Who cares anyway? Nobody will read this, just need to vent.
For the past 5 years agoraphobia and depression has been ruining my life and preventing me from doing most of the things that i would love to be doing. I live on my own and if it wasn't for my girlfriend visiting me I'd probably never see anyone at all. I seriously couldn't tell you when anyone else came to see me, down side of having no social life or down side of being a cunt? I dunno, you decide.
6 months ago i was feeling a lot more positive about the road to recovery. The medication seemed to be helping a lot, i was able to go out places a lot more often (well, i was leaving the flat more than once a week), i was almost dealing with public transport, i wasn't vomiting because of nerves and anxiety so much. Things were looking a lot cheerier than they had for quite a while.
then i get a letter from the DWP informing me that i had a Medical Services interview coming up to assess my situation and whether or not i should receive any money from the government. I totally hate the idea that I'm no longer self sufficient. Hell, i used to have good jobs in Restaurant and bar management where i got paid good money. Anyway, i went to my medical services interview and explained how i was now feeling like i was making some advances towards hopefully getting back to work at some point in the future and how my new medication was having some good effects on my mindset.
So i failed. As of July 4th i was cut off and basically thrown on the scrapheap. That was a major blow to everything in my life because i really wasn't ready to look for work, and having the rug pulled from under me was a massive massive massive setback in just about every way possible. The depression came back worse than it had been for a long time, as a result that increased the nerves, the anxiety and the agoraphobia.
My only option was to appeal the decision and await a letter telling me where i was to go and when. While awaiting this letter i would be given just over £40 a week to survive on, not exactly the easiest thing in the world to do when you live alone and have a flat to support on your own. So it was time to start a diet of noodles and pasta and to forget any ideas of venturing into the outside world for any type of socialising.
A few months passed and i couldn't handle the wait any longer, i was told it should take about 3 months at the most. So at the end of October i called the appeals committee and was told that they hadn't even received any notification of my appeal. WHAT THE FUCK? I'd spent nearly 4 months waiting on them and they had no idea that i even existed. I eventually got hold of someone at the local DWP and they said that my case files may have been lost and I'd have to fill out an appeal form again. Double "WHAT THE FUCK?". I then got a phone call from the office manager saying that they were sorry about the mix up and that they would get everything arranged and marked as urgent. Hopeful news there.
2 weeks later i called up again and was told that there had been no mix up in the first place and that i would have to just wait. "How long?" i asked the inept person on the other end of the phone. "Well we have up to 3 months to forward the details, the appeals committee have 3 months to look over your case and then they have up to 3 months to contact you". In-fuckin'-sane. I had to go through this process once before and it only took 2 months from start to finish. I won my appeal that time and was told that the problem was down to the questionaire not being perfect. Turns out that even if you and the doctor agree that your agoraphobia prevents you from leaving the house regularly, and would interfere with any job you might get, you aren't awarded enough nutter points to keep getting any money. Even though you both agree that you're presently unable to hold down a job. What a great system.
Anyway, it has now been 6 months of £40 a week and i could be waiting another 6. It is winter and i can't afford to heat my flat and eat so the heating is off and extra clothing is on. On top of that i now have the TV Licensing people threatening a £1000 fine even though there is no way i can pay for anything except necessities. And its just over 2 weeks to xmas.
I have quite a large, close family. I'm just gonna have to be the insane disappointment to them all this year as there is no way the appeal will be dealt with by then. Perhaps i should just tell my mother's side that i'm having xmas dinner with my father's side and tell my father's side i'll be with my mother's side. That way i can just hide away in my flat and ignore the world until it all goes away.
That might be a plan actually. This past 6 months has set me back over a year in recovery, ironic eh? I guess you should never tell a government official that you're feeling a little bit better or you'll also have to suffer the shame of the guy in the Post Office pointing out that a 16 year old gets more to live on than you do. They say its to live on, but this isn't a life.
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
Mathcore is a horribly horribly geeky name for a genre but for The Dillinger Escape Plan it seems to fit perfectly, and that is coming from someone who wholly detests the way a "new" genre seems to appear every month. This album is a cold and calculating beast that clocks in at a strangely satisfying, yet short by modern standards, 39 minutes.
There are a few things about this album which mark it out as different from their 2004 album Miss Machine, but then that was different from 1999's Calculating Infinity. To start off with it is the band's first release without original drummer Chris Pennie, now full time with Coheed And Cambria. Pennie's shoes have been perfectly filled by Gil Sharone from Stolen Babies, who's drumming really is superb throughout. Guitarist Brian Benoit is also missing from this recording, due to suffering nerve damage. At the end of the day neither of those facts seem to make much difference to Ire Works, the major difference is the overall sound. It is the sound of a band who are on a very interesting evolutionary curve that would, no doubt, still have happened if Pennie and Benoit had been involved with recording. The first 2 tracks pick up perfectly from where Miss Machine left off but it is on the third track, Black Bubblegum, where the album starts to shift gear and insists on nothing less than your full attention. Out goes the screaming and Greg Puciato starts to slip between spitting the words into the mic and falsetto before the chorus piles into your ears with an annoying catchiness that will make some people wonder if their cd has mysteriously been switched between songs. This album has a more satisfying mix of styles and sounds than its predecessors but manages to have so many good hooks and great moments that it doesn't sound as if any particular aspect has been intentionally increased or decreased. If you liked tracks like Unretrofied, Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants and Crutch Field Tongs off the last album then you'll hear more stuff along those lines but with a more focused sound than before and even better production, and as usual all instruments are played to a level of precision that is almost surgical.
