Well can we say about the month of April that hasn’t already been said? Hopefully the sun will be blazing, your hearts will be racing and the summer season will be off to a magic start. Hopefully. So if you’re braving the seafront in your Havana’s you’ll need a decent soundtrack. Let us provide. If you want to loud it has to be Stanton Warriors … Continue reading Wildblood & Queenie’s Wonders April 2011
I’ve been meaning to blog on the latest chapter in the history that is Carry On Pride In Brighton & Hove for a few days now. The press releases popping into my email have been greeted with rage then, sadly, a resigned huff as the dawning realisation hits that nowt looks like changing. As I sit here I have to ask myself can I really … Continue reading Pride before a fall…Carry on regardless
I have a nasty habit of getting too excited by my birthday. Planning too big. Crashing too hard. And so this year we kept the eighth low key (too low key in Arsenal’s case, bu that’s another story) and saved my dancing feet till the tenth and a gig I’ve been getting a wee too excited about for months. Hercules and Love Affair didn’t disappoint. … Continue reading Blue Songs + bumped up bass = a happy disco face! Hercules and Love Affair Digital Brighton 10.03.11
A woman walking through a street market selling bric-a-brac. Corry Bevington. 1960. Yesterday I was wowed and sidestepped into a state of wonder at the Museum of London’s Street Photography exhibition. Sepia stunners sat alongside framed present wonders thanks to photographers including Valentine Blanchard, Wolf Suschitzky, Corry Bevington, Lutz Dille and Margaret Monck. 1880’s photographs taken on the back of a horse and carriage rubbed … Continue reading Succumbing to shutter speeds: London Street Photography at Museum of London
I’m not gonna blow Melodica’s trumpet too much this week but to say my button was pressed by Coco’s bally-eric choice of The Beach Boys God Only Knows would be an understatement. For me its a kinda Xmas song – perfect with snow and kittens and baubles and the like but today, with the sun streaming through my window, it kinda fits. Again. No doubt … Continue reading Greatest tune ever made? God only knows
Sometimes your head gets fried. Sometimes you forget what a lucky bugger you are. Sometimes you forget to celebrate what you have. It can be tough somedays. It can get to you somedays. I may have been officially diagnosed as a ‘sensitive soul’ and life with a new condition with a odd name may be what I have ahead but I know what a truly … Continue reading What’s this Fibro-malarkey? Being diagnosed a sensitive soul
And so it arrives, our favourite month of the year. Warm earth, happy hearts and a soundtrack full of promise. March bounces into view and suddenly all is less chilly with the world. First up the disco explosive ‘Knights of The Playboy Mansion’ mixed by Dimitri From Paris & Bob Sinclar on Defected. A work of love from the lover boys this disco daze of … Continue reading Wildblood and Queenie’s March wonders – Dimitri, Chus, Penn, Ben Jamin, Art Department, Rick ‘The Godson’ Wilhite, Tensnake,
I’m a dark sod that doesn’t do horror, a Smiths fan that likes the sunshine, a cynic that clings onto hope. And I’m a Radiohead fan. Of course I am. From the moment Yorke sang Creep to me (and only to me) I was hooked. I find nothing more uplifting than a time spent with Karma Police or No Surprises. Paranoid Android has always been … Continue reading Patience is a virtue…7 days with Radiohead’s The King Of Limbs
There’s tune I reach for after a session with a certain Coma cat. Maxxi Sound System’s Criticize is Sam Watts and Neal Lewis‘s charmed retake on the Alexander O’Neal 1987 classic. And boy is it good. The boys rocked Audio when they supported Tensnake earlier this month and this cheeky yet respectful remix is a sweet reminder that Brighton is ahead of the homegrown game. … Continue reading Department of Records – Maxxi Soundsystem ‘Criticize’ Kojak Giant Sounds
Gotta love the past world a film track will take you to. Diving into Shane Meadows’ back catalogue due to a uni presentation, (check out No Romeo For Brass) I came across a slice of soundtrack that said so much more to me than coming of age. J.J. Cale’s After Midnight spoke to me of first love. A first love that promised much but delivered … Continue reading Soundtrack to a first love on unsteady feet.
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