A TRAVESTY....

Current mood: COMPOSED
Category: COMPOSED Music

So, I did that 5 most important songs thing a few days ago and as i was writing up my reasons, I realised i'd left off one very important one...

It's strange how time and vast quantities of booze and pot erase ones memory...

Anyway, this evening I stumbled upon the video to the self same song and realised this was probably the most important song of my life..

I first saw this video and then got into this band, and since then I've never once seen this vid again, though i know the track back to front and inside out...

'You Can't Bring Me Down'
By Suicidal Tendencies.

This was a hugely important song for me between the ages of 16 and 19. At that time, I was getting thrown about on construction sites and spending time in police cells and this was the song in my head helping me to deal with what was something a good Methodist boy was far from used too.....

It's also a true megalomaniacs charter

So here we go - the real number 1 track for the young Giovanni

'You Can't Bring Me Down'
By Suicidal Tendencies

Just cause you don't understand what's going on
...don't mean it don't make no sense
And just cause you don't like it,...don't mean it aint no good

And let me tell you something

Before you go taking a walk in my world,
...you better take a look at the real world
Cause this aint no Mr. Rogers Neighborhood

Can you say "feel like shit?"
Yea maybe sometimes I do feel like shit
I aint happy about it, but I'd rather feel like shit
...than be full of shit!

And if I offended you, Oh I'm sorry
But, maybe you needed to be offended
But here's my apology and one more thing...Fuck you!

Cause you can't bring me down
Bring me down - you can't bring me down!
Bring me down - you can't bring me down, no!
Bring me down - you can't bring me down!
Bring me down - you can't bring me down, you can't bring me
down!

I think it explains a lot...

Currently listening : Lights...Camera...Revolution! By Suicidal Tendencies Release date: By 15 June, 1990

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	Eric EXiT	Wicked awesome. Y'know its kind of amazing that I always loved the self-titled album so much that I never picked up LCR. Clearly that will have to be remedied. My own personal punk rock break-through/ break-out album was Dead Kennedys "Give Me Convenience..." That first Suicidal album was right in there too though, thanks for reminding me (and reminding me to get LCR.") Fight the power. -E Posted by Eric EXiT on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 00:08 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	I was listening to the first album tonight because i found i didn't have LCR????? ST is another great record... And what a brilliant title LIGHTS CAMERA REVOLUTION is.... Perfect for how things are now, except maybe it should be LIGHTS. MAKEUP, LIGHTS. MAKEUP, CAMERA, PAUSE, MORE MAKE UP, MORE FUCKING MAKE UP!!!, BOOB JOB, SMILE!!!!!!!!!!!!! REVOLUTION - (when the commercials are on).... I'm downloading it now... I don't know too much of the Dead Kens, I'll get some of that downloaded too.... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 00:18 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Eric EXiT	Wicked awesome. Y'know its kind of amazing that I always loved the self-titled album so much that I never picked up LCR. Clearly that will have to be remedied. My own personal punk rock break-through/ break-out album was Dead Kennedys "Give Me Convenience..." That first Suicidal album was right in there too though, thanks for reminding me (and reminding me to get LCR.") Fight the power. -E Posted by Eric EXiT on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 00:09 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	Ditto... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 00:41 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	LeDou©he™	"Who the hell you calling crazy? You wouldn't know what crazy was if Charles Manson ...was eating Fruit Loops on your front porch" i had this on tape at least 10 times. gone are the days of listening to an album so much that it gets worn out . it's also funny because i've been rocking out ST's 1st record. what an underrated band. their punk was very punk and their metal, very metal. Posted by LeDou©he™ on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 16:34 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	A classic band featuring some of the best lyrics to ever come out of such heavy sounds.. I think they danced nicely inbetween genres. They were never clearly one thing or another and I loved the way Mr Muir never gave a flying fuck about who he annoyed... All of their LPs have their merits, but my favourites would be LCR, Suicidal Tendencies & The Art Of Rebellion.. Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 19:35 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	piratepods	u gOOd...v. gOOd Posted by piratepods on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 19:25 [Remove] [Reply to this]

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yES, YOU'RE RIGHT... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 16:59 [Remove] [Reply to this]

ALBUM REVIEW :: DEADBEAT - JOURNEYMAN'S ANNUAL

Current mood: OILY SWUM
Category: OILY SWUM Music



As far as i understand it, the freshly created genre of Dubstep classifies a certain slow beat, bass heavy, plodding style of music that descends from Dub Reggae and Two Step..

Another way to describe it would be, that if Drum & Bass is Reggae and Dub speeded up, then Dubstep is Dub and Reggae slowed down.

Now perhaps I'm loosing my electro zeitgeist edge at the princely age of 32, but Dubstep isn't a genre that's grabbed me as of yet. In fact to be brutally honest, I find Reggae/Dub to be slow enough without any further decrease in the BPM being required...

I was therefore slightly nervous about this LP by Deadbeat. Indeed, looking and trying to second guess it's contents, I wondered if I wasn't in for a piece of music that would lead to a review characterised by my very best negative thoughts on the ills of dubstep and heavy hard dream drugs....

Well, I'm pleased to report that this hasn't been the case and that I've been very pleasantly surprised to find Journeyman's Annual to be an excellent record.

So what are we talking here??

We're talking HEAVY HEAVY production. Yes boss, this LP is denser and thicker than a rainforest half way up the Amazon, and rather remarkably it's almost as beautiful.

Yes boss, this record is like a swimming pool of thick and deep black water that swings and sways, and once the bass heavy rhythms kick in, with all the swagger of a iron ball smashing into a condemned building, I find I want to dive right on in to this pool with absolutely no regard for my own personal safety, to be completely and utterly absorbed by the thick fucking BASS...

Make no mistake, this is a record that's been made by a deep lover of sound - The kind of man who thinks nothing of standing right in front of the speakers for hours on end in order to properly absorb and understand what's going on.

But, it's not just the heavy and deep production I like with this LP, it's also the sounds used in it's particulars.

Secondo me, too much later day dub and reggae has been constructed using naff synthesized immitation sounds that have followed identikit rhythms to those created 35 years ago by the likes of Tubby & Perry.

This isn't the case here. Indeed, though this LP could be accused of using some signature dub sounds, more noticeable is that there's a definite and real attention to detail on each and every noise featured and then again on how they all sit together...

If I were to have a complaint with it at all, it would be, that as with the Trentemoller LP The Last Resort, some of the guest vocalists aren't quite as strong as the sounds on top of which they talk.

So..

Perhaps the adoration I have for this LP is the start of my conversion to a dubstep disciple??

More likely is that it says this record isn't really dubstep at all. It's a kind of Dub for the computer age with elements of normal paced dub, hints of dubstep, nods to African Polyrhthms, tribal beats, and a similar production style not disimilar to Trentemoller's.

In short, Journeyman's Annual is a splendidly solid, firm and well built record and having heard it, my main concern is in donning my favourite pair of speedos, pulling down my goggles and diving into it's layers on a proper big soundsystem...


Currently listening :
Journeyman's Annual
By Deadbeat
Release date: By 10 July, 2007

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MEMORIES OF GLASTONBURY

Current mood: LONGING
Category: LONGING Music

It's that time of year again - the time when i pretend I'm happy not to be wallowing in the mud in a forgotten haze in a field in Somerset surrounded by more drugged up freaks than is possible anywhere else on the planet..

Yes boss, I love Glastonbury.

For my sins, I've not been since 2000, but Glastonbury stalks you. Each of the years since 2000, I've tried to ignore it and convince myself I'm right to be at home. I convince myself I don't want to be there anyway - that it doesn't matter....
But sooner or later it finds it's way into my thoughts and I find myself pining to be wandering and looking and spinning away...

I've been five times in total, all between 1993 and 2000. I jumped the fence each and everytime. I've never felt bad about that, in fact it was always part of the challenge. The rush once you're over and IN is fantastic!! You look up and find 4 days of complete and open hedonism ahead, with some of the greatest music acts as company, and you land and run and RUN!!!!

The first time I had no idea about anything. I'd been brought up in the type of vacuum that denied me knowledge of such things. I turned up with no money and divided my time between working on a 'roads protest stall' and wandering around stone cold sober with no idea as to how to enjoy myself...

I didn't see many bands. I remember Porno For Pyros with topless dancers, The Black Crowes, Wynton Marsallis and the Glastonbury Town band on the last day - that's it. I also remember the weather was proper hot and sunny...

I missed the next years, instead opting for Reading.

Reading is and was shit - it's a completely different atmosphere and a much more cynical attempt at making money. I saw plenty of music, but don't remember too much of it other than a very average Hank Rollins, and Ice Cube turning the whole thing around...

