29/03/2012

Worth an afternoon listen

I came across this for the first time today.

http://soundcloud.com/fxxp/orgue-electronique-live

I'd come across a live recording about a year ago from Orgue Electronique that was taken from his set at Bloc Festival 2011 which was absolutely ace, but unfortunately it was only on Intergalactic Fm for 2 days before being taken down. I couldn't find it again and was gutted that it wasn't available for download at the time either.

This mix is the next best thing and is a recording of a live set that he did at the tail end of last year in Bristol and although not quite being the Bloc set's equal, it's still a bloody good listen and well worth checking out if you have a spare hour.

25/03/2012

Meat Liquor - Food For Window Lickers

I recently visited an American-style burger restaurant in central London that goes by the name of Meat Liquor. It's a place that has been heavily talked up of late by people who really should know better.

From the moment we arrived the whole experience was horrendous. The restaurant has a strict no bookings policy so you have to queue for an extremely long period (we were queueing for over an hour) and I can only imagine this pretentious rule is in force to try and build hype and make the restaurant look like the hottest place in town due to the 200 people snaking around the outside of the building waiting for their supper. I just found the policy wanky and annoying and I was praying that once inside the food would blow my socks off with it's quality but yet again I was let down.

19/03/2012

Things that annoy me: Celebrity Shitbags

Noel Edmonds 

His whole cheesy persona makes me want to head-butt the television. I’d like to break into his house in the middle of the night and chop off that dreadful, quiffed mullet that he’s been sporting since the early 80’s and force feed him the hair afterwards, the absolute cock-cheese! 

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant  


I can’t stand these two and their annoyingly childish, giggling antics and nauseating dialogues. I’d love to drop kick them both off the white cliffs of Dover, preferably tied to a washing machine and fridge respectively. 

Fern Cotton and Holly Willoughby 


If I could eat my own head whilst they are on the TV/Radio I would. Their grating voices and utterly false facial expressions leave me monumentally annoyed. If there was any justice they would have been slowly reversed over by a blind truck driver some time ago.

And yes, that is a book that is titled 'The Best Friends Guide To Life' that they have apparently 'written'. I'm sure it's an utterly enthralling read.

I certainly wouldn't want to be taking any 'life advice' of these two muppets. What advice would they actually have to give you?

'Only use Clarins make-up, always jog around the park anti-clockwise as it tones your bum and legs better, make sure you get your 5 a day, always wipe your arse after having a poo, don't eat white bread, treat yourself to a cupcake once a month, only drink once a decade, don't take drugs, never kiss on the first date and never put your tongue in, don't masturbate because it's wrong, drink prune juice, always brush your teeth before, during and after a meal, listen to Katie Melua and James Blunt every day, don't fart or burp because girls don't do that sort of thing, always offer your seat on the bus to someone taller than you, don't walk just skip everywhere instead.'.....PISS OFF YOU PAIR OF FUCKWITS! 

Elvis Presley  


I just can’t handle listening to his farty, warbling voice.

He does get slight kudos for dying on the bog whilst chewing on a loaf of bread though.

This picture was taken at his final ever live performance, looking suitably bloated.

Piers Morgan 

He’s just a smarmy arse-wipe whose head resembles a melting bollock. Enough said.

Ruth Goodman 

I don't watch an awful lot of TV these days but came across a dreadful programme one afternoon with this ultra annoying munter who was cooking foods from the 17th and 18th centuries.

She was god awful to look at, but at least gave me something to gawp at for half an hour.

She resembled a witch (sporting a huge hook nose and the obligatory wart or two on her face) and she dressed like she was still living five hundred years ago, in clothes she'd probably weaved herself from flaxen.  I honestly reckon she wishes that she worked as a skivvy in Henry VIII's court, getting paid in dead mice and only being allowed outside if it started to rain, so she could go and wash away her month old stench.

What a mix!

I listened to this mix twice yesterday as I enjoyed it so much, an educational journey through old and new Chicago records expertly put together by Intergalactic Gary, a New Zealander who's based in the Netherlands.

http://www.slabsofthetabernacle.com/2011/01/24/slabs-127-intergalactic-gary

13/03/2012

A copy of the Cut Hands - Afro Noise album fell through my door today. Brain drillingly intense at times and not the easiest of listens, but it may be one that's a grower with repeated listening...If I can actually summons myself to repeatedly listen to it.

This track is probably the easiest to handle off the whole album and a good starting point should you be intrigued enough to give the album a listen.



