This is without doubt leading to a military buildup. After all, it is well recognised by economists and tacticians that the quickest and most effective way to build an economy up and lead it out of recession is by military expenditure - the best justification for this is conflict, war. How did Hitler lead the cripp»
"Today will be a day that will live in infamy", spoke president Franklin D Roosevelt on December 7, 1941, just after Pearl Harbour. I can see Bush saying those same words now in the aftermath of the twin tower disaster - a disaster far worse than Pearl Harbour, or this generations JFK Moment. Comparisons to Hirosh»
I’ve never seen this before. After nearly three hours of performance, he takes off his shoe, and asks if we can give him money. This is Jello Biafra – punk legend, former Presidential candidate, owner of Alternative Tentacles records, the man who's made 21 albums – and a near bankrupt. Last year he lost a court »
“Oh give me fire and fuel my belief, release these dreams stuck between my teeth, possibilities, possibilities, come to life, come to life, I’ve been searching for something but I’m not sure what it is” are the closing lines to ‘Message to Apollo’ by Carina Round. It’s a song made up of abstract thoughts»
HELP! My desk is full of CD’s and I feel the need to write about all the ones I like. Please forgive me. Please. I’ve tried - I really have - to put them into a vague stylistic order from crazy chilled to funkier to rawk but that’s a damn hard thing to do and all the EPs’n’singles are muddled with the albums/LP’s. Look»
Celebrities. Now, apparently, they dominate our culture as never before. Ask a 14 year old to name five countries and their capital cities, and they'll look at you, smile, and go back to sending their text, or should that be "txt" message. Ask them to name five pop bands and their lead singers, five TV chefs, five wome»
1. The Yakult ad "Because, Katie...". Poor little Katie. When her stage mum got her into the ad, little did Katie know about her pointless lines ("What? In here? What? In there?") and unwanted pedophile appeal (cute little girl is flashing her tummy whilst balletdancing round the kitche»
Sunday at Reading was a bit strange this year. The only little kiddies I had seen the whole weekend prior to that had belonged to various goth/ punk/ hippy types who were all quite young. On Sunday however the demographic changed. At the main stage I got stopped by sensible men in their forties in sensible shoes, we»
Twist had a dream. A dream where the perfect fusion of Nirvana’s guttural sincerity and excitement mixed with the pure, relentless, guitar-bruising assault of Sonic Youth. Only in this way could vocalist Emma Fox’s anger and frustration make sense, her middle-finger to the world; especially the men of it; could »
They're the new bouncy face of guitar pop perfection, are Bearsuit. John Peel loves them, their Sonic Youth-ish, Only Ones-ish debut single 'Hey Charlie, Hey Chuck' might have been the best thing ever. Hell, along with MoTel, they even make Norwich seem like an exciting place to be. On interv»
Parents? Who'd have them? Sadly most of us "youngsters" are lumbered for a good part of 40 years with them. If your lucky you may love them. If your amazingly lucky, they may give you money for spending time with them. Sadly, this happens once in an extremely blue moon. On your journey from cradle to grave, they offer »
You have a fab new phone. It has WAP and everything. GRATE! You are the essence of yuppie cool. Or so you think…
Top 5 Phone Annoyances
1. “I’M ON A TRAIN!”
You will shout this loudly into your phone and then laugh wildly at the thought of having committed one of the biggest mobile phone »
If the charmingly lazy acoustic folk that Manchester’s Alfie deliver has so far failed to warm you, then it would seem fairly dubious that you could be endeared to their cheeky vocalist, Lee Gorton. With the wayward cocky grin and swagger taken straight from his hometown favourite, Ian Brown, and the Charlatans»
It’s a fact that Nu-Metal is not exactly begging for new talent at this point in time. With the rap-rock invasion at an all time high, one could be forgiven for finding the genre becoming one-dimensional. Dry Kill Logic, however, are a true metal band. Their debut record ‘The Darker Side of Nonsense’ is a»
Goldrush are very much the band of the moment. Recently signed by Virgin Records after running thier own Truck Records, their wonderful Indie folk has been attracting attention since they began as teenagers a few years ago. I cuaght up with Goldrush keyboardist Jef to find out a tad more about what it's like to be hype»
The festival has gone for another year but some people live there all the time... Reading is a funny place, it has a young population, 'city' status, it's very own annual festival, huge shopping centres and loads of bars - but is it too close to London to have its own identity? Next year Rea»
Boy meets girl. Boy meets world. Then there was confusion. Then a band strolled onto the main stage of Reading on the day of pu/nu-metal. The band were Boy Hits Car. They may not of been Papa Roach or the sub-level of them in the form of Alien Ant Farm, complete with the kidz trying to look like their in »
It's a manic monday. I can't be arsed going all hyper like I normally do and people are really bugging me. Not the best frame of mind to interview a succession of hardcore bands gracing Middlesbrough with their rampant blazing punk scores.
As I reach the venue I feel compassion for all of the farm animals »The Reading Report part 3 Saturday 25th. Mid morning. Camp Dis: Brown Camp L. Today there is very little on, people have been here for 2 days already and in 2 days time they'll be making their way home again, wondering why their bus driver thinks that this was the first Reading Festival and why there»
The Reading Report part 2 Friday 24th. Early afternoon. The Comedy Tent. Mobile phone numbers were exchanged, we split up, heading for different tents, an attempt to get around to watching another band without suffering the same fate as the dancing woman. Stilt walkers were again avoided, were they»
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Drowned in Bristol #12
DiS Does Singles 13.05.13: Swim Deep, These New Puritans, The National
Darkstar, Ed Harcourt, Halls, Wall +more for 3 DiS-curated nights at Great Escape 2013
Interview: Frank Turner on The Olympics, The Backlash, Thatcher and Black Flag
Drowned in Nottingham #14
DiS Does Singles 6.05.13: Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey (XL)