This time round the band seem more willing to let the programmed beats, bleeps and occasional pianos, lead tracks, like the wonderfully atmospheric and broody Dead As History or the 7 minute album closer, Mouth Of Ghosts. Sick On Sunday is an annoyingly short but superb track that contains such contrasting musical styles that it could so easily have sounded like a brave experiment, it veers from Autechre/Venetian Snares styled breaks and bleeps to melodic vocals and stabbing guitars in a split second. The only thing it leaves you wanting is for it to have been longer, but I guess that is the theme of this whole album. You could probably play it to a room full of people who can't normally stand heavier or experimental styles of music and each one would find things about it which would make them want to hear it again. The tracks seem to fit together perfectly, to just listen to a select few would cheapen the album, the tracks you listened to and the whole listening experience. From the jerky and aggressive opening track, Fix Your Face, to the piano led Jazz tinged finale, Mouth Of Ghosts, this album insists you listen to it and rewards you in equal measures.
It is no secret that Mike Patton's influence can be found on many of their releases, especially since he took the band on tour with Mr Bungle and has appeared on record as well as on stage with them. Patton fans could actually find themselves comparing certain tracks to the early Mr Bungle demos (Nong Eye Gong), Faith No More (Black Bubblegum, Mouth Of Ghosts), Tomahawk (Sick On Sunday) and Fantômas (Acting As A Particle). But to say that Patton's influence is obvious and undeniable would be cheating this album of just how great it truly is, it defies proper description without involving an essay and is continually surprising the listener with unexpected sounds and depth. Where Mike Patton makes conscious efforts to keep different styles of music limited to different projects DEP threw them all into the mix and created an album that will ensure continued interest in them for quite some time to come. Dillinger Escape Plan aren't everyone's cup of tea, they're not everyone's cup of coffee either, but this album is a tray full of double espressos with Tequila chasers.
The Dillinger Escape Plan tour the UK in February 2008, support comes from Between The Buried & Me and Stolen Babies.
February 12 Sheffield, U.K. Corporation
February 13 Newcastle, U.K. Academy 2
February 14 Manchester, U.K. Academy 3
February 15 Glasgow, Scotland Cathouse
February 16 Dublin, Ireland Whelans
February 17 Belfast, N. Ireland Spring & Airbrake
February 19 Leeds, U.K Cockpit
February 20 Birmingham, U.K Academy 2
February 21 Yeovil, U.K Orange Box
February 22 Bristol, U.K Academy
February 23 London, U.K Astoria 2
February 24 Brighton, U.K Concorde 2
There are a few things about this album which mark it out as different from their 2004 album Miss Machine, but then that was different from 1999's Calculating Infinity. To start off with it is the band's first release without original drummer Chris Pennie, now full time with Coheed And Cambria. Pennie's shoes have been perfectly filled by Gil Sharone from Stolen Babies, who's drumming really is superb throughout. Guitarist Brian Benoit is also missing from this recording, due to suffering nerve damage. At the end of the day neither of those facts seem to make much difference to Ire Works, the major difference is the overall sound. It is the sound of a band who are on a very interesting evolutionary curve that would, no doubt, still have happened if Pennie and Benoit had been involved with recording. The first 2 tracks pick up perfectly from where Miss Machine left off but it is on the third track, Black Bubblegum, where the album starts to shift gear and insists on nothing less than your full attention. Out goes the screaming and Greg Puciato starts to slip between spitting the words into the mic and falsetto before the chorus piles into your ears with an annoying catchiness that will make some people wonder if their cd has mysteriously been switched between songs. This album has a more satisfying mix of styles and sounds than its predecessors but manages to have so many good hooks and great moments that it doesn't sound as if any particular aspect has been intentionally increased or decreased. If you liked tracks like Unretrofied, Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants and Crutch Field Tongs off the last album then you'll hear more stuff along those lines but with a more focused sound than before and even better production, and as usual all instruments are played to a level of precision that is almost surgical.
This time round the band seem more willing to let the programmed beats, bleeps and occasional pianos, lead tracks, like the wonderfully atmospheric and broody Dead As History or the 7 minute album closer, Mouth Of Ghosts. Sick On Sunday is an annoyingly short but superb track that contains such contrasting musical styles that it could so easily have sounded like a brave experiment, it veers from Autechre/Venetian Snares styled breaks and bleeps to melodic vocals and stabbing guitars in a split second. The only thing it leaves you wanting is for it to have been longer, but I guess that is the theme of this whole album. You could probably play it to a room full of people who can't normally stand heavier or experimental styles of music and each one would find things about it which would make them want to hear it again. The tracks seem to fit together perfectly, to just listen to a select few would cheapen the album, the tracks you listened to and the whole listening experience. From the jerky and aggressive opening track, Fix Your Face, to the piano led Jazz tinged finale, Mouth Of Ghosts, this album insists you listen to it and rewards you in equal measures.
