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I also have a faceparty...

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:01:09 GMT

http://www.faceparty.com/abougu - please add me or get in touch if you also have a Faceparty. I've been told to 'look into it's functions and limitations' by work so I need to properly get into it; i would be very grateful if someone could give me some pointers...

x

I have a vox...

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:39:41 GMT

http://abougu.vox.com/ - add me.

I also have a few invites if anyone is interested.x

Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #24

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:24:24 GMT

This podcast has been long in the making, unfortunately I've just been too busy playing Football Manager and getting drunk and being ill to bother with one. Luckily though, this means that it's a real stormer as only the really good sht from the past month has made the cut.

Ok, now for a quick round up: If you haven't heard of Naked Babes yet where have you been? A collaboration between over-productive fidgety-types Tom Vek, Dev from Test Icicles and Ferry and Chris from Semi-Finalists; they make lovely noises.

Adam Kesher were the lead track on the last podcast and I couldn't help putting another track in this one. They're French, but good.

Hot Club De Paris are from Liverpool, which instantly makes them worth a listen (NB: when did The Zutons get so good?), but they're doing loads of dates in London over the next month or so; it's a must see.

Polytechnic are another band from where I like to call 'not-London' (this time from Manchester) who deserve special attention, especially as they manage to sound awesome despite one of their number having long hair and a beard.

NEW ACTION PLAN STUFF! (Jesus Christ it's good)

NEW STUFF FROM THE ROCKS! (Demo version of their next single! Woot!)

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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #24, 11/04/06
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1. Girls Gone Wild - Naked Babes
2. Everybody - Headman
3. 160 - Adam Kesher
4. Gravity's Rainbow (To My Boy's Marintetti's Nightmare mix) - Klaxons
5. Sheena is a Parasite - The Horrors
6. Meet Me at Eight - Blood Red Shoes
7. Munki - Tiger Force
8. New Partee E.A. - Wet Dog
9. sometimesitsbetternottostickbitsofeachotherineachotherforeachother - Hot Club de Paris
10. Blood Brothers - Action Plan
11. My Debts Spiral Out Of Control - Monster Bobby
12. Pep - Polytechnic
13. '50s Parking - Tapes 'n' Tapes
14. Secret Eyes - Fear Of Flying
15. Summer Kisses - The Rocks

Ps. sorry about the lack of track timings. You'll just have to concentrate this week.

Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #23

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:17:09 GMT

Adam Kesher are two brothers from Bordeaux - that's in France – who, like all the best French musical exports of the past 10 years, sound about as French as Yorkshire puddings. Their debut EP 'Where's My Place' (which this track is taken from) is out on April 24th; they're also playing some dates in London, tonight (15th March) at Plan B, Friday (17th) at the Bull & Gate and Monday (20th) at the Hope & Anchor. Worth a look I reckon.

'GoodBook' by MIT is apparently their first English language song, although I can't understand a bloody word of it.

Xerox Teens and The Horrors are featured in this week's NME, which must be nice for them.

Bertel Haugen is a genius.

I put 'Save Ginny Weasly' by Harry and the Potters at the end of this mix firstly because it's quite an old song, and it's possible that most of you would have already heard of them; and secondly because if you've never read a Harry Potter book you'll have no idea, and probably wont care, what it's about.

Ivor Cutler r.i.p.

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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #23, 15/03/06
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1. Love Is Such A Hard Game - Adam Kesher [00:00]
2. Goodbook - Mit [03:00]
3. Round - Xerox Teens [07:03]
4. Full Moon - The Horrors [09.34]
5. Four Horsemen of 2012 - Klaxons [11:49]
6. Make Out Fall Out Make Up - Love Is All [14:13]
7. Don't Tell Me - Tigs [17:06]
8. Somersault (notes) - Sky Larkin [21:29]
9. Tennis System and its Stars - Le Man avec Les Lunettes [24:17]
10. What The Tomatoes - Bertel Haugen [27:00]
11. Fantastic Apparatus - DARTZ! [30:27]
12. Johnny Dean - The Art Goblins [34:01]
13. John O'Ryan's Polka Dot Skirt - Larrikin Love [36:59]
14. Save Ginny Weasley - Harry and the Potters [37:47]
15. Bounce Bounce Bounce (Peel Session '69) - Ivor Cutler [40:45]

Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #22

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:52:46 GMT

As a change to the regular order of things (i.e. about every three weeks I update my 'weekly' Podcast mix with 15 new songs) this week sees the first of The Swish Blog's guest Podcast episodes.