I then did Glastafairyland 4 further times in the mid to late nineties and it's impossible to separate them. Some were very wet and some OK. I saw a blinding set by Femi Kuti, the worst Spiritualized gig I've ever seen. A fantastic version of Pumpkin by Tricky, The Aphex Twin and his big teddies...I sold a shit load of hash and always came back loaded with peoples rejects and leftovers....

I've not been for 7 years for no other reason than it's become close to impossible to jump the fence and i really can't be fucked with spending 9 hours on the phone with my photo ID ready to buy an oh-so precious ticket...

It's only a festival - there are plenty of other ways to have fun...

But I love it. And one thing I've never liked, is the people who go for a few years then don't want to anymore and like to bad mouth about it having 'SOLD OUT!!'

So, yesterday or the day before, I decided I'm going next time. Next year or in two years if that's what it is. The return is long overdue...

Of course, I have no intention of paying and I guess my blag will have to be a little more clever than simply turning up and jumping. I think VIP access all areas is what I need. I want to see another and the other side..

Meanwhile Farmer Eavis joins my heroes list and I wish I was there....

Currently listening : Sparkle By Aretha Franklin Release date: By 03 July, 2006

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	Eugene Machine	I miss it too!!! Robin Posted by Eugene Machine on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 01:19 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	MOG	I was aiming to go this year but looking at the pictures of the Mud I'm Kinda glad I didn't get tickets. I've been when The weathers good (95)) and it was great. I've been twice (97 98) when It's been really muddy and I really didn't enjoy it although I tried. In 99 just went up on a sunday eve walked straight in watched Cornelius and Mogwai who where both mindblowing then went back home. Nice! Posted by MOG on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 08:17 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	Yeah, I almost added I only wanted to go again if it was sunny... That said, I've always had a whale of a time in the mud - you just think 'FUCK THIS!' and become even more determined to get plastered and block it out.... I reckon the answer here is to move the festival to August or July. I know the purists will warble on about the Summer Solstice etc, but i think we can forget Galstos hippy side. What's more people will respect nature a hell of a lot more if they have a sunny glastonbury... Of course August doesn't guarantee sun, but the odds would surely be better... Oh, and can I propose that the photo ID passes of those who leave before say 6pm Sunday are confiscated and those people are given a lifetime ban?? It pisses me to read about people who turn up, see it's raining and go home. I mean are you surprised it's fucking raining??? Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 08:34 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Elizabeth	i've never been. in 2005, my ex-boyfriend went and i had to go to a wedding in the middle of nowhere in gloucester. i felt like i could hear the music and i resented my friend so much getting married on that day. but the boy existed on pills, coke, vodka and no sleep for four days, and knowing my monstrous nature i probably would have lost the plot after a few hours and spent the whole experience in blackout. oh, i do have a good book on memories of glastonbury. and i want to come with you next time. Posted by Elizabeth on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 20:23 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	they came from the stars, i saw them	if the stars are still functioning this time next year, we'll be playing on a much bigger stage and have a proper guestie, so you can copter in wi' us if you like x p.s. it's a bit subdued. all the freaks have left and there's precious little spontaneity like pre 500 mile security zone days...having said that, it's still fucking great. Posted by they came from the stars, i saw them on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 19:00 [Remove] [Reply to this]

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Yes excellent idea. Get me on that list!!! If nothing else it will guarantee the return of one freak... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 19:11 [Remove] [Reply to this]

THE RETURN OF THE STOOGES

Current mood: BOORISH
Category: BOORISH Music

So,..,

I think I lost a subscriber on the basis of my unkind words about The Stooges a few days back. The young man in question had only subscribed a few days prior to unsubscribing and today he's bulletined this with the title of 'The best thing I've ever seen on TV'...

So, I'm gonna choose my words carefully here - not for fear of loosing more subscribers or being wrong, but because of the respect I have for Iggy Pop..

Basically, I don't mind if Iggy wants to keep doing it, I'm not listening or buying it - at least not whilst he's with The Stooges, but if they say they're playing, they're obviously playing and i'm nothing on Iggy and should shut my damn mouth.....

Thing is, I can't help but wonder if part of the reason they've returned to performing is because they know that even though they're old and a little tired (Iggy excepted) they can still wipe the floor with the rock bands of today without breaking any serious sweat...

I mean this isn't a great performance - The drumming is slugish and the sight of middle aged men rocking out is always a little unsettling (Iggy discounted - as always - he looks to be about 23)

But I have to hand it to The Stooges. With this performance, they've looked more menacing, threatening and dangerous than any of the other current crop of 'rock bands' that currently bore me to tears on an all too regular basis..

The Fratellis, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, The Monkeys, Oasis, Snow Patrol...

You see, rebel rock bands in their fifties/sixties shouldn't be able to come back. There shouldn't be room for them. The young pups should be so nasty, voracious and uncharitable that the likes of The Stooges and The Pixies shouldn't even dare try their luck....

But todays bands are no threat, and I reckon Iggy and the boys have taken a good look around and thought 'What a load of fucking shit, we can still do better than that!!!' and they can...

So, in short, the 'successful' return of The Stooges perfectly highlights the current crowd of pretenders as the pussy assed, career rebel, soft shit, wet fucks that they are...

Currently listening : Twang By 12 Stone Toddler Release date: By 01 May, 2007

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	Paloma Pirate	Picking on some old men now? I saw the pixies in 2005 and they rocked way harder than the likes of the bands who opened for them. I agree with you on one point, that "there shouldn't be room for them" Unfortunately and fortunately for them, there is. Posted by Paloma Pirate on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 14:08 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	Old men, Toddlers, Monkeys, Women, Italians - you name it, I'll take a swipe sooner or later... Maybe the times have changed and there can't be bands with attitude now??? Thing is I've found a few with spunk who are struggling to breathe because the music business is blind... I blame the catatonic influence of marketing and PR departments staffed by people who don't know innovative music from a fucking apple... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 14:15 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	well, as those of us who love music continue to point out, the biz is run by bankers and insurance companies, and rarely anyone who loves music. oh my god!: is music dead? first it was god...then it was punk...now music as a whole?? Posted by Paloma Pirate on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 16:08 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	No, I'm sure music isn't dead.....There's loads going on and anyone who puts in the hours can find the good stuff no probs.. God and Punk are however dead... I reckon we delude ourselves that the music business is about or ever has been about talent.. I think people on the whole are a lot thicker than they were in the past, so it's easy for the masses to be duped into acts like The Arctic Monkeys and Oasis and other Beatles covers bands.. I mean, there's no way in hell a Jimi Hendrix would get on 'Top of the Pops' or a John Cage would get on that talent show as in the vid of a few weeks ago, in todays X Factor climate... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 16:16 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	flappy poontours	punk is dad. Posted by flappy poontours on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 05:30 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	It always has been... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 10:05 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	flappy poontours	punk is papa. Posted by flappy poontours on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 18:53 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	(not a groupie)	Here's what turned me off of The Stooges (via The Henry Rollins Show), like you Paul I have the respect but lack the enthusiasm, (1) Iggy wore red tie-string pajama pants so I saw his junk swinging about and you really can't deny how old that junk is, (2) the bass player, I think anyway it was so unmemorable, looked as though he desperately needed an IV drip feed, and (3) the guitarist, again I think, talked the most and tried to rock out the most, but he's too brain dead from all the drugs and flashbacks. Basically, it's Iggy's junk and a bunch of nerds. Wtf? Shouldn't he be doing retirement commercials like Dennis Hopper. Oh, wait, Lust For Life is on the Carnival cruise commercials ... to sucker the youth out of our elders. Wah. Posted by (not a groupie) on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 17:15 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	I'd like to see the Hank Rollins Show. I used to have a lot of time for Hank when I was young and ANGRY!!! The thought of Iggys Junk swinging amidst red jim jams has given me plenty to think about this evening... I think the thing that disappoints me the most with the Stooges reforming is that I really liked alot of Iggys solo material including that last rather heavy LP... It seems like a step back to be turning up on The Jonathon Ross show and performing 'Dog' to a whole bunch of people who couldn't give a flying fuck.... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 17:55 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Colossus	I hear what u guys are saying but i honestly think that Iggy's life is on big party. Every avenue just another room to goof off in. He doesn't think. Hejust DOES. Thats what facsinated Bowie...thats what facsinates me. Iggy is a big child bringing out the child in us...I say fuck it! Let him o his thing way into his 80's...as long as he is genuinely enjoying it then others will to. Thats what i can't stand about some bands today. YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO A ROBERT JOHNSON AN SELL YOUR SOUL FOR THIS THING. If the masses can hear it in your voice and see IT in your eyes then you CAN be a middleaged man looking crazed. THE MASSES WANT A MUSICAL MESSIAH DAMN IT! Spider and the gang x x x x P.S Snow Patrol are NICE...they don't pretend to be anything else...just wish companies would sign stuff other than NICE. COLOSSUS LOVE GREAT. Elevator music and drive time radio can stick NICE up an old grannies A hole....rant over. Posted by Colossus on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 18:39 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	You're right - Iggy is instinctive. The Stooges are right for him now and he's doing it and i'm sure he couldn't give a flying fuck about what anyone else says and why should he??? It still doesn't work for me, but who cares??? It's working for plenty of others... We damn as hell need a few more of his sort around to ruffle feathers and scream in faces and the more I see and hear about you boys the more I beleive we'll get 'em before too very long... Snow Patrol are boring fucking dirge as far as I'm concerned. I'm sure they're lovely sweet boys, but they make music for poeple who don't like music and I like MUSIC!!! Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 19:03 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Ms. De Vill	All this isn't really my cup of tea, as you know....but much praise for the last sentence. What really got me is the intro....why would you ever care for some 5 year old (can't really be anything else, can he?!?) who runs crying to Mummy as soon as you touch his toy???? Posted by Ms. De Vill on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 00:45 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	I don't care at all. I was just looking for a good way into the piece...:) I prefer people to get arsey verbally rather than to sneak off silently like I normally do... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 08:38 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Hijackalope	i have a song called punk rock retirement home i goes a little something like this: "Knew Sid Viscious of the Sex Pistols Can't get regular with Metamucil" Posted by Hijackalope on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 00:46 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	Is there a verse about Iggy Pop??? The thing I always find wierd about Punk is that it's this facade of hating and not caring about being loved, but punkers tend to need their adoration even more than non punker artistes... Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 08:41 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Evil Bite of Mistress Claudia™	yeah baby...klaxons? one album wonders, can't play for toffee...Iggy? started off a bit lame but got better as the gig wore on, and the bassist was practically screwing the amp which was quite funny to watch. Still, as you said...better than many and it was good to see the crowd anarchy thing freaking out the security. Anyone who can tell me why Iggy said everything twice gets a tongue kiss...love and licks ~MC~ xox Posted by The Evil Bite of Mistress Claudia™ on Monday, June 25, 2007 at 22:18 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	paulzon	"Anyone who can tell me why Iggy said everything twice gets a tongue kiss" That's one of the first signs of dementia. Posted by paulzon on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 20:34 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	they came from the stars, i saw them	you were at the wrong stage baby x Posted by they came from the stars, i saw them on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 18:56 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope	So, I'm assuming The Stars laid waste to both The Stooges and the Arctic Monkeys?!? Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 20:02 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	paulzon	"Iggy discounted - as always - he looks to be about 23" What were you on that night? from where I was standing he looked older than Mick Jagger and Keith Richards after a particularly rough night. Posted by paulzon on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 20:24 [Remove] [Reply to this]