It is no secret that Mike Patton's influence can be found on many of their releases, especially since he took the band on tour with Mr Bungle and has appeared on record as well as on stage with them. Patton fans could actually find themselves comparing certain tracks to the early Mr Bungle demos (Nong Eye Gong), Faith No More (Black Bubblegum, Mouth Of Ghosts), Tomahawk (Sick On Sunday) and Fantômas (Acting As A Particle). But to say that Patton's influence is obvious and undeniable would be cheating this album of just how great it truly is, it defies proper description without involving an essay and is continually surprising the listener with unexpected sounds and depth. Where Mike Patton makes conscious efforts to keep different styles of music limited to different projects DEP threw them all into the mix and created an album that will ensure continued interest in them for quite some time to come. Dillinger Escape Plan aren't everyone's cup of tea, they're not everyone's cup of coffee either, but this album is a tray full of double espressos with Tequila chasers.
The Dillinger Escape Plan tour the UK in February 2008, support comes from Between The Buried & Me and Stolen Babies.
February 12 Sheffield, U.K. Corporation
February 13 Newcastle, U.K. Academy 2
February 14 Manchester, U.K. Academy 3
February 15 Glasgow, Scotland Cathouse
February 16 Dublin, Ireland Whelans
February 17 Belfast, N. Ireland Spring & Airbrake
February 19 Leeds, U.K Cockpit
February 20 Birmingham, U.K Academy 2
February 21 Yeovil, U.K Orange Box
February 22 Bristol, U.K Academy
February 23 London, U.K Astoria 2
February 24 Brighton, U.K Concorde 2
Thursday, 1 November 2007
Slightly cheating tonight
Since i am travelling to London tonight i am not able to do the show. Fortunately, depending on how you look at it, i have recorded 2 hour long segments which should keep you entertained if you came here looking for music. Anyway, hope you all have a great weekend, I'm off to see Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine.
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Soulwax - Most Of The Remixes review
Soulwax are probably one of the most interesting, confusing and enjoyable bands about these days. So many acts seem intent on remaining in their pigeon-hole or "inventing" their own one that they will never leave, something that Soulwax could never be accused of. Although the band was formed in the mid 90s (by brothers Stephen and David Dewaele, Stefaan Van Leuven and Piet Dierickx) they weren't really taken much notice of until 2000 when, after a change of drummers andadding a keyboardist, they released the Much Against Everyone's Advice single from their 1999 album of the same name. It was an instantly catchy piece of indie pop that got heavy rotation on channels like MTV2 and stood out from the rest of the post-Britpop rubbish thanks to its edgier guitars and beats that swung between electro, pounding rock and flowery 60s tinged pop, often within a few seconds. They followed this up with some highly acclaimed festival appearances and the brilliant Too Many DJs single.
2 years later saw the appearance of the Dewaele brothers alter egos, 2 Many DJs, and the mix album As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2. The album became an immediate pre and post club classic due to the catchy, inspired mashups and remixes which make up its 61 minute running time. The album was actually a recording of a radio show that the brothers did on Belgium's Studio Brussel station and following the release the brothers were soon in demand as DJs as much as they were for shows with the band. So they did both, organising Radio Soulwax tours and often playing festivals as both Soulwax and 2 Many DJs. In 2004 Soulwax released Any Minute Now and not surprisingly it was a dancier, more electro affair than Much Against Everyone's Advice had been. It still retained the melodies, crunching guitars, darkness, inventiveness and catchy tunes of its predecessor but its musical and lyrical influences were obviously those of touring, DJing and all the hedonistic pleasures that the band had experienced as a result of their incresding popularity. Whereas 2 Many DJs may not have been to the liking of every Soulwax fan, and vice versa, Any Minute Now mixed the 2 together so perfectly that rather than alienating either audience it resulted in a release which both could easily love.
Following this even more popular album, accompanied by even greater acclaim and higher billing for their festival appearances, Soulwax wasted no time in releasing Nite Versions which is a remix/rework of Any Minute Now and also features a cover of Daft Punk's Teachers from the Homework album. This release also coincided with the bands most successful tour which saw the band take to the stage in both 2 Many DJs and Soulwax guises and performing Nite Versions in its entirety. So that brings us bang up to date and the release of their latest remix project, the incredibly long titled Most of the remixes we've made for other people over the years except for the one for Einsturzende Neubaten because we lost it and a few we didn't think sounded good enough or just didn't fit in length wise, but including some that are hard to find because either people forgot about them or simply because they haven't been released yet, a few we really love, one we think is just ok, some we did for free, some we did for money, some for ourselves without permission and some for friends as swaps but never on time and always at our studio in Ghent.
