Music

The best of Eurovision

Posted on 26 May 2008 in Music

It’s very easy to be negative about Eurovision, so lets accentuate the positive

Fairy Tale of Censorship

Posted on 18 December 2007 in Music

Well Radio 1’s decision to censor The Pogues’ Fairytale of New York has now been reversed now, but sometimes I just want to throw a dictionary at some people.

Protection Racket

Posted on 4 October 2005 in Music

I don’t often comment on news stories but I loved the Media Guardian article about the fact that 90% of entertainment companies are failing to protect their products from illegal online use, and that only 50% of products have any protection.

Music Player Stats

Posted on 16 May 2005 in Music

Nearly three weeks since getting it, I’ve been rather haphazardly ripping CDs and uploading them onto my new MP3 player, getting so far 64 albums on it, with a total of 851 tracks and using 2.9Gb - only 16Gb to go.

Into the Digital Age

Posted on 28 April 2005 in Music

When I worked at Bush House, it was a daily ritual. Just before going out, pick up a CD, bung it in my CD player and run out the door. One CD would generally last me door to door. But not any more.

Singles, Space and the Compilation

Posted on 13 March 2005 in Music

I’ve been slowly digitising many of the singles I haven’t heard for years. It’s been quite a wonderful process - there’s 600 odd singles I haven’t listened to for goodness knows how long.

Ladyflash

Posted on 21 November 2004 in Music

There is one song that I just can’t get enough of since I first heard it on 6music last weekend. Ladyflash by The Go! Team.

Flashmob - The Opera

Posted on 6 October 2004 in Music, TV Programmes, Television

Okay I’ll be honest. When it comes to opera… well. And as for flashmobbing… well the phrase ‘new media wanker’ is what usually springs to mind.. So you can perhaps see why something called ‘Flashmob - The Opera’, well… might not really work in my mind…

Bods ‘uses’ mycokemusic.com

Posted on 31 May 2004 in Internet, Music, Shopping

Well you can’t beat a sequel sometimes, so to follow up ‘Bods Tries To Use mycokemusic.com’, here is Bods ‘uses’ mycokemusic.com! And what an ‘experience’ it was…

Music, sweet music

Posted on 12 March 2004 in Music

Ever sat down and listened to a song and it was just so beautiful, so wonderful, so utterly amazing, that it made you want to cry? Just cry. For no apparant reason beyond the fact that it’s just so… so… so utterly fantastic?

Bods tries to use myCokeMusic.com

Posted on 26 January 2004 in Internet, Music, Shopping

I’ve read a lot about myCokeMusic.com - yet another bandwagon jumping music download site - so I thought I’d try it out. And this being my blog, I’d better tell you how it went…

No Win for Token Folk Album

Posted on 9 September 2003 in Music

Unsurprising the token folk album didn’t win the Mercury Music Prize this year…

CD Copy ‘protection’

Posted on 7 September 2003 in Music, Shopping

Record company attempts to tide the stem of illegal downloading of MP3s, will do little more than increase it.

Fopp-tastic

Posted on 29 August 2003 in Music, Shopping

Fopp are a small chain of wondeful record stores who manage to persuade me to part with money far too easily…

Eliza Carthy - Anglicana

Posted on 26 July 2003 in Music

There’s always a smug satisfaction about owning an album before it gets nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.

Eurovision 2003.

Posted on 24 May 2003 in Music, TV Programmes, Television

It’s Eurovision! For some reason…

The Avalanches - Since I Left You

Posted on 6 December 2002 in Music

Since I Left You and Frontier Psychiatrist! Oh the wonderful joy of the Avalanches!