| Chap Hop! |
[Sep. 30th, 2008|10:45 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | humour, music | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  cheerful | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Straftanz - Tanz Kaputt, Was Euch Kaputt Macht | ] |
I saw Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer at the Oakford on Sunday as part of the Hot Muffins Burlesque Night. Thought he was very funny indeed! Just found his MySpace page which includes my favourite song "Timothy" (no prizes for guessing who that's about) as well as other spiffing tunes such as "Straight Out Of Surrey".
http://www.myspace.com/mrbthegentlemanrhymer
PS the rest of the Burlesque Night was very good as well! :-) |
|
|
| Rediscovering classics in the cassette archive |
[Aug. 28th, 2008|11:21 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | music, nostalgia | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  bouncy | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | PWEI - Let's Get Ugly | ] |
The Wonderstuff came up in conversation last night during a very enjoyable evening with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sarahloo, unascertained and maleghast. I have tonight been eschewing the usual racket I listen to these days and popped on a couple of old cassettes.
First up was "The Eight Legged Groove Machine" by The Wonderstuff, their rather wonderful debut album. I remember them playing "Give Give Give Me More More More" on a late 80's "yoof" TV programme I think. Bought the album on the strength of that alone and wasn't disappointed.
Right now I've got "Box Frenzy" by Pop Will Eat Itself on. Again another 80s indie classic. Anyone around my age must remember hearing "Beaver Patrol" and "There Is No Love Between Us" in the indie/alternative clubs of the day.
One thing that struck me was how many of the lyrics I remembered. Probably haven't heard some of those tracks for 15 years or more, but was still singing along. Don't worry, no-one was around to hear ;-)
Anyway, I think I'll continue to raid the archives in the next few days. Obviously most of it is Goth and Industrial but who knows I may rediscover some other indie classics along the way! |
|
|
| Free NIN Album - The Slip |
[May. 5th, 2008|09:46 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | music | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  okay | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | NIN - The Slip | ] |
After "Ghosts I" and "Discipline", more free stuff from NIN:
http://theslip.nin.com
Download servers don't appear to have fallen over yet ;-) I've just got the MP3 and FLAC versions without problems.
PS Just checked a few seconds of some of the MP3s - it is NIN, not Rick Astley ;-) |
|
|
| Die Krupps + Faderhead |
[Jan. 18th, 2008|12:44 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Work | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  working | ] |
Bought a ticket for Die Krupps on Sun Feb 3rd at the Electric Ballroom. Was dithering for ages but decided to go since it looks like there'll be some folks from Reading there, plus it's two days after my birthday and I'm not doing much else to celebrate. Got the Monday off work too ;-)
Hope to see some of you there, if anyone fancies a bit of Sunday afternoon "matinee drinking" in the Dev beforehand, let me know. Last few times I've been there on a Sunday, there's been a pretty good DJ playing lots of old Industrial videos :-)
ps More info on gig here: http://kaosuk.myftp.org/kaosuknet/press/flag/listings.txt |
|
|
| Yet another gig |
[Sep. 12th, 2007|07:27 am] |
As if there weren't enough gigs on this autumn...
Sat 17th Nov Doors 5PM
OUT OF LINE FESTIVAL:2007
HOCICO
(www.hocico.com)
SPETSNAZ
(www.myspace.com/spetsnazebm)
PROCEED
ASHBURY HEIGHTS
+ Guests (tbc)
£14 Adv / £17 Door - www.flagpromotions.com / 0871 311 0831
ISLINGTON ACADEMY - N1 Centre. 16 Parkfield Street
London N1 0PS (Angel tube 2 mins) (14+)
I really like Spetsnaz, so may well go to this. Don't know a great deal about the other bands, though I like the few few Hocico tracks that I've heard. |
|
|
| Gig meme |
[Sep. 10th, 2007|10:25 pm] |
Usually can't be arsed with memes, but this one was quick to do :-)
Via thinlizard.
Here is how it works. Copy this list. Leave in the bands you've seen perform live. Delete the ones you haven't and add new ones that you have seen until you reach 25. An asterisk means the previous person had it on their list. Two asterisks means the last two people who did this before you had that band on their list.
