or maybe i just have less time to do this sort of stuff like it did in the summer. i am living a pretty hetic life right now wat wiht all my commitments and stuff. To be honest i think its because ive been haveing to much of a good time. i know that right now 75% of the big bad blogs are all bad mouthing the government and saying they saw this shit coming (with the credit cruch and shiiiiiit) and my mum is now just waiting for it to be all over and to join the job line but fuck being down about shit. Its effecting everyone and most people are suffering in some way. Then again you got to remember all the people who have been made redundant and now have time for themselves. i dont think have a job is gonna make people any happier than they would be if they didnt have one. Why be missible and doing somethign you hate doing when you could be broke but persue something you love. Thats probs why i love akira the don. it seems to be his motow. Hes not got a traditional job behind a desk and a pay check to fall back on (but who does atm) but he makes amazing epic songs like the gonzales song (im listening to now) and draw stuff for people in his own amazing way. if i could do that for a living my perants would be pissed but id be a happy boy. i am a happy boy. if you dont ahve job and you want money dont join the line. start your own job. im sick of seeing that one of the big brands is opening up store while the small business are almost disapearing. or just spend time with your loved ones. you dont have a job you can hang with family, friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, people you dont know but may be totaly awesome and in the boat as you. Happy.

any ways some stuff to check out. akira the don has done some streetfighter song with is ace so check that on his blog akirathedon.com

check the example myspace and download the credit munch mixtape for free. it worth a listen. you may like you. you may not. i did but thats me. you can find that shit

check my mans cams new blog. its some of his work. this was the sort of thing that i think we were planning on doing orginally. its a blogspot. www.camscottart.blogspot.com

check you kettle

check you windows

check you locked the door

check out that hot girl at the bar all you guys on those interent phone things who are drinking while reading this.

hahahahahaha

life is good so smile

that all makes no sense and it doesnt say wat i want but it all true

yep. today is offically sssshiiiiit. i think its meant to be like the highest number of depressed people of the year other than new year and christmas and people are really shiitty and the weather is shity and work is shitty and our economy is shitty and people around you are losing your job.

any way. had a pretty good day today. got some college work. it seems every time i feel like ive really achived something and i think im gonna be closer to the end i look up at the amount of work i still got to do and there just seems to be more than when i last looked. but i was feeling pretty good about my self.  i showed my art teacher some work i did for a local art exibition called triptic (or something like that, ill put a link to some information about it or somethign) and he was pretty impressed and stuff which gave me that little boost i need. that and lord of the rings conquest was to be there waiting for me when i got home. I then left college and wondered into town and met a few homies and popped for a pint and a half in my favorite pub the eclipse where i conversed and made comments on how i didnt see why it was meant to be the worst day of the year. Even on the bus home i was in a okay mood as there was not that many people and i got the back row pretty much to myself (other than jamie who talked on the phone like some sort of women the whole journey) and had enough room to stretch my legs.

it all went down hill when i came home to find that my youngest brother and his wimp of a friend were playing in a garden and his wimp of a friend had pissed himself. okay so hes young but he does not need to piss himself. hes 7. i also found that the fucking postal service had not fucking delivered my game so im going to have to wait for longer. not cool

my family are in a shitty mood so today has rapidly become a shit day and earnt its title. i now have no money for lunch cos of the dam pub and its dam prices.

on a upside blue monday is a banging tune and this is last day of bush presidency. hopefuly he wont fsu anything to drasticly for the world first black president. lets hope obama is as kick ass as we all hope and not another let down.

just remember what your celebrating.  christmas is remebering the day when jesus took his x wing fighter and flew it across the surface of death star and turned of his targeting computer but still managed to shoot a missle into a 2 meter hole as he had practiced in his t-16 with wamp rats. and dont forget the brave rebels that gave their life for this cause.

i shall be watching the star wars holiday special today.  and it will be sweeeet.

Anyway, I hope you all watched THE PETER SERAFINOWICZ SHOW CHRISTMAS SPECIAL last night on BBC2 – if you didn’t, watch it on the iPlayer here, but here’s a little clip of a very festive BRIAN BUTTERFIELD:

I love Peter Serafinowicz, he’s a VERY funny man, and a great voice artist (Darth Maul’s voice in The Phantom Menace anyone?).

