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Damn its hot

2005-07-12T18:29:00.000+01:00

Title says it all really. Got up at 3.15am today and couldn't get back to sleep because of the weather. For my British readers, oh my God there's crap on the telly at that time!

I'm going to take a bit of a break, (nothing new some may say gonig by the lack of posts recently) only til Monday to jazz the site up and make it look and read better with better links and stuff so stay tuned, we'll be back!

See you Monday

John

Everything is Wrong today

2005-07-07T17:56:00.000+01:00

Its strange to start writing anything like this and quoting Moby just sounded right when I tried to think of a title.

Terrorism once again rears its ugly head and this time its my nation's capital that gets the hit. Admittedly this wasn't on the scale of 9/11 but still it has managed to grind London to an absolute halt. Listening to radio, watching the TV, reading teletext or the Internet it all leaves you a bit numb. From early rumours it seems an Al Qaida (or however its spelt) splinter cell or affiliated group are responsible and issued no warning. This is a rumour I'm not blaming them, lets make that clear! Its not a good situation and after the euphoria in London yesterday after the Olympics result, its now a complete reverse. Makes you wonder though, if the IOC had voted Paris, would we be seeing this devastation in France?

Hopefully we'll get everything sorted by tomorrow, tough lot us Brits.

I'll post again at the weekend with all the usual, links and all the other nonsense. In the meantime cheer yourself up by listening to The Subways: Young For Eternity, Hard-Fi: Stars of CCTV and Jack Johnson's albums, quality.

Its really G8

2005-07-02T14:34:00.000+01:00

Can't avoid it can you? Its Live 8 and I'm currently watching Coldplay play In My Place. I really thought a minor miracle had happened and Chris Martin hadn't wrote something on his hand, but I was mistaken, never mind. One day Apple will get miffed her felt tips keep going missing.

I fully support the cause, see look at the Make Poverty History banner that is on the top right corner of this page. Click it if you want. I may not agree with the concert itself and see it as a narcissistic pat on the back for Bob Geldof, but that still doesn't stop me agreeing with the message. I say drop the debt, it'll make the world a better place, for a while at least until they begin to need to borrow more money and the reset button is pressed and we see all this again in 20 years when a balding Bono gets on stage again to go through Vertigo again. I suppose thats why the make trade fair cause is just as important. If the rich keep getting richer then the poor farmers, countries, banana growers and coffee planters are still going to be poor. The whole thing needs to be taken into a real context, looked at properly and not just have celebrity endorsement and pressure thrown at it.

Admittedly the likes of Chris Martin, Bob Geldof and Bono are infinitely more intelligent that the most powerful man on the planet George W Bush and would have more intelligent things to say at the G8 summit other than "I want to bomb more eyeraqees cos they bombded my big tower and now we got him, ha ha ha ha, look at my button it says boom and its red" but unfortunately they're not going to be there, all we can do is sign a petition like them, buy a wristband and use our voice. We'll see what happens next week. The papers will be full of it, the Internet will be crawling with it, you cannot escape, unless your name is Osama Bin Laden. Still Coldplay rock!

Back to business, Subterranean tomorrow night, Sky Digital 903 10pm, get a load of this for a night of tunes.

QOTSA – In My Head
Interpol – Slow Hands
Kasabian – Club Foot
Razorlight – Don’t Go Back to Dalston
Audioslave – Be Yourself
Kaiser Cheifs – Na Na Na Na Naa
Babyshambles - Killimangiro
Milburn – Lipstick Lickin’
Simple Plan – Shut Up
Hard-Fi – Hard to Beat
Snow Patrol – Spitting Games
Finch – Bitemarks and Bloodstains
The Kooks – Do You Love Her?
Bowie & Jagger – Dancing in the Street
Foo Fighters - DOA
The Killers – Mr. Brightside
Green Day – Are We The Waiting
Oasis – The Importance of Being Idle
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Bright Eyes – Take It Easy (Love Nothing)
Magic Numbers – The Mile
The Flaming Lips – Mr. Ambulance Driver
Diamond Nights – Destination Diamonds
The Cloud Room – Blackout
Gorillaz – DARE (With Shaun Ryder)
Willy Mason – Still A Fly
Arcade Fire – Cold Wind
Snoop Dogg – Gin and Juice

