Over the last couple of days I've been at the mercy of the television. Wimbledon is on once again and being a closet tennis geek I've been studying the action fairly closely and ranking the players on attractiveness....not Mauresmo though.....oh no.........not even if you paid me.
Kudos to Feliciano Lopez for silencing the flag-waving "Come on Tim!" brigade by banishing him for another year today. I don't know what kind of sordid holes these people emerge from each summer but I wish they'd take their Straw Boaters, Fray records and facepaint and fuck off home. If Tim Henman, a man so insipid and boring can inspire such unremitting devotion, what could a government convince us to do? Exploit the earth's resources, upgrade nuclear weapons, go to war perhaps. Oh wait....
Despite all this, watching his last ever PMQ's on Wednesday, I realised with a twinge of sadness that this was the end of an era for the pair of us. Tony Blair has been everpresent throughout my fo
rmative years and they have been pretty wonderful. Perhaps they will be followed by a Cameronian collapse. Who knows? I hope not.
Anyway, MUSIC! I can't stop listening to Kitty Daisy and Lewis, three stupidly young kids from London backed by their parents playing 50s rockabilly like there's no tomorrow. With so many people praising the likes of Justice and Simian Mobile Disco for taking music forward, there's great reward in taking it back too! They were in the Observer Music Monthly thing on young talent last week alongside people like Cajun Dance Party and Laura Marling who are alright, but in my opinion KDAL are really something special. I love the way they seem immersed in a completely different world to most of us, making them a bit of an enigma. And I like enigmas.
Kitty Daisy And Lewis - Mean Son Of A Gun
Having lived near Manchester for the whole of my life I've always been a bit disappointed at its lack of a yearly festival. Nottingham has Dot to Dot, Middlesbrough has Middlesbrough Music Live, Edinburgh has the fringe and so on. Someone must have been thinking the same as the stupendously-ace-brand-new-first-ever Manchester International Festival begins tomorrow! Even Newsnight Review are doing a special on it. So it must be all good and proper an that. There are apparently 25 world premieres over the next couple of weeks in theatre, music and film. There are lots of really exciting people playing gigs like Lou Reed, PJ Harvey, Damon Albarn and most excitingly, The Fall who I'm going to see on Sunday at The Ritz!
There is an amazing array of new music going on at Academy 3 over the next two weeks too. The Noisettes and Late of The Pier are playing together on July 4th, Squelchy, synchronised dance from Metronomy on the 6th, The amazing Bat For Lashes who will hopefully be sporting some fancy headwear is playing on July 12th while Final Fantasy rounds things off on the 14th. That all looks pretty cool doesn't it. There are a million and one other things going on too so get out there and explore!
Late Of The Pier - The Bears Are Coming
Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos
Kudos to Feliciano Lopez for silencing the flag-waving "Come on Tim!" brigade by banishing him for another year today. I don't know what kind of sordid holes these people emerge from each summer but I wish they'd take their Straw Boaters, Fray records and facepaint and fuck off home. If Tim Henman, a man so insipid and boring can inspire such unremitting devotion, what could a government convince us to do? Exploit the earth's resources, upgrade nuclear weapons, go to war perhaps. Oh wait....
Despite all this, watching his last ever PMQ's on Wednesday, I realised with a twinge of sadness that this was the end of an era for the pair of us. Tony Blair has been everpresent throughout my fo
rmative years and they have been pretty wonderful. Perhaps they will be followed by a Cameronian collapse. Who knows? I hope not.Anyway, MUSIC! I can't stop listening to Kitty Daisy and Lewis, three stupidly young kids from London backed by their parents playing 50s rockabilly like there's no tomorrow. With so many people praising the likes of Justice and Simian Mobile Disco for taking music forward, there's great reward in taking it back too! They were in the Observer Music Monthly thing on young talent last week alongside people like Cajun Dance Party and Laura Marling who are alright, but in my opinion KDAL are really something special. I love the way they seem immersed in a completely different world to most of us, making them a bit of an enigma. And I like enigmas.
Kitty Daisy And Lewis - Mean Son Of A Gun
Having lived near Manchester for the whole of my life I've always been a bit disappointed at its lack of a yearly festival. Nottingham has Dot to Dot, Middlesbrough has Middlesbrough Music Live, Edinburgh has the fringe and so on. Someone must have been thinking the same as the stupendously-ace-brand-new-first-ever Manchester International Festival begins tomorrow! Even Newsnight Review are doing a special on it. So it must be all good and proper an that. There are apparently 25 world premieres over the next couple of weeks in theatre, music and film. There are lots of really exciting people playing gigs like Lou Reed, PJ Harvey, Damon Albarn and most excitingly, The Fall who I'm going to see on Sunday at The Ritz!
There is an amazing array of new music going on at Academy 3 over the next two weeks too. The Noisettes and Late of The Pier are playing together on July 4th, Squelchy, synchronised dance from Metronomy on the 6th, The amazing Bat For Lashes who will hopefully be sporting some fancy headwear is playing on July 12th while Final Fantasy rounds things off on the 14th. That all looks pretty cool doesn't it. There are a million and one other things going on too so get out there and explore!Late Of The Pier - The Bears Are Coming
Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos
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i've been to two of the festival gigs so far but it's not feeling like a festival at all. there's always d percussion in august!
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