Towards the end of the year, every publication on the planet seems to make some crappy Top 10 albums/bands/tracks of the year, and they always seem to be the most hyped bands – this year, it’s bands like MGMT, who I kinda liked at first but they’re getting a bit on my nerves now, not being that original and having an average album, barely above average, at the least. Then there’s bands like Coldplay, Glasvegas, and Black Kids, who are pretty awful, and below average albums from Kings of Leon, Fleet Foxes and Ladyhawke, which have little excited or entranced me, and just seem to be bummed by every magazine on the planet, trying to gain indie kudos – well I don’t give a fuck, ’cause I’ve made my own list – the only albums people have been right in praising are any I have mentioned, and I don’t care what they say, cause the NME and The Times or whatever can suck my baubles.

So, here are my TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2008:

20. ONE DAY AS A LION – ONE DAY AS A LION EP [ANTI-]

Okay, so it isn’t a proper album, but when I first heard about this band I wet myself in excitement, and wasn’t really prepared for what they’d sound like. I found it to be very fucking good, sounding a bit like recent Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age, and a complete absence of guitars. Jon Theodore on drums is just as fresh as his drumming on The Mars Volta’s Frances the Mute, and Zack is back on form. Highlights? All of it needs to be heard. I just keep asking, though, where’s the fucking album? I WANT IT!

19. BECK – MODERN GUILT [XL]

I dunno about you, but I don’t really mind Beck being a Scientologist – earlier in the year there was some convention or some shit, and everyone was booing, amongst others (Tom Cruise, John Travolta), Beck, but people should respect his decisions really, especially since he’s been one since birth, and it’s obviously had some effect in his weird songwriting and musical style. This new album was produced by the wonderful Danger Mouse, who is excellent both as an artist (The Grey Album, Dangerdoom’s The Mouse and the Mask) and a producer (Demon Days by Gorillaz, Pieces of the People We Love by The Rapture), and it suits Beck’s new stuff, which seems to collect all of his styles in one album, which is nice. Best moments are ‘Gamma Ray’ and ‘Walls’ – awesome shit. So gutted I missed him play in Southampton with Yeasayer supporting!

18. TV ON THE RADIO – DEAR SCIENCE [4AD]

Right, this is a brave change for TV On The Radio, and I think a lot of people are jumping on the bandwagon when praising this album, cause it clearly isn’t as great as Return to Cookie Mountain, but is still nice to listen to. They seem to have been listening to some funk, maybe Talking Heads, maybe even Death Cab or Bright Eyes (or Coldplay? Eek…), but it really is quite all over the place and possibly a bit too long (most tracks are 4 or 5 minutes, and there are 11 of them). But it is brave of them. I think they saw Radiohead with their new album and thought, “Hey, we could do something that impressive, but of course on a much smaller scale, since we’re not that big yet”, and it worked out well for them. Good on them! Best tracks: ‘Dancing Choose’, ‘Red Dress’, ‘Shout Me Out’.

17. THE MARS VOLTA – BEDLAM IN GOLIATH [UNIVERSAL]

Wow. This is the best album from The Mars Volta after Frances the Mute. It really is more furious, psychedlic, and intense than any of their albums too. There are some weirder uses of the vocoder and swaying reverb in the background of some of the louder tracks. Some of it is absolutely catchy. They said themselves this is their most energetic album, and their next will be mostly acoustic, which makes sense seeing as they’re releasing solo albums (well, Omar is, on Stones Throw for example). Loudest tracks are ‘Aberinkula’, ‘Metatron’, ‘Wax Simulacra’ and ‘Goliath’.

16. THE RUBY SUNS – SEA LION [MEMPHIS INDUSTRIES]

I only discovered these guys a few months ago, and loved them instantly. Apparently they’re even signed to Sub Pop over in the US! Anyway, it’s some guy from California who moved to New Zealand and started making tunes with the locals, and came out with some awesome stuff. I think some of the lyrics are in Maori or something too! They’ve been touring with The Shins and covered El Guincho, which is nice, so they’re hanging out with all the right people it seems. Anyway yeah, deeply overlooked, and a fair few brighter beats compared to Fleet Foxes and all that shit. Listen to ‘Oh, Mojave’, and ‘Tane Mahuta’. And if you like that, listen to the Volcano! track Africa Just Wants To Have Fun, The Dodos, or Abe Vigoda’s Skeleton.

15. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS – FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS [SUB POP]

I never thought Sub Pop would pick them up, after all, they only seem to sign US grunge or casual indie bands. But do I really need to give reasons why this is one of the albums of the year? See for yourselves:

Just a note – apparently Rhys Darby (Murray from the TV series) is on the new Jim Carrey film, Yes Man, and you should also check out his stand up, as well as Arj Barker (Dave from the TV series) and Aziz Ansari (Sinjay the racist fruitseller from the TV series).

14. MYSTERY JETS – TWENTY ONE [679]

Okay, second albums are difficult, but this is still an alright album. Not as good as the first in my opinion, mainly because of the overdone 80′s undertones that aren’t really needed (probably encouraged by the producer, Mr. Erol Alkan), but still retains the singalong qualities of the former Making Dens. I went to see them play at The Railway earlier in the year (Micachu and Golden Silvers supporting, not bad!) and they asked who preferred the new album to the old, and I think most of the crowd agreed with me, but it’s still pretty successful. I don’t think 679 will drop them like they did with The Futureheads (after their crappy second album), maybe the third will be awesome and heavy? Ha! You should hear…‘Flakes’ and ‘Young Love’.

13. BURAKA SOM SISTEMA – BLACK DIAMOND [FABRIC]

I forgot about this album coming out, and when I got hold of it I was thinking “Ooh, what will this sound like? M.I.A? Diplo? Bonde do Role?” – I was surprised to find it sounded similar, at points, to some of these, but also actually a very unique sound. Imagine if The Prodigy got lost in the jungle with all their equipment and joined a tribe. This album has the elements of Angolan kuduro music, baile funk from Brazil, and European electro, dubstep and breakbeat, shoved all together into very catchy beats. M.I.A, Dieze Tigrona and Kano feature on a few of the tracks, but it wouldn’t be any worse without them. I suggest you listen to ‘Skank & Move’, ‘General’ and ‘D…D…D…D…JAY’, yeah!

12. WHITE DENIM – WORKOUT HOLIDAY [FULL TIME HOBBY]

Since the release of this, White Denim have released another album with some of the same tracks, I think this is the European release. But yes, White Denim are bloody great. It’s a shame they didn’t play at Reading in the end, and I missed them play a one-off show in Southampton (of all places), but I hear they’re amazing live – like the Black Lips, but less immature and more talented, and bluesy! I love the intricacies they have in common with bands like Foals (fiddly guitars), and the raw vocals and swagger derived from Hendrix and possibly even Can. It’s fucking awesome, and they’re one of the best bands of this year now I think about it. You should all hear ‘Sitting’, and for something a bit more manic, try ‘Shake Shake Shake’ or ‘All You Really Have To Do’.

11. LATE OF THE PIER – FANTASY BLACK CHANNEL [PARLOPHONE]

Mmmmmm, the end of last year, Late of the Pier were my favourite band. I’ve been listening to them for aaages, and seen them a few times, and they’re an amazing band. The album was also produced by Erol Alkan, like their friends Mystery Jets, but I had heard most of the songs hundreds of times over the last 2 or so years, so it wasn’t too fresh. But it damn is impressive still – it’s completely ‘random’, as some might say, and can jump from dancey to melodic to LOUD in a dozen or so seconds. So yeah, I’d say this is the most different album of the year, different in the sense that it doesn’t sound like anything else and doesn’t follow any typical conventions that an album should, save the epic intro. Start from ‘Hot Tent Blues’, and listen from there.

10. ELBOW – THE SELDOM SEEN KID [FICTION]

I admit, when I heard this won the Mercury Music Prize I was thinking, “What the fuck?”, since I had only heard a few tracks from their 2005 album Leaders of the Free World before, and it was pretty bland from what I remembered, though since then I have realised them to be just as essential as Doves or Interpol. This album has many very different styled tracks, I can’t really cover all of them, so I won’t bother. It’s kinda a bit like Radiohead at points, which isn’t a bad thing. I would just recommend you give it a chance, like I did, cause it’s really a beautiful record, especially ‘Grounds for Divorce’, ‘One Day Like This’, ‘The Bones of You’ and ‘Mirrorball’.