So we're at it again playing the best brand new music first. Just before Xmas last year I broke Arcade Fire on my listeners playing a quality demo version of Power Out. Three months later, the UK music press and other influential types get involved and show the mad love for the Fire. Now a month or so ago, I played Sufjan Stevens for the first time, I believe before any other UK DJ. We're back again tonight with Diamond Nights and more Sufjan Stevens, damn my show is cool! ;)

See you next week

we had all the time in the world

2005-07-01T18:52:00.000+01:00

Well at least that's what you'd think. Again there's been a delay in me updating this. Plainly put, I've been a bit too busy. But I'll fire an update tomorrow complete with this weeks playlist, a quick look at a musician who I believe I'm one of the first UK radio jocks to play his tunes. Sufjan Stevens is ya man, you'll know more tomorrow.

Don't go changing y'all

Yo back up now and give a brother room

2005-06-26T10:42:00.000+01:00

Life may be well and truly beautiful for Tomkat Cruiser but maybe things won't go so well for his new film, War of the Worlds. You see. UK critics have been banned from seeing it which is usually a studio defence mechanism for "oh my God this film is shit, we can't afford bad press on a major summer blockbuster starring probably the most high profile Hollywood star around. Let's put the shields up, let no-one see it and hope that nothing gets said and we still have a hit." Sorry boys and girls, the British press ain't that nice. They are all asking questions like "What ae you scared of Tom?" Hopefully it won't be shit, some of the trailers look cool but if they won't screen it to the press its usually a good sign that Dreamworks have a very giant turd in their hands.

Did anyone see New Order on BBC Three's Glastonbury coverage? How business like were they? "Tonight we'll start the set with Crystal". Invoice me later for the listening pleasure please Mr. Sumner.

On to tonights Subterranean proceedings, playlist below, you know where to be Sky Digital 903 in the midlands, 10pm the greatest alternative music show on digital radio, you knows it! Its the Glastonbury special tonight.

Chemical Brothers – The Boxer
The Bravery - Unconditional
Garbage – Bad Boyfriend
Kasabian - LSF
Futureheads – Decent Days and Nights
The Zutons – Pressure Point
Dead 60’s – Riot Radio
Hard-Fi – Hard to Beat
Editors - Blood
Willy Mason – So Long
Bloc Party - Pioneers
The Coral – Something Inside of Me
The Kills – Love Is A Deserter (track 2)
Pulp – Common People (The retro)
White Stripes – My Doorbell
Razorlight – Leave Me Alone
The Subways – Oh Yeah
Doves – There Goes the Fear
Basement Jaxx – Jump and Shout
Mylo – Destroy Rock and Roll
Magic Numbers – Love Me Like You
Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life
New Order – Blue Monday
Primal Scream – Kill All Hippies
British Sea Power – It Ended on an Oily Stage
Coldplay – Square One
LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk is Playing at my House
Interpol – Slow Hands
The Killers – All the Things That I Have Done

Set it up DJ.

Self five

2005-06-23T19:32:00.000+01:00

Its Glastonbury weekend and according to the met office, its gonna thunder and rain tonight over the site of one of the world's most famous festivals. Had to happen didn't it? Well if you're going, have fun. If not check it out on the telly. Apparantly there are 50,000 people there already and 24 have been nicked by the local constabulary for drug related offences, nice!

This Sunday on Subterranaean on The Villan (sky digital 903) is a Glasto special. Music from pretty much all the big acts on the bill and a few small ones too. I'll post the playlist on Saturday along with a rant and more stuff.

You know what, this blogging stuff is fun. Even MSNBC are at it, check THIS out. Go get your current affairs on.

Bryan Singer's Superman is out next year and is looking quite frankly awesome. If you've not seen Blue Tights.net then I advise you get yourself there now. Singer is posting a regular video blog, a la Peter Jackson on Kong is King and his latest entry is awsome and has to be seen. Check it out

Talking of King Kong, check this out, its only a few seconds but you get to see the big apes arms, a dinosaur and Naomi Watts, nice.

Fred Durst still doesn't love us, His blog hasn't been updated since November. Maybe he can't be arsed or he's just angry no-one bought the new Limp bizkit album.

If you're in the UK and like any Brit loves a brew check out Suburb who now sell Moby's Teany Tea. nice.

