Was up half the night downloading stuff and burning them onto CD's. Now as an artist I respect a persons right to be paid for the work they do, so I only download new stuff as a taster for when I buy the album. So who to listen to? In my opinion The Futureheads are magnificent, it would be lazy to suggest they sound like The Gang of four and The Jam, but they do! Also The Ordinary Boys are a mod-tastic band from Brighton (where else!) with a kicking 1979 sound updated for the Chav generation. At the minute though it's Roddy Frame and Aztec Camera who are on rotation, and Roddy's track "Small World" the theme to BBC's "Early Doors" is such a beautiful warning of stardom and it's trappings. "Go-go bars filled with showbiz stars and Friday's set aflame, of crashing cars, sunburst guitars amphetamines and fame"
I'm in the North East tonight (well that small town 12 miles up the road from the largest city in the North East) so I'm taking my daughter A. for dinner at a small bistro on the sea front, it doesn't seem that long ago that we were sharing bags of sweeties and flumps together!
FTM!
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