Blog: Domino Rally

shutting up shop

Jul 26, 2009, 4:10am Domino Rally
That's yer lot - cheers.
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butt metal

Jul 5, 2009, 10:58am Domino Rally
butt metal Something a little different here, something which proves that bad language is often at it's funniest when it's bleeped out. The first time I was aware of the comedic possibilities of the radio edit was when Wu Tang Clan's Gravel Pit was released as a single - the version that was played on UK radio used all manner of bizarre sound-effects (horns, fart noises, bells and various clangs) to cover up the Wu's effing and jeffing. It was brilliant. I first came across this nutso Heavy Metal parody whilst flicking through the music channels [...]
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Artist:Steel Panther
Title:Death to All but Metal (clean video version)
Link Text:Steel Panther - Death to All but Metal (clean video version)
File Name:deathtoallbutmetal.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps

bad boys of indie-pop

May 7, 2009, 12:36pm Domino Rally
How odd - I've just realised that Domino Rally is, with this post, 201 posts old - not too shabby, I reckon. eMusic keeps on sending me offers and I keep signing up for another month. And then I download really odd things that I thought I'd never hear again. Case in point: Golden Dawn - George Hamilton's Dead Yet another track from a tape by the Archdeacon of Pop. Archie was WELL into his Sarah records stuff when we were playing together in a noisy proto-grunge [...]
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Artist:Golden Dawn
Title:George Hamilton's Dead
Link Text:Golden Dawn - George Hamilton's Dead
File Name:GeorgeHamiltonsDead.mp3
Year:1984
Artist:Golden Dawn
Title:My Secret World - Golden Dawn
Link Text:Golden Dawn - My Secret World
File Name:MySecretWorld.mp3
Year:1984

get your ya-ya's out

Apr 28, 2009, 3:20am Domino Rally
Watching the brief section of the Wilco tour film Ashes of American Flags shown on UK TV the other night raised some interesting questions. How drunk do you have to get in order to throw your underwear at Jeff Tweedy? Don't get me wrong, Mr Tweedy has written and co-written many of my favourite songs of the last almost two decades and he has a beautiful cracked voice. But seriously . Why can't all gigs be by Wilco ? They're a fantastic live band, [...]
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Artist:Golden Smog
Title:Long Time Ago
Link Text:Golden Smog - A Long Time Ago
File Name:LongTimeAgo.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Wilco
Title:The High Heat
Link Text:Wilco - The High Heat (A Ghost is Born outtake)
File Name:TheHighHeat.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2003

dummies guide to miming

Apr 9, 2009, 4:53pm Domino Rally
Amen Corner - Bend Me, Shape Me - Top Of The Pops (1968)
Amen Corner - Bend Me, Shape Me - Top Of The Pops (1968) Riddle me this, pop pickers - how is that voice coming from that man? I mean, aside from the frankly abysmal miming? Did he realise that this was being recorded for television? Why was he dancing like a Thunderbirds puppet? Great song anyway, with a cool bit of TOTP craziness at the end of the clip. Normal service will resume shortly. Buy - If Paradise was Half As Nice: The [...]
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the end of an era

Mar 27, 2009, 6:16pm Domino Rally
This month, Nottingham's Selectadisc closes its doors after 43 years in the city. I've been going there off and on for the best part of 23 of those years, from my late school days, through college and into my University life - there were perfectly good shops in Sheffield but I frequently got the train back, walked across town and bought something before heading home for the weekend. I can't pretend that I've frequented it all that often over the last couple of years but when I heard about its closure (from The Guardian , [...]
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Artist:The Free Design
Title:Bubbles
Link Text:Free Design - Bubbles
File Name:Bubbles.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Free Design
Title:Don't Cry Baby
Link Text:Free Design - Don't Cry Baby
File Name:DontCryBaby.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1970
Artist:The Free Pop Experimental Concept
Title:Planetary Gospel
Link Text:The Free Pop Experimental Concept - Planetary Gospel
File Name:PlanetaryGospel.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps

the spangle makers

Mar 4, 2009, 3:42pm Domino Rally
Sigur Ros? Pah! THIS is how you make the unintelligable strike a real emotional chord, my friends. As has been mentioned before in these pages, as a teenager I had a major Jones for most things 4AD. Cocteau Twins have been in my head for a while now - here are some of my favourite tracks by them. Cocteau Twins - Lorelei (from Treasure) Yes, the drum machine places this track firmly in the Gothic 80s, but I'd totally forgotten how agressive and LOUD Robin Guthrie's [...]
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Artist:Cocteau Twins
Title:Cico Buff
Link Text:Cocteau Twins - Cico Buff
File Name:CicoBuff.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1988
Artist:Cocteau Twins
Title:Lorelei
Link Text:Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
File Name:Lorelei.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1984
Artist:Cocteau Twins
Title:Orange Appled
Link Text:Cocteau Twins - Orange Appled
File Name:OrangeAppled.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1986

