So I downloaded this about a week ago. I'm a big Man Man fan and I think it's some of the most fun music I've ever heard. Like Tom Waits (one of my all-time favorite artists) on acid or something.Interestingly enough, I believe Man Man is now on ANTI-, which is the label that Tom Waits is on!Anyways... I didn't really like it at first... I listened to a few of the songs a couple of times and then put it down and had a M.I.A. frenzy.But after having watched the pitchfork.tv feature on hanging out with them in their hometown while they record the album... I decided to listen to it some more and I'm liking it more and more each time I listen to it.Way to go Man Man!
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Well I managed to book Glasto tickets with Coach. Without realising that the date we're leaving is the same night Radiohead are playing Victoria Park!I am incredably fuckered off. Why book Jay Zeee for Pyramid stage? Radiohead???? Come on.I am trying to figure out a way to bake my cake and eat it. Maybe swap for tickets on the previous night. Hmmm....
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I'm a bad loser, I shouldn't play games! I played scrabble this evening and gave up because I got fed up with getting crap letters all the time. When I left I had 4 I's, Z, X and an E! I couldn't do anything with them and decided not to waste my time playing the damn (wow post-traumatic stress) game. I do feel bad though because there were other people playing, then again, I'd feel worse if I was still sat there now! haha!I spent today in the garden as it was a sunny hot day. I dug a vegetable patch, a pretty big one. It might not be cool or whatever but its pretty much free food other than the labour. I was knackered afterwards so I did a bit of sunbathing. You see, being English and having grown up in a country where most days all you get is a grey sky, I like to get a tan when I can. Its one of the advantages of living down in the south of France! Listen to me talk about weather, thats very English too.Tomorrow I've got to start work on a website design so that'll keep me busy.Heres some music by a really cool Japanese Jazz band called Soil & Pimp Sessions. If they ever play near you, go and see them, they are amazing live.
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I have decided that the weirdest thing about watching film adaptations of Jane Austen novels is that none of the actresses have any eye makeup.And yes, I've watched two of them in the last week.
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RADIOHEAD AUGUST 2008 DATES & VENUES CONFIRMED (source: Radiohead MySpace Blog dated April 7, 2008)Dates and venues have been confirmed for the second leg of Radiohead’s upcoming North American tour. They are:August 1 - Lollapalooza - Chicago, ILAugust 3 - Verizon Wireless Music Center - Indianapolis, INAugust 4 - Blossom Music Center - Cleveland, OHAugust 6 - Parc Jean Drapeau - Montreal, QCAugust 8 - All Points West Music & Arts Festival/Liberty State Park - Jersey City, NJAugust 9 - All Points West Music & Arts Festival/Liberty State Park - Jersey City, NJAugust 12 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJAugust 13 - Tweeter Center For the Performing Arts - Mansfield, MAAugust 15 - Molson Amphitheatre - Toronto, ONAugust 19 - Thunderbird Stadium - Vancouver, BCAugust 20 - White River Amphitheatre - Auburn, WAAugust 22 - Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival @ Golden Gate Park - San Francisco, CAAugust 24 - Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CAAugust 25 - Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CAAugust 27 - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre - Chula Vista, CAAugust 28 - Santa Barbara Bowl - Santa Barbara, CAWith the exception of the festivals (Lollapalooza, All Points West, Outside Lands), pre-sale for the above dates will begin April 9 with general on-sale following April 12.Support for the headline dates will be Grizzly Bear August 3-15 and Liars August 19-28 (as well as the first run of U.S. dates in May).You can go to radiohead.com for purchase information.
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August 24, 25 and 28!the 24th and 25th are at the Hollywood Bowl (where I saw The Flaming Lips).the show on the 28th is that the Santa Barbara Bowl (where I saw Modest Mouse).both are rather bitchin places to see Radiohead, but I have a feeling that the Santa Barbara show is gonna be way cooler.
