Saturday, December 25, 2004
Happy Thingy Everyone
Hope you are all having a great Christmas/Hanukkah/Holiday....(please delete where appropriate)Best wishes everyone, and have a drink for me.
Cheers.
Simon
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
The Saint
St. Etienne - My Christmas Prayer
Only the other day, me and a good friend were stroking our chins and proclaiming the genius of St.Etienne. They wrote some grrreat songs! We listened to some of 'Tiger Bay' which had passed me by at the time as I thought it wasn't as good as their first two, Foxbase Alpha and So Tough. It's just possible I was wrong! Wow! its a real boom boomer.
Alas, I knew little of this song which is from the B-Side of their famous christmas song, 'I was Born On Christmas Day' (Which featured the usually unwelcome efforts of Tim 'Charlatan' Burgess). Its an icy version of a Billy Fury song and if a song must be taken out of the soil, it's in good hands with Wiggs, Stanley and Cracknell.
I bet they are nice people too, know their onions for sure.
Buy - St.Etienne
You're in good hands
Wesley Willis - Merry Christmas
Christmas makes people feel right at home
Christmas gives me harmonization
Christmas is Jesus Christ's birthday
That's what it is all about in the mix.
Wesley Willis R.I.P
Read - Wesley Willis
Buy - Wesley Willis Albums
August at Christmas
Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Christmas On Riverside Drive
I have been listening to Kid Creole a lot these last weeks. I have only heard his first three albums (1 - Off The Coast Of Me, 2 - Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places, and 3 - Tropical Gangsters) but they are all brilliant. I recomend all three as each feature witty, catchy and clever pop songs. My lady and I went on a long car journey with 'Off The Coast Of Me' and it flew by!
Yes, Kid Creole & The Coconuts appeal to both boys and girls.
This song is taken from an ace christmas picture disc that I bought for someone as a christmas gift. I feel a bit bad that I taped it off and allowed you to download it, but then, you will just have to imagine the snow, the penguins, the Kid on a sleigh and the festive Coconuts spinning on your turntable!
What a scene!
Read - The Story
Look at - Kid Creole
Look at - The Coconuts
Buy - Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Lick, Lick, Lick And Suck, Suck, Suck....
My Bloody Valentine - Slow
Mmmm, slightly rude song with a beautiful beautiful fuzzy growly bass courtesy of the beautiful beautiful fuzzy growly Debbie Googe.
Forget about your Kim Deal's and Kim Gordon's, Debbie is the one with the bass sound to kill for....
This is taken from 1988's brilliant You Made Me Realise e.p.
After the early indie stylings of their first proper album Ecstacy and a handful of singles the band re-grouped and came up with a sound and style that was to be copied by literally hundreds of bands, akin to the Sex Pistols gig in Manchester all those years before when virtually all the audience formed a band there and then... the same can be said of when people first heard this e.p. and the subsequent l.p.... the stunning Isn't Anything.
And while I'm on the subject of Isn't Anything here's one of the many brilliant tracks from it.
My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss
This was originally released as the follow up single to You Made Me Realise and came out a month before the album...
What a taster this was.... that was one of the longest months ever waiting for the album I tell you... This is quite a brutal song, mad drumming low down in the mix, massive bass and diving guitars all over the place.... Gorgeous. And there's also that bit at the end where they hammer on a single note one extra time each time round... Must have been a bit of a nightmare keeping count for them when playing live.
And talking of them playing live, I very very sadly never got to see them, but from all accounts they were possibly the loudest band ever, and add to that all the frequencies involved.... people apparently couldn't hear a damn thing for days after.
My Bloody Valentine haven't really released anything properly since 1991's Loveless album, just the odd remix here and there, and the occasional track on compilations.... but they have never officially split up and have been very busy recording other artists in their own studio, most notably Dinosaur Jr.'s brilliant last ever album Hand It Over which various members of MBV featured on... and my god you can tell.
Kevin Shields has also found himself playing in indies own little super group Primal Scream for the last couple of years too.