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Years ago when i was working in a nightclub, the shift finished and the staff were all watching highlights of a Festival... A girl who i fancied at the time, looked up at the screaming Iggy and said. 'God, he looks awful. Imagine looking like that when you're middle aged?!' I was astonished and astounded. I mean if i look thin, muscley, sinewy and am able to jump around with that kind of energy at age 50 odd, I will be very happy indeed... I mean sure he's a touch wrinkled, but phsically and soulwise he's younger than I am at 32.. Anyway, I said nothing (as per usual), glared at the girl in question and immediately went off her.. Posted by Paul GIOVANNI 3RD a.k.a The Pop Pope on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 20:37 [Remove] [Reply to this]

5 EXCELLENT REMIXES / COVER VERSIONS

Current mood: COVERED
Category: COVERED Music

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love a good cover version and on the few occasions a remix is executed well - well - it can be a liberation...

So here with go with not my top 5, but 5 I like a great deal....

Most of these are pretty scarce, and I'm imagining most won't mean much to most of you. By clicking the titles you can hear more

1. TAKE ME OUT - BY FRANZ FERDINAND REMIXED BY DAFT PUNK

I've got history with Franz Ferdinand from when I was in that first house at the top of Fashion Street on Brick Lane. Basically the best friend of one of my housemates was being a groupie and trying to marry a rockstar. She succeded. She's married to the drummer of Franz Ferdinand and in the months before they were signed by Domino we saw a bit of Paul and occasionally the other band members..

I can't say I'm a fan. I saw a very early gig in an Arts Centre on Commercial St and was unimpressed. I remember giving the Bass player a 'YOU'LL NEVER MAKE IT!!!' look as he deposited a handful of badges on the table...

On another occasion, Drummer Paul was sitting in our kitchen going on about how Britain needed a new British Band!! I was concentrating on frying the eggs and wasn't particularly impressed by his speach. In fact if I had a tenner for each time I heard that said in my kitchen I'd be very rich indeed..

Well shit, as is obvious, they both proved me to be a fool and I can't help but begrudge them their success. Much like the Arctic Monkeys, I felt FF were universally feted without doing too much to warrant it. I mean in their peak they were loitering in corridors with Paul McCartney, Kanye West and Bowie and if a biography is to be believed front man Alex was throwing Kate Moss out of his dressing room because he wanted to 'work'

It was a strange house for rhythm sections was that one. A girl who for some months slept on the floor and in the corridor is now married to the drummer of The Magic Numbers..

My ex-wife tells me that drummers have huge cocks - she should know..

Anyway, I find this remix completely and utterly exhilirating. It's very simple, but superbly executed and always brings a huge smile to my normally sad face...


2. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD - SUNG BY MIKE REID

Yep. This is Mike Reid aka Frank Butcher from Eastenders. This would be one of my favourite songs of all time and I have many versions of it. This is the one that makes me smile the most...


3. RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD - VERSION P DOWNSIZER

After resisting the temptation on my other top 5s to include any of my own 'work' I've thrown the boat out this time and included 2 on this one...

The first is this version of Raindrops. Sums it up completely as far as I'm concerned...


4. HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME - PERFORMED BY THE CLUB RICHEY ALLSTARS

This was the easiest track I've ever made. I pressed record and stop and The Club Richey Allstars did the rest.


5. COMFORTABLY NUMB - THE SCISSOR SISTERS

You must know this one. It took me a while to work out what this was, but when i did, I whooped with complete delight...

Currently listening : Sound of Silver By LCD Soundsystem Release date: By 20 March, 2007

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	michelle	it's true. they do. i think if you have a gigantic cock you are forced to play the drums. it's like a third drumstick. Posted by michelle on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 19:11 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	You really are a charmer aren't you??? Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 19:32 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	michelle	i charmed your pants off once or twice... Posted by michelle on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 20:09 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	That's not hard... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 20:28 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	michelle	you're right... it wasn't. Posted by michelle on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 20:34 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	piratepods	when paloma and mJ come over for their stay at the givannie hotel...ask them to sing you a few covers...you will be amazed...these 2 are going to rock it BIG time. Posted by piratepods on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 22:25 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	OK....You can sing, but only in harmonies.... Untuneful or discordant shouting will not be permitted! Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 23:18 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	i am not responsible for any comments that those piratepods post!! Posted by Paloma Pirate on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 03:06 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	You're the boss...You should be ruling with an iron fist!!!! Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 08:35 [Remove] [Reply to this]

michelle

oh- and you forgot "heartbeats" by jose gonzales, originally by the knife.... or is it the other way around? either way- both songs are excellent. Posted by michelle on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 18:55 [Remove] [Reply to this]

THIS WEEKS HITS :: WEEK ENDLING JUNE 22ND 2007

Current mood: MORED
Category: MORED Music

2 days late, but here we are once again with this weeks hits...

Those of you who've been here before will know that these picks have nothing to do with time and release dates. They simply refer to the music I've found and been enjoying this last little while..

So, lets start with the new


THE NEW

The first act are Colossus...

I'm more or less certain this band will polarise opinon. We're talking hard edged rock with a vocal delivery that's close to unique. Frontman John 'Spider Fingers' Clay informs me they have 30 LPs of material, 6 of which are recorded...The very least i predict for this band is a big and very dedicated cult following.

Clinker are interesting as are The Kazoo Funk Orchestra in fact this second lot are VERY interesting...

As I've said before, my ex-wifes taste tends to lean towards the anglophonic, but Ferraby Lionheart is American and I like his songs a great deal..

Lastly, you know I rattle on about they came from the stars i saw them most weeks. This week, why not check out bass player Sculptures new remix page..


