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Monday Mixtape: The Soundtrack
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Last year I started to write a short novel for NaNoWriMo but eventually decided it was a fairly mediocre piece of writing and abandoned it to the dustbowl of half finished projects in my bedroom.
Since then I’ve envisaged it as a shakily recorded film, made on handicams with an infeasibly low budget and starring an [...]
Tags: alkaline trio, antsy pants, b-movies, beans on toast, black lips, eliza doolittle, green day, kimya dawson, nada surf, ok go, paul & storm, the boy least likely to, the buzzcocks, the futureheads, the hold steady, the strokes
Monday Mixtape: Dunkirk Spirit
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The evacuation of Dunkirk happened a staggering 70 years ago this week as allied troops were rescued from French shores by a fleet of ships, boats and other makeshift seaworthy craft which epitomised what has since become known as Dunkirk Spirit.
It was an event which stood out in a war that called for people to [...]
Tags: alan kane, andrews sisters, carol gibbons, flanagan and allen, frank hutchinson, glenn miller, judy collins, murray johnson, peggy lee, richard tauber, suzy bogguss, vera lynn
Monday Mixtape: What’s In A Name?
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The other day I read a post over on For Folks Sake which vaguely mentioned Loudon Wainwright namechecking Bob Dylan in “My Biggest Fan”, then on random shuffle this morning Snow Patrol’s “Hand’s Open” came on my generic MP3 playing device and got me wondering to just how many songs dropped name’s of heroes and [...]
Tags: aimee mann, alabama 3, arthur conley, barenaked ladies, cake, camera obscura, cansei de ser sexy, cerys matthews. carly simon, dandy warhols, david bowie, devendra banhart, dexy's midnight runners, flight of the conchords, foo fighters, house of love, johnny cash, kris kristofferson, lcd soundsystem, leonard cohen, loudon wainwright, manic street preachers, marc cohn, minutemen, rancid, show patrol, space, the fall, the replacements, van morrisson, waylon jennings, weezer
Monday Mixtape: No Country For Old Men
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I like a bit of a challenge when it comes to music. Sometimes it’s the challenge of getting punters to come and see unknown acts, sometimes it’s finding a new band to get excited about, sometimes it’s just understanding what other people’s hype is about but recently I’ve been challenging myself with playlists for the [...]
Tags: 13 cats, alabama 3, ballboy, bill haley, bright eyes, cinematic orchestra, ella fitzgerald, elvis presley, johnny cash, kid carpet, mocean worker, monsters of folk, motova8, noah and the whale, snoop dogg, swing cats, the ironweed project, wilco, yacht
Monday Mixtape: Hung, Drawn & Quartered
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Some people voted, some didn’t, no one won, not outright anyway… Everyone’s lost a little. Hopfully by the time you wrap your ears around this playlist we’ll all know a little more about what’s going on.
Churchill Speaks To The Nation – Winston Churchill
Politics Is Theatre – Danny Elfman
There’s A War Going On For Your Mind [...]
Tags: bright eyes, dan le sac feat scroobius pip, danny elfman, dj rubbish, elliott smith, elton john, flobots, frank turner, john lennon, kate miller-heidke, less than jake, radiohead, stiff little fingers, winston churchill, yo la tengo
Monday Mixtape: Bank Holiday
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Everyone’s favourite time of year, a pointless Bank Holiday. There’s nothing to celebrate with Jesus, no cultural significance apart from a few posh English folk traipsing round a Maypole and in Belfast people will either be running the marathon or down the pub. Whether you’re resting your liver or your legs in the aftermath I [...]
Tags: barenaked ladies, belle and sebastien, blur, bon iver, casiotone for the painfully alone, elvis perkins, flobots, lostprophets, ocean colour scene, polyphonic spree, psychostick, stereophonics, supersuckers, the libertines, the monkees
Monday Mixtape: Plane Sailing
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After weeks of turmoil at the airports, the cloud of volcanic ash has finally settled and the skies are filled with the hum of planes and the beautiful sight of summertime vapour trails. To celebrate here’s a little list of songs about aeroplanes, airports and flying.
I’ll Fly Away – Allison Krauss/Gillian Welch
Airport Disco – Athlete
Harmony [...]
Tags: allison krauss, angus & julia stone, athlete, chantal kreviazuk, city of prague philharmonic orchestra, electric six, ellie goulding, gillian welch, handsome boy modelling school, kt tunstall, lucy schwartz, me first & the gimme gimmes, tegan and sara, the boo radleys, thom stone, yellowcard
Monday Mixtape: Volcano
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Europe’s descended into chaos and sections of the remainder of the northern hemisphere are following suit as ash and toxic gasses spewing from an Icelandic volcano fill the skies and ground aircraft. As you’re all sitting around going nowhere you may as well stick your headphones in…
Ash and Smoke – Lord of the Rings Soundtrack
Iceland [...]
Tags: airborne toxic event, ash, bauhaus, biffy clyro, damien rice, deep purple, dinosaur jr, green day, just jack, lightning bolt, lisa forkish, lord of the rings, paloma faith, the mercury program, zoey van goey
Monday Mixtape: Nerd It Before
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Sitting in work all day every day can be a little dulling on the creative side of the brain. With a head full of SQL statements and badly formatted HTML I bring you a playlist covering everything from the sublime to the utter ridiculous…
Inside The Internet – Thomas Truax
Robots – Flight of the Conchords
Insert Geek [...]
Tags: 2080, beans on toast, betty curse, cage the elephant, del amitri, flight of the conchords, green day, kate miller-heidke, radiohead, tenacious d, the ataris, the flaming lips, the presidents of the united states of america, thomas truax, tom smith
Monday Mixtape: Eggcellent
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Be sad that Jesus died, be happy that he left the ending open for a sequel, eat, drink (within the confines of our ridiculous licensing laws) and generally be merry. Here are a few Easter and Spring related tunes to accompany your chocolate and wine!
The First Days of Spring – Noah & The Whale
Hope In [...]
Tags: broken family band, johnny cash, kid rock, laura marling, longpigs, mahalia jackson, mumford & sons, nirvana, noah and the whale, patsy cline, seasick steve, she & him, the hold steady, the stone roses, the temper trap