The album is sold as a Soulwax release but is in fact a warped kind of split with their alter-egos. Disc 1 is 77 minutes containing 14 remixes that the group have done over the years, if you hadn't figured that out from the title, and a lot are quite similar in style to the Nite Versions mixes of Any Minute Now. There are some truly great remixes on here and some that might not grab you on first listen, if they ever grab you at all. I suppose that is the one problem this album might have, if you don't know or like the song to begin with then you might not find a 7 minute remix of it too appealing. Or you may find that you really like the 7 minute remixes of a track that you didn't know or like to begin with, its a fine line. You can tell that 2 Many DJs is always a consideration when Soulwax are putting their remixes together, many of them contain DJ friendly long lead ins and lead outs. Having said that there are some tracks that stand out very well and will find themselves on your playlist for quite some time to come. I found LCD Soundsystem's Daft Punk Is Playing At My House to be an overly long, monotonous and slightly dull track when it was released but the remix on here is far more satisfying as Soulwax have thrown in plenty of Daft Punk samples throughout and generally forced the track to go on the journey that the original was lacking. Fans of Skins will all remember how the show's adverts shot Beth Ditto and Co. to overnight success and then resulted in a lot of disappointed clubbers who suddenly discovered that the Gossip track they'd just shelled out for wasn't the dirty synth monster they had been wanting. Well that dirty synth monster is here sounding like it would fit in perfectly on Nite Moves, in fact it is called the Soulwax Nite Version. Klaxons' Gravity's Rainbow get a full electro makeover that makes it sound like a 90s rave remix of an 80s power ballad, almost as if Josh Wink had worked on a Boston track, and it has plenty of head bopping moments that will make you wish you were in a club/field somewhere surrounded by several thousand people that are most definitely not on their nut. The remix of Dare by Gorillaz is not as satisfying unfortunately, i think its the one i'm least likely to play again. Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out Of My Head is a different matter though, It actually sounds like old Soulwax creating the blueprint for their current sound. Lots of nice crunching fuzzy guitars all over the place, a real drum kit and a different sound to the rest of the album which takes the song to an altogether darker place than it has probably ever been. Basically this album is full of remixes that will no doubt please a lot of Soulwax fans for one reason or another and may annoy lots of Soulwax fans for the same reasons.
That is where Disc 2 saves the day and makes Disc 1 something that you're more likely to revisit. 13 of the tracks from Disc 1 are here along with 6 others but it is only 53 minutes long. There are no long lead ins or lead outs, no 7 minute tracks, no dull moments and nothing that even seems like it could be remotely described as filler. And here is the reason, Disc 2 is a 2 Many DJs mix. As with all other 2 Many DJs mixes the tracks seem like they were made to be put together in this way by the Dewaele brothers, the main difference is that this time the pretty much were. Instead of the usual mashups the brothers are mashing up their own remixes, with the exception of Tiga's Move My Body, and it sounds great. It almost makes Disc 1 seem like a challenge, like they're saying to the listener "ok, you've pretty much got all the tracks on a seperate cd so why don't you see if you can learn to mix too?". The mix is done with the usual perfection that you'd expect from this pair so there really isn't anything more that you can say about it. When i first listened to this album i thought that most of the mixes were ok, it wasn't until i listened to Disc 2 that i started to really enjoy it. Then i gave Disc 1 a second chance and found myself enjoying the tracks a whole lot more than i had first time round. It is more of a curio than a fully constructed album and i can see it really appealing to DJs more than the casual listener. That doesn't mean it isn't perfect for putting on at a good party, it really is music that demands you turn the volume up should you ever try to put it on in the background. So either slip tracks from Disc 1 into your current playlist of dance tunes or cue up disc 2 alongside As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 and some of the 2 Many DJs bootlegs. Either way you'll always find something worth listening if you buy this.
2 years later saw the appearance of the Dewaele brothers alter egos, 2 Many DJs, and the mix album As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2. The album became an immediate pre and post club classic due to the catchy, inspired mashups and remixes which make up its 61 minute running time. The album was actually a recording of a radio show that the brothers did on Belgium's Studio Brussel station and following the release the brothers were soon in demand as DJs as much as they were for shows with the band. So they did both, organising Radio Soulwax tours and often playing festivals as both Soulwax and 2 Many DJs. In 2004 Soulwax released Any Minute Now and not surprisingly it was a dancier, more electro affair than Much Against Everyone's Advice had been. It still retained the melodies, crunching guitars, darkness, inventiveness and catchy tunes of its predecessor but its musical and lyrical influences were obviously those of touring, DJing and all the hedonistic pleasures that the band had experienced as a result of their incresding popularity. Whereas 2 Many DJs may not have been to the liking of every Soulwax fan, and vice versa, Any Minute Now mixed the 2 together so perfectly that rather than alienating either audience it resulted in a release which both could easily love.
