Music Room *It's fully soundproofed*

[mockney piers]

Some top posts all round

Here's a lad to keep an eye on. Not signed yet but watch this space

http://www.myspace.com/kidharpoon

and yes, I hate myspace too

[Keef]

I don't understand that hate of myspace.... I don't think it's any worse than loads of similar sites. Just wish they'd had it just as a band / musician thing, and kept the personal pages seperate.

[mockney piers]

indeed it's a useful way for a band to promote itself.

It just commits every web design cardinal sin that exists.

[Fear 'n boozin]

I agree with Mockers, I find it impossible to read/navigate, which irritates me, so never really look at it.

Facebook seems to be heading the same way with all it's silly add on's.

[Bleep]

Myspace is horrific, but at least it's got character unlike the Norwich City of websites, Facebook.

[ben]

If a band can't afford or don't have the know how to make their own web page then MySpace works perfectly - it also stops the proliferation of demo CDs and saves on postage.

Anyway, keeping on topic, how about some music?

[mockney piers]

quite right Ben

The utterly amazing Tinariwen sing Assouf

in Realplayer

or Windows media

[Asset]

Oh - I've just heard Tinariwen's album - Love it.

[Jah Lush]

Having heard that I've gotta get it now. Well done Mockney, excellent choice.

[mockney piers]

Loving this video, especially as it probably cost about 50 quid and some chips and curry sauce.

Tiger Force - Syntax Error!

[Fear 'n boozin]

Thought this was nice (it soothed my aching head).

[mockney piers]

Ooh, I like Notwist; for a bunch of german industrial-punks that album was weirdly mellow and beautiful.

This is a nice enough song by Bloc Party, remixed by minotaur shock, get their album Maritime if you can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdxBIThyHTU

couldn't find anything from him though so myspace it is

http://www.myspace.com/minotaurshock

[SeanMacGabhann]

Liking the minotaur shock MP - although I tend to like most things with a minotaur attachment

The recent GTAIV trailer made me hunt this down:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aVvILUmvwh4&mode=related&search=

No ACTUAL video but the track has been a mental soundtrack all week

[ben]

Something a little mellow - Win and Co

[ben]

Some Lounge music for the Lounge - Mel Torme

[ben]

Oasis

[mockney piers]

Hehe, I think you just got one of sean's favourite films there.

Ha mike flowers, blast from the past!!

My own indulgence Stephen Malkmus - Jennifer and the Ess-Dog

[Fear 'n boozin]

Continuing with my theme of cheese...

Prefab Sprout - The King of Rock and Roll [a truely awful video]

[Fear 'n boozin]

And the absolutly georgeous Regina Spektor :)

Us

[MP may have posted this already, but I can't remember, and I don't care. She's lurvely]

[Fear 'n boozin]

and finally....

Introduced to me by a man called, appropriately enough, Funky Nick.

[mockney piers]

Lovely stuff, I thought that was that welsh girl for a moment.

I don't think I posted that song, but always happy to see a bit more regina. (with an R people, enough of your titters)

[SeanMacGabhann]

If you referencing the minotuar thing MP you might be right but it wasn't what I was thinking at the time - It goes further back to childhood and has lasted across various media right up to the present

I even like these

http://www.bowiewonderworld.com/images/dbart/crouch.gif

As for that video, fear'n'boozin it reminds me of the Sprout singer Paddy McAloon recalling the filming. He said it was then he realised that his place in music was effectively pointless. To keep the dancers happy by the swimming pool in between takes he would play Beatle songs on the piano - and the dancers all asked who it was. When he told them they still didn't know who The Beatles were so he figured what hope did Prefab Sprout have

Steve McQueen by the Sprout remains one of my favourite albums btw

Umm.... no music link from me tho....oh no, wait. One of the few love songs in this man's canon

http://cathalcoughlan.com/audio/mp3/grandnecropolitan_02.mp3

[Fear 'n boozin]

Grand story Sean, must have been a bit of a bugger for him! I was trying to hum the KoRnR to somebody last night, they said they'd never heard it (it could easily be my humming skills that are at fault though).

What's the other side of your links, I can't ope them here.

[SeanMacGabhann]

oops - quality control from Mr McGabhann = very shoddy. I got as far as here:

http://cathalcoughlan.com/music/grandnecro.html

but yeah the MP3s themselves are no more... soz

[ben]

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