9. PETE AND THE PIRATES – LITTLE DEATH [STOLEN]

I almost forgot about this album, and it was almost omitted from my list! But it’s too good an album to forget about, and I don’t care they were primarily played on Radio 2, cause they’re one of the best bands in Britain at the moment. I saw them at Reading with Waddy, and they play lovely music to slap on when you’re bored, and they cheer me up. They hold a consistent sound, unlike their buddays Let’s Wrestle – here’s proof: ‘Knots’, ‘She Doesn’t Belong To Me’, ‘Bears’ and ‘Bright Lights’.

8. FOALS – ANTIDOTES [TRANSGRESSIVE]

I wasn’t sure about this album at the end of last year, and I think it’s a bit of a grower, and I took it for granted a bit, but I still enjoy putting it on every now and then. Foals, despite being quite pop, are pretty well respected from where I stand, and are probably fed up of being compared to the acutely superior Battles. The album was produced by TV On The Radio’s very own Dave Sitek (the white one), and he has done very well with not putting in too much brass or woodwind or electronic bleeps, and it’s all focused on rhythm and layering. The re-recorded demos fit well together, and the new tracks are pretty sexy, so I’d say listen to ‘Tron’, ‘Two Steps Twice’ and ‘Olympic Airways’ and get back to me bebe.

7. HOT CHIP – MADE IN THE DARK [EMI]

Wahey! You can never go wrong with Hot Chip. This came out at the start of the year, so has also been forgotten by some, who are still obsessing over MGMT by the looks of it, but is still good. Perhaps not as exciting as it was at the beginning of the year, for me at least – we went to see them in Portsmouth earlier in the year and it was an awesome show, even got reviewed in The Guardian! Anyway, Hot Chip have got from strength to strength really, I wouldn’t be surprised their next album to be all-out dance, maybe even quite heavy and dark. Some of it is quite LCD Soundsystem-esque, and other stuff quite R’n'B, or softer (probably Alexis’ influence – hear his solo album Rubbed Out). Their first album was quite minimal and quiet, the next a critical success, and this one a mixture of the two, so I hope their next is even better! I’d take note of these: ‘Wrestlers’, ‘Out At The Pictures’, ‘We’re Looking For A Lot Of Love’ and ‘Don’t Dance’.

6. RATATAT – LP3 [XL]

I heard Ratatat were releasing new stuff, and I thought “GREAT!”, but was a bit wary seeing as their last two were quite hit-and-miss, and acted more like a soundtrack than a well-rounded album. I listened to the pre-album single ‘Shiller’, and wasn’t too impressed, although they had managed an epic scale, albiet sounding a bit like the soundtrack to Zelda, or Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. But as an opening track to the album, it is perfect, and opens up to a brilliant album that hasn’t gained much notoriety this year, which is WRONG! They’ve taken the best bits of Daft Punk, Cornelius and Moby and absorbed them into their previously agressive beats, and the outcome has been somewhat world musicy. This is no longer a soundtrack just for listenings sake, but a soundtrack to your life. I look forward to hearing Animal Collective’s remix of ‘Mirando’. Check out ‘Black Heroes’, ‘Falcon Jab’ and, of course, ‘Mirando’.

5. VAMPIRE WEEKEND – VAMPIRE WEEKEND [XL]

Okay, this has been out for some time, but is still strictly a 2008 album. And what a one it is. It would’ve been the best album of 2008 in my eyes but unfortunately it’s had quite a good running time, and everybody knows it’s good anyway. If you haven’t realised this band are obsessed with Paul Simon’s Graceland yet, then you need to update your knowledge and go listen to that (it was one of my favourite albums when this came out). Seeing them is as enjoyable as listening to them on a Sunday morning, and this album is beautifully complete. Easily singalongable, easily memorable. If you haven’t heard this, or are avoiding this, you must be crazy, and if you don’t like it, you probably don’t like life, or Christmas, or being happy at all. Highlights for me are ‘One (Blake’s Got A New Face)’ and ‘Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa’ – which reminds me, you should listen to Hot Chip and Peter Gabriel’s cover of the last one mentioned (listen out for the lyric mentioning Mr. Gabriel in the cover version).