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This thing, like a couple of you have already posted in your own blogs, is so effing addicting.....but it's exciting!!!Anyway, some of the people I have added as friends, well, I really don't know you people, maybe you do go to MT or Atease, but I don't still don't know half of you guys....soooooooo, why don't you people post on here or something, or tell me ur screen names on MT or Atease, cause I feel bad....D:Alrighty, have to get back to my life....tootles!!!!:p
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I'm really into self expression through creative outlets, I'm big on drawing, photography, computer arts and more recently, creative writing. Anyway, in an effort to better myself in that newest venture I'm taking a course at my Uni on the subject, and recently completed my first short story in many years. It was hard, I spent the better part of a week tweaking it to get it just right, but I'm really pleased with the way it turned out and would love for some of you to read it and tell me what you think.swear wordsRead more…
August 4th is a MONDAY! I can GO!! TYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTY!Cleveland here we come! I haven't been to blossom in years!Now I just need tickets!(crosses fingers)
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One day i was hungover.I was laying in a meadow on soft brush when i was awakened by two humans. One had black hair.The other was small and skinny but had strange trickery in his eyes. .He told to move along that they were going to film a video. I was still drunk and told him to piss off. I was tired and hungover that they should just move up the hill.It was a windy day. They did and then I heard them singing a short song.The skinny one came back to me and was mad I said go up the hills because it was windy up there and it nearly ruined the video. I must of said something like "Only a fool doesn't know when it is windy" because the black haired one picked me up and held my arms and was going to let the skinny one punch me.Before the skinny one punched me he decided to tease me. He taunted me about how wee I was and things and then asked "Where is your gold lilttle leprechaun?"Being held he looked me in my eyes and asked me again.I had to tell him under our ways and told him where it was hidden nearby. The skinny one saw how sad I was that I had to admit it and decided to look.He found the gold and then said "Look Joannie it really is a leprechaun.Theres a whole pot of gold over here!" Joannie let me go. I try kicking them and harming them but I was still hungover and could barely fight. I had to listen as they got friends in little carts to come by and drug all me gold away and left me pot empty.I woke up later and my pot was empty. I was furious at myself and at the theiving humans. They must not of known it was near mating season for leprechauns.The female leprechaun is very shy and only comes out in the spring from her cave and is impressed with the rainbow displays.The more gold in the pot the bigger and better the rainbow. I was just amassing enough gold to create a good enough rainbow when it was stolen from me.One day rummanging for food in your garbage cans I saw a smudged newspaer.It told about how a band Radiohead were giving their music away. It was called In Rainbows. In the picture was the two humans on my hillside.It said here is Thom Yorkie and Joannie Greenwood performing Faust Arf on a hillside. That was my hillside and that was the humans that stole me gold. By then I had travelled a few weeks east. I knew that these were teasing me still caling there musics that: In Rainbows.So I took my devil box, my red coat and some spare vittles and started walking back to the hillside.
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http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/48769-radiohead-reveal-second-leg-of-north-american-tourRadiohead Reveal Second Leg of North American TourLiars and Grizzly Bear split opening dutiesPeople at my lunch table just can't stop raving about this guy Ray Deohedd. What's his deal, man? Apparently he really turned the record industry on its head last fall when he released some record called Inside a Rainbow or something. But how does just one dude command such adoration from my peer group?I dunno, but this morning somebody mentioned this Ray Deohedd had finally revealed all the dates and venues for the "second leg" of his North American tour, and man, people just lost their shit. Cafeteria milk was spraying out of noses, kids were jumping on tables, somebody got stabbed with a Handi-Snacks cheese-spreader-- and for what? I just don't get it.Then somebody said something about "Liars" and "Grizzly Bear", and-- boom!