THE STAPLES

The Art Of Noise (quite possibly the most underated and important band of the late 80s) have been taking up a lot of my time this last week. That much of their material still sounds fresh today says it all...

Herbie Hancock - In particular the LP Lit Me Up

Philip Glass still impresses me everytime either with the beauty or because his music has the ability to send one mad ...

Diana Ross

The Gossip appear to be musically one dimensional and completely uninteresting, though I love the attitude and guts of Beth Ditto

Is Whitney Houston ever gonna comeback??

Detroit Grand Pubahs



LIVE

I've covered the two gigs I saw this last week with their own pieces in this ere blog. There is therefore not a hell of a lot to add..

I don't have any LIVE plans this week, so if you know where I should be going message me..


AND THAT WILL BE THAT...

Currently listening : In No Sense? Nonsense! By The Art of Noise Release date: By 01 January, 1987

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	Paloma Pirate	Julian Velard, who I interviewed a while back, will be in London next month. I have never seen him live but enjoy his recorded stuff... http://www.myspace.com/julianvelard You'll probably hate him, but then again you might like his piano pop...i just think he's cute because he has curly hair and is very New York. oh, and your kazoo funk orchestra link is bad (who's your editor? you should shout at them!!) Posted by Paloma Pirate on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 16:01 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Why is curly hair cute?? Why do curly haired rockstars = love magnet?? Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 19:29 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	what? it is just a law of nature. because it is messy and it just looks hot. i also like to run my fingers through it (or at least daydream about running my fingers through it) Posted by Paloma Pirate on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 20:00 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	OI EDITOR!!!! I'VE FIXED THE FUCKING LINK!!!! Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 19:28 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	michelle	yes... ferraby is amazing- he is one poetic fucker, let me tell you. i've had the privelege of seeing him live multiple times & he has never let me down. Posted by michelle on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 19:08 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Does he have any English Ancestry?? Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 19:30 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Clinker	Thanks for the big up! Respect to you Pete Posted by Clinker on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 19:39 [Remove] [Reply to this]

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God I'm POPULAR and loved by millions!!!!! Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 19:46 [Remove] [Reply to this]

ART REVIEW :::: KATE MARSHALL - DIRTY PRETTY PAINTINGS

Current mood: GLASS
Category: GLASS Art and Photography

Right...

I can't talk about music all day everyday, and because I've seen an art show, tonight I'm gonna write about that instead.

So, I would have to admit in the first instance that I'm not a big fan of art. I love pictures and visual displays, but in general I find the artworld to be mostly full of shit. I don't like the way it's set up. I don't like the original being the one and only, and I hate the elitism and stupid money banality of what art has become...

I do however love to wander around art galleries and look at both the occasional piece of good art and the people - people meaning mostly the women.

Perhaps I have some kind of arty girl fetish, but i swear the women in galleries are never less than stunning. Art lovers have so much finesse, and dress and poise, colour, and intelligence - a vacancy and a concentration that's hugely attractive.

Yes boss, I remember going to the Tate gallery in the first month I was in London almost 5 years ago to the day and thinking if i can just find a way to swan around art galleries all day long and think great thoughts whilst following beautiful women i will have succeded in London..

I didn't think it possible to avoid full time work and do this, but i've more or less managed it and each time i take in art I tend to get overwhelmed.


Anyway, I found out about this show via a flyer ina coffee shop on the other side of town. The coffee shop (that'll remain nameless), is run by a Southern Italian with a strange look in his eye. It's a cold light blue look that says KILLER..

Yes, if there was ever a man who made me believe he's killed a man or several men it's this guy. Of course he more than likely hasn't, but a few long lost mafioso have turned up around those parts of late and i wouldn't be at all surprised if Mr Coffee is another one hiding out, waiting for the dust to settle before returning to the old country to resume his rounds..

Nevermind that anyway...this was the show - well some of it...


Dirty Pretty Paintings
The Premier London Solo Show of Kate Marshall, BA Hons Fine Art

Favouring acrylic and charcoal on board, Kate's primarily figurative work "flirts between painting and drawing". Her self-consciously decorative pieces address the ironies and contradictions of "high" and "low" art and depictions of the sexualized female image in popular culture, in particular the fetishization of the twee and the increasing kitsch value of pornography. Her inspiration comes from images of women "culled from a glossy magazine, a fairy tale, historic art and literature, trash culture, ancient myth and coffee table erotica." The evening of Thursday 21st June will be interspersed with live art performances in a peepshow style 'exhibitionism' booth.

Overall, I would have to say I liked it...

It was sexy, it was cheerful. There was none of the seriousness which begrudges so much art of these days. It was light and bright, feminine and happy.

But all this so, I couldn't help but feel I needed more - more depth and strength and more work on show than there was. And when the artist (looking stunningly beautiful in a red and black dress) knocked off a LIVE picture in aroundabout 20 minutes which was more elaborate than what was on display for £2500 I felt this even more..

No matter what clever pretext you put to it, a sketch is a sketch is a sketch. Artists have always done sketches and now it seems a collection of sketches is enough to make a money spinning show...

I know this was the stated point ("flirts between painting and drawing"), but I took all these images in, in next to no time and then concentrated on the free beer and watching the folk and the wind and the industrial estate out of the window...

Well, the wind was lively, the industrial estate quiet and the crowd your usual art crowd: Beautiful misfit girls, neat and clever looking boys and moneyed buyers hot in from a hard days figure fucking in the city.

I should imagine some of the later came with a whole bunch of hot cash and no real idea other than that art is a good and fashionable place to invest just now and sexy pictures look good on a wall...

Furthermore, I'm sure some went home with lighter pockets than they arrived with and good on Kate for relieving them of it to fund her Devonshire idyll. If it works then why not do it and fuck the critics.

So, there we go...