The first episode of what will hopefully be a short series of guest mixes is provided by the boys from The Horror Podcast, which if you haven't heard is a totally essential slab of horror film ramblings from two South-West London swells. Fittingly, in this special mix the boys - otherwise known as Chad & Dave - take us through the best scary music from films, TV and beyond, interspersed with their trademark 'hilarious' banter.

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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #22, SwisHorror Mix
"What's an iPod-cast?" (?) Download the mix directly (128kbps) 55MB

1. HorrorPodCast pt2 - Chad & Dave
2. Thriller - Michael Jackson
3. Twin Peaks - Angelo Badalemtini
4. Horror Show - Sizemix ft Manchild
5. Ave Satani - Jerry Goldsmith
6. Knightmare theme - Ed Welch
7. Skulls - The Misfits
8. Red Right Hand - Nick cave & The Bad Seeds
9. Little Frankenstein - Mister Monster
10. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James and The Shondells
11. Ghostbusters - Unknown Artist
12. Hellraiser - Ozzy Osbourne
13. Halloween (Remix) - Artist Unknown
14. Monster Mash - Bobby Boris Pickett
15. Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
16. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
17. Eve of the War - Jeff Wayne
18. HorrorPodCast pt1 - Chad & Dave

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Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #21

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:57:24 GMT

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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #21, 24/02/06
Podcast, Schmodcast. Download the mix directly (160kbps) 51MB

1. X-Ray Vision - The Maccabees [00:00]
2. Gravity's Rainbow - Klaxons [03:07]
3. August - Roland Shanks [05:38]
4. Audrey In The Country - The Envelopes [09:40]
5. Musty Pasty Dusty - Bertel Haugen [11:48]
6. Stop it! - Les Enfants [14:36]
7. Back In The Game - Jamie T [18:15]
8. Deaf Trip - The Eraserheads [20:32]
9. Trampoline - The Grates [23:54]
10. Stairway To Heaven - Be Your Own PET [25:46]
11. From Several To Many - Semifinalists [27:30]
12. Dark Crusin' - Erase Errata [29:30]
13. Drum and the Uncomfortable Can (Remix) - Liars [31:57]
14. Gold Lion (Diplo Remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs [36:34]
15. Circle Square Triangle (Chrome Hoof Remix) - Test Icicles [40:06]

Swish Blog Podcast Mix, Episode #20

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:55:22 GMT

It's been an exceedingly long time since I last did a Podcast wotsit for your eager ears, dear reader. For that, I apologise. However I have complete faith that this mix will make up for any bad feeling owing to my delayed absence, because, in all honesty it's friggin' boss.

And in case you were wondering, Future and the Boy is Eddie Argos from Art Brut; it seems he was having a laugh in the studio with fellow Art-Gobliner Nicky Biscuit. Add Them.

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The Swish Blog Podcast, Episode #20, 10/02/06
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1. Dancehall Deceit - Theoretical Girl {0.00}
2. The Treatment (Metronomy mix) - Dead Disco {2.11}
3. Skin Flick - Future and the Boy {5.22}
4. Wanking Over A Pornographic Polaroid Of An Ex-girlfriend Who Died - Kunt and the Gang {8.16}
5. Steal - Be Your Own PET {10.08}
6. Laser Eyes - DARTZ! {12.18}
7. Cigarello - The Fratellis {14.38}
8. Elaine - The Young Knives {17.33}
9. June Gloom - The Like {21.41}
10. What's On? - Pete And The Pirates {25.43}
11. Company - NeatPeople {27.18}
12. The Spirit of 1914 - Alex Kid {30.13}
13. Passchendaele - Good Books {33.32}
14. World At War - The Alps {37.19}
15. Nat King Cole - Adam Green {39.51}

Swish Blog Artists of the Year Playlist Mix

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:10:24 GMT

So here it is my one and only piece of end-of-year listing. Each of the tracks on the playlist mix which you can download below has featured on a previous instalment of The Swish Blog's mixes this year; they are my favourite tracks of the year by, in my opinion, the year's best artists.

