December 2009
59 posts
gettin my shit together
Lasers r go for tomorrow night
On the turntable this morning: Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight, Costello - Armed Forces, Go-Betweens - Spring Hill Fair
Merry Xmas folks - hope all goes well & Santa gives you what you want! Cheers for everything this year - you’ve been awesome!
If you only listen to one Xmas song this year, make it this: The Sonics - Santa Claus http://www.youtube.com/nothingelseon
The Sonics - Santa Claus →
The Most Authentic/Relevant/Successful Artists of the Decade (The Best Albums/MP3s/Songs/Artists/Bands/Humans) http://tinyurl.com/y8mv8a2
Just because - here’s the Yeah Yeah Yeahs ‘Maps’ http://www.youtube.com/user/nothingelseon
Xmas doesn’t suck mix - full of festive awesomeness! Download here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/10legh (not one of mine)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps →
One of my fave singles this year: Sad Day For Puppets ‘Marble Gods’ - just like ‘Freak Scene’ but from Sweden! http://tinyurl.com/lbdf2f
Vampire Weekend - "Cousins" (Official Music Video) →
Sad Day For Puppets 'Marble Gods' →
RT: @publicaddress: At last! Roger Shepherd has retrieved the Flying Nun label (and catalogue) from Warners: http://bit.ly/79B7U1
Time for the NYE ticket giveaway! #fb
new Vampire Weekend LP due out 11/01 - here’s the vid for the frenetic new single Cousins http://www.youtube.com/user/nothingelseon
Ooh! Aah! Johnny Marr! →
See him in Feb @ Bodega, folks! Cribs tour NZ - more info from Coup de Main here.
It’s a Radio Los Santos kind of day
(most of) Pixies w/ "Weird Al" Yankovic - I Bleed... →
Wau! RT: @spanishmanners: Weird Al Yankovic and the Pixies perform “I Bleed”.
Yes, really. I’m as dumbfounded as you. http://j.mp/8jcxcO
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go, I wanna be sedated. Nothin’ to do and nowhere to go-oh, I wanna be sedated. #randomfirstlines
LOL: “Killing In The Name” has always been “Frigging In The Rigging” with dreads and a conscience http://tinyurl.com/ycp995l
The Ramones - I wanna be sedated →
#randomfirstlines today was, of course, ‘I Wanna Be Sedated’. Sounds like a nice idea - vid here: http://www.youtube.com/nothingelseon
Anyone go to Riot Radio on Saturday night?
Washington Post apologises re Public Enemy http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120201455.html #fb
#randomfirstlinjes today was Camera Obscura’s ‘Lloyd, I’m Ready to be Heartbroken’. At SFBH 20 Jan - be there! http://tinyurl.com/lbdf2f
Dear beer, will be seeing you soon. Love xx
He said I’ll protect u like u are the crown jewels yetSaid he’s feeling sorrier for me the more I behave badly I can bet #randomfirstlines
RT: @lcdsoundsystem: At paper awards for justine d, these tedious girls are dj’ing like it’s anywhere usa. It’s fucking nyc! Make an effort!
o hai ebay - it’s good to be back
Today’s listening brought to you by the letter ‘C’ - Converge, Coil & Colourbox #fb
#randomfirstlines today was the excellent ‘Pictures of You’ from The Cure. Vid here: http://www.youtube.com/user/nothingelseon
RT: @SlowBoatRecords: http://www.slowboatrecords.co.nz/Where it’s at… Phoenix Foundation instore Friday!!!
I’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you, That I almost believe that they’re real #randomfirstlines
NME top 50s of the year →
I don’t quite know why, but I actually still care about the NME end of year lists, even though I stopped buying the magazine regularly sometime in 2000. Anyway, here’s their take on the year 2009:
How good an album is Disintegration? Extremely good, even godlike right at this moment, that’s how good. #fb
#randomfirstlines today was the Arctic Monkeys’ I bet you Look Good on the Dancefloor. It’s true! http://www.youtube.com/nothingelseon
Stop making the eyes at me, I’ll stop making the eyes at u& what it is that surprises me is that I don’t really want u to #randomfirstlines
Atomic! →
A huge thanks to all of you who made it down to the Bath House on Saturday night - I had a blast & you were awesome! Cheers!
Hang the DJ returns! →
Yes folks, Hang the DJ returns to the San Francisco Bath House for New Year’s Eve - a night of the best of both worlds from Atomic & 24 Hour Party People. Kick off is at 9pm & we’ll be going til you…
In Welli for New Year’s? Hang the DJ! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/event.php?eid=188618211698&ref=nf
Things Ramones did NOT want to do: Walk around with you, be learned, be tamed, be buried in a pet semetary, fight tonight (on Christmas) #fb
Things Ramones DID wanna do: be ur boyfriend, sniff some glue, dance, go out west where they belong, b well, have something 2 do, b sedated
Thanks to all of you who came down the Bath House for ATOMIC on Saturday night - it was awesome, cheers! #fb
The Evolution of the hipster (Paste Magazine Nov... →
Off to the Bath House for ATOMIC - see you soon
#randomfirstlines Friday = John Foxx’s ‘Underpass’ - killer synth riff. U can shout Underpants instead if you like http://tinyurl.com/lbdf2f
Looking forward to a night of getting records out for Saturday night’s Atomic