It's been 13 years since their last album... how slack is that? but there have been rumours of a box set of all MBV recordings.... god I hope so. So if for some reason you've been stuck in a vacuum for the last 16 years bang these songs on then go and form a band and send me the results...
Visit - My Bloody Valentine
Visit - My Bloody Valentine videos
Visit - My Bloody Valentine live MP3s
Buy - Isn't Anything
Monday, December 20, 2004
A Pet is for Life...
Pet Shop Boys - It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas
Wow! There really is magic in the air.
As I listened to this song late last night, Something caught my eye outside the window. It was snowing! Enough to pitch on my shed. It never really snows in Bristol so I didn't really know what to do. I put on a coat and stood outside with some booze. I then got really cold and my hands didn't work so I had to go to sleep. I forgot all about writing this. Sorry.
It had gone in the morning, but it definitely happened.
You old fart, Tennant!
Buy - Pet Shop Boys
Look at - PSB Christmas
Joy To The World
Lalo Schifrin - Joy To The World
You know Lalo Schifrin of course, his soundtracks to 'Mission Impossible', 'Enter The Dragon', 'Bullitt', and 'Rush Hour 2' are up there with the best.
'Mission Impossible' is the most famous song I can think of in 5/4 time.
This breathy version of Joy To The World is a bit of a hotch-potch but it's a real zinger!
Visit - Lalo Schifrin Website
Buy - Schifrins
Brass, Bristol, and Brasso!
Bristol Easton Salvation Army Band - Away In A Manger
Now more than ever, We need brass.
Let's face it, against a gang of Baddies, N'er-do-wells, and Road hogs, the brass would win hands down. You can't fight brass (except with brass) and why fight it? It's like a warm blanket trickling down yer lug-holes!
PS: It's generally accepted that 'Brasso' can mend a scratched CD!
By the way, Brasso is not liquid brass (as I once thought).
Visit - Bristol Easton Band
Look at - Brasso
Sunday, December 19, 2004
One on a Scooter, Blowing his Hooter....
Sufjan Stevens - We Three Kings
Oh, Sufjan! You are wonderful. Both 'Michigan' and 'Seven Swans' were highlights of my year. I heartily recomend both ('Michigan' wins by a nose), they would clear the waxiest ear.
... And now he brings us his Christmas greetings. This song is taken from one of three EP's originally given as Christmas cards/gifts for his friends, One each in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Unfortunately I am not on Sufjans Christmas list but I do have a very kind friend who 'obtained' them for me, Sharing the love!
God bless.
Buy - Sufjan Stevens
Look at - Sufjan Stevens
Visit - Sufjans lovely Website
Friday, December 17, 2004
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Ring Christmas Bells
Mike Sammes Singers - Ring Christmas Bells
There's something a bit magical about this song. It's also a bit scary. It reminds me of that bit in The Wicker Man when they dance around the maypole....."And on that tree there was an egg...." Those Pagans have some great songs! But sssh, We shouldn't talk about those heathens during a Christian festival! And I'm sure Mike Sammes would be horrified at this comparison.
It looks like Mike Sammes got a harp and bell for Christmas, he plays 'em well too. Harps are booze to my ears.
Buy - Mike Sammes Singers
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Everything Goes Crazy Blue
AR Kane - Baby Milk Snatcher
There was a lot of bitterness about the indie "sell out" in the 80's. Since a lot of what passed as indie at that time was based on templates from the 60's, (Revolver-era Beatles, Byrds, Velvet Underground), it was inevitable that fashion would come around and at least some aspects of the scene would pass back into the mainstream. To complain about it was as pointless as standing at a bus stop and then moaning when the number 22 turned up.
A R Kane were one of the bands that managed to sidestep the templates available, perhaps referring only to the Velvets in their use of squalling noise.
The desperate attempt to try to make them fit into what was about saw them described as "The Black Mary Chain", which was both wrong and insulting.
