Howdy doody,
Hello,
What's happening out there then? What are you all up to? I need DETAILS.
Off to visit the folks this weekend. Just got my train ticket. Except when they're packed, or I'm sat next to a nobhead, I really enjoy train journey's. It gives me the opportunity for a bit of reading, listening to albums I haven't heard in a while, bit of sketching. Anything like that really. Plus I'm always going to somewhere I really want to be when I head out by train. Manchester, Brighton, Nottingham (bear with me, it's who's there rather than the place) and such. Reading Michael Palin's diary at the mo. Excellent stuff.
Be sure to check out the RCA and Columbia label blogs today. There are a few artists featured on there. In fact, I should feature some here. So here we go:
The Beat Poets - Got in touch with me a while back and they are very busy boys. Have a listen to Post Pop War, has a teeth-grinding pogo anthemic quality. :-)
Lightningtype - Met one of them in a toilet at a gig. Wasn't pushing my wares, but whilst having a pee I was whinging about the band that was on, the state of the music industry, how Lion bars have gone crap/smaller and how I wanted to move to Canada. One of lightningtypes chaps contributed to my rant and subsquently got in touch. Luckily their music is pretty damn good. Listen to Pressure, Message Waiting and Poor You. Any band that has a lyric like "I like you like cannibals love people" is great in my book
Hansolo - Not a fan of the name, maybe I'm a starwars purist and want to hear refences in their music. Dispite the lack of Yoda quotes, I Could Be Wrong is a really decent track. I hear a Robert Smith quality to his voice which is probably what initally caught my ear.
So there you go, what you all listening to? This time tomorrow I will be stuffing my face full of bacon sarnies freshly prepared by my mum and heading off to Afflecks Palace. Will share the experience no doubt.
Keep the stuff coming in, it's getting really good. PM's an comments welcome as usual.x
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well..There is a lot going on this weekend. One thing is my birthday is tomorrow!! Normally my mom and I exchange gifts on this weekend, becuase Mothers Day in the States is this Sunday too. Since I'm in the UK, well it is hard to even find a card, becuase obviously mothers day is different here...anyway I did find one and sent it off. My son and I will be seeing Spiderman 3 tomorrow. And wife wants to take me to dinner on my b-day...so that should be good. We don't normally get to do things together because life is so hectic...I'm always doing music or work and she is getting her Remedial Massage diploma..to be credited over here.. I'm also waiting on a decision from Snowdog Records on what the next step is. They are releasing their artist Hannah who has been on BBC Radio London and Manchester lately...If they want to sign then I probably will take the deal just becuase there is such a good vibe and connection. If there isn't a deal yet, then thats ok, becuase I just keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully there will be a tipping point...my myspace hit over 10,000 friends between my two sites this week which is cool...I just keep building it.
sending out a couple tracks to some radio stations so looking for the feedback soon.
well, thats another Stock Update..so keep mashin..
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It's lucky you like train journeys. With the wonders of our privatised railways you'll be probably able to read Palin's diaries several times over and listen to every track on this blog twice...
IB , I posted an "open letter" to The Glitch on my page. -Some words were exchanged, and a big misunderstanding took place. Hopefully, they will come and read this posting.
Hope your visit to your "mum" was enjoyable! -Sounds like you're having fun!
TTYL!