ART


http://www.degreeart.com/newsite/artist.php?id=130

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	Paloma Pirate	So you are going to love going to galleries with me and maryJane when we are in London. We are oh so artsy and intend to see some real, hardcore, art...:) Posted by Paloma Pirate on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 01:14 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Oh yes...I'll be leading from the front on that one... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 01:17 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Ms. De Vill	What is Art? And how do we determine the value of a piece of art? Very important questions that should not be forgotten if wandering around art galleries. With no offence to the artist, but since her art has failed to educate the viewer in every/any artistic manner, I do not think this adventure of yours was of any benefit to you. Just like music, art has to touch you, and it's got to reach to that 'personal' we talked about before. You will know you've seen Art when you stumble upon a piece that doesn't want to get out of your head. The art of Art is in the ability of an artist to reach out to people. Or let me make it less confusing: "We all can dance when we find music that we love." Posted by Ms. De Vill on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 01:31 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Yes...I found this all a bit too disposable. It had an erotic edge, but i felt it lacked power. I find most gallery art lacks power. The whole business is too contrived and feeble. Accidental art has much more strength these days.. Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 01:36 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Ms. De Vill	'Art is the disruption and recomposition of a harmony and therefore resides in the process itself and not in anyone's intentions' - V. Paldini There is nothing easier than going around pretending/hoping/wishing to be the next Fine Artist....let me make that Fine Artiste....it makes me really mad when I see how people will WASTE time pretending to be something they are not. Yes, a sketch is just a sketch if you fail to find anything else in it. But isn't it like everything these days? So many people seem to think they can write (I am not going to mention any names!), but when I read their pieces I am no smarter and I have not be made to think about anything. Not only are they wasting their time, but also mine. I prefer to keep it real myself, and work towards something that will hopefully make a difference to someone's life....I wonder how many fresh-out-of-college fine artists think about that. Don't mean to be evil.....just wish people would take more responsibility for what they do. Posted by Ms. De Vill on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 10:47 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	:) i could easily be one of those writers you refer to (though i'm not going to be so full of myself that i think i am). i never intend to make anyone smarter...just hope i can maybe tell a story or string some words together in an aesthetic way and i don't know if the world is any better or worse because of that. really, i write shit because i enjoy it and it makes me happ (it sounds so selfish when i put it this way) my blog here is just me playing around with very little effort...i really don't care if anyone reads it or not. pg: you should give up on music and write about art. That's where its at! Posted by Paloma Pirate on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 17:26 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Ms. De Vill	I am yet to go and read something of yours...but I doubt it- if you have enough honesty to come and write this, then I'm sure it's all just peachy:) Don't ever take me so seriously.....I never do!! Ew....PG just wanted some tough love!! Anything you write that has been reserached well can educate somebody....even if it's shit. Doesn't shit fall under the General Knowledge category?? ;) Posted by Ms. De Vill on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 00:54 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Yes, there are a lot of very average writers about - most of them in fact, but god only lets us have a few proper good ones per era.. I'm purely writing for pleasure and training at this point in time. I'm certainly not trying to do anything profound - That'll bleed out of me at some as yet undisclosed point in the future... I would say that the quest for endless profundity and depth whether it be in public or private is simply wanking and the art produced as a result is generally cold... Philosophy is chewing - it's not complete.. The profound finds you and not the other way around... The bottom line is that most artists/writers/musicians etc are thinking about a career and making money so they can do what they love to do, pay the bills, keep their partner quiet, and be adorred and admired for their wonderful contribution... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 12:05 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Ms. De Vill	We are all here to make some money! But taking a shit and putting a price tag on it isn't actually art..... Oh, and I wasn't talking about your writing...:) Posted by Ms. De Vill on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 12:27 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	As with anything the quality comes through in the long run.. We can all try and get away with producing inferior or poor work, but PR doesn't last long and shit gets found out over the course of time.. Myspace is loaded with shit bands who have 100,000 'friends' but they're still shit.. So would you say my writing as appears here? Has it made you smarter?? I was hoping I was getting some tough critique there!! People are being too nice!! Feel free to put the boot in if my work deserves it, or even just for the sake of a fight - that goes for everyone!! Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 12:45 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Ms. De Vill	uh....he wants some tough love now.... I have to say that this particular format (Myspace blog) is something I consider as taking a piss at most times. Or to make it even worse....I simply get bored after a while, so I don't come back. And yes, I am generalizing. I haven't read all of your entries, but what I have has not made me smarter. This particular subject you pursue isn't something that I ever tend to read about anyway...I know what I like (and we talked about this) and it's free from any prejudice. I also tend not to care about other's opinion in this matter. Shoot me. Not arrogant....I like to think I am just too busy normally (and now I am ill and in bed). So... In this crazy old world, you'd probably make yourself rich & famous if you were writing about those famous for being famous.... Posted by Ms. De Vill on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 13:05 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	I agree, blogs in general are very disposable and only really good for training and general fitness.. I objected to them on principle for a long time on the basis that if you're writing a diary it should be personal and private (at least until after your death) and if you're writing professionally you should send it out... Blogs sit in between the two... Alot of people read for a few days or weeks and then disappear - i assume they get bored... You have to keep them moving and try and bring in new people to a myspace page and/or blog or else it stagnates like my nuclear one has... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 13:24 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Ms. De Vill	Sorry, but that link seems to be dead. Keeping people interested and coming back is art, and a full-time job. And like with everything else- reserach is vital; you have to know your audience. There is no point in what you do if you constantly do the same thing and keep losing your readers and keep bringing in new ones....you need a loyal cohort, who will then spread the word. We all see so many neat and well written articles every day...we all read all these blogs when bored....but what really counts is a piece that will make you want to tell your friend about it....I think. Also, something new!! Give me something new, inspiring, though-provoking and controversial, but well researched to read, and I will be back for more. Amuse, question, inform....educate...make people want to get involved.... How's that for tough love? :) Posted by Ms. De Vill on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 15:10 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Very Good :+) I certainly have a tough core of readers of this blog who read most of the posts. At the moment this would probably be in the region of 50-75 of the 100 subscribers... I'm averaging aroundabout 150-200 reads per day this last 3 weeks and average roughly 6 comments per entry (this particular entry is headed for a personal best - maybe i should write more art).. The rest come and go... I pull off the odd brilliant, courageous and outrageous piece and i keep things pretty varried, but i still have a lot to learn without any question... I wont be satisfied till this is the top ranking blog... The link should have been http://www.myspace.com/48days Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 15:23 [Remove]

	MollyCoddle	Nice enough sketches - but it's only on a par with what you'd see in A Level life-drawing classes up and down the country. Maybe her parents, or a gay uncle, knew the 'right people.' I'm more moved by that socks and sandals combo. Posted by MollyCoddle on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 01:48 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	As I understand it, Tracey Emins show at the Venice Bienale is mostly sketches... One of the things I find hard with art is undertsanding why you can have 200 people do more or less the same thing and one will make £10,000 a pic and the other £10... It strikes me as an even more sheep like business than music. You buy into the idea that one person is AN ARTIST and the others aren't. It's essentially a con trick... Sure if they're the first to do it or they do it with particular new and definitive style... Duchamp doing his Urinal was one thing - a joke and nothing more, and since then everyone else has simply repeated that one mans idea (that you can put anythning in a gallery) again and again and again... I only find Jokes to be funny the first time... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 08:48 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Madeleine	art is really a waste of time, the idea of the artist is dated its just a joe job like everything else, but the thing is theres usually no money in it and you do it cause you want to/have to/have no choice but to the urinal was good but its become through repetition a bit like a bad joke at the pub okay the first time really tedious the second. art boys are generally overly serious and art girls are well art school can be a rich kids finishing school, the sandals, by the way, paired with socks are terrific Posted by Madeleine on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 14:04 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Madeleine: You talk an asburd ammount of sense... Art school is very much a rich finishing school. The number of toffs at the one i attended was well out of proportion to the total ammount of toffs in the UK, and i hear it's very much worse at the London art schools, particularly places like Chelsea and the Royal Academy... Everytime i go to a gallery, i decide i'm going to be an artist: It's the life of a complete dosser. Benefit cheating doley scum have nothing on artists... Thing is I don't have the front to put my inner child in various material forms in a gallery and expect people to do anything other than laugh out loud... Jesus, I can front out a lot of scams, but I would die laughing if I ever found myself saying 'Yes, this is my bed - a snip at £3m don't you think???" That's what I liked about Duchamp. He WAS having a laugh...Sarah Lucas is having a laugh, I don't mind her...And at least Kate Marshall was being sexy in both person and in her pics And yes - the sandals/socks combi is probably my finest fashion moment to date. I will be releasing a limited print run of that photo. Each print will be signed by the artist and will cost £250... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 14:33 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Madeleine	the whole thing is ego, like blogs, like writing, like film making. flim flam of the first order. but does that make it any less worth doing? well yes and no. hedging i know.there's no reason to make stuff and foist it on other people and then again theres no reason not to. i cant remember how many times i have been to an art show that is wanky. dont get me wrong i like duchamp and yes sarah lucas out of all that YBA mob is perhaps the only one who is not taking herself too seriously. tracey emin is a total tosser of the you go girl variety. and why not sell the sandal pics give it a red hot go.and if kate marshall is making sexy stuff then good luck to her. the pics look like nice sketches, the art blah at the beginning was universally wonderfully artspeakingly bad, but i love that stuff think it would be a good gig to write it. Posted by Madeleine on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 02:28 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Well exactly. It is all ego and there's no good reason to do it other than that it makes sense to the person doing it.. Yes I love writing art bollocks and most art shows are shit, but there's always something that stands out. As with books and records for every 50 piles of crap there's something decent.. Comcepts comcepts concepts I wish more artists would paint and draw.... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 08:43 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	The title of my work will be: Feet Beer No1 Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 14:45 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	nowadays, i think, as my good buddy andy warhol put it: "art is what you can get away with" Posted by Paloma Pirate on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 01:49 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	So Warhol's your friend as well?? I spent 3 years at art college and Warhol struck me as being the only really important artist of the last 40 years. He predicted the celebrity fascination, he promoted The Velvet Underground, his video work is exceptional (It's the begining, middle and end of video work as far as I'm conerned) his paintings had power... He really knew how to work did Warhol... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 09:04 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	i talk to him all the time. he gives me good advice. i have been infatuated with him since i was a small child. i saw him on tv, long before i knew anything about him and connected with something...then the fucker croaked. Posted by Paloma Pirate on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 17:20 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Excellent: We can sit and watch my entire collection of Warhol films in October.. I've got about 10 of them Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 17:24 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	that will be an excellent way to pass some time!!!! Posted by Paloma Pirate on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 17:27 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	Molly Coddle took the words out of my mouth...i am just dying to ask: what is going on with the socks and sandals? Posted by Paloma Pirate on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 01:50 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	I'm setting a new trend and what better place to start it than at an art show in east London... Trust your Uncle Pauly : Socks and sandals are very soon gonna be the height of fashion... Remember where you saw it first!! Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 01:58 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	MOG	Your too slow, my mate was wearing socks and sandals on Sat night and he said the same thing. I've got a pair of crocs myself the best thing you'll ever put on your feet. Posted by MOG on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 16:48 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Germans have been wearing socks and sandals since the begining of time... The problem for both Germans and your mate is that neither were wearing them at a trendy East London Art Gallery - I was... Therefore I am the originator of the trend....:+) Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 17:10 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	i am going to have to insist that you wear appropriate shoes when you give us the tour... Posted by Paloma Pirate on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 02:04 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	By October you'll be begging me to wear sandals and socks because they'll have become so fashionable and you'll know that i started the fashion and the street cred on offer will be massive and very alluring... I doubt i will wear them then though, on account of it most likely being pissing it down with cold rain... I like to look scruffy for art galleries as a general rule, so i'll probably opt for my scuffed, steel toe capped shoes.. Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 02:08 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	MOG	Those sketches are crap. Iv'e seen better on the backs of toilet doors. But artsy Girls! Yeah! I'm totally with you on that. Posted by MOG on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 16:41 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Artsy girls are the tits.... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 23:25 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	But they are such fucking hard work...... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 00:06 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	MOG	Indeed! I think that's why I like em! Posted by MOG on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 08:25 [Remove] [Reply to this]

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You're a masochist!!!! Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 08:35 [Remove] [Reply to this]

FURTHER AND BETTER PARTICULARS ::: 5 SONGS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

Current mood: REACTIVE
Category: REACTIVE Music

OK..