Not too complicated then: download it below by right-clicking and saving-as the appropriate link, plug in your headphones, and enjoy 'The Swish Blog End of Year Megamix', as I'm calling it in my own head.

The Swish Blog End Of Year Megamix
DOWNLOAD LOAD IT HERE

Scene Damage - Test Icicles {00.00}
Band of the year in my opinion, although if you've ever read this blog before you'd already know that. Scene Damage seems to have disappeared from their live sets and to my dismay was absent from the album, but about this time last year it was the track which helped me realise they were something special...

She's Not Leaving - The Research {3:30}
The guy wears a silly hat with badges on it, one of the girls is fat and the other is skinny.

All In My Head - Good Shoes {5:14}
Good Shoes are my favourite band that I've never seen live (although I'm discounting Girls Aloud because although I’ve never been to one of their concerts I have seen them at the Disney Kids Awards and Pollwinners Party), but it doesn't matter cos I put my very own Good Shoes concerts on every morning in the shower – I do all the hits: Morden, Never Meant To Hurt You, Small Town Girl and this one – and I reckon I'm as good as they are, if not better.

Madame Geneva - Greyhound Green {7.22}
Greyhound Green have a link entitled 'Other Stuff' on their website, which if clicked transports you into a magical world where goblins and elves rule.

London Sky Tonight - The Bridge Gang {9.54}
Oof. Everybody is bigging these up for next year, mainly off the back of this song, which I suppose took on extra meaning a last week when that big black oil cloud came overhead.

Downing Street Kindling - Larrikin Love {12.12}
I'm personally a bit embarrassed about how much I love Larrikin Love, especially after I publicly wrote on this blog at the beginning of March that they were bloody awful. I was wrong.

From The Ritz To The Rubble - Arctic Monkeys {14.52}
Music story of the year without a doubt, let’s just hope the backlash isn’t too strong because they seem to deserve all the praise they are receiving.

Wait (The Whisper Song) - Ying Yang Twins {18.05}
This is the only song by the Ying Yang Twins that I've ever heard but it’s been in my head all year, usually when I have my trousers around my ankles.

Pioneers - Mystery Jets {21.06}
At the start of the year Bloc Party finally fulfilled their potential which everybody has been harking on about for the past 3 years, half way through the year Mystery Jets covered Pioneers for some b-side or other, now Mystery Jets have the excitement and potential, and all the harking.

First And Foremost - Action Plan {24.48}
I still haven't decided whether Action Plan are a quiet band, or a noisy band. Can someone tell me please?

After The Fact - Jeremy Warmsley {28.13}
Not only responsible for bringing braces back into fashion, Jeremy also wrote Nizlopi's Christmas-#1-contender The JCB Song.

The Hypnotist's Son - Emmy The Great {31.00}
Emmy once sat on a sofa with no cushions. It hurt.

Loop Duplicate My Heart - Suburban Kids With Biblical Names {36.02}
This song was on a playlist mix in October where I accidentally called it Spår 02, when in fact it's called Loop Duplicate My Heart. I don't know how I did that.

Nine - ¡Forward, Russia! {39.07}
Was this song released this year? It should have been. It’s about Hemingway and the Nile or something.

Too Close For Comfort - McFly {42.52}
McFly win every accolade that I haven't already distributed to the other 14 artists. And they like man-sex with each other.

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:40:46 GMT

I've written about free cds, girls aloud, silent front and elle milano on my blog.

hottt...

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:31:15 GMT

It’s quite ridiculous actually that I haven’t mentioned this earlier, but I recently took part in a survey of British music bloggers (along with fellow 'experts' from Said The Gramophone, Popjustice, 20 Jazz Funk Greats and Popstar Feets amongst others) to determine the 'The 47 hottest artists in the UK this year', ran by über-music blogger Mike Smith at Take Your Medicine.

The top ten contains some quite surprising choices, and some great ones too; all-in-all making a rather exciting list, but us Brits always have to do things differently, don’t we.

Read it now to find out which artists have claimed this year as their own, and look a bit further down the list to find out which bands are likely to lay claim to 2006. WE KNOW ALL.