Some critics who were genuinely trying to sell a band that deserved recognition came up with "Dream Pop" and "Oceanic Rock". They put them in with the Cocteaus, Talk Talk, Butterfly Child and Bark Psychosis. It was worth a go, but the public weren't buying.
Listening back to "69", their first and best album, the pointers are more towards the quiet bits of electric Miles (the last track is called Spanish Quay 3, referring to a track from Bitches Brew), zammed out psychedelia and most definitely towards the glorious Throne of Dub, before which we should all genuflect. Oh, there's a whole heap of Cocteaus echo on the guitars, too. This is a 4AD band that happened to get signed to Rough Trade.
Given all this, you may be surprised to hear that the album is full of songs. Chords are replaced by ghosts and murmering, the drum machine skitters about, things erupt and swallow lyrics whole. But the voice is still way up in front, the music an accompaniment. Rules are followed, but they are painted vivid colours and caked in clouds. Well, sometimes the rules vanish down a rabbit hole for a while, leaving you gawping like some geek at Woodstock.
"Baby Milk Snatcher" gives you a good idea what they were up to, God bless them. But you really have to track the album down to get the full glory of something that was never, ever going to be sifted into anything for the top ten.
To conclude - this record altered my brain. Goodnight.
Buy - AR Kane - 69
Visit - AR Kane Fansite
Visit - Julian Cope's Head Heritage, a stupid amount of record reviews and a lot of fun from The Archdrude himself.
Mike.
I dare you to listen to this....
Mimi Hynes - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Zoinks! Hitting more bum notes than a boy band who've lost their Auto-Tune isn't easy, but recording it and committing it to wax is another thing. Is it supposed to be that bad? Is it supposed to be funny? Oh dear.
Just imagine seeing yer ma kissing the following Santa specimens...
Visit - Claws 1
Visit - Claws 2
Monday, December 13, 2004
Gulls Gulls Gulls
Charlie McCoy - Angels We Have Heard On High
Seagulls are underrated. Check him out above, he's lovely. I saw a seagull the other day who was so strong and clever that he had a KFC takeaway bag in his beak. There was definately something in the bag because he was struggling to stay airborne with the weight and all his fellow Gulls were going nuts, squawking and swooping. Funny old Gulls.
One could argue that the Gull is a like an angel and that would link nicely to todays song. One could say that they are just as pure and heavenly, soaring up high in the sky accross land and sea. You could argue that they are just misunderstood, but let's face it - They are scabby gits.
Pretty though.
Visit - Charlie McCoy Website
To be sure, To be sure
Dennis Day and The Mellowmen - Christmas in Killarney
There was cousin O'Flaherty, Uncle O'Shaughnessy, Michael me brother and Auntie McGee, and Father and Mother were all in a dither when Terence the baby crawled under the tree!
Poetry indeed. According to legend, Dennis Day taught his young nephew to rap. He also taught his nephews mate 'DJ Lethal' how to make lucky charms. It was whilst they were rapping and 'Having a Craic' that Uncle Dennis suggested that the boys should form a band and call it 'House Of Pain', The rest is history. Oh, he also taught 'The Edge' from U2 how to play electric harp. Dennis gave him his name after he walked to close to the edge of a cliff. Interesting stuff.
Visit - An Irishman
Just give us yer f***ing money
Various - Feed The World 1984 (B-Side)
You can't take the piss out of charity records, but have you seen the Band Aid 20 video? A friend of mine pointed-out that Bono looks like one of the Skesis from Dark Crystal when he sings his line. 'Chubby Chops' from Keane could probably feed the world if he donated the toffees he bought from the tuck shop. As for Hawkins from the Darkness 'Thrusting' his guitar at the camera....that's just rude. Do you remember Band Aid 2? The lost classic? Cliff, Bros, The Pasadenas, Sonia, Stock, Aitken and Waterman.
but this is my favourite version - The B Side to the original. Listen to those good old pop stars with their best wishes and rousing words, good on em. It is a really good cause. Remember, if you are downloading this song I think you ought to send some cash to Geldof or you will rot in greedy i-Tunes hell you thieving gypsies.