-- same scene all over again. And do I even need to tell you what happened when the subject of Mr. Deohedd's exclusive performance on the newly-launched Pitchfork.tv came up? Do I?Mr. Deohedd:05-05 West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheatre *05-06 Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheatre *05-08 Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheatre *05-09 Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *05-11 Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge *05-14 St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *05-17 Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion *05-18 Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center *06-06 Dublin, Ireland - Malahide #06-07 Dublin, Ireland - Malahide #06-09 Paris, France - Bercy #06-10 Paris, France - Bercy #06-12 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fòrum (Daydream Festival) *#^$06-14 Nimes, France - Arenes #06-15 Nimes, France - Arenes #06-17 Milan, Italy - Civica Arena #06-18 Milan, Italy - Civica Arena #06-20 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival06-22 Scheeßel, Germany - Hurricane Festival06-24 London, England - Victoria Park #06-25 London, England - Victoria Park #06-27 Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow Green #06-29 Manchester, England - Lancashire County Cricket Club #07-01 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Westerpark #07-03 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival07-05 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival07-06 Arras, France - Main Square Festival07-08 Berlin, Germany - Wuhlheide08-01 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)08-03 Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center %08-04 Cleveland, OH - Blossom Music Center %08-06 Montreal, Quebec - Parc Jean-Drapeau %08-08 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)08-09 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)08-12 Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center %08-13 Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center %08-15 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre %08-19 Vancouver, British Columbia - Thunderbird Stadium *08-20 Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre *08-22 San Francisco, CA - Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Festival)08-24 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl *08-25 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl *08-27 Chula Vista, CA - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre *08-28 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl *10-04 Tokyo, Japan - Saitama Super Arena10-05 Tokyo, Japan - Saitama Super Arena* with Liars# with Bat for Lashes^ with Low, Clinic, Modeselektor$ with Ensemble Nacional de España de Música Contemporánea, performing pieces by Jonny Greenwood and Radiohead% with Grizzly Bear
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아까 우연하게 교수님을 만나서 과제 분량을 물었다.한 페이지 정도만 하면 된다고 해서 안심했는데 이거 왠 걸?방송과랑 문창과 학부생들은 벌써 메일로 다 제출했단다.교수님 못 만났더라면 큰 일 날 뻔했다...동아리는 월요일마다 회의를 한다.솔직히 형식적이고 하는 것도 별로 없는 데다 매번 같은 말만 되풀이 하는 것 같아 짜증이 난다.그리고 속칭 짬밥 좀 있다고 하는 선배들이 와서 별안간 헛소리 하는 거 그다지 좋아하지는 않는다.하지만 화정선배는 일단 네가 하려고 했으니 열심히 하라고 하셨다.가장 중요한 것은 나 자신의 의지라고 하셨다. 나는 그 말에 좀 더 동기를 부여받았다.과제를 마쳐서 좀 안심이 된다. 비록 제대로 쓴 글은 아닐지언정.오랜만에 지른 간식은 너무 맛있었다!!
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wow Blog number 1, lets see if I can keep this updated longer than the 7 others I have posted on in the past!Well i suppose i should start by talking about last Tuesdays BBC radio gig that i went to. I won a pair of tickets for the afternoon performance through the giveaway on w.a.s.t.e. Obviously i was pretty excited but coming from Glasgow all the way to London midweek can be a proper hassle so I didn’t have a +1 to take with me what with most of my friends having to work that day.I decided to offer it round Atease as i knew there would be quite a few people on there that would jump at the chance and i was right. The first person that i spoke to, also the guy i chat to most on there, Superdave, was right up for it and so we decided to meet up at 11.00 on Tuesday in the Big Smoke.I spent the night before staying with my parents in Ayr, which is right next to Prestwick airport, as my flight was at 0650 the following morning and I had to be there an hour before. Got up at 5am and text Dave who was just getting up and getting ready to get his bus from Dudley in the west midlands. Flight was pretty uneventful, got to Standstead at 0755 and then had an hour to read my book as the train tickets after 9am came with free underground travel and I figured I would probably need it during the day. I was on the 09.15 train to Liverpool street and in London for 09.59. 4 hours from Ayr to the centre of London and pretty easy.I took a wander through Soho and checked out a couple of vinyl stores where I picked up the Eraser remixes 12” for £5.99, just in case there was an opportunity for autographs. I never did get it signed as although a few people hung about outside to get sig’s I was not that bothered. Dave phoned about this time to say that he was just coming into the city on his bus and would be arriving at Victoria around 11.15. So I headed down that way, after getting confused about where exactly Victoria coach station is, I eventually spotted him and took a couple of Pap shots from across the road and then gave him a wave!We took the underground round to Oxford street and then wandered up to Portland Place where the BBC radio studios are. There was maybe 3 or 4 people sat across the way on the steps of the All Saints Church but no