I keep hearing myself coming out of the TV....
The new BBC3 promo that is all over the other BBC channels uses "Mi Bebe Masochista" from Palookaville. The promo ends with me going "Huh!".
It's quite strange....
Posted By Simon Thornton @ 5:34:58 PM
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A Very Merry Christmas....
...to everyone I know that reads this rubbish, to the people I don't know but read this rubbish anyway and to anyone that has generally just been nice this last year.
Posted By Simon Thornton @ 9:47:39 PM
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It's Best Of season again....
Singles of 2004
Girls Aloud - The Show
Girls Aloud - Love Machine
Soulwax - Any Minute Now
Tom Vek - If You Want
Gwen Stefani - What You Waitin' For
Britney Spears - Toxic
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
N.E.R.D - She Likes To Move
Ben Folds - Super D (EP)
Albums of 2004
Tears For Fears - Everybody Loves A Happy Ending
Soulwax - Any Minute Now
William Shatner - Has Been
Adam And The Ants - Dirk Wears White Sox (Reissue)
Fatboy Slim - Palookaville
(things I will be enjoying next year....The Free French "A Place Of Our Own" album....Bloc Party album....Tom Vek album....Ben Folds album - finally)
Posted By Simon Thornton @ 7:50:07 PM
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I like Robots.
And I like running robots even more.
Honda have got their ASIMO running now, see the Flash movie here.
And there's the BBC story about it.
There is something wonderfully spooky about watching this. It really has a other-worldly quality about it.
Posted By Simon Thornton @ 11:16:53 AM
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Another Interview....
....in case anyone is interested, another little chat with Norman here. (It happens to mention me as well, awwwww)
Posted By Simon Thornton @ 10:39:35 PM
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The singles chart....what does it all mean?
Looking at this weeks UK singles charts makes even less sense than last weeks did (you know - the week when "Wonderful Night"...er..."didn't do that well" as it were)
Being an "established" artist means nothing - singles wise - anymore.
That could be a good or bad thing, depending on your point of view (my opinion kind of covers both conclusions, much to some people's annoyance...)
Robbie Williams in at number 8 - this was tipped to perhaps steal the top spot from Band Aid 20. Er...nope. He seemed to do all the promotion possible, all the horrible Saturday morning watered-down kids TV stuff that I'm guessing he was hoping he didn't have to do in this stage of his career. Didn't seem to help that much...Perhaps the single is actually rubbish and a number 8 is a bit of a result really...who knows....but perhaps a year ago it didn't seem to matter that much what he actually released, it was the fact it was him that made it a hit.
But what I find more interesting is things such as:
Maroon 5 (surely what "music is supposed to sound like" if you listen to such stations such as XFM)....only went in at 27.
Ash (surely "established" though I don't like their stuff) in at 33?
Beastie Boys at 38? (not the best track from the album, I'll admit)
I mean, there always should be some sort of "well it depends on how good the single is, not how famous they are" aspect to a single release -> chart position (which I generally subscribe to as a concept) but even so, it's all very interesting to see happening....
Yes, Christmas always twists the singles chart somewhat...but I suppose my point is that things just don't work the way they used to when it comes to singles and where they might enter the chart and what that actually means....
Hmmmmm....
Posted By Simon Thornton @ 11:30:42 PM
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Unlikely I know....
...but if anyone should ever need lots of sounds from the original Fairlight II library, you can find them here.
Yes, they are as poor as we all remembered them to be....
Posted By Simon Thornton @ 12:19:42 AM
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107
So, according to an interview that was shown on TV tonight, Tony Bennett has made 107 albums. That is A LOT of stuff.
OK, I'm on, what, 15 or so? 20 maybe? Time to get working.....
Posted By Simon Thornton @ 11:21:12 PM
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I mean, just look at the state of it...
No, not another Jeremy Clarkson picture - I'm referring to the UK music 'scene'...
Record Of The Year: Busted???? "Thunderbirds" ?????
Oh my, how very bad.
Posted By Simon Thornton @ 12:40:55 AM
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Not missing the 80's that much....
You just gotta laugh....really you do...
Now, I think Mr Clarkson is a very entertaining presenter/writer but OUCH.
Posted By Simon Thornton @ 8:49:32 PM
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