Sunday, 1 January 2012

♪♫ Allen Ginsberg - Father Death Blues

Blog of the year award goes to...

. Adventure-Equation .

Is New Year’s Day the Best Time to Make Life Changing Resolutions?

Happy New Year from all of us @ Exile Towers...

buon anno

šťastný nový rok

godt nytår
幸せ新しい年

gelukkig nieuwjaar

manigong bagong taon

hyvää uuttavuotta
新年快樂

bonne année

Frohes neues Jahr

ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος

שנה טובה

नया साल मुबारक हो

selamat tahun baru

laimīgu Jauno gadu

laimingų Naujųjų metų

godt nytt år

szczęśliwego nowego roku

с новым годом

feliz año nuevo

chúc mừng năm mới

كل عام وأنتم بخير

새해 복 많이 받으세요

...and remember to have fun and cause trouble in 2012!!!

XXX

Saturday, 31 December 2011

♪♫ The Urban Voodoo Machine - Goodbye To Another Year

(Happy New Year Slim!)

Stefan Stern: Nobody tells the whole truth. But is a bit more of it too much to ask?

Rory_Foster Rory Foster
1875: Joseph Bazalgette knighted for taking crap away from our homes. 2011: Peter Bazalgette knighted for delivering crap to our homes.

New Year Honours for the great, the good – and the Tory donors

Spaceboy says: I love the smell of resolution in the morning...

The Struggle Continues...

♪♫ Sally Timms/Jon Langford - Broken Bottle

Exile's best of 2011

My top 3 albums of 2011...so fugn close but after much thought:
3/PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

Wins the best production of the year too and the use of Niney The Observer's 'Blood & Fire' in 'Written On The Forehead' was simply genius...

2/Richmond Fontaine - The High Country

Willy Vlautin...read his books, hear his songs!

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1/Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting

After first coming across this Burial remix of 'Wayfaring Stranger' I didn't think that Mr Woon would let me down. This album became the soundtrack to a lot of nocturnal rambles this past year...

Song of the year:

Atari Teenage Riot - Black Flags (feat. Boots Riley)

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Best cover version of the year:

Gig of the year (local):

Black Cab at Cherry

Combat Boots (live at Cherry)

Gig of the year (international):

Omar Souleyman at Nortcote Social Club

Free gig of the year:

Sun Ra Arkestra at Fed Square

'What did we just see?' moment at a live gig

Plan B performing 'Stay Too Long' at the Big Day Out

Our collective jaws dropped at the conclusion of their set that day...

Album track of the year:

David Lynch - Strange and Unproductive Thinking

12" of the year:

Burial VS Massive Attack - Paradise Circus/Four Walls

The if I had the money I probably would have bought it artifact of the year goes to this.

Biggest disappointment gig of the year goes to the Nick Drake tribute...gawd I was bored at this gig. So fugn polite. Am I the only person who doesn't get Robyn (I'm bonkers me I yam) Hitchcock? It was so nice to see Green Gartside on stage again tho for the first time since I caught the trio Scritti#1 (with Tom and Nial) numerous times back in the late 70's...

Biggest disappointment of the year also goes to the gigs that ill health stopped me from going to (Underground Resistance/HTRK and Black Cab at The Tote)

...and how on earth did I miss this band until this year?