
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Let's pretend that it's Summer Tricky - Hell is Around the Corner The New Pornographers - Streets of Fire Nada Surf - Happy Kid Hot Chip - Boy From School (Acoustic) Babyshambles - [...]

Pathetic. Really pathetic. Our blog hasn't even had its 3-month anniversary and I'm already experiencing what I believe is called writer's block. It's not fair. I was supposed to have one of those man-that's-beautiful-I-wish-I- had-written-that sort of posts. I had an idea for it... Well, if you must know, I was gonna talk about my summers and how I feel they will be getting a lot warmer from now on because of the Occasional Flickers. But for the life of me I can't find anything remotely interesting to say about them. Which is really a shame, because they [...]

So, first Eddie formed a band and got on Top of the Pops, before breaking from our kiss to turn up a pop song. He's now found time to get together with Dyan Valdes , formed 'Everyone Was In The French Resistance...Now', to, according to their Myspace site, begin "correcting the mistakes of pop songs past." Intriguing, non? So far they've penned a (somewhat) belated reply to Mack Morrisson's classic 'Return of the Mack'*, contemplated Avril Lavigne's 'Girlfriend' and revisited a traditional English ballad. All three are brilliant late-Spring, Paris-strolling, hamster-petting, [...]

**photo taken by Steven , in Paris, 2007** Some song lyrics that have put a smile upon my face during the past week… Giant Bear – Devil On the Wall (If you like: folk) "There was blood on your wrist And a bible on your reading list" Slow Club – Slow Club Summer Shakedown (If you like: The Lisps if [...]