okay.... I...
Sonic Youth at Witnness '02 Sat 20 Apr 2002
Sonic Youth are playing at the third annual Witnness festival this summer. Alas, it's much too expensive to go on my own to see just one band (unlike the first year, when I saw five good acts in a...
Autechre Host All Tomorrow's Parties Fri 19 Apr 2002
Autechre will curate next year's All Tomorrow's Parties festival next year. I am seriously considering going, if I can find three other people interested enough to take a weekend off and go on a jaunt to the south-east of...
What Is It? Fri 12 Apr 2002
I've been wracking my brain trying to think of this all night, but I'm getting nowhere... back in the 80's, on The Children's Channel (back when they showed Voltron and Roustabout and well before they shortened the name to...
Sick of Poseurs Thu 11 Apr 2002
I'm thinking about going to the White Stripes gig at Dublin Castle on the 4th of May. It's during my exams, but it's on a Saturday, and it's a bank holiday weekend to boot. The thing is, though, I don't...
On Selling Out Thu 11 Apr 2002
I got the debut Burnt By The Sun album today. Excellent stuff. This is what the kids should be listening to. Then again, if that happened I'd probably say they sucked or weren't 'underground' enough or something. But it...
Unwound Unwind Sat 06 Apr 2002
Unwound have broken up. I am sad. Why is it that any band I get into either breaks up a few months later, or had broken up a long time before? It's a curse, I tells ya. I am...
Dave Mustaine Forced to Give Up the Guitar Sat 06 Apr 2002
I just discovered this via wingnutkj on the Watt list. It's quite sad really. How would you feel if your body suddenly prevented you from being able to do what you love? A similar thing happened to Bobby Schayer...
Chasing The Dragon Tue 12 Mar 2002
It suddenly dawned on me today why there's a menagerie of film-related vehicles in the tennis club car park down the road from my house: they're filming Chasing the Dragon, the new film based on the Veronica Guerin murder...
Britain Does Good Television Sun 03 Mar 2002
These shenanigans are just more proof that if you want good television, you have to go to Britain to get it. American television is a solely commerical enterprise; it has to pander to the lowest common denominator in this...
Haven't I Seen This Before? Sat 02 Mar 2002
If you're a fan of The Simpsons, does anything about this episode strike you as familiar? .... Just think a few series back, and substitute alcohol for sugar....
Major Labels Are Killing Music Thu 28 Feb 2002
This is a complete joke, and a lie. (c/o Mat) Why won't the so-called record industry just admit that its purely a business and doesn't give a flying fuck about artistic integrity? For just one argument, what about the...
In Pleasant Company Tue 26 Feb 2002
I really love this Shipping News album, Very Soon, And In Pleasant Company. Somebody at HMV ordered in a pocketful (that's six copies, for you outsiders) last summer. They sat there untouched for a few weeks till I decided...
Nadir Thu 21 Feb 2002
I got the new Abaddon Incarnate album today. I remember talking with Olan about it before they headed over to Sweden to record - must have been last June - he was happy that they were moving in a...
Futurama Not As Good As Everyone Thinks Shocker Tue 19 Feb 2002
Talk about over-reacting. It appears that the Fox Network has decided not to commission further series of Futurama. To be honest I can't really blame them as, with all cult shows, it has a niche audience of hardcore fans...
Bob Mould Interview Tue 12 Feb 2002
I just read a good interview with ex-Hüsker Dü guitar god Bob Mould (c/o Mat), where he talks about his appreciation for professional wrestling, and his job working as a writer for WCW a few years ago (although the...
Plagiarism is Bad. Plagiarising Yourself is Worse. Sun 10 Feb 2002
The new episode of The Simpsons tonight was shit. I mean, the whole corporate religion thing has been done before (methinks the scriptwriters have been listening to Jello Biafra spoken word albums, and then dumbing them down for public...
Kepler Tue 05 Feb 2002
A band named Kepler will be the guests of Godspeed You Black Emperor! at their show here next month. I haven't really heard their stuff - hey, I only found out they existed this evening - but from what...
Real Ads of Genius Mon 04 Feb 2002
Last night, while watching the Superbowl, Sky showed some of the Budweiser Real Men of Genius commercials, which I have to say are the best adverts they've ever commissioned. Particularly the pro wrestling costume designer. They're so good, I...
Rupert Murdoch is Ripping Me Off Sat 12 Jan 2002
Sky aren't getting another red cent out of me. I suppose one could say that we've had a bit of a cushy number over here, getting every WWF pay-per-view on Sky since 1991 without having to pay an extortionate...
Mulholland Drive to South Park Mon 07 Jan 2002
Just got back a while ago from Mulholland Drive at the IFC. I enjoyed it, which surprised me, it being a David Lynch and all. But as we were on our way home, Dave seemed to crack it (the...
Top Eleven Albums of 2001 Sun 23 Dec 2001
It's that time of year when annual top-ten lists for just about everything under the sun start to appear everywhere. It's ubiquitous, innit? Whilst I struggle to maintain my iconoclastic identity, I am still reminded of the old addage,...
You Too Sun 23 Dec 2001
This is good: Negativland have re-released the EP that got them sued by both Island Records and SST a decade ago. This has to be some of the funniest music I have ever heard - even the Very Famous...
Pixies Sat 22 Dec 2001
np: Pixies Doolittle It's hard to believe the Pixies were never that popular in the States. I mean, when they broke up it was all over the papers here. I remember, and I was only 11 at the time....
Godard Sucks Wed 19 Dec 2001
Went to see the new Jean-Luc Godard film this evening, Éloge de l'Amour - what a pile of pretentious wankery. The moment I saw the 'book without words', I knew it was gonna be bad. It just didn't go...
The Contenders Sun 11 Nov 2001
I can't believe I read nothing today. Not that the day has been entirely unproductive. I watched the DVD of Series 7: The Contenders before it was due back at Xtra-Vision. (It was good, could have been better, the...
On Meeting Famous Musicians Thu 08 Nov 2001
I got a text from my friend Sarah sometime after I fell asleep last night. She and her friends were at the gig last night and met Mogwai after the show; they signed one of Martin's drumsticks that they...
Mogwai Wed 07 Nov 2001
Just got home from the Mogwai gig at the Olympia. Absolutely fantastic stuff. I saw them once before, last April, but this gig was just as good. Most of the gig was stuff from their first album, Young Team,...
Hot Reels Wed 07 Nov 2001
Hot Reels just started a few minutes ago on Channel 4. This is the kind of thing that proves how much better British network TV is than just about anywhere else in the world (even Ireland, 'cause we kinda...
Grindcore Is The Future Tue 06 Nov 2001
The new Nasum album has been delayed, which is a bit of a bummer, but they've done up their website, and I just found shitloads of rare mp3s there....
Fugazi Sat 03 Nov 2001
I got Fugazi's Repeater a few days ago. I've been listening to it nearly long-stop since. I also got their new album, The Argument, a week or so before. I haven't listened to it nearly as much. It's not...
In Their Own Write Sat 03 Nov 2001
From the Online section in Thursday's Guardian, which I only got around to reading this evening: Paul Gorman's coffee table compendium, In Their Own Write (launched today by Sanctuary Publishing as a "definitive account of the collective madness known...
Mixtape Sat 03 Nov 2001
My friend Noel recently made me a mixtape. It's excellent stuff; bands that he saw when he was in Chicago like Lightning Bolt, bands that I've heard of but never realy heard before like Melt-Banana and Men's Recovery Project,...
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