latest news from planet jazz

Jan 15, 2009, 10:57am Domino Rally
When I learnt that the new album by our favourite (and oft-mentioned) jazz trio The Bad Plus would feature a vocalist, there was much head-scratching 'round Domino towers. Having followed them for a while and having seen the perilous liberties they take in performance, my initial worries were that the presence of a vocalist would tie them too closely to any song structure. Plus, I feared for the sanity and health of the vocalist involved. Also, The Bad Plus have been in constant danger of painting themselves into a corner as "that jazz band that [...]
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Artist:The Bad Plus
Title:Lithium
Link Text:The Bad Plus with Wendy Lewis - Lithium (Nirvana)
File Name:Lithium.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:The Bad Plus
Title:Variations d'Apollon
Link Text:The Bad Plus - Variations d'Apollon (Stravinsky)
File Name:VariationsdApollon.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2008

latest news from planet jazz

Jan 15, 2009, 10:57am Domino Rally
When I learnt that the new album by our favourite (and oft-mentioned) jazz trio The Bad Plus would feature a vocalist, there was much head-scratching 'round Domino towers. Having followed them for a while and having seen the perilous liberties they take in performance, my initial worries were that the presence of a vocalist would tie them too closely to any song structure. Plus, I feared for the sanity and health of the vocalist involved. Also, The Bad Plus have been in constant danger of painting themselves into a corner as "that jazz band that [...]
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cream puffs and bourbon

Jan 11, 2009, 10:51am Domino Rally
Not a track from a compilation tape this time, but a recent CD from my dear brother Ox. The perfect audio thank-you for any particularly outstanding party hosts from the recent festive season. Ween - Your Party The thing I love about this track is how pitch-perfect everything about it is. The language is spot-on throughout - "beverages", "candy", "spices", "platters" and of course "the wife", all delivered in a consciously refined accent. But to really nail the sweet party atmosphere, the track features guest Sax by archetypal radio-friendly smooth jazzer, [...]
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Artist:Ween
Title:Your Party
Link Text:Ween - Your Party
File Name:YourParty.mp3
Bitrate:166 kbps
Year:2007

cream puffs and bourbon

Jan 11, 2009, 10:51am Domino Rally
Not a track from a compilation tape this time, but a recent CD from my dear brother Ox. The perfect audio thank-you for any particularly outstanding party hosts from the recent festive season. Ween - Your Party The thing I love about this track is how pitch-perfect everything about it is. The language is spot-on throughout - "beverages", "candy", "spices", "platters" and of course "the wife", all delivered in a consciously refined accent. But to really nail the sweet party atmosphere, the track features guest Sax by archetypal radio-friendly smooth jazzer, [...]
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halloween spooks

Oct 25, 2008, 5:50am Domino Rally
Going away for a few days so just wanted to squeeze in a quick Halloween post. Firstly if you haven't played Survive The Outbreak yet, go and do it now . A choose-you-own-adventure-style , interactive zombie film, this is the future of film-making. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Halloween Spooks Picked this up from New York earlier this year (a beautiful original 1961 pressing of their "High Flying with..." album). An expensive and cumbersome piece of hand luggage. Especially when I realised that all of the tracks are [...]
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Artist:Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Title:Halloween Spooks
Link Text:Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Halloween Spooks
File Name:HalloweenSpooks.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Messer Chups
Title:Fantomasofobia
Link Text:Messer Chups - Fantomasofobia
File Name:Fantomasofobia.mp3
Year:2005

halloween spooks

Oct 25, 2008, 5:50am Domino Rally
Going away for a few days so just wanted to squeeze in a quick Halloween post. Firstly if you haven't played Survive The Outbreak yet, go and do it now . A choose-you-own-adventure-style , interactive zombie film, this is the future of film-making. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Halloween Spooks Picked this up from New York earlier this year (a beautiful original 1961 pressing of their "High Flying with..." album). An expensive and cumbersome piece of hand luggage. Especially when I realised that all of the tracks are [...]
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happiness is egg shaped