Following this even more popular album, accompanied by even greater acclaim and higher billing for their festival appearances, Soulwax wasted no time in releasing Nite Versions which is a remix/rework of Any Minute Now and also features a cover of Daft Punk's Teachers from the Homework album. This release also coincided with the bands most successful tour which saw the band take to the stage in both 2 Many DJs and Soulwax guises and performing Nite Versions in its entirety. So that brings us bang up to date and the release of their latest remix project, the incredibly long titled Most of the remixes we've made for other people over the years except for the one for Einsturzende Neubaten because we lost it and a few we didn't think sounded good enough or just didn't fit in length wise, but including some that are hard to find because either people forgot about them or simply because they haven't been released yet, a few we really love, one we think is just ok, some we did for free, some we did for money, some for ourselves without permission and some for friends as swaps but never on time and always at our studio in Ghent.
The album is sold as a Soulwax release but is in fact a warped kind of split with their alter-egos. Disc 1 is 77 minutes containing 14 remixes that the group have done over the years, if you hadn't figured that out from the title, and a lot are quite similar in style to the Nite Versions mixes of Any Minute Now. There are some truly great remixes on here and some that might not grab you on first listen, if they ever grab you at all. I suppose that is the one problem this album might have, if you don't know or like the song to begin with then you might not find a 7 minute remix of it too appealing. Or you may find that you really like the 7 minute remixes of a track that you didn't know or like to begin with, its a fine line. You can tell that 2 Many DJs is always a consideration when Soulwax are putting their remixes together, many of them contain DJ friendly long lead ins and lead outs. Having said that there are some tracks that stand out very well and will find themselves on your playlist for quite some time to come. I found LCD Soundsystem's Daft Punk Is Playing At My House to be an overly long, monotonous and slightly dull track when it was released but the remix on here is far more satisfying as Soulwax have thrown in plenty of Daft Punk samples throughout and generally forced the track to go on the journey that the original was lacking. Fans of Skins will all remember how the show's adverts shot Beth Ditto and Co. to overnight success and then resulted in a lot of disappointed clubbers who suddenly discovered that the Gossip track they'd just shelled out for wasn't the dirty synth monster they had been wanting. Well that dirty synth monster is here sounding like it would fit in perfectly on Nite Moves, in fact it is called the Soulwax Nite Version. Klaxons' Gravity's Rainbow get a full electro makeover that makes it sound like a 90s rave remix of an 80s power ballad, almost as if Josh Wink had worked on a Boston track, and it has plenty of head bopping moments that will make you wish you were in a club/field somewhere surrounded by several thousand people that are most definitely not on their nut. The remix of Dare by Gorillaz is not as satisfying unfortunately, i think its the one i'm least likely to play again. Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out Of My Head is a different matter though, It actually sounds like old Soulwax creating the blueprint for their current sound. Lots of nice crunching fuzzy guitars all over the place, a real drum kit and a different sound to the rest of the album which takes the song to an altogether darker place than it has probably ever been. Basically this album is full of remixes that will no doubt please a lot of Soulwax fans for one reason or another and may annoy lots of Soulwax fans for the same reasons.
That is where Disc 2 saves the day and makes Disc 1 something that you're more likely to revisit. 13 of the tracks from Disc 1 are here along with 6 others but it is only 53 minutes long. There are no long lead ins or lead outs, no 7 minute tracks, no dull moments and nothing that even seems like it could be remotely described as filler. And here is the reason, Disc 2 is a 2 Many DJs mix. As with all other 2 Many DJs mixes the tracks seem like they were made to be put together in this way by the Dewaele brothers, the main difference is that this time the pretty much were. Instead of the usual mashups the brothers are mashing up their own remixes, with the exception of Tiga's Move My Body, and it sounds great. It almost makes Disc 1 seem like a challenge, like they're saying to the listener "ok, you've pretty much got all the tracks on a seperate cd so why don't you see if you can learn to mix too?". The mix is done with the usual perfection that you'd expect from this pair so there really isn't anything more that you can say about it. When i first listened to this album i thought that most of the mixes were ok, it wasn't until i listened to Disc 2 that i started to really enjoy it. Then i gave Disc 1 a second chance and found myself enjoying the tracks a whole lot more than i had first time round. It is more of a curio than a fully constructed album and i can see it really appealing to DJs more than the casual listener. That doesn't mean it isn't perfect for putting on at a good party, it really is music that demands you turn the volume up should you ever try to put it on in the background. So either slip tracks from Disc 1 into your current playlist of dance tunes or cue up disc 2 alongside As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 and some of the 2 Many DJs bootlegs. Either way you'll always find something worth listening if you buy this.
Saturday, 20 October 2007
Show 006 tracklist
The Mission - Tower Of Strength
Beastie Boys - B For My Name
Carter USM - The Young Offender's Mum
Supergrass - Richard III
OK Go - Get Over It
The Kazoo Funk Orchestra - Fire In My Fungus
The Prodigy - Everybody In The Place (155 And Rising)
Chemical Brothers - Out Of Control
Gomez - Girlshapedlovedrug
The Frank & Walters - Happy Busman
Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart
Aztec Camera & Mick Jones - Good Morning Britain
Carbon/Silicon - The News
Bad News - Worriors Of Genghis Khan
Carter USM - Let's Get Tattoos
Aquabats - Fell Asleep On My Arm
Big Country - In A Big Country
Terrorvision - Middleman
Paul Anka - Black Hole Sun
Lovage - Pit Stop (Take Me Home)
Carter USM - My Defeatist Attitude
Pop Will Eat Itself - Games Without Frontiers
Mansun - She Makes My Nose Bleed
Menswe@r - Sleeping In
Abdoujaparov - Beer Scooter
Jim Bob - Victim
Jim Bob & Fruitbat - My Face Your Arse
Beastie Boys - B For My Name
Carter USM - The Young Offender's Mum
Supergrass - Richard III
OK Go - Get Over It
The Kazoo Funk Orchestra - Fire In My Fungus
The Prodigy - Everybody In The Place (155 And Rising)
Chemical Brothers - Out Of Control
Gomez - Girlshapedlovedrug
The Frank & Walters - Happy Busman
Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart
Aztec Camera & Mick Jones - Good Morning Britain
Carbon/Silicon - The News
Bad News - Worriors Of Genghis Khan
Carter USM - Let's Get Tattoos
Aquabats - Fell Asleep On My Arm
Big Country - In A Big Country
Terrorvision - Middleman
Paul Anka - Black Hole Sun
Lovage - Pit Stop (Take Me Home)
Carter USM - My Defeatist Attitude
Pop Will Eat Itself - Games Without Frontiers
Mansun - She Makes My Nose Bleed
Menswe@r - Sleeping In
Abdoujaparov - Beer Scooter
Jim Bob - Victim
Jim Bob & Fruitbat - My Face Your Arse
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
This Thursday: Carter USM Special # 1
With their first gig in 10 years (its also their second last ever gig) coming up in a few days I'll be doing a Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine special This Thursday with the featured album being Worry Bomb. I'll also be playing some of Jim Bob and Fruitbat's new projects and a whole host of other cool music.
So get into the chat room for 8pm and join the celebration.
So get into the chat room for 8pm and join the celebration.
Saturday, 13 October 2007
Show 005 tracklist
Hopefully shows 003 and 004 will follow soon, podcasts should also be up soon. Tracks with a * are from the "featured album" which was a compilation of covers commemorating BBC Radio 1s 40th birthday called Radio 1: Established 1967.
Kaiser Chiefs - Flowers In The Rain*
Pixies - Gouge Away
Abdoujaparov - Good Grief Christina
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
John Shuttleworth - Serial Cereal Eater
Mr Bungle - My Ass Is On Fire
Klaxons - No Diggity*
pANDAS - Halloween Be Thy Name
Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle
OK Go - A Million Ways
Menswe@r - Daydreamer
Fuzz Townshend - Smash It (Cut La Roc Vocal Mix)
Golden Claw Musics - Ghosts Of Shipwrecks Past
Bentley Ehythm Ace - Theme From Gutbuster
Clint Mansell - Ghosts (Vocal Version)
Pop Will Eat Itself - Everythings Cool
EMF - Search And Destroy
Jesus Jones - Idiot Stare
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - And God Created Brixton
The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton
Sultans Of Ping F.C. - Veronica
Jamie T - If You Got The Money
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Love album version)
Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around The Block
Hard-Fi - Toxic*
Primal Scream - Miss Lucifer
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
GWAR - Sick Of You
Kaiser Chiefs - Flowers In The Rain*
Pixies - Gouge Away
Abdoujaparov - Good Grief Christina
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers
John Shuttleworth - Serial Cereal Eater
Mr Bungle - My Ass Is On Fire
Klaxons - No Diggity*
pANDAS - Halloween Be Thy Name
Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle
OK Go - A Million Ways
Menswe@r - Daydreamer
Fuzz Townshend - Smash It (Cut La Roc Vocal Mix)
Golden Claw Musics - Ghosts Of Shipwrecks Past
Bentley Ehythm Ace - Theme From Gutbuster
Clint Mansell - Ghosts (Vocal Version)
Pop Will Eat Itself - Everythings Cool
EMF - Search And Destroy
Jesus Jones - Idiot Stare
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - And God Created Brixton
The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton
Sultans Of Ping F.C. - Veronica
Jamie T - If You Got The Money
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Love album version)
Badly Drawn Boy - Once Around The Block
Hard-Fi - Toxic*
Primal Scream - Miss Lucifer
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
GWAR - Sick Of You
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Schedule now constant
Ok, so i don't have to constantly update the blog...
Yup, lazy. The shows shall continue to be Tuesdays from midnight and Thursdays from 8pm.
Yup, lazy. The shows shall continue to be Tuesdays from midnight and Thursdays from 8pm.
Friday, 21 September 2007
Schedule for September 24th - 30th
Looks like the Schedule will be the same as last weeks. Please note that these times are GMT. Never expected that we'd get any listeners from around the world but we already have 2 great regulars from the states so thats nice.