I'm gonna get my Banana hammock on, kudos to the Todd

What up?

2005-06-22T21:13:00.000+01:00

Hows it hanging,

So I'm back, sorry about the hiatus. Things happened, what can you do? But here we go lets bring on the chocolate goodness.

What's been happenning in the world? Crazy Frog is still number one, seriously what are people doing? Are they all having the taste gene surgically removed? While I don't really buy singles, (I get them free ha ha!) Someone please release something decent and credible and remove it from the number 1 slot or it'll be here at Xmas mmkay. On that note may I recommend Hard-Fi and their spanking new single, Hard to Beat, they're the new Clash don't ya know?

Not going to Glastonbury this week? Nope, Me neither. So if your not doing anything else and can't listen to my show (pluggy pluggy) check out MTV and, oh yes, Pimp My Ride UK! Westwood in the house, holla at your butler, bow down and kiss the ring etc etc and check out Bez's pimped Black Cab, awesome!

I'll post a few playlists here too over the next few days

Do you have a ticket to Taste of Chaos? Why not? The Used, Funeral For A Friend, Killswitch Engage, Rise Against and Story of the Year. Bargain!!!!

This is funny, check it out, a US radio website developer has made this. Ask Tom anything. As umch as I like Cruise, this is good.

Righty, I'll be back later

me sorree no update

2005-06-21T22:47:00.000+01:00

How do

Sorry there's been no update for a bit, had some computer trouble which has just been fixed. I'll be back tomorrow with a full, full, full update and playlists etc.

Catch ya on the flipside

Bloggy, bloggy, bloggy, bloggy, BATMAN!

2005-06-08T17:53:00.000+01:00

Batman Begins is nearly ready to begin again and am I really the only person in the world who can't wait? Didn't think so.

So I haven't posted for a few days, so shoot me. Actually I didn't mean that. Don't shoot, happy slap or raise your voice or I'll have an ASBO on your ass quicker than you can say Lee Bowyer's in a bit of trouble.

Foo music sunday rocked the house down, thanks to those who listened. I will play the missing Foo's track this Sunday night. Its the Download Festival this weekend in the UK. Sabbath are back ROCK!!!!!! There's also My Chemical Romance, SOAD, Feeder, Garbage, Billy Idol and a secret band who will rock the funking place to the ground believe me! Also anyone who loves a wristband can get a Samaritans+Kerrang= Rock for Peace wristband at Download this weekend and after that from the Samaritans website Also if you can pick up this weeks Kerrang check out Ozzy's wristband that he's made for 21st Century Leaders, Wank for Peace, genius.

Off to interview New York's next big thing this week, Ambulance LTD. Yep they've done Letterman and Conan O'Brien AND they've been on the OC. The NME love 'em and more importantly I know they can rock. They're on tour now, catch em while you can and I'll post clips here soon.

Right, I'll return with a full rant, links and soon info on Sunday's playlist.

Ta da now

Subterranean playlist 5th June 2005

2005-06-05T12:37:00.000+01:00

Morning, for those who can listen tonight, this is what you can expect. Still working on adding my audio for you to hear on here, just getting a place to host it now.

In no particular order, here's the evenings musical treats

Oasis - Eyeball Tickler
Funeral For a Friend - Streetcar
Maximo Park - Grafitti (live)
White Stripes - My Doorbell
Avengend Sevenfold - Bat Country
FOO MUSIC SUNDAY - Tracks from In Your Honor
In Your Honor
DOA
Still
The Last Song
Another Round
Tsar - Band - Girls - Money
Eskimo Disco - 7-11
3rd Dan - Guess I Wanted More
Demeter - Pleasure Island
We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt
Stereophonics - Superman
Charlatans - One To Another
Slipknot - Before I Forget
System of A Down - BYOB
Green Day - American Idiot
Feeder - Pushing The Senses
Cave In - Anchor
Hot Hot Heat - Goodnight Goodnight
Good Charlotte - Chronicles of Life and Death
Weezer - Beverly Hills
My Chemical Romance - Helena
The Strokes - Last Night

And the drum beats go like this!

Do you do Foo too?

