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About Me

There is a canyon, through which the river of music should flow. On one side of the canyon there is a great verge of cheese, which is the smelly kind, in a bad way. This must be avoided. On the other side is a great verge of indeterminate obscurity. Elements of this obscurity are wonderful, yet as with the cheese, for a good river you need both sides. So, the river flows with the colour of creation. There is melody, of course melody. Can there be a song without melody? SchÃ¶nberg said there were many tunes still to be written in the key of C. GoodBooks have only one song in the key of C, but no matter. And at the same time there is inquisitiveness, a journey through all sorts of weird and wonderful sounds. The river eventually flows to the sea, whence cometh enlightenment/the meaning of life/a glimpse of the ultimate form of good.
'Control' is the first step towards the sea. Twelve songs with their own rules and their own world. Lyrically it's not a very positive record, but through its honesty it somehow ends up more positive than it would really be if it had been kept all nice and user-friendly. The words are garbled, sometimes mad, always unsure - after all we're none of us sure of what we're doing.
GoodBooks have had a very wonderful year, thankyou. We've played all over the UK with many great bands. We've released two singles and an album, which the world was by and large very positive about. We made it to Amsterdam and Paris. We've been played on the radio and had sets at festivals. No-one's a smackhead yet. Sorry to our American listeners who are still waiting patiently for a visit - it's good to hear from you as often as we do. Thankyou to our British audiences for coming out to see us on the road.
Right now we're spending a few weeks in Berin, already writing and rehearsing new songs for a new record. It's already very good and very different from the last one. I think we're less aggravated than we were, a bit more at ease with how things are, a bit more resigned to life. But maybe that's just because the weather's been nice.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/20/2005
Band Website: ilovegoodbooks.com
Band Members: Max Cooke - vocals, guitar
Christopher Porter - vocals, bass
JP Duncan - keyboards
Leo von BÃ¼low-Quirk - drums, the cowbell

For bookings contact [email protected]
For management contact [email protected]
NB We can't deal with requests about gigs/charity stuff/interviews etc via myspace so please get in touch with one of the above

Releases: Control - LP released 30 July 2007
UK - buy on Play.com
R.O.W. - buy on hmv.com

Control Freaks - The Remixes
Remix LP released 19 November 2007
Download from iTunes UK

Links: Facebook page
Facebook group
YouTube channel
GoodBooks music blog
Last.fm
Influences: Matthew Dear, The Flaming Lips, Pulp, Kraftwerk, Hot Chip, Talking Heads, The Cure, Kings of Leon, XTC, LCD Soundsystem, The Chap
Sounds Like: A post-glacial shower

Record Label: Columbia Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Yo-Yo . .

whilst looking on youtube just now i came across one of the best things i've seen in ages . . .this man is doing an incredible freestyle Yo-Yo routine to Start/Stop! amazing!in other news th...
Posted by GoodBooks on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:18:00 PST

Vocal Athletics/recording

We're recording this week. Four new songs - Momentum, Sorcerers, Bones and Roundabouts. Nice, succinct titles. They're lovely, full songs, with a definite leap on from 'Control'. I think I'm just begi...
Posted by GoodBooks on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:11:00 PST

...England day 2

Well, that all went pretty quickly - what a great start to the year. Three amazing weeks in an amazing city with amazing people. And we've got ourselves a bit of radio play coming up too - The Teenage...
Posted by GoodBooks on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST

Berlin extra time

I'm still here. And still angry that there are no dragons in Berlin Zoo.xxMax
Posted by GoodBooks on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:54:00 PST

Berlin I love you..

Ok, so this is it. The last blog from me from Berlin, after tomorrow I am no longer a Berliner..and it's been incredible, totally captivating and so much fun. We've met some amazing people, people who...
Posted by GoodBooks on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:46:00 PST

Techno is alive and well...

It's been a couple of days since the last edition of the Berlin blog but it's been heads down from GoodBooks recently in the shape of a couple of new tunes, a 30 minute mix for the best radio station ...
Posted by GoodBooks on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:24:00 PST

A Weekend in the City

Anna's gone home now, which is a bit strange. It's been awesome having her here, even if she did keep me up til 6bloody30am yesterday morning discussing life, goodbooks and life. GoodTimes though.So l...
Posted by GoodBooks on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:52:00 PST

Berlin Day 9

There is a bar somewhere in the East where there is a ping pong table, and all the punters do every night is play round the table, in fair Berlin where we lay our scene. I played one exquisite shot, t...
Posted by GoodBooks on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:21:00 PST

berlin day 8

One day we're going to live in Berlin... Definately a statement that's been swirling around my head for the last week, I don't think I've managed to feel so at home and also so excited by a city for a...
Posted by GoodBooks on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:51:00 PST

Berlin days 5, 6 and 7 . . .

don't judge us for lateness. so where did i leave off? saturday with the man with female ankles, right.Day 5 - today was not hugely eventful for the majority of us. all nursing hangovers exept for our...
Posted by GoodBooks on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:45:00 PST