Mog,Sorry I've been away . . . somewhere between getting my shit together for my America trip & work you've sort of fallen by the wayside. Music has been on as I work out the tracks for my holiday mixes but just not the computer.I managed to get myself promoted at work, sort if stumbled into it but now I once again have the keys to a record store. Some would argue it's like putting a vampire in ch
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Posts by UtahSpike
Where Have I Been ?
WTF ?
My workmate and I got sworn at today by a little old lady because we didn't know the lyrics to a Frankie Laine song . . . would you know it if you heard it we asked in our best polite serving little old ladies voices as he got a copy of his greatest hits CD & I put it on the headphones for her to have a listen to ? Her reply . . . she called us motherfuckers & stormed out the shop !
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Wishing & Waiting . . .
I just had an e-mail through from the Andrew Bird website saying he's had to cancel a show of his UK tour because he's come down with a case of the lord only knows whats . . . BIRD FLU perhaps, sorry I couldn't resist.I blame the British climate personally - heating up nice one day, chucking it down with snow the next. So I'm hoping by the time he rolls into London on Thursday he's feeling a bit m
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Dinosaur Jr - Let Sleeping Dogs Lie ?
This raised a smile whilst I was eating my lunch at work today. From the Guide in todays Guardian Newspaper, a brief interview with Lou Barlow & J Mascis . . ."Dinosaur Jr wen their seperate ways in 1989. Mascis wanted to fire Lou, so he told drummer Patrick "Murph" Murphy to call Lou and tell him that the band was splitting up. Lou later read the band had hired a new bass player for a tour of ...
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Arcade Fire Live
I just got back from seeing them in Brixton - my hands are still shaking & the hairs are still standing up on the back of my neck . . . not since the glory days of the Flaming Lips has so much energy been expended by a band in such a short space of time.Every song is played like a truimphant encore to the last, every word matters and everyone in the building is involved . . . I defy anyone to see
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Back Where I Belong
It's Monday morning, I'm off to work, I'm in a good mood . . . what the hell is wrong with me ?One thing . . . My time in exile in the world of DVD is over I'm back down on the music floor . . . CDs, Vinyl . . . . come to Mama !!!!!!!!!!
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ATP Announce First Don't Look Back Shows Of 2007
Those lovely folks at All Tomorrow's Parties have announced the first of this years series of Don't Look Back Shows. For those not in the know " in August 2005, ATP introduced a new season in London called "Don't Look Back" inviting artists to present a retrospective of one of their works in its entirety. We kicked off the season with The Stooges performing Fun House from start to finish in on...
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And what have we learned this evening ?
Went to a works leaving do at an achingly trendy bar & found out . . .1 I must be one of the few females in my town that doesn't own a skirt that barely covers my pubic area2 Men don't know quite what to make of women who don't wear skirts that barely cover their pubic area3 Holding someones hair back whilst they spew up 4 hours of mixed cocktail drinking makes for an interesting visual experi...
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Getting Ready For Valetines Day With Elizabeth Jennings
This is a follow up to yesterdays Dorothy Parker post, many thanks to Brickbat for adding some more of the wonderful writing of Ms Parker to that post . . .Today I've picked something slightly more romantic in the shape of Elizabeth Jennings, so good I stole the text book when we covered her in school . . .AbsenceI visited the place where we last met.Nothing was changed, the gardens were well tend
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Getting Ready For Valentines Day With Dorothy Parker
Ok so in the run up to what is either one of the best or worst days on the calendar I thought I'd share some of my favourite poetry on the subject of AMORE . . .Tonight I'm in a bit of a cynical mood so we'll have a bit of Ms Dorothy ParkerExperienceSome men break your heart in twoSome men fawn & flatterSome men never look at youAnd that clears up the matterA Very Short SongOnce when I was youn...
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