Take Your Medicine's 'The 47 hottest artists in the UK this year'

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:40:23 GMT

Tonight Swish Blog-favourites Action Plan launch their debut single 'Stendhal'/'Beauty Scars' (released on Young & Lost Records no less) at Push Bar in Soho (in fact it's at, unsurprisingly, the Young & Lost Club).

If you're interested in going to the gig here are the details:
ACTION PLAN SINGLE LAUNCH
THE PUSH BAR, DEAN STREET, W1
DOORS 8pm-1am, FREE ENTRY
LIVE SETS FROM ACTION PLAN, THE B PLAN & FEAR OF FLYING
DJ SETS FROM RAZORLIGHT, JET, COLIN DIS, GRANDAD & THE PYHRRA GIRLS.
We have been told to tell everyone to get there for when doors open to
ensure entry as it looks like it's gonna be busy.

You should, of course, also consider buying the single because it is ace (both tracks having featured on Swish Blog Playlist Mixes in the past). If this interests you then I have been informed that you can buy the single from: Pure Groove, Rough Trade (both London), Jumbo Records (Leeds), Vinyl Junkie, Escalotour Records (Japan) and www.onthefringe.co.uk

CHANGE OF VENUE FOR TONIGHT'S POPSTAR FEETS EXHIBITION

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:03:11 GMT

The venue for tonight's Real Live Wires event has had to change at the last minute, please don't let this put you off coming:

"Lovely People

Due to situations far beyond Foxy Music's control The venue for Friday's
(25th Nov) Real Live Wires night has had to change.

The event will now take place at:

Dirty South,
162 Lee High Road,
Lewisham
SE13 5PR

MAP: www.streetmap.co.uk

The doors are still at 8pm but we now have the bonus of finishing at 2.30am.

It is stll £5/£3 NUS/DSS to get in and the line up is still

Junkbox/esOterica/The Indelicates

There are plenty of buses that run past the venue and the nearest rail/dlr
stations are Lewisham which are a five minute walk from the venue.

Sorry to do this to you so late in the day, but it has only just been
finalised.

Hope to see you all there."

An invitation to you!

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:46:12 GMT

Late notice I know, but tomorrow night (25th November) in Corsica Studios, Elephant & Castle, fellow blogger (and the rest) Helen Lawrence from Popstar Feets will be exhibiting her pedial-concerned photography at a late night party, with bands!

The more people that come down to see her work the more she gets paid, which, in turn, directly affects the quality of Christmas presents I will be receiving this year so I urge you all to cancel whatever else you’re doing and come down.

Esoterica, Junkbox and The Indelicates will be plying their musical wares on the stage, and double spirits and mixers are only £3.50.

It promises to be a really fun night, so if you’re interested in coming please send me an email and I'll put you on the cheap list for £3 entry.

More info: www.reallivewires.com

Map: Yes, it IS south of the river

Swish Blog Playlist Mix 23-11-05

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:15:21 GMT

Here is this week's Playlist Mix, I hope you enjoy it, although I suppose if you'd payed any attention the previous post you'll already have this mix via the MAGIC of Podcasting, what fun.

586 are a band of boys and girls who obviously like mid-'90s twee (brit)pop and Shoreditch. They have Girls Aloud in their 'Top 8' on MySpace and are therefore 'ace'.

'Death Cola Music' by Tiger Force is taken from their forthcoming split 10"/CD with Silent Front. They each have two songs and not one song on the whole release is sub-standard - you can buy it from their MySpace via PayPal, how very internetty of them.

Son Of Dork are James Bourne from Busted's new band. 'Murdered In The Mosh' is one of two songs on the album co-written by James with Avril's chums The Matrix. James wrote the rest himself, but that's just because he's awesome.