4. BORN RUFFIANS – RED, YELLOW AND BLUE [WARP]

I’ve loved this band since they started and released a few singles on XL, and realised how brilliant they were when they covered ‘Knife’ by Grizzly Bear. The album was only a matter of time (2 years!) before they released this, and what an album it is! Perhaps the catchiest Canadian band I can think of, even more so than Tokyo Police Club (omg did you see them on Desperate Housewives?). I’m running out of steam a little, but I’d say listen to them or you’ll regret it – try ‘Barnacle Goose’, ‘I Need A Life’, and ‘Kurt Vonnegut’.

3. EL GUINCHO – ALEGRANZA! [YOUNG TURKS]

Okay okay, everyone compares this guy to Panda Bear from Animal Collective, but it’s not quite the same. First of all, there isn’t unneccessary amounts of echo on the vocals, and he doesn’t apparently idolise Brian Wilson. El Guincho is this dude Pablo from Barcelona who thought it’d be fun to sample repetitively, much like Brian Eno & David Byrne’s My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts but with weird old calypso shit. I think he just uses a synth and maybe some percussion. But anyway, it’s pretty fucking impressive, and that’s probably why people compare him to Animal Collective. Listening to may make you feel like you’re eating pineapple or dancing with a weird Mexican family or drunkenly riding a zebra, but only vaguely, and I have never before done any of those things, but I’d imagine this is what I’d listen to if I was. It’s what I would want to listen to! Try ‘Palmitos Park’, ‘Cuando Maavilla Fui’ and ‘Prez Lagarto’!

2. METRONOMY – LIGHTS OUT [BECAUSE]

Wow. This was a grower for me. It didn’t feel quite complete when I first heard it, but I was still taken aback. Some parts aren’t that strong, like the middle of the album, but I treat it like two parts; like an LP. Metronomy have always had a unique electronic sound, and they utilise this to the extreme, making pop tracks with great singalong vocals as well as chillingly awesome electro ditties. I think everybody should get this album just to hear something different. I love this band, and the first album was just a collection of tracks, kinda like Zongamin’s first album, so this was a definite improvement, and they deserve all the attention they get. I still remember seeing part of their set at Reading last year, and them playing ‘Black Eye/Burnt Thumb’ – I knew they wouldn’t let me down with a second album. All hear ‘A Thing For Me’, ‘My Heart Rate Rapid’, ‘Back On The Motorway’ and ‘The End Of You Too’.

1. LITTLE JOY – LITTLE JOY [ROUGH TRADE]

I don’t know why people haven’t heard this album – I haven’t yet met anyone who seems to give a damn about this band. They’re the solo project of Fab Moretti from The Strokes (come on, THE STROKES?), and this album is superb. He teamed up with his girlfriend, Binki, and his Brazilian mate, Rodrigo, and they hung out in LA, and came up with a few ideas. When it came to recording they got some of their friends (other Strokes members, Devendra Banhart etc) to help out a bit on the instrumentation, and just went for it. And after hearing Albert Hammond Jr’s attempts to become a star – two mediocre albums and one retarded girlfriend – I was pleased that Fab was doing something worth listening to and admiring, despite him not being the coolest Stroke (Nick Valensi or Julian Casablancas much?). So yes, I would recommend this – it has hints of Velvet Underground and even Vampire Weekend, so I’d put this on your ‘To Hear’ list. Start with ‘No One’s Better Sake’, ‘Keep Me In Mind’, ‘The Next Time Around’ and ‘How To Hang A Warhol’.

