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  • “Said I’ve seen your picture on a $100 bill…”

    5 years ago, Elliott Smith died. His death is probably the only ‘celebrity’ death where I can say I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when I found out (putting out CDs in hight street ‘music retailer’). For better or for worse, he was is one of my favourite song writers and his music has meant a lot to me over the years. Here’s a short article from the LAist on his life from SPIN.com on the circumstances leading up to his death.
    Cheers for the music Elliott.

    Elliott Smith – Angeles (from the album Either/Or)

  • A softer robot

    A softer robot.

  • Wichita Lineman

    God I’m obsessed with this song at the moment

    SeeqPod Music beta – Playable Search

  • Niggy Tardust

    For what it’s worth I BOUGHT this album and love it!
    Edit: The flash player thing that was here for that was in this post for Saul Williams’ ‘Niggy Tardust’ has been taken down. Still worth getting though!

  • Foo Fighters vs Prince

    I was talking to someone last night and and we got on to the subject of whether or not the Foo’s had lost it. Now, I’m a pretty big Foo Fighters fan, but I was being told that after ‘The Color And The Shape’ they kind of lost it. My friend then went on to say that Prince’s Suberbowl 2007 cover of Best Of You was better than the original.

    So I’m mulling this over (with my chipped tooth after hitting myself in the face with a mic and at a gig last night) and I still have to say ……No. The Foo’s are still great. And maybe I do like the MOR acoustic stuff too much but hey, such is life. So here – Dave’s acoustic version of ‘Times Like These’ from One By One:



    See also:

    >> Prince’s version of Best Of You with All Along the Watchtower intro

  • No real reason…

    But it is one of the greatest songs ever. That’s all.

    New Order – True Faith: