It is Easter. I'm using it as an excuse to give you an entirely contrived and slightly spurious soundtrack for that Egg hunt. On the other hand, some cracking tunes to add to your iTunes library. Download The Faith Brothers – The Easter Parade mp3 (from Eventide) Download Easterhouse - Whistling In The Dark mp3 (from Whistling In The Dark 73) Download Brimstone Howl - Easter At The Lewises mp3 (from Big Deal, What's He Done Lately?) Download Loch Lomond - Egg Song (Daytrotter Session) mp3 (from [...]
So Barry-Sean was in his parents attic over Christmas sorting some stuff out and discovered some old mixtapes that we used to listen to a lot - this was one from 1987 that B-S has modernised into a digital playlist on his iTunes. Even though it is nearly 25 years ago - there are some cracking tunes on there from many of the cream of that era's indie-crop, and perhaps some that haven't stood the test of time quite so well ( Fields of the Nephilim , two tracks from the Alarm ...). [...]
We're very impressed with Shuffler FM , the new music blog internet radio that plays randomly selected tracks from different blogs based on your preferences of genre. Then if you like the song you can download it from the blog before moving on to the next track and the next blog. It is brilliantly simple, no registrations or log-ins, and is a great way to discover new music (and new blogs) you might like. Check out Shuffler FM and get started by clicking here or using the link on the right. [...]
Conclusive proof that the internet is a force for good: EMI have shoved all the original Faith Brothers promo vids up on YouTube (actually they did it six months ago but I've only just noticed). Woo and indeed hoo! Embedding's been "disabled by request" (those dreaded words), but just click on the links below for some of the very best music of the decade that I'm apparently (oh alright then - actually) obsessed with! Faith Brothers - A Stranger On Home Ground video Faith Brothers - Eventide [...]
This week Mrs Mackerel and I have enjoyed a work day out in London with the dogs at Battersea nursed boy-fly in our eldest, played with our new i-Phones like a pair of pathetic geeks and suffered Sunderland's abject performance at Everton. Mrs Mackerel is not impressed with Bolo Zenden!I've been rechristened Jeff, failed to track down Sandra Sparrowhawk, and had a nice lunch or two.Here's a
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