Special mentions go to AC/DC with Black Ice, Weezer‘s Red Album, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip with Angles, XX Teens‘ Welcome to Goon Island, Plastic Little with Welcome To The Jang House, Flobots‘ Fight With Tools, The Dodos with their album Visiter, Lykke Li with Youth Novels, Nine Inch Nails with The Slip, Tokyo Police Club with Elephant Shell, Lovvers‘ Think, Jay Reatard‘s Matador Singles, Neon Neon‘s Stainless Style, Roots Manuva with Slime and Reason, David Byrne & Brian Eno‘s Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, Cadence Weapon‘s Afterparty Babies, The Glimmers‘ Are Gee Gee Fazzi, Yo Majesty with Futuristically Speaking…Never Be Afraid, Monkey by Damon Albarn & Jamie Hewlett, Midfield General with General Disarray, Cut Off Your Hands with You and I, 2 by Semifinalists, Mr. Scruff with Ninja Tuna, Liquid Liquid‘s Slip In and Out of Phenomenon…I can’t think of any more right now, but you get the idea. Still need to listen properly to People Under The Stairs‘ Fun DMC, Alopecia by Why?, and The Breeders‘ Mountain Battles, and probably some others according to other people. Wasn’t too impressed by MGMT at the end of the day, or the Friendly Fires and Santogold records (if I’m being honest). Soon we’re getting new albums by MF DOOM, Animal Collective and Mos Def, so fingers crossed they’ll be good, and projects like The BPA and N.A.S.A? I’m sure Waddy and Stan have their own top albums, so they could put theirs up sometime?

Anyway, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and all that shit! I’ll leave you with a few festive traxxx:

The Go! Team – ‘The Ice Storm’ [zshare] <<< .mp3 file

Eels – ‘Christmas Is Going To The Dogs’ [zshare] <<< .mp3 file

Weezer – Christmas with Weezer [zshare] <<< .zip file

!!!UPDATE!!!

I have recently been listening to TV On The Radio a lot, the new album particularly, and decide it is essential and probably should be higher in the top 20, but hey! So here you go, a couple of awesome covers of awesome songs by awesome bands:

Jay Reatard – ‘Gamma Ray (Beck Cover)’ [box] <<< .mp3 file

TV On The Radio – ‘Mr. Grieves (Pixies Cover)’ [box] <<< .mp3 file

That’s it this year! I hear next year there will be some awesome films (Watchmen, Funny People, Star Trek?) and some awesome new albums (Battles maybe?) so yeah, let’s go!

days are getting shorter the weathers getting colder and the big day is approaching.

if your not feeling christmasy yet then wats the fuck is wrong with you. I am feeling x-masy and i am tucked up in bed with a killer head ach. i cant listen to music or look at anything to bright and the weeeeer or my laptop’s driving me mad but im still still feeling xmassy.

i went to the tate britian yesterday which was pretty cool and checked out some francis bacon stuff which waas mental. take a look at some of his shit if you havnet already (its better when its real though) also checked some david shrigley and some other nutters but i cant rmember their names. Did remind me why i dont like to leave winchester that much though. I fucking hate the people who travel by train. their all fucking rude self obsessed dicks but im sure that some of them would be alrite if they werent on a train.

akiras given me atd 6 which is a xmas mix tape from 04. ill give it a listen when i can take the sound of music. should be cool.

heres a link to something all you comic book fans should read. Its a comic from image about santa going mental and made me smile in july so should do the same for you at this time of year.  its called the last christmas #1 (second to the left top row) have a look at some of the others. give you some gift ideas or soemthing

last christmas image

hey there readers. hopefully myself and maybe other will post on this month so there will be more xmas spirt and shit.

sorry  that this things been dead for so long and everythign has changed and its maad. None of us have really had much time to post anything on this as we have all been swamped with work from college (and some bens got a job to) Just like to start of by saying happy birthday to all my friends who have turned 18 recently or 19 or 17 or wat ever. I also want to say happy birthday to all my buddies who havent had there specail day but will be coming up in the next month or so.

Next like to shoat out to akira the don who has the true xmas spirt and is giving little gifts to all his faithful blog readers. i cant listen to some of them cos there not downloadable or videos but he has given me the remix tape which i have to say i was worried about being awwwwwful as i havent heard ATD 16 and ive heard its a karaoke record but i actully really like it. (this is a mixtape of other peoples remix of his stuff mixed together by him as part of a compition) Its got Toke in the name and its alrite. I have to say i think he has one of those voices which are just amazing wheather hes singing rapping or just talking. He also done some xmas cards for you to download and you could get people gifts of there and give him a bit of money which he truley diserves. Dooooooo it. I cant im broke but when i get some money i will spend some on it.

I am going to go look at some francis bacon shit in the tate britain on tuesday which should be cool. check him. hessss awwsume. i will say more about that after though hopefully.

