A Study Of A Pilton Field.

In a dilemma about what to see at Glasto? Clashfinder confused you even further? There’s plenty you WANT to see, but it’s physically impossible to see EVERYTHING? (A great shame). Well worry no further, for here are my recommendations for Glastonbury 2010, including the big and the small, what to avoid, the unmissable, and the [...]

Mezzo Forte Monday – dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip.

Gig time! Saturday evening (the 27th to be exact) saw myself and Mr Thomas J Bench Esq. returning to the place of our first meeting, the Academy (not exactly romantic but “so us”) in Bristol, this time to see hip hop/rap/spoken word duo dan le sac Vs. Scroobius Pip, supported by Sound Of Rum and [...]

Mezzo Forte Thursday – Broken Bells

Their album, with the same name as the artist, is the collaboration project between Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) and James Mercer from The Shins, and speculation, since the announcement of the project, has been the results will be good, if not amazing. However, this is an album I cannot work out. Is it really brilliant? [...]

Mezzo Forte Wednesday – SeeTickets and Others Ticketing Agenices

SeeTickets are scum. It’s official. It has been stated so. They are thieving bastards who can make any amount of money they want to on any ticket they want because, much like Sainsburys or Tesco, people KNOW them. They appear to be reliable and safe. They have stacks of people working for them and are [...]

Mezzo Forte Monday, Pt 2.

The Meaning Of Music Did you know the playing time of ‘The Holy Bible’ (original 1994 release) is a mere 56 minutes and 17 seconds? ‘Ok Computer’ being 53:27, and ‘Rumours’ only 39:03. Looking further back, ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ ends at just past 30 minutes and ‘Elvis Presley’ only 28:03. Not that this is [...]

Mezzo Forte Monday, Pt 1.

Where Did They Go Wrong? My cynical view on all musical ventures this week points, much like the gleaming eye of Sauron, to the intellectual, and somewhat frequently misunderstood, souls that make up the Manic Street Preachers. Having mildly forgotten them for a few years, a close contemporary of mine, Mr Thomas J Bench Esq [...]

Basterds of the Inglourious Nature.

I cannot believe it took me until last Tuesday to first see this. It’s like ‘Pulp Fiction’ but with Nazis! So many merits on so many aspects, I have no idea which to divulge into first. Seeing as I’ve sampled a few pieces here, let’s try music (if you haven’t yet pressed PLAY, you’re a [...]