moriarty

I spoke to Dizzee's agent on Friday. He wasn't paid the deposit for his fee in advance as the contract said. Neither were most of the other acts from the same agency.

They didn't sell enough tickets to be able to pay Ronson or Dizzee up front.

when I fully expect Gareth's 'JJ72' retrospective to feature as a DiS exclusive.

I love this band even more for this.

isn't Valentine's Day...in February?

'Wichita'

let's start an indie bidding war for their next record!

and i love them extra when they slag stuff off. it's funny and they are brilliant, ergo everything is good.

world takeover reportedly imminent

how about the way the music industry is structured means that bands tour around albums & singles? it's not the view's fault! i don't even like them at all but it's hardly their FAULT that they have to do promo or tour to sell records like you're insinuating, is it? that's kind of just how it is.

well, and because it's true.

but feel it appropriate to note that the Westway is my favourite road.

down with universal!

on a 7 date tour? slackers.

i really like the zodiac, it's fun, i hope nothing bad happens.

or are people lying to me again?

how james noo the frontman of mumm-ra feels about being called oli frost the guitarist. i'm not a big mumm-ra fan but a little accuracy surely goes a long way.

quoting the NME practically word for word much...?

has manymany singers from bands on it, and most of them were recorded separately i think...pete and carl didn't get together to record it or anything.

it's the last song in a campaign which most people in radio/press have already decided "isn't happening" on the basis of previous singles. so now as it's getting played (unlike their others so far), people listening to radio or whatever are expecting to hear more before they commit to an album...but the band will probably go away and record another record, back in two years, and the one song people will have forgotten them.

It's probably here nor there in the RT discussion but I heard they haven't managed to keep Arcade Fire for a second record after the first was just a licensing jobby.

www.transgressiverecords.co.uk has the cassette

he's the managing director of rca now.

looks like it might end up a sad album.
not that you can trust these things to be indicative...

that gb and fr will clash.

Is so far from the right producer for a Babyshambles record...

It's pretty good - very different to the first album, guitars are much edgier...I liked it but I'm not sure people who were drawn in by Hounds of Love would.