
Photos by G. Kylie Minogue In 2009, when Kylie Minogue performed her first tour in the US, I left her show thinking it was one of the better shows I'd seen that year. 2 years later, Kylie Minogue is back with her Aphrodite Les Foiles Tour and it's one of the best shows I've seen in 2011. Playing the first of 3 nights at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, Kylie hit the stage at a very early 8:30 PM. Gone from this tour, were Pink Floyd worthy [...]
In 2009 "buzz" is measured in blog postings, the apex being a snarky deflation on Hipster Runoff. In 2000 it comprised a 50-word puff-piece in indie bog-roll The Fly , and a word-of-mouth endorsement by gravel-voiced Bullingdon Arms promoter the Sarge. GMS saw an awful lot of bands at the Bully in the autumn of 2000, in the process of organising our own gigs. Each and every one had a buzz about them; let's see where that got them. Holy Roman Empire were an endearing, confusing, local [...]
I don't suppose I'll be the only one doing a posting on this theme today - but I do think I can allow myself the occasionally lazy effort. mp3 : Edwyn Collins - Ghost Of A Chance mp3 : R.E.M. - Ghost Riders mp3 : Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Little Ghost Song mp3 : Foil - The Ghost of Vernon Howell Edwyn's offering is from his 1989 LP Hope & Despair. The R.E.M. and Bad Seeds songs were

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How about twenty covers to bring you some smiles this day? Foil - Ace of Spades [Motorhead cover] (mp3) Bob Rivers - Asshole Son [Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun parody] (mp3) Local H - Toxic [Britney Spears cover] (mp3) Pizzle - Flowers on the Wall [Lew Dewitt song made popular by the Statler Bros.] (mp3) [...]
I'm up late cos I can't sleep. I never can when Mrs Villain is working away overnight. Right now she's in Manchester on behalf of her company for a presentation to an important client just 24 hours after a previous presentation to a would-be client here in Glasgow who are likely to turn her down. Bastards. So I thought I'd end my five days of postings from the original vinyl with the one song