The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 23/11/05
1. Borderline Blues - 586 {00:00}
2. Death Cola Music - Tiger Force {02:05}
3. Mean Old Coot - Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer {05:09}
4. Sister In Love (Test Icicles Remix) - The Envelopes {07:06}
5. There It Go (P.Nice BostonBounce Remix) - P.nice {8:34}
6. Download - Sway {12:06}
7. Are Our Future - Wintergreen {14:59}
8. Murdered In The Mosh - Son Of Dork {18:18}
9. Private Thoughts - Elle Milano {21:35}
10. STAiNLESSSTEEL - ILiKETRAiNS {25:09}
11. The Last Bench - Mystery Jets {33:35}
12. Better Off Dead (Le Peste Cover) - Death From Above 1979 {38:01}
13. Lyudi Invalidi - t.A.T.u. {40:14}
14. Could We - Cat Power {44:31}
15. City Burning - Jeremy Warmsley {46:46}

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD IT

Podcasts...

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:02:35 GMT

TAKEN FROM MY SWISH BLOG THING>> IF ANY OF YOU PODCAST, SUBSCRIBE TO MY FEED...

It has occurred to me that despite the Podcast of my (almost) weekly playlist mixes being available for the past seven months, many of you may not have subscribed because the link to subscribe has been hidden down at the bottom of the right sidebar for all that time.
So, now that Podcasts seem to be literally TAKING OVER THE WORLD, with everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Harry Potter getting in on the act I thought I'd flag up my feed to you all.

Firstly, a small introduction to Podcasts for any surviving luddites out there. What you must first realise is that podcasts aren't exclusively for iPods, The Swish Blog Podcast is an mp3 file that can be played on any compatible personal digital audio player, or media player on your computer (such as Windows Media Player or iTunes).
The point of a Podcast is that you get the media file automatically delivered to your computer each time a new one is available. To do this you must 'subscribe' to the Podcast. To do this you will need Podcast software, the three I would recommend are iTunes, Juice (formerly iPodder) and Odeo, once you have the software all you have to do is copy the Podcast URL into the software and click 'subscribe'.

The Swish Blog Podcast URL:
High Quality (160kbps) version of the Podcast
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Hello.

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:45:25 GMT

Read about my brush with fame on my blog.

ps. everybody come to the Corsica Studios on friday for art and music and stuff. There's a Popstar Feets exhibition too click here for more info.

Want to watch the Son Of Dork video?

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:03:04 GMT

Yes you do, don't you? Go on.

You know you want to... Click it you freak.

The Swish Blog Weekly Playlist Mix 06-11-05

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 22:21:50 GMT

The second of this weeks seasonally-themed Swish Blog Playlist mixes attempts to evoke the feeling of a wintery Sunday afternoon, the sun having set at about half five. Wrapping up in a winter coat, scarf, gloves and wooly hat can be a lovely feeling if done right.

The Swish Blog 'Great, now I can wear my winter coat' Mix

The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 06/11/05
1. Winter - The Fiery Furnaces
2. Up The Morning - Babyshambles
3. Dirty Crystal Ball - Simon Mastrantone
4. You Only Live Once - The Strokes
5. Motorbikin' - The Needs
6. You're Not A Star - The Fakrays
7. The Hypnotist's Son - Emmy The Great
8. Don't Die Before Your Day - The Arrogants
9. I'm Leaving You Baby - Junior Kimbrough
10. Black History Month (Josh Homme Remix) - Death From Above 1979
11. Tribulations (Tiga mix) - LCD Soundsystem
12. Mourir C'est Facile - The Very Hush Hush
13. The Accident - iLiKETRAiNS
14. Sant Feliu - Bullet Union
15. Being In Love (Live on the streets of Amsterdam) - Swearing at Motorists

Snow photo courtesy of Anyone Anywhere

Download it here please

Yay for html! Yay for Amiga! Yay for Nigerian Spammers!

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 10:59:42 GMT

Which File Extension are You?

Which OS are You?

Which Nigerian spammer are You?

The Swish Blog Weekly Playlist Mix 02-11-05

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:07:29 GMT

This week there will be two Swish Blog Playlist Mixes. One will celebrate the end of the warmer months of the year, the other welcoming the onset of the colder ones.

The end of October and start of November seems to be a tipping point between the autumnal optimism ("it's still summer! It's still summer! I can wear shorts if I like!"), and the hibernation mentality of winter ("I can't believe it's dark when I leave work! How shit is that!").

