It’s thirty-seven years late, but the Beach Boys album Smile is finally released on Monday – although internal band politics mean that it’s now a Brian Wilson album. Still (very) long-awaited tho’. I’m reminded of the the excitement that surrounded the CD release of Pet Sounds in 1990. Hope this is as good. Update: I’ve… Continue reading Smile
Author: Dave Cross
Sim Recusion
Sims playing Sims :-)
Buggles Reunion
It’s obviously a musical nostalgia day. From Simon Bisson’s blog I’ve just learnt of this concert at Wembley Arena which features the long-awaited reunion of the Buggles along with a number of other 80s bands like ABC and the Art of Noise. I’m a little wary of this because of the involvement of Yes. Now… Continue reading Buggles Reunion
Mod Pop Punk MP3 Archive
Lots of blasts from the past here. Bands that I haven’t heard for over twenty years – The Barracudas, The Chords, The Lambrettas – together with some slightly better known bands like Generation X and Jilted John. Ah… nostalgia. Via 50 Quid Bloke (who all aging musos should be reading).
Evening Standard and DRM
Today the Evening Standard gave away a CD that contained some standard audio tracks together with some extra tracks which were controlled by a Digital Rights Management tool called “4Play” (because you can play the tracls four times before you need to buy them). Obviously, I assumed that this was never going to work on… Continue reading Evening Standard and DRM
H2G2 Series 3
Bugger, I screwed up last night. It was the first episode of the new Hitchhikers series. I didn’t try very hard to get home in time for the broadcast at 18:30 as I thought I could catch it on the BBC’s web site. But it appears that it won’t be available there until after the… Continue reading H2G2 Series 3
Ceefax At 30
And while we’re talking about birthdays and anniversaries, CEEFAX is 30 tomorrow.
Cohen At 70
Forgot to mention it yesterday, but it was Leonard Cohen‘s 70th birthday. Here are 70 things you might not know about him (unless you read last Friday’s Guardian). his last album was a bit disappointing but everyone should own copies of Songs of Leonard Cohen and I’m Your Man. Shame his web designers are such… Continue reading Cohen At 70
Having It Both Ways
David Aaronovitch points out the inconsistancies in the recent outbreaks of sporting patriotism. A couple of weeks ago the Daily Mail was ranting about plans to enter a European team into the Olympics (“NOW EU BIDS TO HIJACK OLYMPIC GLORY”) but yesterday everyone was quite happy to cheer on the European golfing team as it… Continue reading Having It Both Ways
Singing The Blues
My favourite entry from the Singing the Blues exhibition at the Cartoon Gallery.