Kat from Tech Digest almost warrants her own regular column here on My Chemical Toilet, so many gigs does she attend and report back on. Last night she went to the post-NME Awards live show, which featured sets from Kaiser Chiefs, The Cribs, Bloc Party, Klaxons and - most importantly for her - Manic Street Preachers.
- How did you rate the venue? The O2 arena is brilliant, and, at just 10 minutes away from London Bridge, surprisingly easy to get to. Having said that, the sound was horrible last night for the NME Awards Big Gig, with even one of the 12 year-olds in The Cribs commenting on how shocking it was. Bet they’ve never even owned a tape deck. (Um, fairly sure The Cribs are all older than you actually, Kat - Ed)
Beth Ditto‘s got a cracking set of pipes on her, hasn’t she? It’s kinda nice to hear a woman who can belt it out in a rock band as opposed to all those fey gals hiding behind fringes. Anyway, after the recent news that The Gossip are to release a live CD and DVD, which includes covers of songs by Wham! and Aaliyah, what better time to dig the sound of them taking a wrecking ball to ‘Careless Whisper’?
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mofgimmers on
Friday February 29th, 2008 at
2:19 pm
The Beatles’ back catalogue is gradually being licensed out to the highest bidder, as previously reported, and now it seems John Lennon’s name is being touted too! Ben & Jerry
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mofgimmers on
Friday February 29th, 2008 at
2:04 pm
Back in the mid-to-late ’90s, all kindsa tunes sneaked into the charts on the blindside thanks to Nirvana kicking the door open. One act who definitely utilised the dozing security guard was the brilliantly bonkers Whale, who brought braces (those on yer teeth, not for yer trews) back to the fore. Their big one-hit was the oddball racket of “Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe”. You don’t get to type that every day, I can tell you. Anyway, click “play” and dance around like a wet tea-towel (that’s exactly what I’ve been doing).
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mofgimmers on
Friday February 29th, 2008 at
1:56 pm
That’s not very nice, is it? How would 50 masticate all the stuff from the Candy Shop with no gnashers?
But believe you me, this is just the latest in a long, pointless, bitter beef between the two rap chaps. It got me thinking - can they even remember why they hate each other so? Did it all begin with something trivial, like maybe 50 borrowed Joe’s pen and forgot to give it back but Joe was too proud to ask for it back and maybe then he saw 50 using it at a fan signing or something and then got all bitter about it and was like, no way?
Conjecture, all of it. I needed facts - if not solid ones, then at least some that have been reported by semi-reliable sources. After a good 3 seconds of semi-coherent online searching on my part, I am pleased to be able to present you with The Story Of How 50 Cent And Fat Joe Fell Out. Read the whole sorry saga over the page.
This is very clever, and in absolutely no way a huge waste of time on the part of the person who created it. He / she (ok, he) has made a rather pretty composition using just sounds from the Windows operating system. It sounds a bit like what would happen if The Knife soundtracked an action flick or something. God bless nerdlingers with too much time on their hands.
Here she is then, Miss Mucky Diva boots. This video features all the things that Mariah Carey clips should, by law, contain:
- A mansion
- A nerd who is bamboozled by the sight of Mariah in her undercrackers
- Mariah dressed as a princess
- A unicorn. That’s right, a UNICORN, motherflickers
See the typically subdued video over the page.
A wee while ago I did a post about Kid Sister’s “Pro Nails” track, which - like most things these days - featured Kanye West. Her latest appearance is on a track called “Beeper” by some slightly sinister-sounding people called The Count & Sinden. Nails and beepers - it’s fair to say Kid Sister only puts her name to songs that tackle the big issues. Do people even have beepers anymore, anyway?
Whatevra, “Beeper” is a ramalanga ding-dong rave-up hip-hop mash-up, and is so bloody hopped up on something or other that, on first listen, you may suspect your drink has been spiked. With the stuff they put in glo-sticks.
Check the quite excitable video after the beep.
It’s the awards show it’s ok to like! Well, if it’s ok to like the NME and I suppose that the jury’s out on that one. I realise that this e4 broadcast of the awards show isn’t *actually* live, but this way we don’t have to sit through the technical hitches and waiting around between awards and performances. Much tighter.
For me, 2007 was really not a vintage year for music. In fact, I like to call it the year when music went wrong. I suppose we had it coming, seeing as though we’ve been going through something of a purple patch recently; ever since The Strokes re-introduced indie kids to Converse and tailoring, in fact. Now, just like the late 90s, things have gone seriously wrong. The Enemy, The Wombats, frickin’ Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong - am I seriously meant to like these bands? I’m not even sure that NME are entirely convinced. Anyway, I’m telling you this so that you can expect a few cynical comments during my liveblog tonight. If you’re happy with that, hop over the cut! Keep refreshing…
[photo: James Quinton for nme.com]
Yes, that’s right, I’ll be staying up way past my bedtime to blog the E4 broadcast of NME’s 2008 Award show, this year taking place in the O2 Indigo Arena. To get you in the mood, here’s that moment - which has now passed into Indie Rock ‘n’ Roll Mythology - when Ryan Jarman of The Cribs somersaulted across a table at the 2006 awards…
Kat from Tech Digest almost warrants her own regular column here on My Chemical Toilet, so many gigs does she attend and report back on. Last night she went to the post-NME Awards live show, which featured sets from Kaiser Chiefs, The Cribs, Bloc Party, Klaxons and - most importantly for her - Manic Street Preachers.
The Beatles’ back catalogue is gradually being licensed out to the highest bidder, 
Here she is then, Miss Mucky Diva boots. This video features all the things that Mariah Carey clips should, by law, contain:
A wee while ago I did a post about 
It’s the awards show it’s ok to like! Well, if it’s ok to like the NME and I suppose that the jury’s out on that one. I realise that this e4 broadcast of the awards show isn’t *actually* live, but this way we don’t have to sit through the technical hitches and waiting around between awards and performances. Much tighter.
