Archive for the 'Me' Category
As my close friends know, I used to be obsessed with mixtapes. I have a big box of them at my mum and dad’s house, made from about 1990 to only a few years ago, when I got my first i-pod and a car adapter for it too. See, up until I left Scotland in [...]
I find it interesting how magazines will write off certain bands as being two closely inspired by seminal and influential bands. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club were derided by some as simply being an American version of Jesus and The Mary Chain. Interpol were simply an New York version of Joy Division. Then Editors came along [...]
Well if anyone was holding out hope that the White Stripes would go back to the primal, stripped-down blues that they seemingly perfected circa White Blood Cells will be disappointed. Yes, the eclecticism that suffused their previous album Get Behind Me Satan has been toned down (Goodbye marimba solos), but The White Stripes do now [...]
I’m still without the internet at home. I’m waiting on some wiring to be done in my house before I can even a network organised. This means everytime I want to go online I need to hightail it round to Anna’s brother’s place. Anyway, let’s just take things as they come. If you’re friends with [...]
Looks like I’m gonna be without internet access at home for a while now. I’m basically gonna give the site a rest until the start of August. That’ll also give me a chance to write some stuff too. Mind you I got Dead Rising on the X-box, and killing shitloads of zombies is fun.
I’m off to get married on Sunday, so don’t expect me around for a while. I’m sure you’ll all manage, but I’ll leave you with the clip for a song I’m definitely going to play at the wedding:
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What I've Been Listening To