Wednesday 26th - 00:00 - 02:00 (please note that this is Wednesday morning, not Wednesday night)
Thursday 27th - 20:00 - 22:00
All shows will over-run as usual but the first 2 hours of Thursday's show will be recorded for the Podcast.
Wednesday 26th - 00:00 - 02:00 (please note that this is Wednesday morning, not Wednesday night)
Thursday 27th - 20:00 - 22:00
All shows will over-run as usual but the first 2 hours of Thursday's show will be recorded for the Podcast.
Show 002 tracklist and podcast
Here is the track listing for show 002.
The Wonderstuff - Radio Ass Kiss
Utah Saints - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
Sultans Of Ping F.C. - Stupid Kid
Alkaline Trio - Stupid Kid
Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Iron Maiden - Phantom Of The Opera
Sparks Vs Faith No More - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us
Adamski - The Space Jungle
Adam Sky - apeX of rok'n'roll
EMF - I Believe
Apollo 440 - Stop The Rock
Anthrax & Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
Alice In Chains - Heaven Beside You
Pantera - Ride My Rocket
The Iron Horse - Fade To Black
Jesu - Silver
Primus - Mr. Krinkle
Junior Blanks - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
MC Lars - iGeneration
pANDAS - Beatless
Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather For Ducks
Jim Jeffries - First One Night Stand
Art Brut - Rusted Guns Of Milan
Joy Division - Dead Souls
Nine Inch Nails - Gave Up
Ministry - Psalm 69
Dwarves - FEFU
The Kazoo Funk Orchestra - Somewhere A Dog Barked
Mr Bungle - Desert Search For Techno Allah
The first 2 hours of the show, it went on for another 6 hours after this, are now available to download from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8X8MCPQA
No ranting in this show but if people do fancy hearing a few rants then come along to the chat room when the show is on air.
The Wonderstuff - Radio Ass Kiss
Utah Saints - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
Sultans Of Ping F.C. - Stupid Kid
Alkaline Trio - Stupid Kid
Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Iron Maiden - Phantom Of The Opera
Sparks Vs Faith No More - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us
Adamski - The Space Jungle
Adam Sky - apeX of rok'n'roll
EMF - I Believe
Apollo 440 - Stop The Rock
Anthrax & Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
Alice In Chains - Heaven Beside You
Pantera - Ride My Rocket
The Iron Horse - Fade To Black
Jesu - Silver
Primus - Mr. Krinkle
Junior Blanks - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
MC Lars - iGeneration
pANDAS - Beatless
Lemon Jelly - Nice Weather For Ducks
Jim Jeffries - First One Night Stand
Art Brut - Rusted Guns Of Milan
Joy Division - Dead Souls
Nine Inch Nails - Gave Up
Ministry - Psalm 69
Dwarves - FEFU
The Kazoo Funk Orchestra - Somewhere A Dog Barked
Mr Bungle - Desert Search For Techno Allah
The first 2 hours of the show, it went on for another 6 hours after this, are now available to download from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8X8MCPQA
No ranting in this show but if people do fancy hearing a few rants then come along to the chat room when the show is on air.
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Schedule for September 17th - 23rd
Wednesday 19th - 00:00 - 02:00
Thursday 20th - 20:00 - 22:00
All shows will most likely over-run but the first 2 hours of Thursday's show will be recorded for the Podcast.
Thursday 20th - 20:00 - 22:00
All shows will most likely over-run but the first 2 hours of Thursday's show will be recorded for the Podcast.
New Logo, other stuff and unofficial show
pANDAS Radio now has a shiny new logo and is one step nearer to including speech. I think the next show is technically going to be Thursday night but there is likely to be a wee unofficial show, possibly with ranting, tonight from 00:00 after Les 'Fruitbat' Carter and Matt Thurlow's shows on http://www.phoenixfm.com (8-10 and 10-midnight). As a wee bonus Matt has asked permission to play some pANDAS on his show tonight.
Anyway, here is a logo, banner and avatar for anyone that wants to use it.
Anyway, here is a logo, banner and avatar for anyone that wants to use it.
Friday, 14 September 2007
Show 001 Podcast
I recorded the first pANDAS Radio show, so here it is.
It was over 100mb so i have made a .rar file of it (its like winzip) and it is split in 2. You can download both parts here but you need to download both before you try to extract the mp3. Download both files to the same folder and then extract either one, you'll then have the whole 150 minute show and be able to discard the .rar files. If you don't know how to extract the files then you'll need to download the free program Winrar from Here.
Anyway, here are the 2 files you'll need.
Part 1 - 95.78 MB
Part 2 - 9.57 MB
This was just the test show so the sound may have a slight problem in the occasional place. But don't worry, next weeks show will be better and things will just continue to improve. Hopefully see you in the chat room next week.
It was over 100mb so i have made a .rar file of it (its like winzip) and it is split in 2. You can download both parts here but you need to download both before you try to extract the mp3. Download both files to the same folder and then extract either one, you'll then have the whole 150 minute show and be able to discard the .rar files. If you don't know how to extract the files then you'll need to download the free program Winrar from Here.
