While we were away: The Shipping Forecast, Sound City aftermath, Pavement ATP, Ariel Pink & The Invisible
British Telecom accidently managed to cut me off again recently, so here’s a quick catch up of what’s been going…
Browsing: Opinion
Marina & The Diamonds: The Masque, Liverpool – picture gallery
Marina and her cubic zirconias as captured by Sakura Zilla last night at the Masque Theatre.
Liverpool Sound City: Getintothis horses around with artist Gary McGarvey
His artwork is synonymous with the Liverpool culture and music scene in and around Liverpool, this week his pieces have…
…And while we’re at it – two of his greatest solos and the ‘Wooden Leg’ dance
Indulge in the funk.
Bands v Promoters
Musicians: Beware dodgy men offering you cash for gigs. They’re liars.
CMU reports: 75% of UK music journalists are against digital promos
Eighteen months ago I wrote a piece saying how frustrating digital promos are. This week CMU confirmed I’m not alone.
Alex Chilton of Big Star, 1950-2010
I can’t pretend to have been the biggest of Big Star fans, but I certainly was a fan. However, I’ll…
Top of the Flops: Humiliation Egghead Style
Regular readers will be aware Getintothis’ Peter Guy knows nothing about music, well here’s confirmation.
Medieval school kids worship God and Yeasayer
Damn wish I went to fundamentalist Christian schools where Gameswork was acceptable.
Hey, y’all! Taylor Swift aint comin to town – DANG!
So, as the world’s media has a reet ol’ chuckle over our mistake what have we learnt from Taylor Swift’s…