queue at that point so we popped for a quick pint and to get some lunch. We took our food back round to the BBC about 30 mins later and there was a small queue forming so we joined on the back.Near enough 1430 they began to allow us in the building, there were BBC and w.a.s.t.e staff there to check the names off and give us an envelope containing 2 tickets. We passed through a security station where Dave (the genius that he is) got his pocket knife taken off him! Then we went into a large lounge where we milled about and chatted for about an hour. There was a bar in the lounge and probably something like 60 to 70 people, including some of the BBC staff and DJs that were there. We saw Lard from Mark and Lard, a couple of Radio 6 DJs and the incredibly tall Stephen Merchant.Around 1540 they asked us to start making our way through to the radio theatre, where at the door they took our tickets L and we were made to just start filling up the rows from the first row back. This was good for Dave and I as we ended up 4th row centre, right in front of Thom’s mike stand and with a great view of Plank tuning up Johnny’s guitar. (which I am sure has had a few more chunks knocked out of it since the last time I saw it up close).At about 1555 Steve Lamaque did a nice wee introduction, where he made fun of Colin Murray and the BBC health and Safety people and the lights went down.I am sure most people will have listened to the gig so I will not go too much into the songs, just my personal recollections. The band looked good, healthy and like they were enjoying being there.15 Step – great start, got the crowd nodding away (it just did not seem British to stand up!) The outro rocked!Bodysnatchers – wow, what a rock song, and when the lights go out for you, pure delirium. Cant wait to rock out at the live gigs to BS’s.All I need – the beginning drums are pretty tribal and the outro rocks.Then Thom made a comment saying that when they agreed to play this BBC day they were asked to do a mixture of old and new songs (how I wanted to shout out ‘pop is dead’ at this point, but I guess that is an AtEase in joke!) and the launched into one of the best, rock out, versions ofMyxomatosis – Amazing. And I think Thom was enjoying this one immensely as well, he looked it anywayThom: ‘If radiohead were to ever to release a love song this is what it would sound like’…Nude – what a voice. The song is amazing and the timing of the bass/drums with thom is something that reminds you of the chemistry this band have, but thoms voice…… you’ll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking….(audible gasp from audience) oooooohhh ohh oh……Thom jumps back behind the electronic piano forMorning Bell, still holding all the melodies that make this one of those tracks that work well on CD but come alive live.Thom then said something along the lines of ‘here is another one from Kid A, might not be the one the pundits would choose but we like it, its odd, but not too odd’…Optimistic – The drums start early and lead everyone into the song, Thom sounds great but the bass and lead guitar levels sound a bit off, making the lead melody played by Johnny sound like it is in the background. However it still F’in rocked! But you could see the band were trying to catch each other and sort out the hiccups. The highlight of this version was definitely the joint ‘la la la la ‘ bit during the instrumental parts with thom and Ed looking like they wee putting their all into it.Then the piano comes rolling out again and thom sits, one hand placed on top of the keys andVideotape. Johnny doing the drum effects using a different mixer to the one from the webcasts, and using a couple of new samples I had not heard before but I am sure we are all familiar with now that the BBC have released the download. Brilliant.Thom thanks people for coming and we are on our feet cheering and yelling for more. The techs take a bit of time checking the tuning of the guitars and then out come the band again.Thom then says something along the lines of ‘we have really been digging playing Optimistic lately but that time we didn’t really click, so we are going to do it again’ Only at a Radiohead concert does the idea of hearing a song twice in one afternoon lead to the kind of cheer that went up for that one. They playedOptimistic (II) and we rocked out. This time the lead guitar was crisp and clean and the bass was pounding, Thom and Ed were singing away at the same level of intensity as before and if anything the drums sounded louder and more rocking! The finished off the song and we went mental, off out the door they went and it was over. As I was walking out the main door, Colin Murray was coming into back into the theatre and he walked past me quietly singing ‘I’d really like to help you man’ which made me smile.We were let out the side door and back out into the sunlight.Was definitely the most intimate gig I think I will ever see of Radiohead and it was amazing. It has wetted my appetite for my summer holidays, where I am following them around like a crazed stalker (a stalker who has to be back at work 2 days later).See you all out thereKeithaka vodka1
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