FABRIC London ...one of the best places to spend sunday mornings, the best club in the world. I do like pubs as well and 60s (Clothes, Music, Design), Music Recording, soldering, Camden Market, Spitalfields Market, Lizards, Mushroom Picking, Children's Books, John Lennon's Jukebox, 7inch Grafix, Nice Japanese People and japanese food....Udong Tempura, mhmmmmm
Crave Talk: All hail the analogue revolution Related entries: MP3 & Digital Music------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------- It sounds like an unlikely revival, but vinyl is scratching and crackling its way back to the top. Seven-inch vinyl records are once again a popular format for some indie singles' sales in the UK. Sales of 7-inch singles have risen to well over one million this year. The last time things looked this good for vinyl was 1998.------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- It doesn't stop there -- the NME's Alex Needham is championing the format to supersede CD. "I think it's very possible that the CD might become obsolete in an age of download music but the vinyl record will survive," he said. ------------------------------------------------------------ -The latest White Stripes' single, The Denial Twist, was helped into the Top 10 by 7-inch vinyl sales -- the band sold 5,500 singles in the format. Stuart Green, head of sales for the Stripe's label told Crave, "We're seeing more interest in 7-inch. We're now more likely to put out two 7-inch records and one CD whereas in the past the opposite was true." Not bad going in an age where iPods are as integral to the proper functioning of a teenage human body as lungs.------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------Lily Allen saw fit to initally release her new single, LDN, exclusively on 7-inch. It's arguable that the dying singles chart has been defibrillated by vinyl sales.------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -----So why are thousands of people turning back to vinyl when tapes, and then CDs and MP3s, wiped out the vinyl singles market two decades ago? It's likely that the tactile joy of owning a physical object that represents your attachment to a band is infinitely more enjoyable than entering a credit card number into iTunes. Not to mention the fun of manipulating turntable technology to play vinyl, that sense of physical control of the medium. Sales of record decks appear to bear this out -- turntables had disappeared from high street stores but now we're beginning to see major retailers stocking these antique wonders.---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------What pleasure is there to be had in clicking a virtual button with a mouse? Very little, really. Whereas the slightly precarious operation of placing a record on a platter and dropping the needle seems like a surgical procedure of a kind that most modern automation has tried to completely erase. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------There's a wonderful sense of anticipation when you hear that nervous crackle of needle on fresh groove during that brief moment before the music kicks in. How delightful that a new generation is discovering the joy of 7-inch. -Chris Stevens (September 2006)------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------DALAI LAMA and the HIPPIE....One night, a Delta twin-engine puddle jumper was flying somewhere above New Jersey. There were five people on board: the pilot, Michael Jordan, Bill Gates, the Dalai Lama, and a hippie.Suddenly, an illegal oxygen generator exploded loudly in the luggage compartment, and the passenger cabin began to fill with smoke. The cockpit door opened, and the pilot burst into the compartment."Gentlemen," he began, "I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that we're about to crash in New Jersey. The good news is that there are four parachutes, and I have one of them!"With that, the pilot threw open the door and jumped from the plane.Michael Jordan was on his feet in a flash."Gentlemen," he said, "I am the world's greatest athlete. The world needs great athletes. I think the world's greatest athlete should have a parachute!" With these words, he grabbed one of the remaining parachutes, and hurtled through the door and into the night.Bill Gates rose and said, "Gentlemen, I am the world's smartest man. The world needs smart men. I think the world's smartest man should have a parachute too." He grabbed one, and out he jumped.The Dalai Lama and the hippie looked at one another.Finally, the Dalai Lama spoke. "My son," he said, "I have lived a satisfying life and have known the bliss of True Enlightenment. You have your life ahead of you; you take a parachute, and I will go down with the plane."The hippie smiled slowly and said, "Hey, don't worry pop. The world's smartest man just jumped out wearing my backpack."
everything but Christian Music; I love minimal techno/electro/underground house and underground guitar music as well. from new beat to dark disco to freak pop. there is a great band without any instruments: BAUCHKLANG www.bauchklang.com really, really cool!
and I like...Belle and Sebastian, The Long Blondes, Arcade Fire, !!!, Keane, The Standards, ELO,Chicks On Speed, Flamin Lips, Beatles, Funk Brothers, Ladytron, Mellow Souls, Regina Spektor, Smashing Pumpkins, NIN, Two Lone Swordsman, Kraftwerk, Leftfield, 10CC, Michael Mayer, Snow Patrol, Falco, Archigram, ABBA, Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, John Lennon, Kosheen, The Doors, Peter Gabriel, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, The Specials, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Led Zepelin, Kasabian, Thievery Corporation, Zap Mama, Tosca, Bob Marley, Groove Armada, Beach Boys, Craig Richards, Van Morrison, David Bowie, New Order, Pink Floyd, Bjork, Radiohead, Agoria, The Strokes, Pulp, Santana, Iggy Pop, The Specials, Joy Division, The Clash, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Blur, Madness, Primal Scream, Daft Punk, L7, Suede, Tiefschwarz, Kaiser Chiefs, Aler Ego, Pixies, Gotan Project..... and many more
American Beauty, Trainspotting, Life Is Beautiful, Amelie, Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind, Spirited Away, Blow, Boogie Nights, Kops, Jalla Jalla, The Girl On The Bridge, Almost Famous, Vodka Lemon, Touching The Void
sometimes ... skins, family guy, futurama, planet earth, desperate housewives, sex and the ciy, king of the hill
The Celestine Prophecy, Veronika Decides To Die, The Witches - Roald Dahl