Dido
Visit - Donations to Band Aid
To become torn.
As part of Tofu Hut's 'getting to know the neighbours' series, SVC big-cheese Si and myself were emailed a few questions to fill out on music, the state of music, Blogs (I wish there was another word for this?!) and more music. One of the questions was to make a ten song mixtape playlist based on the following topic: TEARS ON MY PILLOW. Now of course the first track should have been Little Anthony's 'Tears On My Pillow' or at least Kylie Minogue's far superior version but instead I shoehorned the following:
Now depending on popularity/bandwidth/indifference these may or may not be here all week but for the moment if you fancy downloading and making your very own CD to play to your 'real' neighbours then please help yourself.
Of course you should also pop along to Tofu Hut, read our birdbrained palaver, tut and mutter 'wankers' under your breath.
PS. For the purposes of this compilation 'tears' is meant to rhyme with 'bears' as in; To pull apart or into pieces by force. To make (an opening) by ripping: 'tears' a hole in my pillow.
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Linus And Lucy
Ursula 1000 - Linus And Lucy (Remix)
And now for something that found it's way into my in-box last week that will go beautifully with your Sunday coffee and croissants.
This is from Ursula 1000 who very kindly sent me this seeing that we were getting well into the Christmas thing....
Ursula 1000 hails from Miami but is now resident in New York and has been DJing and remixing for several years now.
Although this isn't strictly speaking an Ursula 1000 mix as the ID tags reveal as it's completely unofficial, hence the FK1000 tag, but other official ones include mixes for Felix Da Housecat, The Faint, and rather suprisingly Foetus... very varied then.
Along with all the remixing he does he still finds time to produce his original material and has released a couple of albums and several singles... Check out 2002's "Kinda Kinky" LP and the brand new mix album "Ursadelica"
The original version of Linus And Lucy can be found on "A Charlie Brown Christmas" by The Vince Guaraldi Trio.
Put the kettle on, bang the croissants in the oven, put your feet up and chill...
Buy - Ursula 1000 - Ursadelica
Buy - Ursula 1000 - Kinda Kinky
Buy - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Visit - Ursula 1000
Big thanks go out to John from The Hut for the interview of a couple of delinquents he has on his great site.... Cheers John.
I at this point would like to point out that the interview was done a few weeks back before Dominic joined and before the wonderful and very sadly missed Tuwa's Shanty finally called it a day...
Also as soon as I'd pressed send I realised I'd made a massive cock-up.... I forgot to mention The Mystical Beast in my favourite MP3 Blogs....
For this I am truly sorry to Dana, an oversight of almost calamitous proportions...
(and to anybody else we forgot..... Sorry.)
There's also a new MP3 blog out there started by Declan called
Please Send Me Evenings And Weekends.
A title lifted from the great Gang of Four, so can't be bad.
Recent postings have included The Vaselines, Meat Puppets, The Wedding Present, Daniel Johnston & Jad Fair and a great Stevie Wonder cover by Ray Barretto.
Simon
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Friday, December 10, 2004
He's Big, He's Red... He's Red Sovine!
Red Sovine - Here It Is Christmas
Red Sovine was a funny fellow. He once wrote a song about a crippled boy whose late father was a truck driver. One day, The crippled boy("Teddy Bear") gets on the CB and asks truckers to drive him around in their trucks, just like his dad used to do. Apparently, There's a sequel to "Teddy Bear" called "Little Joe" that casually mentions a miracle allowing him to walk again and of course instead of walking, he becomes a truck driver.
Need I say anything more about Red Sovine? Oh, he also wrote this Christmas song which is a sad old lament to his ex-lover. It's absurd and quite amusing but i'm not sure it's meant to be. Is he serious?
A genius either way!
Visit - Red Sovine's Grave
Visit - Red Sovine with Leroy Vandyke
Christmash In Compton
Big Bad Baz - Christmas In Compton
This great mash-up features a few of your favourite Christmas songs...
