ok i've calmed down now and i admit i was probably too passionate in my hatred of the last post. i'm ill and fragile and it was just such a bad song that it got me really annoyed. also i'd just gone totally crazy on pop/r&b cds and so was probably a little biased against the indie scene, which to my discredit i am in general. i do of course love some indie-hot club, the young knives, arcade fire etc, but its the marc bolan/gang of four-esque stuff that really gets on my nerves.

also one thing i was worried about immediately after i published was that i seemed like i was raging against indie fans, which i totally wasnt. its the musicians i despise, not the fans. i'm really against this view that people who listen to shit music are shit people and so i just wanna make it clear that thats not what i meant.

but still, clocks are awful and i stand by my comment that music like that is some of the worst made yet.

anyway, i got a REALLY good 'house megamix' from that shit book shop, the works, yesterday for 20p!!!!!!!! it features one song in particular that i love, which i'll talk about later when i've found it on the internet so you too can witness it.

on the subject of dance-dance music, loving this song a lot at the moment. its hectic and crazy, yet with a really uplifting sound to it, and a pulse that you want to go on forever-everything that makes a club song great. i have yet to hear it in a club or at a party, but i bet it'd be great, one of those songs that gets strangers nearby to put their arms around you, and they're the best. its just that kate bush sample, so messed up, it sounds like shes gasping out her last words, in a good way.

incidentally 'wuthering heights' by kate bush is getting a lot of plays from me lately. no honestly.

also getting a lot of attention recently:

'after laughter comes tears' by wendy rene
'speakerphone' by kylie
'slow' by kylie
'i see a darkness' (will oldham cover) by johnny cash and indeed most of the album that songs from
'SOS' by abba
'beware of the birds' by justin martin
'the beach party' by hot chip
'detroit' and 'let me think about it' by fedde (taking it back, kids, alllll the way back to 2006)
'destination unknown' by alex gaudino (as above, revisiting these house tracks after james played them at a party and i just thought 'yes, this was good, this makes sense all over again')



did you see those photos of prince charles visiting bob marleys house in jamaica and playing the bongos? why does he do these things? who is he trying to impress?