First: The Swish Blog 'Oh my god I wish it was still summer' Mix

On a bright October afternoon you're talking a walk on Wimbledon Common, the sun is low in the sky but it's still warm enough for you to only be wearing a t-shirt with your green cardigan over the top. You shelter your eyes from the light as you walk towards a clump of sliver birch trees; their leaves - although still green - have started to senesce and turn a coppery colour around the edges. The grass brushing against your legs has certainly started to die and the long yellow stems are bent and glistening with dew.
Although you can see steam come from you mouth as you exhale, you still wonder if you should take your cardigan off.
You wish you were on the Costa Del Sol.

The Swish Blog, Weekly Playlist Mix, 02/11/05
1. Happy As Annie (Session) - Larrikin Love
2. Mr. Brightside - McFly
3. Sorry Dave - The Junglists
4. Nothing But Green Lights (Digitalism Remix) - Tom Vek
5. LMNO Hoes - Test Icicles
6. Lovesick - The Arrogants
7. What Katy Did Next - Babyshambles
8. 2nd Gun - Volcano, I'm Still Excited!!
9. Grass - Animal Collective
10. Blue Eyes - Good Shoes
11. Dirty Mind - The Pipettes
12. Signing Emo - MC Lars
13. Away Away - Northern State
14. Bitch - Noblesse Oblige
15. What The Fuck? - Scream Club

Download it here please

Tree photo courtesy of It's Greg

consumerism for the good of mankind

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:18:49 GMT

I just posted this on Myspace, which was a first for me (and pretty fun), and I thought why not post it on LJ too? And why not indeed.

GO and BUY Circle. Square. Triangle by Test Icicles now!!

It's number 25 in the Tuesday midweeks at the moment with 1256 sales but I'm sure we can do better than that; Arctic Monkeys didn't have an MC Lars remix on their single after all.

buy
physical: hmv | pure groove digital: karma download | itunes

But remember: if you buy from itunes make sure you rip out the restricting (and in my opinion illegal) DRM by burning the track to a CD and then ripping it back into itunes.

Hrh?

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:04:12 GMT

Damn. I've been seriously lazy recently; hence, no posts. No promises, but I suspect a MIXTAPE will be appearing shortly, so please be patient. In the meantime my life hasn't really changed much, it's still all about the zombies for me; but with Hallowe'en approaching again, again, again it's even more so. Shoe Girl and I are dressing up as '50s/'60s Zombies for fright night: her as a sort of Jackie Onassis style super-wife lady, but dead; me more mid-century Fleet Street journo with a drinking problem - not to mention a cream trenchcoat, glasses and a side-part - but dead.

Photo courtesy of Mark Webster - Flickr CC works rock!

drink drink drink drink drink

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:32:03 GMT

I had intended to write small summaries of some of the tracks in last Friday's playlist mix, but completely ran out of time as I was late for an awards ceremony – about which, there is more on my Flickr – so for my sins (and my seemingly eternal hangover) I'll add them in now.

Firstly, Jeremy Warmlsley’s track After The Fact is taken from his soon-to-be-released EP '5 Interesting Lies' which is released on Transgressive on the 7th of November. Incidentally, any Londoners of a J_Wo persuasion should go to his EP launch party tomorrow night at the Camden Barfly – he's supported by Emmy The Great and Roland Shanks so it should be awesome – get there early!

I've been told I talk about Test Icicles way too much on here, so I'll keep this short: What's Michelle Like? was on the boy's first demo last September, but this is a rerecorded version which is the secret track on their new album 'For Screening Purposes Only' out 31st October.

Beauty Scars by Action Plan is the b-side to their new single 'Stendhal' out on Young and Lost Records at some point in the near future, this track has featured on a Swish Mix before, but this rerecorded version sounds a lot better and also seems to convey a lot more heart.

Now if you haven't downloaded the thing yet, do it now – you have no excuse (unless you're on a dial-up connection, or hate me).

clicky click

Swish Playlist Mix

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:06:07 GMT

I did one last friday, but forgot to cross-post it to here because I was late for an awards ceremony (more on this later) so please go and download it now... it's pretty good, although my mixing on the first 3 tracks was a bit naff. it's gets a lot better after that.

Yeah so go and get it now if you'd like...

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:04:31 GMT

I've written a post about Earwigs on The Swish Blog, you're invited to read it.