Hope your all feeling xmassy and you all have a mega big smile on your face.

seeeee you soon.

But yeah, recently been listening to a bunch of odd choons (and the new AC/DC album). And by odd, I mean odd. Try some of these: The Ruby Suns (from New Zealand), The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit), and Yo! Majesty (kinda like Salt ‘n Pepa/Gravy Train!!!!/Le Tigre/Santogold/Amanda Blank). Also, I heard the new albums by TV on the Radio (awesome and you know it) and Gang Gang Dance (weird New York band) and found that halfway through the latter album, there is a random spot of grime-ness. WTF?

Princes (ft. Tinchy Stryder) – Gang Gang Dance

And the new Mr. Oizo album, which has a very Missy Elliott-like track featuring Uffie:

Steroids (ft. Uffie) – Mr. Oizo

And last but not least, I was pleasantly surprised to find, this week, that Elbow aren’t as boring as I’d always thought they’d been – when they won the Mercury Music Prize I was pretty shocked, but the new album seems to teabag even Radiohead and Blur, at the same time. Take a listen (you may recognise this one):

Grounds for Divorce – Elbow

And a little somethin-somethin for you too…nice classic dancey-dancey rework of everyone’s favourite talking head (who, by the way, has a new album out with Eno!):

Lazy – X-Press 2 ft. David Byrne

And I’ll leave you with a video of an angry Xbox kid, and a crazy game that Celine showed me…

Also, if you really like any of the bands above, don’t forget to buy some of their music – new AC/DC album out tomorrow! Fable 2 is out on Xbox 360 soon too, and Iron Man on DVD next Monday! Nice!

Talking of america everywhere i seem to look they are talking about the american elections. i cant fucking escape it. I know that america have been so fucking loud and rich for the past centry or so that who wins will effect us back in sunny england but to be honest it all seems like a bit of deja vu. I swear in the 1980s and early 90s england war ruled by some right wing twat and then someone young and new came along and promised change and real freedom. this man was tony blair. people banged on and on about him until one point (iraq) then he just became britians worst nightmare.

Now in america its seems history is repeating itself. Right wing twat been in power for to long (bush) and now theres the promise of someone young and promising change for the better (Obama) and the rest of the world is going woooopy. were saved. this guys says hes gonna save us. now at this point i can see things going three very simple and obvious paths. 1) Obamas right wing opponent win because of all the hicks who believe that evolution is wrong and children should be forced to learn the christian way of things and that black people are evil and nothing will change. 2) Obama wins and the world is saved and we all live happily ever after. 3) Obama wins and everyones happy for a short period then realises nothing has acutlly changed and that we have got another tit like blair in charge but just more nuclear weapons at his finger tips. I worry about 2 of them. im starting to wish clinton had one as i do not think many women have such a itchy trigger finger.

Nextly why does postage cost so bloody much. i swear there should be some government guide line brought in to protect the buyer from being completely ripped of. I feel bad now because ive sold the odd thing on a certain bidding based site and ive been fucking cheeky with the old p&p and i think im gonna think again if i ever do sell something on there and give them a fare postage price. i have seen the errors of my way. but i was just trying to protect the money which im making cos the hidden charges on this site. just explote both sides really.

college is also complete gash. i had a fucking kick ass time table for the last few weeks last year and now they added my new subject and now i dont even have a lunch on wednesday. when am i meant to eat. im a growing lad. i need fucking nurishment. and talking about food my colleges canteen prices are fucking rediculas. i no that theres inflation and people have to make a living but were fucking students. were not working full time, the money we are making isnt that much and not all of us have daddys credit card to fall back on.

final thing… what is wrong with the news. i no that its meant to give us information and its just trying to keep people interest but does it have to be so bloody depressing. I feel sorry for all the problems there are at the moment and the people who are truley suffering but would it kill the media if at the end of every broad cast or newpaper or what ever they gave us something to smile about like a squirrel on water skis.

i am trying to put up some song but i cant be asked wiht creating a site and i dont no put songs straight up so your just gonna have to wait longer for some system of a down cover.

sorry to be in such a bumish mood. it must be the autumn blooooooos

this is just fucking weird. watch it to the end. theres a lesson in this