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Monday, November 15, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Beady Eye
Liam Gallagher has formed a new band with Gem and Andy from Oasis and they have a new single out that can be downlowded for free at the following:
www.beadyeyemusic.co.uk
It's a slight departure from the previous sound and well worth checking out.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Catch-22
I've just finished Joseph Heller's classic anti-war novel. Set on, I think, an Italian island during the Second World War, the novel tells the story of Captain Joseph Yossarian who is part of the US bombing crew stationed on the island and his various attempts to be sent home due to his increasing fear of being shot down during his numerous bomb raids. He sees the war as in very personal terms and not in the typically patriotic notions that conventional text is written and movies filmed.
The text takes a shot at the lunacy of war and the bureaucracy involved in fighting them and introduces us to many characters who are trying to live through the war as successfully as possible, whether it be in terms of commercial gain as in the case of Milo Minderbinder who uses his mess funds to create international havoc in an attempt make money for himself or Major Major who deals with his feelings of inadequacy by avoiding contact with everyone; asking his subordinate to only admit people into his office when he is not actually in it.
I's an excellent read and well worth fishing out of your local book shop or library.
I want to see the film now.
It's incredibly funny
Gorillaz in Vancouver
I took Josh to see the Gorillaz at the Rogers Arena last week and we both found it an exciting show. Both of us are Gorillaz fans having bought their first album as Josh's first CD when it came out a few years ago and since then we have collected the rest including the G-Sides and D-Sides remix albums.
We arrived a little earlier than I normally arrive because I wanted to see the support band, N*E*R*D with Pharell Williams at the helm. They were pretty good but didn't play any of the songs from the only album of theirs that I have.
Gorillaz came on relatively quickly afterwards and started with the same orchestral section that starts their recent Plastic Beach record, followed immediately by the penning track featuring Snoop Dog. He wasn't there but featured on the big screen at the back while the live band played on the stage in front.
The band is the real life version of the cartoon characters themselves and features half of the Clash; Paul and Mick among other less well known musicians. In fact I've never heard of any of them. It was great to see these two punk heroes live on stage having only ever seen Joe Strummer on stage at the start of his solo career in Liverpool with the Incredible Mr Ford. There were a few more people at the Gorillaz last week than turned up for our Joe.
For the rest of the show we were treated to De La Sol for a few of the songs, a couple of other rappers, Little Dragon and the infamous Bobby Womack. The guy is soul and funk royalty although I'm not sure Josh quite appreciated who he was. Sadly we were not treated to the ramblings of Mark E. Smith for Glitter Freeze but you could still here him ask "where's North from here" at the start.
Damon has created an eclectic sound that has attracted a wide audience and a wider selection of guest artistes and it works. You get punk, hip hop, orchestral music, soul, funk, house music and Mark E. Smith.
I was surprised that they were playing our local hockey arena being as they are a little know act here in canada but they are obviously better known than I thought.
I'm not sure Blur were ever this popular.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Gruff Rhys FREE Download
For fans of The Super Furry Animals, go to the following link to get a free download from Gruff's new record.
www.gruffrhys.com
Enjoy
Belle and Sebastion
Check out the short movie on the introduction page of their website:
www.belleandsebastion.com
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