Happy Christmas (War Is Over), Santa Baby, Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
And erm.... Straight Outta Compton!
Merry Christmas Mother Fuckers.
Simon
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Merry Excemas
The Mistreaters - Santa Stole My Baby
MHz - Secret Santa
For all of my dermatitis brothers and sisters out there who are feelin' the itch this Christmas here's a couple of filthy, dirty tracks to ease the pain.
Taken from two separate Christmas lucky 7's from the monstrous Flying Bomb records a couple of years back, these tracks are enough to make you long for excema just so you can get the relief of a good old scratch. Now compiled on the 'Surprise Package' CD which also includes your usual Detroit suspects, stand up Von Bondies, Dirtbombs, Bantam Rooster.
Visit - Flying Bomb Records
Visit - MHz
Visit - The Mistreaters
Buy - Surprise Package
Thursday, December 09, 2004
Thursday 9th
The Beach Boys - Time To Get Alone
I don't like The Beach Boys Christmas Album. The music is unimaginative and even the vocal harmonies sound ropey at times. That's not jingle bells that's Mike Love counting the cash and Jardine's probably pissed-up. The last track is a seasonal message to the fans by Dennis and it's a stinker, he even fluffs his lines! How long would it take to do it again? Terrible.
'Time To Get Alone' from their (also a bit scrappy) last 60's album '20/20' is a more pleasing affair. Written by Brian yet concieved mainly by Carl, 'Time To Get Alone' is The Beach Boys at their sentimental best. The part when they sing, "Looking down through the valley so DEEP AND WIDE" is amazing and for a second you are there with them.
Is it a christmas song? Well, it mentions Pine-scented air, Snow, Toboggans and Rosy cheeks so yes it is!
Tally Ho!
Visit - The Beach Boys
Buy - Christmas With The Beach Boys
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Wednesday 8th...Merry Christmas All
The Salsoul Orchestra - Merry Christmas All
The Salsoul Orchestra always get a party rockin'. Infact, Salsoul records have done more than just rockin'. The genius behind Salsoul, Mr. Vincent Montana Jnr. once said, "It has been claimed that a system cranked to its 'max' at an event in California cracked a cinder-block (breeze-block) wall while playing 'Salsoul 3001'"
If only they had used such tactics to knock the Berlin wall down rather than using the 'Hasslehoff Hammer'!
I hope you like this cute little tune, it wont 'block rock' but it could blow your house down in a breezy sleazy kind of manner.
Seasons Greetings!
x
Visit - The Salsoul Orchestra
Buy - Swinging With Santa
Tuesday 7th.... Tijuana Dance? Ouch!
The Torero Band - Once In Royal Davids City
Todays bagatelle is a familiar tune played by The Torero Band featuring the arrangements of Lounge Lizard/Charity Shop shareholder, Alan Moorhouse. Most of Moorhouse's records feature a scantly clad lady on the cover, yet The Torero Band don't require such cheap tricks, their christmas album sleeve has a picture of Santa Claws with a sombrero and a trumpet.
This is good stuff, the chords and the melody seem evermore effective on this percussive version, and to quote the sleeve notes "If you feel like dancing, why not?"
Sorry about the bad pun at the top, can I blame that on christmas? No.
Rock on.
x
Visit - Tijuana, Mexico
Monday 6th...to the Max!
Max Bygraves - C*H*R*I*S*T*M*A*S
Sorry for the recent neglect, I have been on holiday in Longwell Green. I haven't forgotten my duty to you all, I hope I can make it up to you. How about four songs all at once?
Let's begin with everybody's favourite all rounder, Max Bygraves.
Max has humour and wisdom that works on many levels. He once recorded a song called "You Need Hands". Todays song is simple enough, a highlight for me is the affectionate dialogue between Max and Rudolf. Oh come on....it's Christmas!
Sorry i'm late x
Visit - Max Bygraves
Buy - Best Of Max
Sorry.
