
Sheffield hatte Human League und Heaven 17 und jetzt hat Sheffield eben The Crookes. Alles was sie machen, klingt irgendwie – nur mit einigen Jahrzehnten Verspätung – wie jede Gruppe, die jemals auf dem Postcard Label veröffentlicht wurde, aber wir stecken hier ja eh seit Jahren fest im Retro. Und The Boy With the Thorn in His Side spielen sie ja auch wieder auf Parties.

Bernie Madoff's penthouse where he was on house arrest recently went on the market for 7 million bucks. ( In my best pitch voice ) Alright, what is it going to take for me to put you in the bed of one of the biggest dickheads in US history? By the way, I've got dibbs on the exercycle, which he reportedly won off Tony Atlas and Jack Palance in a game of Keno, [...]

Sheryl Weinstein, the mistress to massive crook/thief/ponzi-fuck, Bernie Madoff, has a tell all book coming out entitled: Madoff's other Secret: Love, Money, Bernie and Me. I blame her for everything he did. She chastised him about his golly gee williker. "Bernie had a very small penis…Not only was it on the short side, it was small in circumference. Of course the man was going to steal, she claimed he was hung like a half-smoked cigarillo. Related posts: [...]
The end of an era. Steve Lamacq 's "In New Music We Trust" Radio1 programme will be broadcasting its last-ever show at 21.00-22.00 later this month. You have two chances left to hear the programme - on 17 August, there will be a session by Sheffield band Crookes (presumably named after the suburb), and on 24 August, Lammo will be hosting the Strange Boys from Austin, Texas. Being on what I consider the wrong side of the pond, in a town where radio stations on the whole are terrible, I get [...]

Off Modern , in collaboration with Too Pure Singles , Kruger, FACT , No Pain in Pop , Holy Roar and Backyard Records , presents 7 days of visual and aural stimuli at the upcoming SOUTH EAST IN EAST festival of music and art, showcasing new talent from South East and East London. It all pops off Friday 28 August through Thursday 3 September at Vibe Bar, Brick Lane. By the looks of this stellar line-up, there should be no hesitation, what-so-ever, to attend!! Since we love a good event, [...]

This has been a long time coming, but today I've got 2 CDs worth of amazing summer music. The first disc is more folk based in keeping with last summer's mix , with the second less folky but just as perfect for the summer afternoons in the sunshine. We have a few of the bands that were on the last mix popping up again, but most on here have not been featured on TBW before. As I've been out of the game for a while, some of these have been around for a few months, and then [...]

Ponzi-scheme thundercunt Bernie Madoff was scheduled to 150 years in federal prison for stealing anywhere between 10-50 BILLION (yes with a B) dollars today. This got me thinking about the other sticky fingered blowhards who just couldn't keep their fingers out of the cookie jar. CHARLES KEATING In the 1980s, Keating ran American Continental Corporation and the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, and took advantage of loosened restrictions on banking investments. His enterprises began to suffer financial problems and were investigated by federal regulators. His association with, and financial contributions [...]

Well Viv thought it would be a good idea for us to swap roles and he post his favourite dance tracks (at the moment) and I post my favourite Alternative/Rock/Indie tracks (at the moment) all in the name of diversity. So here they are. Enjoy. Download: Backstreet Lovers - The Crookes (Right Click, Open in new window) (Alt Link) Download: One Night In October [...]

Crooks & Castles Present: Diz Gibran - Soon You'll Understand Tracklist: 01. (Intro) Soon You'll Understand 02. Welcome 03. Once Again 04. The Hardest Word 05. Exactly 06. Just Me Ft. Moonshine 07. On It f. Rae Rosero 08. The Greatness f. Pacific Division & Kartwright (The Great Wall) 09. Stereo 10. Impossible 11. Capital D 12. Run Around f. Moonshine 13. City Lights 14. Morning Light 15. Calypso Flow 16. Truly Yours f. BJ [...]

The Crooks are back with their Spring 2009 lookbook including some new pieces of mention... It seems with the Spring line they were looking for more Sunset than Normandie if you know what I mean. I fux with both Sunset and Normandie..lol.. More grown indeed. Some new Sunglasses I'm diggin hard on and Crooks is doing Collared Button ups? And of course some new Cut and Sew and New era fitteds. Thats what I'm talkin bout. I'm feelin some of this stuff major! You already know Crooks has that heat! And the lookbooks are [...]

Photo credit: Trois-Tetes MP3: The Crookes - Backstreet Lovers Stick 'folk' on it, and it'll shine. Belle and Seb do like t'Arctics should of have, pick me up, and remind me of great days in Sheffield (origin of the band, location of their namesake). Then we tumble into the pub, stumble through the dancefloor laughing; 60s pop and 2k's indie swagger, fast forwarding through the years. More in the folk vein soon, I'm promised. myspace.com/thecrookesmusic *********** I'll be [...]
Dada Life, those top Swedish DJs, hit us with their new October mix yesterday and it's chock full of absolute rockers and bangers sure to set off any party. Dada Life - October Mix... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]