On a déjà parlé ici de ces disques habitués des bacs occasion ou soldes de ton disquaire: hype du moment qui n'a pas résisté au temps , groupe arrivé trop tard, après trop de groupes du même genre et du coup flop intégral, disque qui s'est vendu mais tellement associé à une mode passagère qu'il fut revendu par tous une fois la mode passée, disque absolument mauvais mais en lequel la maison de disques avait cru et avait réussi à le vendre à des cakes à l'époque de sa sortie, mauvais disque d'un [...]
[Next in the series is Dylan, resident Toad photographer and beer-guzzler extraordinaire. Needless to say, he's being a smart arse about the whole thing,] To a certain degree, an aptitude for lateral thought has to be a good thing. However, I often find myself worrying about my lateral-thinking skills. I'm concerned that I think too laterally on times, and I often find it hard to think in normal straight ahead lines. So, when we were asked to think about independent record shops; those dark little crypts full of [...]
Before Matthew went on holiday, we sat down over a gin and tonic and went through the admin of the site and the technical mumbo-jumbo I would need to know to keep things running in an orderly fashion here at Toad Towers. Unusually, it was Plymouth Gin and not Matthew's usual choice of Bombay Sapphire. Plymouth Gin is a little sweeter than the more common London Dry Gins, and I really quite like it. I told Matthew about the time I visited the Plymouth Gin distillery in, erm... Plymouth. It really is an interesting place, you should go if you get the chance. They do guided tours and [...]
OK, part two of my attempt to fill in the blanks of Rhino's worthy but incomplete Brit Box chronicling the UK indie scene from 1985 - 2000. (Part One, or Disc Five, is here.) Mind you, these are filtered through...
In the first of an occasional series, here are ten great (but relatively unknown) singles from the early 90's. The Fat Lady Sings - Drunkard Logic from the album John Son (1993) http:// www.thefatladysings.net Milltown Brothers - Which Way Should I Jump? from the album Slinky [...]
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REMIX SUNDAYS- May 27th, 2012
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The Hood Internet - "See Youth" Usher x Santigold (MP3 Download)
