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Richard

About Me



I run an MP3Blog. Click the pic and you'll be whooshed there.



    • songs rocking the turntable last week

    artists most listened to last week

    songs recently played

    overall most listened to artists

    My Interests

    I'd like to meet:

    You.Or would I?Would you?

    Music:

    Radiohead - - Bob Dylan - - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - - Wilco - - Morrissey - - The Smiths - - Sonic Youth - - Jeff Buckley - - Broken Social Scene - - The Flaming Lips - - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - - Modest Mouse - - Explosions In The Sky - - Elliott Smith - - Smog - - The White Stripes - - Sparklehorse - - Tom Waits - - Patti Smith - - Iggy Pop - - The Stooges - - The Verve - - Bjork - - Ryan Adams - - PJ Harvey - - Yo La Tengo - - Cat Power - - Arab Strap - - Interpol - - Liars - - TV On The Radio - - DJ Shadow - - The Velvet Underground - - Le Tigre - - Scout Niblett - - The Auteurs - - dEUS - - The Clash - - Mogwai - - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - - Low - - The Pixies - - REM - - The Mountain Goats - - The Cure - - LCD Soundsystem - - Bright Eyes - - Sebadoh - - Mono - - David Bowie - - Sleater Kinney - - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - - The Postal Service - - The Organ - - Suede - - Slint - - The Go! Team - - Papa M - - The Breeders - - Teenage Fanclub - - Loose Fur - - Sultans Of Ping FC - - The Beatles - - Belle & Sebastian - - Jurassic 5 - - Hole - - Idlewild - - The Rolling Stones - - Elbow - - My Bloody Valentine - - Four Tet - - The Lemonheads - - Pavement - - Mercury Rev - - Pajo - - Elastica - - Marilyn Manson - - Shellac

    My Blog

    Regina Spektor - Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton 6/2/2007

    So the New York Russian classical pianist lady played Wolverhampton last night.Her giant grand piano dwarfed the stage. The audience duly respect her request for no-one to smoke in the audience and sh...
    Posted by Richard on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:29:00 PST

    Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/Cold War Kids Birmingham Academy 4/2/2007

    It's been an age since I've been to a gig where I've wanted to see both the main act and the support band. But that's what happened on Sunday night as Cold War Kids opened for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah...
    Posted by Richard on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:09:00 PST

    The View - Barfly Birmingham 24/0102007

    So The View played at my first ever Kerrang Raw gig.And they were mighty fine.If a little loud. Or maybe I'm just getting old. Either way, everything sounds muffled in my left earm Muffled that is, ex...
    Posted by Richard on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:49:00 PST

    If you wanna be a rock n roll record breaker ...

    ... you gotta work for Kerrang Radio!   Being the quintessential rock n roll worplace that it is, we set a new world record for doing the most rock n roll thing we could thnk of ... throwing...
    Posted by Richard on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:17:00 PST

    Pan's Labyrinth

    Okay, so it's only the 11th of January, but Pan's Labyrinth is the best film I've seen this year and the best film since I saw Goodnight & Good Luck last year.You have to go watch it.How could you not...
    Posted by Richard on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:42:00 PST

    New Years Eve 06 Photos - House Party

    Okay, so most of the night was spent drinking and taking photos with a camera that had no film in it. I'm not saying one was a result of the other but you never know. Anyway, once that slight mistake ...
    Posted by Richard on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:39:00 PST

    Gigs of 2006

    So this year, I've been to a ridiculous number of gigs.And now I've posted my favourite of the bunch.Those not quite making the list include Mogwai, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Morrissey, Albert Hammond Jr, CSS,...
    Posted by Richard on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:57:00 PST

    Favourote Songs of 2006

    Okay, so now I've decided on my favourite songs of the last 12 months but to save on repetition, I decided not to include any tracks that featured on any of the albums of the year. Again, they are in ...
    Posted by Richard on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:06:00 PST

    Favourite Albums Of 2006

    In no particular order, with no ranking system and based on pure overall enjoyment.A little more detail over at the blog....
    Posted by Richard on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:27:00 PST

    The Charlatans - live at Kerrang 15/11/2006

    I'd kinda lost faith in The Charlatans over the past few years.Two disappointing albums. Trading on their reputation a bit.But by God did they renew my faith on Wednesday when they stormed the K! offi...
    Posted by Richard on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:41:00 PST