Oct 17, 2008, 5:51am Domino Rally
Tony Hancock....The Egg Commercials, 1965
The great Tony Hancock in a series of adverts made for the Egg Marketing Board in 1965. Eggs - A Pit With Spikes Another song rescued from Ferric Oxide oblivion by the marvel that is eMusic . This was an offering from the oft-referenced (on these pages, anyway) Archdeacon of Pop, top drummer and indie obscurist. We exchanged a lot of tapes over the years but this track wasn't on one he did for me - rather, this was a tape for brother Ox. If [...]
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Artist:Eggs
Title:A Pit With Spikes
Link Text:Eggs - A Pit With Spikes
File Name:APitWithSpikes.mp3
Bitrate:176 kbps
Year:1994

happiness is egg shaped

Oct 17, 2008, 5:51am Domino Rally
The great Tony Hancock in a series of adverts made for the Egg Marketing Board in 1965. Eggs - A Pit With Spikes Another song rescued from Ferric Oxide oblivion by the marvel that is eMusic . This was an offering from the oft-referenced (on these pages, anyway) Archdeacon of Pop, top drummer and indie obscurist. We exchanged a lot of tapes over the years but this track wasn't on one he did for me - rather, this was a tape for brother Ox. If [...]
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i don't fancy yours much...

Oct 14, 2008, 7:21am Domino Rally
The Dead Milkmen 's 1988 album Beelzebubba was an album that a friend lent me when I was at college. I think it's fair to say that Bod, for that was his nickname, saved me from a lifetime of listening to very dour and serious post-hardcore art-rock. And he did this solely by introducing me to something called COLLEGE ROCK. The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl (click on the image above to dress your very own Punk Rock Girl !) I mentioned Camper Van Beethoven in a previous [...]
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Artist:The Dead Milkmen
Title:Punk Rock Girl
Link Text:The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl
File Name:PunkRockGirl.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1988
Artist:The Dead Milkmen
Title:Smokin' Banana Peels
Link Text:The Dead Milkmen - Smokin' Banana Peels
File Name:SmokinBananaPeels.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1988
Artist:The Dead Milkmen
Title:The Guitar Song
Link Text:The Dead Milkmen - The Guitar Song
File Name:TheGuitarSong.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1988

i don't fancy yours much...

Oct 14, 2008, 7:21am Domino Rally
The Dead Milkmen 's 1988 album Beelzebubba was an album that a friend lent me when I was at college. I think it's fair to say that Bod, for that was his nickname, saved me from a lifetime of listening to very dour and serious post-hardcore art-rock. And he did this solely by introducing me to something called COLLEGE ROCK. The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl (click on the image above to dress your very own Punk Rock Girl !) I mentioned Camper Van Beethoven in a previous [...]
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tears of a clown

Oct 11, 2008, 4:52pm Domino Rally
As Domino Rally winds it's way to it's inevitable demise (the seemingly endless gaps between posts are never a good sign, are they?), take heart from the fact that I'm going to get through the list of songs that I intend to share with you before I pull the plug. Yes, despite appearances to the contrary, there is an element of planning in what I do here! I recently delved into the the world of the comedy song, looking at the work of DJs, actors and the like, as well as yer dedicated comedy songwriters. But what happens [...]
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Artist:The Divine Comedy
Title:Eye Of The Needle
Link Text:The Divine Comedy - Eye Of The Needle
File Name:EyeOfTheNeedle.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:The Divine Comedy
Title:Love What You Do
Link Text:The Divine Comedy - Love What You Do
File Name:LoveWhatYouDo.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2001

tears of a clown

Oct 11, 2008, 4:52pm Domino Rally
As Domino Rally winds it's way to it's inevitable demise (the seemingly endless gaps between posts are never a good sign, are they?), take heart from the fact that I'm going to get through the list of songs that I intend to share with you before I pull the plug. Yes, despite appearances to the contrary, there is an element of planning in what I do here! I recently delved into the the world of the comedy song, looking at the work of DJs, actors and the like, as well as yer dedicated comedy songwriters. But what happens [...]
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operation grand slam

Sep 2, 2008, 10:44am Domino Rally
Again you find me sitting at home suffering from some dreaded lurgy or other. Ah well, at least I have another round of free downloads from eMusic with which to entertain myself. Pussy Galore - Dick Johnson Pussy Galore - NYC:1999 These tracks are really making me feel quite a bit better today! Rancorous, scuzzy, skronk-rock from back in the day when 'Alternative Music' actually seemed to mean something. No way would these guys end up on an advert for a mobile-phone or some lifestyle-enhancing people-carrier [...]
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Artist:Pussy Galore
Title:Dick Johnson
Link Text:Pussy Galore - Dick Johnson
File Name:07_Dick_Johnson.mp3
Year:1989
Artist:Pussy Galore
Title:NYC:1999
Link Text:Pussy Galore - NYC:1999
File Name:12_NYC_1999.mp3
Year:1987
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