BLLLLLLLLLLLLLAGGER'S FFFFFFFFACT!

i've been totally enjoying 'the blagger's guide', the bbc radio comedy-documentary-whatever series by david quantick. it's all about different genres and artists and it cracks my shit up every time. quantick is an awesome comedy writer plus he's also a music journo, in fact he was the one whose review of a certain indie band in the 1980s caused a band to changes its name to Pop Will Eat Itself. there are awesome sketches about captain beefheart, nick drake, syd barrett, and totally informational bits about reggae, the band Love, etc. & apart from a few glaringly obvious incorrect things (like saying KISS is from Detroit), I agree with everything he says! quantick's descriptions of the music & the musicians, his critical 'voice' reminds me of my own. He's even shouty & screamy in the same way I would've been when I was writing music reviews all the time. NICE!

you broke my heart at the funplex, yes you did

i love some of the songs on the new b-52's album, i can't help it.

'juliet of the spirits' is just amazing.

a couple of the songs are too campy and/or stupid but overall, holy shit what an album. great sounds, great songs, totally modern. great songs!!!!!!!!!!

toe jam + citizen kane

I just read about David Byrne's track with The Brighton Port Authority - with him, Norman Cook and Dizzee Rascal. The song "toe jam" is on the Myspace, I declare it to be the funky-fcuk jam o the day! You should read about David Byrne's lyric writing method before checking out the track. Be warned, it IS on a loop. I listened to it like 6x in a row earlier. I'm like 'damn, david byrne is dropping a lot of f-bombs today, isn't he'. But it was all the same song. Dizzee Rascal is an odd choice for a third member of their group but whatever.

Is that Iggy Pop singing on the second BPA track? Nice. This is what pop music should sound like. "He's Frank". I like one other Iggy Pop song, it's called "Candy" and what's-her-name from the B-52's co-sings it.

Third BPA track is not so hot. But no matter.

There's a super rad video for "toe jam", you have to check this shit out.

nice to see Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim making an appearance toward the end, with the biggest knob yet.


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I've been meaning to watch Citizen Kane for a while now. My first attempt ended in failure when the file took a shart in the DVD player. So a replacement file was quickly procured. I saved the file to a 2gb jump drive & crossed my fingers when I plugged it into the DVD player. Success! I'd like to see Citizen Kane with subtitles because a lot of the dialog is garbled. Or like 3 people will be talking at the same time.
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Stereo MC's's music has aged very well & their dude still programs some of the funkiest shiooo ever. They make nice choons and their beats are lithe. Find "Gringo" & agree.