Due to some technical difficulties (or the pub or something) you might have noticed the last three advent posts are missing...
But fear ye not, Santa's not dead and Christmas has not been canceled at SVC Mansion (we love it)....
Normal service will be resumed tomorrow (with a bit of luck).
As You Were.
Simon
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Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Funky Ass Brother... Amen.
The Winstons - Amen, Brother
Forget about James Brown's Funky Drummer being the most sampled beat around... This wins hands down, if you haven't heard the break from it anytime in the last 20 years then quite frankly you must have died in 1984 (or be deaf...).
This is taken from 1969's Color Him Father 7" and features on the b-side...
It has one of the most shake your booty grooves going and if it doesn't get your booty shaking then quite frankly you died in 1984 (or are deaf...).
[edit]
[Blatantly copied verbatim from All Music Dot Com]
The Winstons were a Washington, D.C.-based soul act led by Richard Spencer, they signed to Curtom in early 1968 and lasted there for one single, the rousing "Need a Replacement." They had a sound that was somewhat similar to the Impressions, but were unfortunate enough to have signed with Curtom before the label had national distribution, and the single never got the play it should have. A year after leaving Curtom, they hit for the Metromedia label with a huge single called "Color Him Father," which became a Top Ten R&B and pop hit, just missing number one on the R&B list, and also earned a Grammy for Best R&B Song. It was both a great tribute number and outstanding lead vocal from Richard Spencer, along with Ray Maritano, Quincy Mattison, Phil Tolotta, Sonny Peckrol, and G.C. Coleman. Mattison and Coleman were veterans of Otis Redding's band. The Winstons eventually toured as the backup band for the Impressions, but never again made any noise on the charts.
Huge thanks to Mr.CP for the heads up on the All Music bio.
Buy - The Winstons vinyl on ebay
Visit - The Winstons
Simon
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Monday, December 06, 2004
The Man Who Was Not With It...
Felt - All The People I Like Are Those That Are Dead
Orders from SVC HQ were to write something about Madchester.Well, this would be my personal anthem from the second summer of love. It isn't baggy, it isn't Northern, and it certainly isn't on one.
In the era of cheap hooded tops the only Mancunians I knew were into LL Cool J, Ice Cube and Tom Waits. They never even mentioned Happy Mondays, let alone bought their records.
I was living in a shared house down the South East and one of the other residents was an idiot who insisted on coming in drunk in the early hours and playing music at stupid stupid volume. What really got me was the choice of drunken singalong. "Take it to the Limit" by The Eagles. Shouting was a waste of time, so to blank it out I used to stick on the headphones. Choice of album? "Nature Unveiled" by Current 93 or "Forever Breathes The Lonely Word" by Felt, which is where this beauty comes from.
The song is the opposite of the dumb wombling togetherness of the baggy scene. "Maybe I should take a gun/put it to the head of everyone", croons Lawrence.
Drunken Eagles fans first, please.
Later on I used to get woken up by another housemate playing awesome proto trance blippo acid yamalong things. "Who's that?" "Not a clue", she'd reply. A tape someone had passed to her, no track listing, just the name of a DJ on the front.
This is the future calling.
Unlike the indie-dance crossover, it didn't sound like it was made by people who turned up at the disco wearing clogs. And as a Northern working class lad, I can tell you there's no such thing as a cool clog dancer.
Buy - Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word
Visit - Felt Fansite
Mike.
Sunday, December 05, 2004
Britain's largest small band from 1996 to 2002
Hefner - The Sad Witch
I love hand-claps so much that I'll clap along to anything. If a song actually has recordings of hand-claps in them then even better. I clap along pretty much anywhere and at anytime except when i'm driving.
