FYI, if you miss it on BBC, it’ll also be on iPlayer for a short time after that.

Playlist:

Archangel
- How to lose your best friend (single)

Kasabian
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Assylum
- fire

1990s
09 CD Kicks
- 59

Hatcham Social
09 CD You dig the tunnel, i’ll hide the soil
- Jabberwocky

Some beans
09 CD Fear and Loathing in Tipton St. John
- turning blue

I chat about…
- Cribs new CD and new single with Johnny Marr out on free download yesterday and you’ll hear it here!

Kinkane
- Still feel the same (single)

The Cribs
CD Ignore the Ignorant, out in Sep 09
- we are aborted (advanced single)

The Red Zoids
- wind it up (new single)

I chat about…
- latest CD reviews on my blog under What Kills/What ills post

The Noisettes
09 CD Wild Young Hearts
- every now and then

Two door cinema club
- something good can work (single)

Depeche Mode
09 CD Sounds of the Universe
- Miles away – The truth is

I chat about…
- Arctic Monkey‘s new single coming … their not-so-great-experience at their 1st euro festival of the year…
- what’s 505 about ? email me
- Live at the Apollo DVD review

Jarvis Cocker
09 CD Further complications
- further complications

I chat about…
- Muse’s new cd…
- PRS figures out on who’s now more popular,listened to: Blur or Oasis?
- book review: This is your brain on Music: The Science of Human Obsession (Author: Daniel Levitin)

Super Furry Animals
09 CD Dark days/Light years
- white socks/flip flops

Have a warm-not-rainy!-groovy-filled-with Vit-C week!

Covers the story by Manchester’s TV personality Tony Wilson who, along with, Joy Division (and New Order) started Factory Records and opened the famous La Hacienda Club. (see pics below from my Manchester 07 trip where, lucky me, there was a museum exhibition on La Hacienda)

Focus is on the growth of the Manchester scene (Happy Mondays, Joy Division/New Order), the cohesion and explosive timing of the punk movement in this one city, the drugs, the ups/downs, and the ultimate demise of Ian Curtis (lead singer Joy Division) and La Hacienda.

Interestingly narrated by the lead character and true life person – Tony Wilson, who i learnt today, died in 2007 from kidney related cancer. A shame. Thank you Tony and New Order, for some wonderful music.

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or

2. reply to this post with a comment that you’d like to be entered in the contest.

-1 CD per person
-Be sure to leave your email so i can contact you!
- must be at least 2mths old and love brit music to enter! (lol)

Tara O.

DVD 2 (strangely) is where you want to start! It oulines Genesis from their beginning (no pun intended!) with Peter Gabriel.
DVD 1 Covers where Phil Collins steps in.

What makes this set different from what you might’ve already seen/know about Genesis?
1) their very early career live close-up concert clips
2) the level of detail on the early stages of their development
3) some insightful comments by *some* of the interviews (though one guy interviewee I could’ve *sworn* was a woman….turns out no! Weird)

..and what can i say…Gabriel’s always hilarious to watch prance around in his crazy outfits and make-up! (ahhh those introverts…)

One word: Excellent.

Recap: Deconstructs the rise, fall, rise of britpop in the 90s, and its symbiotic relationship with Britain’s pop culture & youth, and its influence on England’s national politics (eg,Thatcherism, New Labour, ‘Cool Britannica’). Special focus on Oasis-Blur catfight for #1 spot, including the mass media’s influence. Great interviews & great DVD extras too (won’t even bother describing, just watch this puppy).

PS: Noel’s arrogance in interviews will have you die laughing or staring blankly in disbelief. To give you an idea …(fyi: you’ll notice lead singer Noel’s not big on his brother/guitarist Liam) http://thinkexist.com/quotes/noel_gallagher/

Glastonbury Live – a 2 set DVD compiliation – great moments of this 30(?) year annual festival in England on British pop, rock, folk music of its day. I”m only part way thru but a great watch. Highly recommend already!
warning: there is some non-British bands on this DVD (ha. yeah, i kill myself). ..Anyways, try not to let it corrupt you. ) You’ve been warned!
http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/news.aspx?id=187

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Part II

Update on Glastonbury DVD Set: Finished it Finally! 2006. Directed by Julien Temple.

DVD 1: A retro of 30yrs of Glasto. Early days (and the noble intentions…) of its instigator and a few thousand participants, to the later years of gatecrashers (the world is full of crashing bores..ha..ok, inside Moz joke) bringing attendance into the 100′s of thousands. Great clips of bands performing. Overall, great fun. It’s even better than I thought it was.. wanna go even more than i did before now!

DVD 2: So-So. It’s interviews with some artists, the creator, and some stupidly drunk spectators. This could’ve been better.