Ten Years Gone

Hard to believe that it's ten years ago today that Jeff Buckley took his final swim in the Mississippi. I was living in New York at the time of his Sin-E shows and was actually at one and met the man a few times due to the fact that he used to come into St. Mark's Sounds, where I was working, a lot to actually sell us his records. Nice bloke he was too (and a handsome cove to boot). More lost potential there than amost anyone else in rock history really, although I believe that Gram Parsons and Jimi Hendrix had more good work in front of them if only they could have laid off the old persians. Here's 'Forget Her' from the immortal Grace album.

Dance Tonight - Macca

here's Macca's new single, nothing wrong with it either



Mind you, you could pull a better video out of your arse

Diddley Daddy

One for Bo as he's not well
Ooh Baby

Amazing Adventures

The Word magazine have been raving about this recently so I picked up Michael Chabon's 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' last week, and had a hard time putting it back down again. The Story centres around two cousins, one who has escaped from Nazi occupied Prague to the other's New York home, their work in the comics game and subsequent capers. Highly, highly recommended, don't let the fact that it appears to be about a couple of comic book geeks put you off, it did win the Pulitzer Prize after all

Macca and Who for Later...

Both The Who and Paul McCartney are slated for future editions of the BBC's peerless "Later... With Jools Holland", as good a reason as any to stay in on a Friday night. Will McCartney be playing his disappointing new single, "Ever Present Past"?, a huge step backward after the great "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard". More than likely, but we mustn't forget that the lead off single from that album was "Fine Line", easily the worst thing on an otherwise surprisingly good record so maybe he can pull it out of the (recently divorced) bag again.
Rolling Stone reckon it's a good 'un.

Keef: The Biography

According to the New York Post, Keith is to write his biography. I plan, once it comes out, to book a sun holiday specifically for the purpose of sitting by a pool and reading it. Will he remember it all?, is there any way he possibly could? I predict a riot (riveting read). "Lord Of The Strings" for the title perhaps?


In other Stones news, Jagger is not tight.
Two Coats of Paint says I.

"The Plot Against America"

Just finished this and it's worth a go. The Plot concerns Charles Lindbergh becoming President of America and preventing the US' entry into world war two, he then slowly begins introducing Anti-Semitic policies. The story is told from the point of view of a young Philip Roth himself and is well realised. Even more chilling is the brief real life biographies of each of the historical characters which is supplied art the end of the book, the extent of Lindberg's antisemiitsm, and let's not forget he was one of the first modern "Celebrities", was new to me at least.

They Do Not Make Them Like This Anymore

Any excuse to put up this wonderful picture of the marvellous Slade. Will you look at the chops on Noddy, and how about Dave pointing at himself as if to say "look at the fucking head o' me!"
Class.

Tinariwen for Slane!

Great news this, Tinariwen have been confirmed as one of the supports for Slane. Their latest album, Aman Iman: Water Is Life, is easily one of the year's musical highlights. If you have a soul at all, this stuff will get through to you. Try this, Cler Achel, a groove as deep as the sea.

Memphis

Some Memphis related sounds as the countdown continues
Goin' Back To Memphis - Muddy Waters
Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis
Memphis In The Meantime - John Hiatt

Kasabian - Last Friday (Black) Night

The gang went to the very salubrious surroundings of Dublin Castle for a gawk at Kasabian last Friday night. They were alright, good for a leap around although there were times when it could have been anyone up there. Anyway, they gave us a rendition of their fine glam single Shoot The Runner, which we were talking about in the pub before hand, actually the discussion went something like this;
Me:" I like that song Shoot The Runner, (singing) - Shoot the Runner, my Queen, Bitch! Da na na nur na na nur na na nur na nur Na! Na!"
The Coff:"That's Black Night by the Purple!"
Me:"Well, that's a good song too"
Is it just us or does it sound like they're about to launch into Deep Purple's Black Night in the middle of it?

Church Of Wilson

Just heard that Brian 'Bananas' Wilson has been added to the Oxegen bill. It'll either be the greatest thing ever or complete arse. Still, if the weather holds, I look forward to singing along to 'Warmth Of The Sun' with a beer in hand.

Official confirmation from Brian Wilson's website.