tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post5719004964411118944..comments2023-08-08T11:48:10.725+01:00Comments on swisslet: all I have left is my memories of yesterday...swisslethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16708248700851998044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-28167872787802522782008-01-10T10:39:00.000+00:002008-01-10T10:39:00.000+00:00Don't worry about making me a cd at the moment...Don't worry about making me a cd at the moment - I've just received a 'best of 2007' one from the lovely Ben, which I shall be digesting this weekend. Maybe even do a little review of that, instead.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15775843962786402937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-13706438536240764142008-01-09T23:05:00.000+00:002008-01-09T23:05:00.000+00:00My review of Katyola's CD is finally up! Mass...<a href="http://troubled-diva.com/2008_01_06_troubled-diva_archive.html#5840068913069848573" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">My review of Katyola's CD is finally up! </a> Massive apologies for the delay, but I found this a really tough assignment...mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08372409823804709682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-4046093901579234922008-01-09T15:40:00.000+00:002008-01-09T15:40:00.000+00:00Yes... Pearl Jam are still alive.Then again, grun...Yes... Pearl Jam are still alive.<br><br>Then again, grunge was still the in thing last time I bought one of their discs. (I made it to Vitalogy before I pulled the plug). That band had so much potential...<br><br>Now Primus... Les Claypool is the man. Between his early stuff, and all his random bands since primus... I can't get enough.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531414847817210475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-5804364452780853042008-01-09T13:48:00.000+00:002008-01-09T13:48:00.000+00:00Pulp WERE ace. The peak for me was the Intro singl...Pulp WERE ace. The peak for me was the Intro singles and His N Hers but I would agree that We Love Life is a very good record. This Is Hardcore never gelled with me either (despite the amazing title track) - maybe too many drugs. Talking of which, Primal Scream. I do think the Screamadelica follow up "Give out but don't give up" is worthy of a reassessment. It got slated at the time, was nowhere near as perfect or groundbreaking as Screamadelica and the Movin On up e.p. and it was certainly a derivative record - but it did have some good stuff on it, particularly the George Clinton tracks. And I am one of those rare people who likes Rocks and Jailbird. Watching the faces of the C86 crowd as Bobby Gillespie mutated from a McGuinn worshipping indie fey boy into a Keith Richards wannabe was very entertaining it had to be said. And the first time I heard Loaded played in a club does seem in retrospect to have a seminal moment in my musical memories. Talk about gobsmacked. Velocity Girl it wasn't. I do think Gillespie gets a raw deal sometimes, despite that awful desperate need to be as "rock and roll" as possible when interviewed. You can't say that he doesn't have good taste in music, back in the early nineteen nineties he certainly put me on to a few classic records, and he's still a better popstar than Pete Doherty. <br>So should those of us whose Shuffleathons have not been reviewed review them ourselves do you think ? "An astounding and superlative compilation ...etc etc"The Great Grape Apehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06130716464214096039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1750120863647373520.post-11699852121713395332008-01-09T11:21:00.000+00:002008-01-09T11:21:00.000+00:00I love that you started the P section with Pulp an...I love that you started the P section with Pulp and <i>then</i> go alphabetical...<br><br>Nice to see you have the full range of Island recordings, but there are some cracking tracks on the Fire label (even if the gits there have milked it for everything its worth and then some). Glad someone else thinks WLL is under-rated. Interesting too to find someone else a little fuddled by TIH: mind, the vid for that track still makes me go weak at the knees with its invocation of 50s movies. You may like to know that the Anthology DVD that accompanied the final compilation "Hits" album features their fine videos AND the ever witty 'Do You Remember The First Time?' film Jarvis and Steve made. oh yeah, and the spoken word version of 'Babies'? *thud* Why did that never get a release minus the video...?!Lisa Rullsenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020425273742237299noreply@blogger.com