One of the strangest videos i've ever seen.Cool though.And kind of really funny also.Reminds me of those weird and brilliant teatime kids tv series from the 1970s; The Tomorrow People.Or The Changes, that kind of thing.

Enjoying listening to tributes from the golf world ( the best and only honorable sport unpolluted by assholes) , to the king, Arnold Palmer, which brings me to also cherish one of my kings of music, Bernard ,(dwarfing the pathetically hyped Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson), and another king , David Gilmour, and another, Danny Kirwan ( best guitarist ,singer , songwriter of the 20th century, and of course, not to confuse these wonders with " my king , do you know him?" , by Dr S M Lockridge , which is about King Jesus Christ who dwarfs everything that has been or will be.

Friends, by White Lies. Somewhat crappy reviews, but so what, it's what I've come to expect. After a few listens I can say this album definitely has its moments.




eg. Hold Back Your Love

LCD Soundsystem - the first album

Pink Floyd - DSOTM

^ Yes that new xx song, listened to it a few times over the last couple of days.Kind of like it and can appreciate they are trying something new but i'm not sure it's as strong as a lot the stuff on their first two albums which i really liked.Still, will be interested to hear the new album in the new year.


Thanks for posting that Gosh video making of.So there is actually an Eiffel Tower replica in China albeit smaller?? Somehow i'd thought it'd been CGI or something created for the video! Hope all those Chinese kids got paid well for their efforts.

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J.Spaceman

Loved this band in the late80s/early90s.


This song had a dreamy/psychedelic feel to it.About a groupie if i remember right!

Girl in this video or the image of her looks like the same girl who was in Chemical Brothers' (also quite Psychedelic) Let Forever Be video of some years later?

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Ah yes, one of those tracks hailed as a modern classic by those "in the know". A B-side from a Ltd edition 12" that managed to escape to a wider audience and impint itself on the "Burning Man" cognoscenti. Or something. A copy of that particular 12" which comes in a box with a pair of shoes is currently offered for sale at $2,500 on Discogs. Thank goodness for cheap downloads.

For further "waxing lyrical", this 2016 article from Vice/Thump really goes to town, fortunately with sense of humour intact.

It's funny how some nice chords and a handful of repeated lyrics can grab you and give you a meloncholy yet slightly epic vibe. Makes me think of other dance tunes over the years that have hit me with their subtle "epicness". Like...

Sabres of Paradise: Smokebelch II, orginal mix and David Holmes mix (for the final 4 mins)
Jam & Spoon: Odyssey To Anyoona which I used to think was magical but admittedly sounds a bit saccharine-sweet now.
Moby: God moving over the face of the waters, with similar-ish tinkly piano. Perhaps that was a signifier of epicness back in the mid 90's.
And some more recent understated yet epic tunes like:
Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink (James Holden remix)
The xx - VCR (Four Tet remix)
Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix)

Having said all that, "Time" perhaps shouldn't be held in too high an esteem. Perhaps it isn't that great masterpiece that some beard strokers think it is. When you realise it's basically a sample of the first ten seconds of this:

You're right that's the bottom line and my trainspotter ramblings shouldn't detract from that. Regardless of it's origins, it's a good tune, and one of those tracks that will probably still sound great on it's 10th or 20th birthday. It has a "Time"less quality about it (yeah, rubbish pun).

Just watching your Au Revoir Simone video and I realise I saw them live at London's Electric Ballroom in 2014 as part of the Camden Crawl. A good festival for the punters insofar as it wasn't too pricey and it was easy to get into all the venues. Not so good for the artists, as the organisers went into liquidation shortly afterwards and never paid their fees.

The original version of Paris doesn't even feature Au Revoir Simone but the vocal (probably a guide or backing vocal) was included in the package sent to Aeroplane for the remix, so they used it - effectively making the track a cover version (which is arguably better than the original).

"Time" has reminded me of another dance track that has become something of a classic despite being mostly a sample.

Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Intro


Which sampled this piece of 80's cheese (at 2.27)

^ I'd say that was the original Kraftwerk track (Uranium was it called?, not Blue Monday


Did anyone see Charlie Brooker's recent Black Mirror series on Netflix? Not quite as good as the previous couple of series on Channel 4 a few years ago (15 Million Merits from that series was a particular dystopian nightmare X Factor type future nightmare scenario highlight) but the episode San Junipero of the most recent series left me speechless and lost.Belinda Carlisle's Heaven Is A Place On Earth will never sound quite the same ever again after it ( though Orbital did get there first i think by sampling it and which i witnessed live at Glastonbury 1995 if memory serves me right .Not to be confused with Orbital's 1994 Glastonbury appearance which i also was lucky to witness and was present at.)

What time is love? 23 August 2017

Listening to Oczy Mlody by The Flaming Lips (going to see them at Brixton Academy next weekend and hoping there's not TOO much stuff from the last few albums, and certainly none of the Beatles/Stone Roses cover versions of recent years)

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