Posts by nothingelseon
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I went! Also to the in-store they did at Slow Boat Records on Saturday afternoon. It was great – they played for a couple of hours & material from most of the albums, even the new one, though it was heavily slanted to George Best & Hit Parade. Mr Gedge was amazed at how expensive NZ was & how wonderful the flat white was. So much so that he wanted to take it back to England Sir Francis Drake style.
Guitarist was the bloke from Golden Horse, whose name has slipped my mind sorry, who was great!
I got some photos from the in-store & they’re up on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/sets/72157632830715771/
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Found this this week, which is well worth a listen
3 years ago Solid Steel DJs Cheeba, Moneyshot and Food had the idea of collaborating on a version of the Beastie Boys‘ ‘Paul’s Boutique’ album made entirely from the original sample sources, shortly after Moneyshot aired his mix of their ‘Check Your Head’ album in the same way.
Finally the result is here, titled ‘Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way Mix’ - each of them have taken a third of the album to work on and combined their efforts into a mix that will make you hear it in a new way. Aside from the original sample sources they’ve included commentary from the Beasties, vintage interviews, demo versions and much more.
The mix was over half way completed when they heard the tragic news of MCA‘s death in May so the impetus to finish it was instantly doubled and new meaning given to the project. It goes without saying that this is also a tribute to Adam Yauch and the legacy he left behind and we hope it will be embraced by Beastie fans around the globe.
Caught In The Middle of A 3-Way Mix - a tribute to The Beastie Boys' 'Paul's Boutique' album
Listen or download here: http://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-31-8-1
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Great news! Any chance you could make it an hour long? Seems to fly by too quickly.
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Hard News: Friday Music: More Finding, in reply to DeepRed,
Aussie pub rock had similar beginnings. Jimmy Barnes, Icehouse, Midnight Oil, Hoodoo Gurus, AC/DC, INXS - they all made it big starting out playing in pubs as much as the British scene did.
Australia's post-punk/indie scene was amazing for its diversity & breadth. All seemed to go horribly wrong once radio quotas were introduced - out went individuality, in came trying to sound American, and lo, Oz rock was born and INXS became megastars. Similar trajectory here, too, although a lot of that ground is being clawed back.
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Very much looking forward to the Punk Britannia doc when I fire up the VCR tonight. There's been debate about this, as ever, but it's good to see the pub rock brigade get some love for kind of making the whole thing possible.
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Hard News: Doug the Goth, in reply to Russell Brown,
Nothing quite so much fun as winding up serious Killing Joke fans by calling them Goth :-) Sisters of Mercy can still pack a dancefloor
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Hard News: A right old Barney, in reply to JacksonP,
Cheers! Was all luck back then without the luxury of a digital camera :-)
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Bizarrely enough, I just scanned these today – shots taken on my shitty instamatic from the crowd at the Logan Campbell Centre in 1985. Life changing gig for me that one, but by all accounts they were grumpy & unreasonable. They did play an encore though (if you hung round long enough) which was unheard of at the time.
Flickr set (13 photos & I think the Craccum review) http://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/sets/72157629341517975/
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Hard News: Meme Syndicate, in reply to Russell Brown,
<deleted 'Tell me when it's over' link that I just saw posted>
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Indeed, sad to hear of Dan Birch's passing. Beat Rhythm Fashion still get a lot of play round my way