Part 2 brings us to the songs and before i get going, here's a couple of notes...

Firstly - I'm not 100% confortable with the notion of 'Changed my life' I'm keeping it on account of not being able to think of a better title. Maybe 5 Important Songs On Planet Paul Giovanni would do the job, but it's too long....

Secondly - This could easily be 50 or more. I've already thought of a whole bunch of songs and a couple of LPS that by rights should be in these lists and I've been sorely tempted to change my original choices, but given that all the original choices deserve to be there I've left them as is...

I think I'm gonna add a list of 'near misses' sometime soon

So...


1. America: What Time Is Love - The KLF

The only thing I remember of The KLF when they were in their prime was seeing the video to this song on Top of the Pops. I had absolutely no time for rave or dance music then, despite it being THE youf culture of the moment.

But I saw this and thought 'FUCK ME! THAT HAS POWER!!' I felt it was about the only pop track that wasn't rock or metal that had that same power and intensity of energy and the video looked fucking great...

Little did i know then how important The KLF would become for me..


2. Borderline - Madonna

This was the first pop track I remember hearing.

My parental home was a pop music free zone, so i was never exposed to The Beatles or any older stuff. As i became a teenager I was obviously becoming curious as to what was what with this thing 'pop'

So, one day I was off school with illness (probably a made up illness) and I found Radio 1 and the first track I heard was Borderline..


3. Off The Wall - Michael Jackson

This is all about the first London year of the 5 I've completed in this stint..

Basically, I moved here from the caravan in Suffolk - a caravan that was as in the back of beyond as you can get.

Initially i was expecting and wanting to be living in Soho. I had friends living there and planned to move in with them. But they moved east to Brick Lane and instead, i found myself there.

It's not a bad location, is handy for walking back from nightclubs, and the area has it's merits, but i wasn't too pleased with being in the middle of an artists area. I mean the whole point of art is the singularity of vision and that's hard to achieve when you're surrounded by people vaguely similar, all trying to be different whilst covering the same ground.

I mean artists just shouldn't flock into groups - it's ugly and the bullshit talk and self destruction never ends.

Yes boss, it's bad news whichever way you look at it. I mean, if i see another person photographing the graffiti on Brick Lane I might well kill either them or myself....

Anyway. That first year was one of very heavy drinking and curry, endless bullshit talk in the kitchen quite a bit of work, then torching of a vast ammount of the banks money, too many incesteous thoughts and the inevitable meltdown...

More than any other track, Off The Wall reminds me of that rather wonderful time..


4. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses

Each time i used to come into London on the train this track used to come into my head. It's about moving to the city. It's about being lost in the city. It's about the nasty scuzziness of the city. I can't think of a pop track that sums it up better...


5. The Unstopable Kite - They Came From the Stars I Saw Them

If all the others remind me of the past, then this track is all about the future.

It's the track I most associate with my time thus far as a music writer. It's by a band who's best days are yet to come - A band who have the kind of ambition and talent i like to see in a pop band. It's a track about endless hope and not quitting and keeping positive when all around are doubting....

It's also a reminder of how quality work can go ignored and reminds me that I'm not the only fucker who's drained themselves in the pursuit of self appointed creative mission only to find the rest of the world is singing off a completely different hymn sheet...


AND OF COURSE ALL PERSONAL MEMORIES ASIDE - THESE ARE ALL GREAT POP MUSIC TRACKS

Currently listening : Light Years: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra By Electric Light Orchestra Release date: By 17 November, 1997

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	Madeleine	i love welcome to the jungle for exactly the reasons you mention, oh and cause axl rose has one the best names in rock and because i saw him on a pop show once, in a rather inebriated state say, if we've heard it, its and influence…straight out of the keith richards school of rock and roll laissez faire. glad you changed it from changed my life, i cant think of five though i start shuffling them around and adding and taking away and then just go mmm cant do it Posted by Madeleine on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 10:01 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Yes... W AXL is definately a fine Rock 'N' Roll name. I like people who have an initial as their first name and take their second. One of the many reasons I like the former West Indian Cricketer Viv Richards was because he was always on the scorecard as I.V.A Richards...To this day I don't know what the I stands for... Another thing i love about W AXL is that he's too insecure to make his comeback. If only Iggy and The Stooges suffered the same anxiety. Isn't it about time this Stooges thing was knocked on the head. I mean it's all about Payola isn't it??? Why are all the good old bands coming back and karaoke embarassing themselves like this??? Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 10:17 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Madeleine	the stooges should definitely have knocked it on the head, their latest album is woeful with a capital W Posted by Madeleine on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 15:50 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	I've heard that....I'm not listening to it so as not to spoil things... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 16:12 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	Songs from two of my favorite records! MJ Off the Wall and Madonna Madonna. it was a challenge to narrow my list to 5 songs...those were the five that popped into my head when i did the list Posted by Paloma Pirate on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 13:43 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	flappy poontours	FEED THEM POP. Posted by flappy poontours on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 17:57 [Remove] [Reply to this]

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Damn right... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Friday, June 22, 2007 at 00:20 [Remove] [Reply to this]

LIVE REVIEW ::: BEAT ROCK AT GINGLIKS - EUGENE MACHINE - THE ELIXIR - THE VERSUVIUS CLUB

Current mood: BRUSQUE
Category: BRUSQUE Music

THIS IS ALSO VIEWABLE ON CDTIMES.CO.UK - SO IF YOU HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO, CLICK IT...





So smoking is to be banned in all enclosed spaces as from 2 weeks time??

Well, I can't help but think this hasn't been properly thought through. I mean you know what nightclubs are gonna smell of???

SWEAT! PURE MINGING FUCKING HORRIBLE SWEAT AND B.O!!

Gee thanks Nanny - You've saved us from ourselves again! Can I go piss now or do I need a permit, a pair of hygenic gloves and a quid to give the man who hangs around in the bogs with all those many perfumes???

I kid you not, that'll be next. The poor bastards who spend their entire working life sitting in toilets spraying peoples hands with elaborate cum'll be given legal power to enforce the hand out of hygenic gloves to all who enter - and then they'll still most likely demand to wash your hands on the way out, or slant you with one of their best tuts..

How did we ever survive without these things???

Who knows...

And before you trumpet 'SELFISH SMOKER SHIT!', I don't even smoke...


Anyway, let's cut the pontificating and general chit chat, and get on with the damn review.

As I've pointed out before, Gingliks is a former public toilet located 'neath Shepherds Bush Green. It used to smell of piss and bleach, now it smells of tobacco and soon it'll smell of B.O.

It's come full circle...

THE REVIEW GODDAMIT!

Yes, yes, yes...

So, Gingliks is a Private Members Club and last Thursday it paid host to a night of Beat Rock..

Beat Rock is advertised as being LIVE dance music.

Now, this is something I think we're all still waiting to see in it's prime. I mean I've not seen every live electronic act, but most I have seen, are the visual equivalent of watching the weather forecast..

I'm sorry, but hallucinogenic fractal videos just don't make a LIVE show, unless you've had so many drugs, you think a cow is some kind of an orange...


So, what did the Beat Rock bands have to add to the debate??

Well, I have to confess I missed the first act, so I asked friends who and what the hell had happenned, and they said The Versuvius Club were Hot Indie Pop. This could mean they're great or not. I don't know. Like I say I was eating dinner at the time, I'll let you know when i see them next, meanwhile you might like to check theirspace and see what you think...


I can confidently say that the second band 'Eugene Machine' were, as i expected they would be, worth the journey across London alone. I've seen Eugene Machine before. In fact it was at the self same venue a number of months ago. And yes, I like them.

