Music Break - Because I feel like it

April 06, 2012 by Paradox in "Darkroom", "David Bowie", "Favourite music", "Iggy Pop", "Music", "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds", "Pulp", "Spiritualized", "Stevie Nicks", "T.Rex", "The Levellers", "youtube"

I haven't written anything for three days and I have been sitting in front of the thinking about something I may want to write about, but I just don't feel inspired. So, this is just going to be a music post. Actually, a music break, rather than a post, because I am not really going to write anything, just post videos of songs that I love immensely.

Oh, and I am now over 1/3 of the way through my novel. And I submitted two short stories to a competition, not that I think they are any good, but you never know, and practice never hurt anyone. I feel I need to focus more, somehow, but my head is all over the place (and I am working ever day for the next 9 days, so that just gives me another excuse to procrastinate).

Talking about work, I'll be working at Darkroom with Eric on Monday night, so come and visit, because you know you want to. 167 Ludlow.

So... Enjoy...

Pulp - Underwear

The Levellers - The Boatman

T.Rex - Children of the Revolution

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - From Her To Eternity

Iggy Pop - Nightclubbing

David Bowie - Life on Mars

Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna

Spiritualized - Medication

Playlist - male voices

November 04, 2011 by Paradox in "David Bowie", "Favourite musicians", "Leonard Cohen", "Music", "Nick Cave", "Spotify", "Tim Buckley", "Tom Waits", "male voices", "playlist"

A few weeks ago I posted a playlist of female voices/fronted bands, and right afterwards I started working on the male version. This one took me AGES to make, and I had to trim it down a lot. I know that I have forgotten some, but all of these are special to me. Really special. Bring back a million memories special. Make me cry special (well, that's not really that difficult to do). Just... Ah listen to it. I don't really have anything else to say as I can't say it better than the music does.

Here is the playlist on Spotify:
Voices Men

Tim Buckley, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, David Bowie, The Cure, Bauhaus etc etc etc. Just... Listen.

Snow/England/Nostalgia... TOTPs?!

October 29, 2011 by Paradox in "Christmas", "David Bowie", "England", "Jimmy Savile", "John Peel", "Nostalgia", "Simon Bates", "Snow", "TOTP", "The Cure", "The Stranglers", "top of the pops"

I was going to write a really serious article about something serious that is happening in the world today, but that is going to have to wait until I am in a really serious mood... Woke up to hearing that Jimmy Savile had sadly passed away this morning, and then seeing the snow falling rapidly outside my window lead to me spending about 3 hours of my life watching old Top Of The Pops Christmas specials on YouTube. Which then lead to just regular TOTPs videos...

I miss the England I grew up in today, so I'm just giving in to nostalgia, laughing my head off and enjoying all of the silly outfits and good music (as well as terribly bad music). Here are some gems, enjoy, while I waste the rest of my Saturday watching more and more.

The Stranglers - Golden Brown 1982

David Bowie - Starman 1972

The Rolling Stones - Let's Spend the Night Together
(OK - I know I wasn't born then, but who cares):

The Cure - Lovecats 1983
(I love how they make it painfully obvious that they are miming)

Spandau Ballet (cue snickers of laughter) 1982