Here's a thing I learned from a human-beatboxing website. Place the tip of your tongue on your gum behind your upper teeth blocking off all air flow as if you were saying the letter N. Got that? good, now put the tip of your tongue in position so that you can breathe through the gaps each side of your tongue. As if you were saying the letter L. OK so far so good. Now block the air flow to your nose and breathe in a little so that the pressure builds behind your tongue then release your tongue a bit at the sides and let in some air as quick as possible. Now if you have mastered this as well as me the air should rush in making a pretty rubbish hand-clap sound. Now download this song, burn it on CD, play it in your car and clap along with your mouth. Ta-da.
I like this song a lot, it's from Hefner's first album, 'Breaking God's Heart' recorded at Ca-Va studios in Scotland with producer Tony Doogan (Belle and Sebastian, Super Furry Animals and new Bronze Age Fox LP.) 'Breaking God's Heart' is a collection of damn fine 'pop' songs held together by the glorious untutored mess that is Darren Hayman's voice, described as "bloody marvellous" (NME), "cool as fuck" (i-D), "unique" (Q) and "awe-inspiring" (Time Out). Hefner are no more now but Darren is up to his old tricks with new band 'The French' (their website has an mp3 of a track called The Wu-Tang Clan that you can download.) 'The French' also have a dog called Beulah as one of their members.
Visit - Hefner
Visit - The French
Visit - Human Beatboxing
Buy - Breaking God's Heart
'Yer Tis!
Porter Twin Disc Music Box - Emmanuel
Here is the second instalment of Christmas music played on the Porter Twin
Disc Music Box. Isn't it pretty?
It's Sunday so I can't talk for too long, Antiques Roadshow is on. Oh, it
was Jeff Bridges' birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday, Dude!
Ollick ghennal erriu...
Visit - Porter Twin Disk
Saturday, December 04, 2004
Twinkle Twinkle
Porter Twin Disc Music Box - Carol Of The Bells
The Porter Twin Disc Music Box is a wonderful thing. I would love to
crank-up one of those beauties! They cost a lot of dollars so i'll probably
have to make do with these songs. I hope you enjoy them both (more
tomorrow...) as much as I do - I think they sound heavenly.
Peace on earth. Love to the SVC.
x
Visit - Porter Twin Disk
1934-2004
Benny Goodman - Sing Sing SingStatus Quo - Down Down
Happy Birthday Dad
With Love
X
Friday, December 03, 2004
3rd is the one with the hairy chest!
Arthur Lyman - Mele Kalikimaka
Mele Kalikimaka!
Todays song is a seasonal offering from Hawaiian genius Arthur Lyman.
Lyman's music has a strange effect on me, like going on holiday without having to find the Passports. I often put his albums on when friends come around, I think i am under the illusion this makes me seem 'Worldly Wise'. His albums usually feature his human interpretations of exotic bird calls and of course, his warm, sonorous Vibraphone playing. Not good music for driving or operating heavy machinery! It's a musical snooze button.
Todays song is not typical Arthur Lyman. It goes a bit nuts and makes me want to drink Sunny Delight and run around Toys 'R' Us.
I must go now, i have to take an old TV (Telly not Tranny) to the dump, post a letter to America, make 5 Creme Brulees and buy a life size porcelain dog from the charity shop ('Cats Protection Charity Shop' - How ironic, Alanis!) all in one afternoon.
Sunny D?
Spoilt Victorian Child Forum
Hello all,Sorry there's no proper post from me today as I've been a busy little beaver....
I got to thinking (yeah I know!!!) that there wasn't a really nice forum out there where you can just talk about anything and everything...
Maybe there is, I just haven't found it...
Anyway, so I thought why not do my own.
So I did.
Spoilt Victorian Child - The Forum
I know with these things it could take ages to get up and running properly so please be patient, and if it does fall flat on it's face with no one posting then I can just bin it... no harm in trying though eh?
So please visit and say something, you don't have to register to post or anything (although that would be nice)....
Let me know what you think and if it's a good idea or just another of my hair-brained ideas that can't possibly work...
On another topic entirely...
That wonderous page of great music that goes under the title Bumrocks have a very special guest posting tracks as of Monday...