When I first heard the name, I thought it was dubious - that they must be dubious. But they're not. They play a kind of bass funk heavy dance music with nods towards the Eurhythmics, 80s synth dance pop and elements of more traditional late 80s electro and dance...

The thing i most like with 'The Machine' is the fatness of the rhyhm section and their grand and sharpish buildups. In the right club with the right crowd this band can really set things going - there's definite potential going on..

But before this can be realised, I feel there's perhaps the need for some fine tuning of the set list order and I also wouldn't mind to hear some effects on the vocal to add that extra robotic edge here and there.

But taken allround, these are a class act with a good pop edge and if I were you, I'd get them on your radar..


So last up was 'The Elixir'..

To be frank, I wasn't totally bought either way on this bunch. I guess the easiest way to describe them would be that they're like Keane with a few more and bigger balls...

Yes boss, it's the same kind of set up. Keyboard driven, heavy melodic rock/pop, but everything was a little stronger than the coke headed popsters we've come to know...

Basically, The Elixir didn't quite grab me and solve all my LIVE dance music problems, but it did have it's merits...

So, there we go. Beat Rock..

Still not quite the LIVE dance answer, but definately a step in the right direction...

Currently listening : California Rhinoplasty EP By Matmos Release date: By 07 May, 2001

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	Hijackalope	i would like to beat up dance music Posted by Hijackalope on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 00:32 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	I'll like to beat you up dearhead!!! Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 00:33 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	stephen	are you serious... no smoking in enclosed spaces in 2 weeks time? it's the same here... the new world order conspiracy theorists are right... i don't smoke, either, but i'm some kind of sympathetic-wheezing voltaire when it comes to these things. IT'S A FUCKING SCHOOL PREFECT STATE. Posted by stephen on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 01:20 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Yes.... I was planning on restarting smoking on July 1st, but i just don't like it anymore. It's always struck me as a rather pointless habbit, but I don't understand why it's not possible to allow landlords and managers the choice of whether smoking is allowed in their establishments or not... I mean this isn't a warm country like some in Europe where you can happily sit outside and how does the nightclbs thing work??? Each time you want a fag you have to go out and then back in?? How will that work with bouncers?? Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 07:57 [Remove] [Reply to this]

FURTHER AND BETTER PARTICULARS ::: 5 ALBUMS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

Current mood: NOSTALGIC
Category: NOSTALGIC Music

OK...

So, I don't normally do these formulaic questionaires that spin around myspazz like stupid little helicpoters, but yesterday i did a bulletin with 5 LPS that have changed my life and today I revealed 5 (of many) songs..

It was as i was walking to Tescos along the canal an hour or so ago, that i started to think it'd be more satisfying to add a little as to why these stood out, so here we go...

5 ALBUMS (in no particular order)


1. The KLF - The White Room

I almost completely missed The KLF the first time around.

Basically, I had my head up my rock and metal ass and was saving the world, and because this entailed moving about and because I didn't have any kind of portable player, I wasn't listening to a hell of a lot of pop music full stop between 1990 and 1992..

It was aroundabout late 94 early 95 that I heard about Bill and Jimmy as The K Foundation and it was then that I became interested.

At that time, I was doing a lot of work on the road protests (for free - as per fucking usual), and spent a period of months staffing the office of the No M11 Link Road campaign not too far from where i now sit in East London..

The second centrepiece of that campaign was Claremont Road - an entire sqatted street where the impossible frequently happenned...

By the impossible I mean things like this huge great 120ft high fucking scaffold tower being built entirely from stolen scaff poles, using decaying terrace houses as a base, built by people with no training in scaffolding.

It rermains the finest contemporary art work I have ever seen...

The office in which I lived and worked was immediately beneath this tower and this, believe it or not, is me on the right standing on the roof, with my girlfriend of the time on the left...

When the street was evicted, 5 people held out at the top of this tower for 5 days in the freezing fucking cold. They welded themsleves in.

And the best bit, is that when the hundreds of police moved in they took out the power from the entire street and were amazed to find it made no difference. All the electric was being bootlegged off lamposts and generated with generators.

They hit DEAD!!! and the sound system, which was located with the 5 people at the top of the tower, burst into action playing The Prodigys - Break & Enter (which would have made it onto this list had Lian Howlett not been a cunt about using it for the soundtrack to a video about what happenned)

It was a pure Rock 'N' Roll moment - the like of which The Arctic Monkeys will never know, no matter how many times they dress up as the Wizzard Of Oz...

What's more Rachael Whiteread, Tracey Emin and Damian Hurst can all kiss the ass of the people who concieved and built it!! (Incase you're wondering I had nothing to do with it)

This photo is of the street being evicted. Frankly, it looks fucking great and it was completely fucking great!!

And here are some vids to give you a feel for the chaos of the place. Few lived there for more than a few months without going slightly crazy - that is slightly MORE crazy than they already were...

The first vid's by Coldcut and accompanies the track Panoptician from the LP More Beats and Pieces








Anyway. At one point the K Foundation with all their KLF money were loooking around for ideas and one of these ideas was to put a couple of tanks at each end of the street.

A meeting was arranged between our people and Jimmy and Bill, but it didn't work out.

Shortly afterwards The KLF burnt the million and it sent the hardcore campaigners into spasms 'We could have had that money for this, that or this!!!' they hollered

I just thought burning cash was brilliant...

So I bought The White Room on cassette from the Notting Hill General Goods Exchange for 3 or 4 quid and spent the next 6 months listening to it in a White Room on the other side of town..


2. The KLF - Chill Out

After The White Room in London, I moved to The Lake District tout fucking suite. I mean, I had no idea what I was doing in London after Claremont was gone and I needed countryside. I went to live at Brathay Hall.

Brathay Hall is a development training centre where management and misbehaving kids are sent to float rafts across Lake Windermere in order to build teamwork...

I worked there as a domestic assistant (cleaning,washing up) for 6 months and it's there that my infatuation with Chill Out started.

I now know this LP back to front. I've tried copying it several times, have tracked down almost all the original samples, and each section reminds me of someone different from a different place at a different time..

It's the best ambient LP barring none...



3. The Aphex Twin - Richard D James

All you need to know about this one is in my review of said LP which can be found in the second half of this blog


4. Vai - Sex & Religion

This one taught me all about what can be done with a basic formula - About how it can be stretched and pulled..
The vocals are stunning and I love the guitar work and production.
I fell in proper love for the first time to this LP too..


5. St Etienne - So Tough

This album is London. Everything about it is London. I love the tracks, the samples inbetween the tracks. It's London, London, London.

Currently listening : So Tough By Saint Etienne Release date: By 09 March, 1993

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	MollyCoddle	Write a book (again)!!!! Write about your life!!! Posted by MollyCoddle on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 18:23 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	But that nuclear book was my life... It continually flashed back to these situatrions to compare them with the nuclear world i was then in... And no cunt gave a shit... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 18:29 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	MollyCoddle	:(( I give a shit...I started looking at some of the 48 Days stuff last night actually - and I'm going to download the chapters from your other site later. Posted by MollyCoddle on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 18:46 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Well good for you. That makes about 10 readers in total...:+) I know I do, but I can't complain, I enjoyed the whole game, made £2500 off the nuclear powers and am now enjoying my life in a yuppie, gatted flat in London... I wake up and do whatever i damn well please and that's worth a huge ammount... The world works in mysterious ways... pg) Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 19:03 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	AND i'M STILL AROUNDABOUT 10 YEARS OFF MY WRITTEN PEAK.... Life is beautiful whichever way you look at it.... )))))pg Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 19:42 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Enter Glam Band	Richard D James is a great album. I saw Aphex Twin live before he got all glitchy and he was great then too. It was Moby, Orbital, Aphex Twin, and Young American Primitive. I never saw Richard D James the whole show. He had some guy dancing on stage and for the longest time I thought Richard just pressed play and danced to his own music until I read that he had a dancer. Apparently Mr. Aphex was playing the music off to the side somewhere. Posted by Enter Glam Band on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 20:42 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Yeah, he has all sorts of tricks to keep the crowd occupied.. I like his early, middle and late stuff and I can't wait to hear the archive he has kicking about that's never been released - that is if i'm still alive when it surfaces.. Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 22:33 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Emily	Agreed about the KLF. That is still one of my favorites to this day. Those guys were just fucking crazy and fantastic. They colored a lot of my early 1990s memories, especially The White Room and Justified and Ancient with Miss Tammy Wynette. Posted by Emily on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 20:59 [Remove] [Reply to this]

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Yep. It's double high quality pop music.. Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 22:34 [Remove] [Reply to this]

