Vibewirean
Posted: September 7, 2004 Filed under: BLOG | Tags: vibewire Comments OffDid you know I write for Vibewire too?
http://www.vibewire.net/articles.php?id=2953
Internet ordering
Posted: September 1, 2004 Filed under: BLOG | Tags: internet, music Comments OffI’ve become a fan of ordering CDs over the net, mainly because the CDs I’m after aren’t in the shops. Today I received my copy of Alter Ego’s Transphormer. I was so excited, like a little kid on Christmas Day. I’d been waiting for almost two weeks!
It’s funny how I came across the album. On the introduction of a website (can’t even remember which) they had a loop of a song which was ripper, and the words “Alter Ego/Rocker”. A google search revealed to me that this song, rocker, is on Alter ego’s album Transphormer. A quick listen (c’arn, go listen yourself) on one of the websites to the album convinced me to buy. Which I also did on the internet.
I don’t pick up street press anymore. I rarely go into record/music stores. Don’t watch much MTV. It’s the internet all the way.
PS. Am listening to the CD at the moment – I am incapable of properly capturing how great I think it is.
Philims
Posted: September 1, 2004 Filed under: BLOG | Tags: films Comments OffOf late I’ve been indulging in movies about self-destructive and alienated characters, usually rambling on some kind of journey…
Morvern Callar (Lynne Ramsay)
Butterfly Kisses (Michael Winterbottom and to a lesser extent his excellent “24 Hour Party People”)
My Own Private Idaho (Gus Van Sant)
Betty Blue (Jean-Jacques Beineix)
They make you feel numb and oblivious. If you don’t have access to the above movies, just watch “Nightshift” on Channel V a few hours for a similar effect.

