How do you go about advertising a Vauxhall Zafira? Well, if you’re the team behind the campaign on the box right now, you choose Huey ‘Piano’ Smith and His Clowns’ track “Don’t You Just Know It?” Quite why you’d choose it, I’ve no idea, but regardless, it’s a great rock ‘n’ roll stomper that deserves a far wider audience than those who have been hoarding it all these years. The track is an insanely giddy affair, perfect for a quick jive to work. Press play on the video below and have a listen… just try to ignore the awful fan vid of clowns and stuff.
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Posted by
mofgimmers on
Thursday February 28th, 2008 at
11:25 am
Finally! Even though I get sick to my teeth, sick in my teeth and all over someone else’s teeth at rock stars preaching about [insert good cause here], I’m rather glad that Thom Yorke (he’s in Radiohead, y’know?) has spoken up about Glastonbury and its clearly un-green ways.
Yorke’s revealed that Radiohead didn’t play Glastonbury this year because of the lack of a local transport infrastructure around the festival site. He announced the decision while promoting the Big Ask Europe campaign in Brussels yesterday. He explained: “One of the conditions of the band carrying on touring is that we do everything we can to minimise our impact on the environment.”
Kanye’s journey into cliched pimpitude continues with a fur coat here, but let’s face it, he can do pretty much what he wants these days and get away with it. Estelle’s journey to superstardom, meanwhile, probably isn’t going to be harmed by this rather slick video. The track still sounds like a smash to these ears, as well…Lovely flock wallpaper around 3:30, an’ all. BRAPPP.
Before I even start, I’ll betcha that you won’t hear a record as bad as this as long as you live. The track is called “Video Games” and the group are a buncha pre-pubes called Black Out Band (which sounds kinda BNP to me). Anyway, even if this group are more Far Right than Far Out, that’s the least of their worries as they can’t sing for toffee. If your average singer can hold a note, then this kid has dropped every note ever recorded into a mincer. This is incredibly awful… and worse still, it’s not even a joke. These kids are serious. Even worse, they’re called Hunter, Tug and Mathew.
[video: blackoutkids]
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mofgimmers on
Thursday February 28th, 2008 at
10:33 am
Yesterday’s Guardian blog directed me to a track by recent drug-related arrestee Lil Wayne and his friend Flo Rida called “American Superstar”. It is rather good, a mid-paced banger with foreboding backing vocals and plenty of “interesting” imagery.
Example: “I got guns for the snitches and roses for the bitches”. I think what the chaps are trying to say here is that they don’t like tattle-tales, but they do like ladies. They don’t like them enough to not call them bitches, but one step at a time.
Also of note lyrically: “F*ckin’ like a rabbit, smokin’ on lettuce”. This line shows a disconcertingly poor grasp of the way the natural world works, but it has made a weird part of me want to try smoking all manner of vegetables. Blaze up yo’ turnips and check over the page to hear “American Superstar”.
Or, if you’re reading this on the 28th February - TOMORROW. This year’s Wakestock (sponsored by Relentless energy drink), which offers musical delights as well as plenty of opportunities to watch people attached to string flying through the air, will take place at two locations. First there’s the Oxfordshire leg, which will take place in the salubrious setting of Blenheim Palace (left), don’tcha know. Apparently this is the first time a contemporary music festival’s been held in these esteemed grounds, so BE GRATEFUL.
Then you have the North Wales leg, held between 4th and 6th July in Abersoch, which is on the coast and will therefore allow you to live like that beach bum you always wanted to be, for a few days at least.
Click through for line-up news and how to get tickets.
Did you know that Neon Neon, the collaboration project between Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip, will play their first UK gig on 20th March at London superclub Fabric? That’s a mere three days after the release of their no-doubt-brilliant-but-I-haven’t-heard-it-yet-to-be-honest album, Stainless Style. You did know all this? Well why didn’t you tell me, you selfish swine?
The album features cameos by such varied names as Fab Moretti from The Strokes, Har Mar Superstar, The Magic Numbers and Spank Rock. The following week sees the release of the single “I Lust U”, which is already on my list of Best Things To Hit My Ears And Brain This Year.
I’ve been hankering after the video for ages, but no joy as yet as far as an embed goes - but you can watch it on MTV’s site by clicking in the vicinity of here. It features jellyfish, and has a - here it comes - STING IN THE TAIL!!!!!! *slashes wrists*
Tickets for the gig at Fabric, meanwhile, can be bought here.
Posted by
Stuart Waterman on
Thursday February 28th, 2008 at
8:25 am
Using characteristically gloomy language, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has warned governments that the world will “never wake from the nightmare of climate change” unless new structures are put in place.
His call for action, which specifically targeted the European Union, comes as Friends of the Earth’s Big Ask campaign launches a Europe wide campaign against climate change. In a statement, Yorke said that “by committing to annual cuts in our emissions at a national and European level we can play our part in tackling climate change, and set an example for the rest of world to follow.” [Via Gigwise]
This post first appeared on our ethical-living sister site, Hippyshopper
Posted by
Stuart Waterman on
Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at
3:46 pm
I used to love having Manic Street Preachers knocking around. They were skeletal thin, trashy hell-raisers that stuck yellow tongues out at the hippies and declared, live on the Pyramid Stage at Glasto, that someone should “build a bypass over this shit-hole”. As childish as it was, you’ve gotta laugh.
The first two LPs released by the Welsh rockers misfired, but contained a couple of singles you couldn’t help but enjoy. Then their masterpiece arrived in the shape of the terrifying The Holy Bible. Songs of abuse, death, lust and politics collided with seedy basslines and truly harrowing guitar and imagery. The Richie went AWOL and the weight started piling onto more than just their hips.
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Using characteristically gloomy language, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has warned governments that the world will “never wake from the nightmare of climate change” unless new structures are put in place.
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