ELVIS IMPERSONATORS

Current mood: BREEZY Category: BREEZY Music I was having a brief spazzing discussion yesterday about how there was nothing wrong with using such thievery as emule or bit torrent file sharing programs, on account of musicians nearly always producing better stuff when they're poor... Yes boss, it's a sad fact, but there are few musos who can still function well and innovate once they get the big payola and a bank account at Coutts... This discussion reminded me of The KLF in their incarnation as the K Foundation. When the boys originally set up The K Foundation, they thought it was to dispose of their spare cash by dishing it out in the form of grants to artists. They then realised that artists NEED to suffer, and promptly burnt the million instead... These are wise men who understand that destruction must be a part of creation , that artists should never be rich and that fundamentally money means nothing... Yes boss, some people reckon it was a waste of hard earned cash, but do you reckon either Bill or Jimmy would have produced anything much of worth if they'd spent it on Porsches, Coke and Bling??? I very much doubt it... Anyway. My co-discusser Stephen said there's nothing worse than the 'spiritual, come back from the death period' musicians sometime go through after they've burnt themselves to a crisp with excess. This is most certainly true of many. However one exception to the rule is the late Johnny Cash. Indeed, I reckon some of his best and deepest work came from his god bothering, post drug breakdown, late period... This isn't to say his early stuff was rubbish, indeed Walk the Line and Ring Of Fire are the two best songs for me... But this is the way of the true legends. They are the ones who can do it day in day out all the way though.. So why not let's celebrate the diverse talents of Mr Johnny Cash.... Currently listening : Ring of Fire: The Legend of Johnny Cash By Johnny Cash Release date: By 27 February, 2006 09:27 - 10 Comments - 8 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove

	stephen	you're gonna get me in trouble with your readers again, by leading me into making some comment about david bowie and/or new order in their, erm, less-burdened-by-hit-singles phase of their careers. far be it from me, and, darn you PG!!! Posted by stephen on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 10:04 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Oh come on....It was only last week you were saying Elvis hasn't produced anything decent since the 1970s... Stand up and be counted!!! Join the revolution!!! WE NEED A NEW DOORS LP (WITH CLIFF RICHARD ON VOCALS) NOW!!!!! Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 10:23 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	stephen	How about the Queen track with John Farnham on vocals? do you think lindsay lohan's new material will be better or worse now she's off the gear? Posted by stephen on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 10:39 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Well much as i like Queen, they need shooting for even thinking about trying to replace Freddie... What next The Beatles with Ronan Keeting on vocals?? I really have no idea who Lohan is or why she's famous... I'm looking forward to Hiltons post prison record. I have a feeling it may sound like BUSH... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 10:56 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	stephen	YOU MEAN STEVE ALBINI'S PRODUCING PARIS HILTON???????? sorry for the outside voice, but that's a record i sorely wanna hear... if we're talking dream lineups how about the dude from N-Trance singing with the KLF? Posted by stephen on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 11:02 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Well I heard Paris has been dropped by Warners and given all that's happenned i could see her going back to her heavy grunge roots.... Perhaps she'll duet with Lemmy on a track or perhaps Shane McGowan?? No...I've got it an album with Selfish Cunt !!!! Well as Bill says in 45 Robbie Williams was lined up for 'The Magnificent' track...Indeed, no guest vocalist would surprise me with The KLF...I mean who the hell saw Tammy Wynette coming??? And how long is it before Mika becomes Freddie Mercury. Maybe for the 20 anniversary of Freddies Death Tour??? Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 11:16 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	MOG	I read somewhere that Tammy Wynette was the wrong singer they actually wanted Dolly Parton but got them mixed up. If Mika ever sings for Queen it will be the end of the world, It's in the Bible somewhere I'm sure! Posted by MOG on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 14:38 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Of all the options on the table I would have to say Mika is the most Freddie like in terms of vocal similarity and I'd bet a decent ammount of money it's gonna happen sooner or later.. They'll wait for Mikas career to run it's course and then swoop... I'd never heard that about Dolly Parton - Or else if I have I've forgotten.... I need to read 45 again. especially given I'm now involving myself more and more with the music business.. Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 14:50 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	Paloma Pirate	I think Tupac did his best work AFTER he died. Posted by Paloma Pirate on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 15:51 [Remove] [Reply to this]

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Well he died at the right kind of age. Late 20s to mid 30s is a great career move. Particularly aroundabout 27.. Make a few extra records on the quiet, get killed at 27, leave the instructions for release in your will and away you go... If only I'd have thoguht of that at the time I'd be famous by now... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 16:15 [Remove] [Reply to this]

THE STARS IN LONDON - OUTSIDE THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL 18th JUNE 2007 PT2

Current mood: BRIGHT
Category: BRIGHT Music

Currently listening : This Was Supposed to Be the Future By Nextmen Release date: By 12 June, 2007

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	Paloma Pirate	nice! thanks for sharing! :)P Posted by Paloma Pirate on Monday, June 18, 2007 at 14:19 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	-Aymi-City Fox-	Really like the 4th and 6th one :) My shots are on www.flickr.com/photos/takenby1 More will prob go on but for now I've sent most of them to Horton :) Posted by -Aymi-City Fox- on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 02:57 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	tiffany the lass	really cOOl pictures. paloma LOVEs stars...and don't forget it! Posted by tiffany the lass on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 07:53 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	MollyCoddle	These look good - I like the bleachy bleachy effect. How did you do that?? Posted by MollyCoddle on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 20:27 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	It's a combination og brightness/contrast & diffuse glow as I recall.. I just tend to play until something looks good... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 23:03 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	MollyCoddle	There's no other reliable method of photoshoppping stuff apart from playing round 'til it feels right...it's all a learning curve... :) Posted by MollyCoddle on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 23:06 [Remove] [Reply to this]

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Yep, that's it. I rarely know what I'm looking for b4 i start and i had no idea with these shots other that whitneing them might well work... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 23:08 [Remove] [Reply to this]

THE STARS IN LONDON - OUTSIDE THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL 18th JUNE 2007 PT1

Current mood: DAZZLED
Category: DAZZLED Music

Currently listening : Ambient Collection By Art Of Noise Release date: By 14 January, 1997

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	FISTY CUFFS!	BRILLIANT! Posted by FISTY CUFFS! on Monday, June 18, 2007 at 12:43 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	THE STADIUMS OF THE WORLD BECKON.... Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Monday, June 18, 2007 at 13:08 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	-Aymi-City Fox-	your phone takes good shots :) some more shots of mine can be seen on www.flickr.com/photos/takenby1 :) Posted by -Aymi-City Fox- on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 02:53 [Remove] [Reply to this]

	The Paul Giovanni Music Blog...	Yeah, I'm happy with them considering i wasn't planning on taking any shots and they were done on the phone....It's amazing what you can do with a phone and a few hundred pounds worth of bootlegged manipulation... I like yours a great deal...Very nice allround++++ :+)pg Posted by The Paul Giovanni Music Blog... on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 09:04 [Remove] [Reply to this]

SPECIAL GUEST REVIEW :::: MUSE @ WEMBLEY STADIUM

Current mood: DONE
Category: DONE Music

Here we go with the very first Special Guest review completed by Elizabeth



Muse kicked off their Wembley Stadium extravanganza yesterday to a crowd of captivated animals who had just been given a set of keys to the wild.

It was a last minute gig for me, and I arrived at the newly spruced 'Club Wembley' just in time to see Dirty Pretty Things supporting. With the Seafood and Champagne bar ahead of me it was easy to see how football as a corporate empire has evolved. Farewell to the terraces indeed.

I spent the first hour and a half in a mild state of disappointment. Knowing very little about music venues and how great stadium gigs should sound, I heard enough to conclude that the acoustics were all wrong and the atmosphere was more suited to a Torville and Dean display. It was as if DPT were shouting into the walls of a cave and the only echoes that could be heard sounded like school playground noise with drilling going on in the street outside.

But then the Streets came on and Mike Skinner's stage presence managed to turn the downbeat beat around.

Matt Bellamy told the NME that he had wanted to open the show by bungee jumping off the stadium's arch. Alas, all the controversy surrounding it's structure and bloody health and safety laws - the collapsing roof, the four year wait - meant they had to make do with acrobats and trapeze artists instead. What a trip that was.

When you manage a sell-out gig at this mammouth venue - sky above providing a spiritual atmosphere and music which speaks of unity and defiance, freedom and the universe - you have to be doing something right.

The psychadelic lighting and the beautiful musica made me feel I was seeing the world from high in the sky on a magic carpet ride (through the veins of history).

Truly awesome.

Currently listening : The Best of Groovin' in Style 1967-1973 By Ken Parker Release date: By 24 June, 2003

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