It's non other than Pablo Clements of The Psychonauts.
I for one am a big fan, especially the stuff they did with Mo-Wax in the earlyish days...
Have to admit to losing track of what they've been up to the last few years, will have to remedy that I think.
Can't wait 'till Monday.
Cheers All.
Simon
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Thursday, December 02, 2004
On The Second Day Of Christmas
Marion Williams - When Was Jesus Born
Not an easy start to life - Born on Christmas day and you've got a girls name!
Who? Alice Cooper thats who. Silly sausage.
Todays Christmas song ask's a question which has puzzled the worlds greatest historians...When was Jesus born?
Marion Williams doesn't allow her song to get bogged down such scholarly debate. She knows the answer to her question and probably many more.
In her prime, she used to run up and down the aisles of her Chicago church whipping the congregation into a frenzy. Wow!
They don't make 'em like that anymore. Accept of course my mate, Daniel Beddingfield. Hows it hanging Dan?
Now, bring me some figgy pudding...
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Look Out World... Here Comes John (but not till 2006, so you can relax a little longer).
John Otway And Wild Willy Barrett - D.K. 50/80
I have no idea what this song is about or what the hell he's singing but I love it.
This is quite unlike anything Otway had recorded before or since...
Guitar and electronic fuzz.... yum!
This was released on the dynamic duo's 1980 album "Way And Bar" and also earned an a-side 7" release in the same year.
John Otway was most probably famous for being a one hit wonder with the fantastic "Cor Baby That's Really Free" in 1977 and his legendary performance of "Headbutts" on The Old Grey Whistle Test, incidentally in a vote by BBC viewers for best lyrics "Beware Of The Flowers ('cause I'm sure they're going to get you yeh!)" which was the b-side of Cor Baby was voted No.7 of all time.... finishing higher than Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon and Bob Dylan.... blimey!
John Otway can no longer call himself a one hit wonder as for his 50th birthday his fan club, fed up with him picking flops for singles for the last 20 odd years picked what they thought would be a hit...
They voted for "Bunsen Burner", and you know what...
It bloody was...
Top 10 and everything.
If you've never seen John live, I can highly recommend going and seeing him for a great night out, he and his Ambi-Guitar (pictured above) are currently doing a greatest hits tour of the UK...
As for the rest of the world, you'll have to wait till his first ever world tour in 2006....
Check this out... 2006 World Tour.
For an esimated price of £2500 to £3000 you can get to travel round the world in a chartered plane with John and crew...
Someone want to lend me 3 grand???
Please...
Buy - John Otway - Greatest Hits
Visit - John Otway
And Then There Were Four...
I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome Dominic to SVC.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what he adds to this already quite eclectic little corner of the interweb thingy...
Of to a flying start with a bit of Johnny, Cheers Dominic.
Simon
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On The First Day Of Christmas
Johnny Cash - Little Drummer Boy
Seasons Greetings to all Gods children! This is going to be a daily Christmas Advent Calender with Music. Wow!
Yes as Noddy 'Two pork chops, a throat and a top hat' Holder said, "It's Christmas" - But he said that all year. I once saw some footage of Slade from the mid seventies and they were playing 'Merry Christmas Everybody' to a field of Germans in the summer! If you ask me, the Germans really know how to have a good time. I think they invented Stollen. Have you tried it? I love Stollen. It's cheap in Lidl and Aldi and it's better than Marks & Sparks but Marks & Sparks make better Knitwear and leather belts. In fact my Mum bought a jumper from Lidl's the other day and it stank of petrol! She had to wash it loads. Also, there's never enough people on the tills and I reckon their veg ain't all that - It goes off.
So who's hiding behind door No.1 on the Advent Calender? It's Johnny Cash with "Little Drummer Boy". Everyone likes Johnny Cash, and if you don't think it's Christmas yet, he will convince you. I like the image of Johnny Cash, the Ox and Lamb playing to the baby Jesus. Gold, Frankincense and Cash. Pa rum pum pum pum...