1. Nine Inch Nails*********
2. Cubanate
3. Nitzer Ebb
4. Iris****
5. Alien Sex Fiend
6. The Gothsicles****
7. Combichrist****
8. Rupesh Cartel*
9. Icon Of Coil*
10. Front Line Assembly*
11. Depeche Mode***
12. Sisters Of Mercy
13. White/Rob Zombie*****
14. Mesh*
15. [:SITD:]*
16. Christian Death
17. Ministry**
18. Gary Numan*
19. The Mission*
20. Sheep On Drugs*
21. Caustic***
22. Front 242***
23. Covenant***
24. De/Vision*
25. Jane's Addiction |
|
|
| Irn Bru Goths |
[Jun. 9th, 2007|05:31 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | chipper | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Something I don't recognize on Tormented Radio | ] |
Seen this a few times on telly, makes I laugh it does :-)
|
|
|
| Elektrofest 2007 - FLA headling! |
[Apr. 4th, 2007|07:35 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | excited | ] |
From http://www.flagpromotions.com
Sun 8th July ELEKTROFEST 2007 5pm-11pm
FRONTLINE ASSEMBLY
XP8
MECHANICAL CABARET
TRAUMA PET
PROBLEM BEING
BLACK RABBIT
I AM NO ONE
ISLINGTON ACADEMY - N1 Centre, 16 Parkfield Street.
London. N16 0PS (2 mins Angel Tube)
Don't know all the bands, but FLA, XP8 and Trauma Pet are reasons enough for me to go!
Let's hope the line-up problems that have plagued some Flag Promotions events in the past don't occur again. IIRC last year's Elektrofest and Black Celebration went ahead as advertised, so hope that's a good omen for this year. |
|
|
| Birthday Beers last night |
[Feb. 3rd, 2007|11:27 am] |
Spent Friday night at South Hill Park as usual. Since it was Birthday Friday for John and myself, there was a good turnout: Me (obviously), John, abster1974, Gary, Steph, Sean, Paola, Simon, Rob, Pete, evilbun, reznorsedge and pygar (apologies if I forgot anyone)!
We had one or two drinks...
Most of us should be at Drop Zone next week, see you then......
D |
|
|
| Motorway nutter! |
[Jan. 16th, 2007|05:16 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Work | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  surprised | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | The hum of the air conditioning | ] |
I work right by J11 on the M4. Today in the office we witnessed a classic "Police Camera Action!" moment. Some utter nutjob was driving down the M4 heading west ON THE WRONG SIDE. IN THE MIDDLE LANE. IN THE WET. Best bit though? Having eventually realised this was a bit stilly, the driver wisely decides to turn around. Not, as you might think, by diving over to the hard shoulder as soon as possible. Oh no, this driver turns round in the middle lane! Amazingly, no-one hit him, though a lorry came *very* close.
Scary! |
|
|
| Weekend in Gothenburg |
[Sep. 11th, 2006|07:53 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  tired | ] |
Thought I'd write about the weekend as I actually did something a little different for a change. My old boss Håkan is Swedish, and he moved back there a few years ago. He invited his old team over to Gothenburg for the weekend.
( Read more... ) |
|
|
| First Post! |
[Jul. 8th, 2006|12:27 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Home | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  bored | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Katscan - A Time For Hate [Felt Up By Biodrone] | ] |
Hello! Thought I'd put something up here in case anyone actually bothers to read this journal. To be honest, I only got an account to join the ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) _drop_zone_ community and keep in touch with a few other people. Still, I may put some stuff up here one day!
In case you were wondering about the 0x44 thing, my real name is Darren, but my friends call me D. Now, I have to admit that D is not the most original of nicknames, so it has usually been taken as a username when I get around to joining sites like LiveJournal. So, being a bit of a geek, I decided to start using 0x44 instead...
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
printf("My name is %c\n", 0x44);
return 0;
}
|
|
|
| navigation |
| [ |
viewing |
| |
most recent entries |
] |
| |
|
|
awake