June 2009
36 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-28) →
Bob Dylan (52)  Blind Willie McTell (22)  Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (21)  Robert Johnson (15)  Belle and Sebastian (13)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 29th
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ListenDavey Graham, amazing guitar, amazing drums.
Jun 29th
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ListenDick Dale absolutely flying through ‘Ghost...
Jun 26th
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Flood / Films / Fusion
Sitting on the back seat of a slow coach from Passau to Berlin. The sign says 458km from here - not too bad, but we’re really looking at an 9 hour journey door to door. I pinched a small pillow from the hotel (it really looked like they had plenty) so might catch up with some sleep en route. Last night I played upstairs at Pro-Li in Passau for the opening of the Crank Cookie film festival....
Jun 26th
Jun 23rd
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“Of several acceptable explanations for a phenomenon, the simplest is preferable.”
– Occam’s razor
Jun 22nd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-21) →
Bruce Springsteen (18)  Spiritualized (16)  The Diamond Family Archive (12)  The La’s (12)  Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (12)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 22nd
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Recording and releasing and some shows to think...
This week Lawry Birdengine has been staying here in Berlin - we’ve had a lovely couple of days walking about the sunny streets, climbing Teufelsberg, and catching up with the news from Brighton. He came for a show here that by the time we both played felt like it was the smallest reason he had come, which was possibly just as well judging by the amount of beautiful empty chairs sitting in...
Jun 21st
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Jun 18th
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Jun 15th
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Jun 15th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-14) →
Neil Young (37)  Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan (25)  Bob Dylan (21)  Sam Amidon (18)  Dieter Wyberneit (15)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 15th
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Jun 12th
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Jun 12th
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“Why are there bombs? Isn’t it enough to go fast?”
– Fee, playing Mario Kart 64.
Jun 12th
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Jun 12th
Jun 11th
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Blanket
Been kind of writing scrappy things the last few days, trying to find stuff for this lovely band I play with when we can get together. It sent me back to our last ‘gig’ together - in March last year at the BBC… We have another show together in July here in Berlin. More on that nearer the day, there’s loads before that.
Jun 11th
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Jun 11th
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Jun 11th
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Jun 10th
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DS
Jun 8th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-7) →
The Doors (37)  Bob Dylan (28)  Arctic Monkeys (25)  Elliott Smith (18)  Sam Amidon (17)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 8th
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Jun 7th
Jun 7th
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Beckett on UbuWeb →
Krapp’s Last Tape to download.
Jun 7th
Jun 5th
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Fusion festival
http://www.fusion-festival.de/ I play at this and I asked for two backstage tickets and today I received 17. Suffice to say if anyone wants to come please get in touch. Stephen The Great Park
Jun 5th
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Jun 4th
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Spaghetti plant
Fee bought me a spaghetti plant as a reward for being a loser.
Jun 4th
Jun 3rd
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ListenA version of my song ‘Little Mice’ I...
Jun 2nd
Jun 1st
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-5-31) →
Radiohead (19)  The Diamond Family Archive (14)  Alela Diane (10)  Thirty Pounds Of Bone (10)  Led Zeppelin (9)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 1st