Presidents of the USA, Kid Carpet, Electric Eel Shock at the Bristol Academy |
What an entertaining show! All three acts brought as much wit to their performances as they did musical accomplishment. Kid Carpet was my favourite act, performing half spoken stories to a...
Posted by CJ on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:23:00 PST |
Sam and the Plants and Magpahi |
Ed and I went to watch this band play upstairs in the old O’Neills on Trinity Street. They’re actually two different acts but they were playing that night as a duo. They played...
Posted by CJ on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:08:00 PST |
Are you ready for the floor? |
I think the single of the month is the new one by HOT CHIP, with the wonderful ABBA sample. My nan agreed it was good when we watched it together on the Culture Show. I've seen some good b...
Posted by CJ on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:53:00 PST |
Ceri’s 2007 awards |
Band of the Year 2007: The Arctic Monkeys - for their second album and their energetic CIA show and their ability to write more sense about modern society in a four minute record than a lifetime of Gu...
Posted by CJ on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:13:00 PST |
Books... |
At the moment I am reading the biography of Edward Popper who was a philosopher from Vienna. I've just finished the thriller 'The Dogs of Riga' and I've given up on the last Harry Potter - too l...
Posted by CJ on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:17:00 PST |
UK's#1: Beyonce & Shakira: Beautiful Liar |
Possibly the greatest merger since Whizzer and Chips, two of the brightest stars in the pop firmament together at last. Quite a nice song, I certainly enjoyed it running along the Taff the other...
Posted by CJ on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:23:00 PST |
UK's Number One: Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake |
I wonder if they made this record together just to counter the missapprehention that Timbaland and Timberlake were one and the same person? Or was I the only one who was previously confused abou...
Posted by CJ on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:51:00 PST |
UK's No 1: The Proclaimers - 500 Miles |
Not to be confused in any way with the Pretenders' 2000 Miles! Which my drunken friends (Alun, Toby and Rob) did when I told them latter was my favourite ever Christmas song. This is ...
Posted by CJ on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:14:00 PST |
Live Music - The Alarm (Ystrad Leisure Centre) |
Wonderful set at the Burberry Workers Concert in the Rhondda. Back catalogue interspersed with understated political statements and an enthuastic response from the 40 year olds in the audience (...
Posted by CJ on Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:40:00 PST |
The UK's Number One: 'Shine' - Take That |
Perfectly nice song from Take That. Sounds a lot like a Beatle song. Probably designed to be attractive to 30-year-olds-who-don't-really-like-music. As opposed to being designed to b...
Posted by CJ on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:49:00 PST |