Anyway, here are the 2 files you'll need.
Part 1 - 95.78 MB
Part 2 - 9.57 MB
This was just the test show so the sound may have a slight problem in the occasional place. But don't worry, next weeks show will be better and things will just continue to improve. Hopefully see you in the chat room next week.
How to join the chat
When you see either the webcam image or the sign in the top right hand corner that says LIVE! then you'll know that the show is going out live. When that happens, as long as you've signed up with Stickam (It's free), then you just need to click HERE and you'll be taken directly to the chat room.
The chat room also has webcam support so you can wave to us or show off your latest hat.
The chat room also has webcam support so you can wave to us or show off your latest hat.
Show 001
show 1 went quite well, got some sound problems sorted out and even had 5 people in the chat room. The playlist for tonight was....
pANDAS - Beatless
SL2 - On A Ragga Tip
Fantomas - Rosemary's Baby
Abdoujaparov - Emergency Medical Hologram
Dinosaur Jr. - Feel The Pain
Yer Maw - My Version/Your Version
Aphex Twin - Fenix Funk 5
Adam Green - Carolina
Bloodhound Gand - Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Electricity
Sugar Hill Gang - Apache
Curve - Chinese Burn
Atari Teenage Riot - Digital Hardcore
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Neptunes Remix)
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - And God Created Brixton
Polysics - my sharona
Tiger - Friends
Spiritualized - Broken Heart
Tomahawk - Capt. Midnight
Anthrax - Only
Mr. Bungle - The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
Messer Chups - Sex Euro and Evils Pop
El Dog - Rhythm Tooth
Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike
The Frank & Walters - After All
Ben & Jason - Let's Murder Vivaldi
Nina Gordon - Straight Outta Compton
Senser - Formula Milk
Pop Will Eat Itself - Underbelly
Asian Dub Foundation - Buzzin'
Girls Aloud - Biology
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - The Equestrian Statue
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Bob 'Dogboy' Rafferty - Orion
Yer Maw - Oxygen Comedown
Cake - I Will Survive
Focus - Hocus Pocus
pANDAS - Beatless
SL2 - On A Ragga Tip
Fantomas - Rosemary's Baby
Abdoujaparov - Emergency Medical Hologram
Dinosaur Jr. - Feel The Pain
Yer Maw - My Version/Your Version
Aphex Twin - Fenix Funk 5
Adam Green - Carolina
Bloodhound Gand - Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Electricity
Sugar Hill Gang - Apache
Curve - Chinese Burn
Atari Teenage Riot - Digital Hardcore
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Neptunes Remix)
They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - And God Created Brixton
Polysics - my sharona
Tiger - Friends
Spiritualized - Broken Heart
Tomahawk - Capt. Midnight
Anthrax - Only
Mr. Bungle - The Air-Conditioned Nightmare
Messer Chups - Sex Euro and Evils Pop
El Dog - Rhythm Tooth
Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike
The Frank & Walters - After All
Ben & Jason - Let's Murder Vivaldi
Nina Gordon - Straight Outta Compton
Senser - Formula Milk
Pop Will Eat Itself - Underbelly
Asian Dub Foundation - Buzzin'
Girls Aloud - Biology
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - The Equestrian Statue
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Bob 'Dogboy' Rafferty - Orion
Yer Maw - Oxygen Comedown
Cake - I Will Survive
Focus - Hocus Pocus
Thursday, 13 September 2007
pANDAS Radio
pANDAS are a Glasgow based band who have a habit of getting bored and doing things just for the fun of it. This time it is radio that has caught our eye.
Since we are inspired by a wide range of music we thought that we would do a weekly show where we will play the good, that bad and the wonderfully twisted music that gets us excited. Everything from Classical through to Experimantal Death Metal and Pop. Nothing is out of bounds. We will also be welcoming requests and submissions. So if you have your own band that you think we'd like then give us a shout.
It'll be really easy to contact us because our live broadcasts will include a chat room and a webcam. When we aren't broadcasting live we will hopefully be able to have the last live broadcast playing on a loop, that way our show will always be on, possibly even downloadable in a podcast stylee.
To join in with the radio fun just visit http://www.stickam.com/profile/always_drunk or click on the link at the top left of this blog.
Thanks for reading.
pANDAS
Since we are inspired by a wide range of music we thought that we would do a weekly show where we will play the good, that bad and the wonderfully twisted music that gets us excited. Everything from Classical through to Experimantal Death Metal and Pop. Nothing is out of bounds. We will also be welcoming requests and submissions. So if you have your own band that you think we'd like then give us a shout.
It'll be really easy to contact us because our live broadcasts will include a chat room and a webcam. When we aren't broadcasting live we will hopefully be able to have the last live broadcast playing on a loop, that way our show will always be on, possibly even downloadable in a podcast stylee.
To join in with the radio fun just visit http://www.stickam.com/profile/always_drunk or click on the link at the top left of this blog.
Thanks for reading.
pANDAS
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