Oh, so you're a liar as well as incompetent?

[alexsarll]

Drinking in the City earlier. I get a little uneasy in the pubs 80% full of straight men who really want to be alpha male. But when I'm in said pubs, and I go to the loo, and find ads from a campaign on the benefits of shaving your balls - well, is it any wonder that what little gaydar I ever possessed has shorted out?

EastEnders' creator has died, which doesn't really interest me except that apparently he also worked on notorious expat flop Eldorado. As did Doctor Who co-creator Verity Lambert, who died last week. Is there an Eldorado crew serial killer on the loose? And if so, why now? Perhaps he was banged up thirty-odd years ago, had to sit through the whole series because his cell-block daddy loved it, and has decided to seek revenge now gaol overcrowding has seen him released?

Wednesday's Goonite bands, in brief:
Arthur And Martha: reminiscent of Vic20, which is always good. I miss Vic20.
Monster Bobby: much better than you'd expect from a Pipettes associate. Very short songs, a welcome attribute in a support act. Although one of them is about Facebook, already mentioned by A&M. Calm down, dears.
Monday Club: very good at what they do, so far as I can tell, but what they do is sound like the Throwing Muses, whom I never really understood.
Brontosaurus Chorus: still lovely, but I still find it weird owning my friends' voices on vinyl. Digital, I'm accustomed to - but while I normally have no truck with vinyl fetishist nostalgia, here a sense of it being more 'real' somehow kicks in.

Not that there are many signs of life in Myspace these days, but it's still seldom a good sign when one of the last moving inhabitants lumbers into view intent on eating your bains adding you to their band's 'friends' list. A rare exception this week came when I got a request from The Attery Squash, whose synthpop wonder 'Charlie Brooker Is Right About Everything' I heartily recommend. Because he is, you know. Well, except 'Love and Monsters'.

Comments

[exliontamer.livejournal.com]

That song is brilliant! Shame it only comes out on any format after Black Plastic though..

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

I believe there is technology which would deal with such issues, though obviously I would have no truck with such workings of the Black Logic.

[darkmarcpi.livejournal.com]

Should you wish to own in MP3 format a song from e.g. a band's myspace that is not commercially available or found through file sharing, then:

1. Go to: http://file2hd.com/

2. Type in the URL of the site that has the song (e.g. www.myspace.com/babyshambles) in the text box.

3. Links to the list of the 4 or so songs on the site will then be displayed. Select which one you want, and download to your hard drive. It's free and quick.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

BURN THE WARLOCK!

(Mainly for suggesting Babyshambles as an example)

[myfirstkitchen.livejournal.com]

Have a word with young flamingkitties of this parish, for it is she who sings on that track and she might be able to sort you something a bit less "black logic" for the club.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Don't mind me, I always start talking like that when I'm reading something post-apocalyptic. Good work on the BBC Next Big Thing business, btw!

[myfirstkitchen.livejournal.com]

Cheers Alex. Are you having a birthday do this year? We will be in London, see (the in-laws having moved to a mansion in Shepherd's Bush).

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Yes, 27th as usual. I think a certain trepidation as regards setting up my first Facebook event is delaying the invite even as applied to other platforms...

[flamingkitties.livejournal.com]

Although I'm not entirely sure what that means, how can I help...?

[exliontamer.livejournal.com]

Ah hello - I run a club called Black Plastic which plays lots of synthpop/new wave/electro and would like to play the track though our next night is on the 8th of December, before it's supposed to be released - would you be able to possibly sort me out with a copy of it at all?

[flamingkitties.livejournal.com]

Hello again. An extended mix, proper mix of the 7" and a dance mix will be ready for you in mp3 format by Monday(ish) send me an email flamingkitties at blueyonder.co.uk and I'll get them to you when they're done.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Good heavens, I appear to have done something useful by mistake.

[my-name-is-anna.livejournal.com]

How does that man shave his own back?

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Long arms and a Phillips Bollockshave TM?

[kenix.livejournal.com]

Maybe there's an attachment?

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

Anyone fancies delving into the site for answers, be my guest, & report back. That's two posts in a row where I've reported on THE HORROR! and been met with vaguely acquisitive interest. Cue Daily Mail editorial.

[ursarctous.livejournal.com]

i love that they're called the attery squash, it makes me very happy. [and just a little bit sad that i didn't get there first.]

[flamingkitties.livejournal.com]

Bwa ha ha.
If you know what an Attery Squash looks like, let me know, I need to draw one. Cheers.

[mylifebythesea.livejournal.com]

Songs about Facebook. Bad and wrong. I saw a publication in Borders the other day entitled "Everything You Need to Know About Facebook", it was almost the size of a phone book. HOW?!

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

I almost want to go and have a look at this, just to find out. Though I still reckon most of it's an exhaustive guide to the applications, and exactly how much of a tosser adding each one makes you.