Here's a track off the album that is fairly accessible (although not that accessible to be fair, the sounds at the start remind me of those old fire alarm bells that we used to have at our primary school! The drum beats aren't too bad though and I quite like the track as a whole)




A break from the norm with a bit of C&C

I enjoyed having this on in the background this morning. It's a mix they recorded for The Quietus that seems like it was recorded around a year ago but I only came across today.

A mixture of some of their favourite personally produced tracks coupled with a few tracks that they appreciate from other artists. Nothing too heavy going and fairly pleasant listening on this sunny spring morning.





12/03/2012

Techno Monday

I decided to have a break from listening to House music (after listening to it a fair bit over recent weeks) and instead have an afternoon enjoying some Techno mixes. Here's a few tracks that I enjoyed listening to from a recent recording of a Surgeon set at Berghain .







If you'd like to listen to the set in it's entirety then here it is. (The last hour is particularly banging)

http://soundcloud.com/r_co/surgeon-live-berghain-berlin

06/03/2012

'Get the fuck off me!'

I took these photos off my balcony the other night. Didn't realise it was happening at first until I heard loud shouting for a couple of minutes and then decided to be nosey and have a peek. Mildly exciting for a Tuesday night. Fuck knows what they were being searched for though. Perhaps they'd stolen a couple of sticks of pepperami from the local shop and were goofing about in the street having sword fights with them?


Pleasant music courtesy of Estimulo.

This sounded nice on Sunday as I lazed about in the house. Noleian Reusse (Mathematics Records) and Chicago Deep on the decks.

http://www.mixomat.org/estimuloshow/index.php?id=3&date=2012-03-05

Pictures of food (1)


These pizzas are the epitome of top quality fast food. £6.00 and ready to eat in under five minutes. It's cooked in a wood fired brick oven at 1000 degrees for 2 minutes and that's it, job done.


Picture of a posh cake that looks like salmon rolled sushi. Tasted better than it looked.


Think I'd definitely go for the cock flavoured soup over the All Day Breakfast, which looks horrific.

Things that annoy me: Crap Foods

Gristle - It isn't often that I have to endure it to be fair, but I ate a steak sandwich recently at some chain pub and the rump steak used was probably 45% gristle.  After about five minutes of tearing barely edible meat from a stale piece of bread, I honestly felt like throwing what was left at the waitress and asking for my money back. 

 I ploughed on through in the end, as I couldn't really afford to buy anything else and just wanted to get out of there sharpish. All I got in return for my troubles was an extremely sore jaw and an unfulfilled appetite.

 I came to the conclusion that gristle is best fed to dogs or used as a savoury alternative to chewing gum.

Quiche - There's not that much that I don't like eating but

05/03/2012

A small selection of photos from a recent trip to Holland.



Pretty much the same as the previous picture but it was the first point in the day where the weather looked like it could possibly be acceptable, after a bitterly cold early morning journey to the airport....My optimistic thoughts soon disappeared on landing, as the weather was utterly horrendous in Amsterdam for the duration of our time there.



This was the first poster that met my dozy gaze after exiting the train station. I don't speak Dutch but in my frazzled mind it seemed like it was asking me if I'd arrived okay and I actually found that quite pleasant as I stood freezing my knackers off, waiting for our group to work out which direction we were meant to be heading in.....In case you actually give a toss what the real translation into English is, it's; "Hey, are you here?"....So technically I wasn't actually that far off, although to be fair still utterly wrong.



This was a 'Top 100' Happy Hardcore/Gabba CD that we found in our apartment and yes unfortunately that meant that there was a total of 100 tracks on there.....We lasted about four tracks. The front cover depicted a skin headed wrong 'un walking hand in hand with what we gathered was his girlfriend, holding a large axe which we could only guess had something to do with the title of the album 'Hakkuh'....Perhaps that means 'Hack you' in English?....Anyway the CD was total cack and best avoided.


I have absolutely no idea what 'Foam Talent' constitutes, maybe some appallingly guff R&B club that has Ibiza style 'foam parties'. Or maybe just a selection of ropey old hags standing in a long line by the roadside, lathering themselves up for your viewing displeasure!....Just take the next right at the crossing, should you actually wish to find out?


                             Generic bollocks picture, minus the flash.


Generic bollocks picture with a flash.....Ooh look at the shiny bike wheels!....Plus a couple of grinning old bints to the left of shot, who I don't know.


As I didn't take any pictures of traditional Dutch tulips during my visit, here's a shite photo of a pair of lilies to finish things off, housed in an old kettle brought home by my house mate from work, that we briefly had in our living room....Until the kettle split, sending the flower water all over the place....It's since been hurled into a skip.