2005-06-03T18:45:00.000+01:00

My plugs are certainly without shame and this one is no different. On my show this Sunday, its a FOO music Sunday. In Your Honor is out soon, and Dave Ghrol is most certainly right. It is the best Foos album yet. So this Sunday I'll be playing a few tracks from both the acoustic and the electric parts of the double album and maybe a B-side or two. Also got new tunes from Demeter, QOTSA, Eskimo Disco, Funeral For a Friend, 3rd Dan, White Stripes and more. If you can, give the show a listen and get involed on the text and email. 83252 on the text (25p plus yor normal text charge) or email us in the studio thevillan@astonvilla-fc.co.uk. See you at 10pm on Sunday.

Links for the day

Awesome band of the day - Rueben once hailed the British Foo Fighters.

Super Furry Animals are back, woo hoo! And before they headline the Volvic Stage at this years V Festival they are out on tour supporting the new album Love Kraft (cheese slice) LINK

Aww, congrats Jack, were there candy canes at the reception? Jack White Stripe gets wed

Linkin Park and Warner Brothers, where's the love guys? Link to Rolling Stone

Movie news, what little there is

V for Vendetta takes over London, check out the local news

Think you can out Pixar, Pixar? Well their software will be available soon for you to buy, link here

Oh and League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse is out today. I'm so excited I made a little brown fish!

2005-06-02T18:24:00.000+01:00

Hi do you remember us? My name is Julian Casablancas and my band is called The Strokes.

The band have been dating models, celebs and generally arseing about, they've forgot to do what bands do and that's release music. If America had Trisha, then we'd never hear anything of this band every again because the lazy-itis has seriously kicked in. Album number three from The Strokes is a coming, in 2006, hey but its nearly finished! The bands manager and supposed 6th Stroke, Ryan Gentles has released a message via the Strokes mailing list which Goldenfiddle have repeated here. Enjoy!

Sunday night on Subterranean will partly be a celebration of all things Ghrol as the Foo Fighters ready the release of the awesome, double album IN YOUR HONOR. I'm playing a couple of tracks from both the acoustic and electric side of the LP along with a wad of other new music including a first play of the brand new Avenged Sevenfold record. More on the playlist before Sunday.

Link time

Music links of joyness

That frigging frog made it, the little bastard. Once again despite never seeing anyone in a shop with a copy in their hands, this piece of shit hit number one. Now Chris Martin, the man who suffered most at the hands of the frog wants to cook the git up and eat his legs! Read all about it here

Franz Ferdinand reckon they've written their 'Teen Spirit', they've also announced some big outdoor shows, XFM have the lead here

Glasto stage lineups for those with a ticket, still no headliner for Sunday yet after Kylie's withdrawl and The Killers saying no, well at least until 2007

Movie news

Tom Cruise seems to be wrecking his own movies by spreading mayhem across the globe. MI: 3 looks like its dead in the water, what's the odds Tom, Scarlett and whoever else still get paid?

Link

X-Men 3 as many of you will have read is now directorless and many would probably say directionless. Matthew 'Layer Cake' Vaughn has jumped ship and now the good ship mutant is in the hands of... Joss Whedon, don't be daft that would be the sensible option. Step forward, Brett Ratner, check the scoop from Moriarty of AICN here

Wanna see Clark Kent do something cool? Wanna see a knackered professional film monitor? Look no further than HERE With this and Batman, DC comic movies are back on track!

Jessica Alba and Natalie Portman better start fighting for my affections again. My Keira is back in Pride and Prejudice. Trailer here at Yahoo Movies

I went to interview a band and all I got was no audio

2005-06-01T16:54:00.000+01:00

So the Towers of London thing never happened, how rubbish is that? No real big reason for it, the band just weren't there, (they've been in the studio). I did some big time plugging with tihis interview and anyone listening this Sunday will be getting an extra 10 minutes or so of me talking since the interview didn't happen. Maybe we'll catch them again soon, who knows.

Going to be posting a bit of this Sunday's playlist soon, got more new records to play.

In the meantime check out this game and try not to go out of your head doing it

Link to Ripley's Believe It or Not

News, rant, links, stuff and possibly a Llama coming soon

It's a bank holiday, why not buy a sofa?

2005-05-30T17:10:00.000+01:00

How do

Quick post because I'm off to interview the Towers of London in Manchester as they take part in the NME Rizla new music tour. The interview will be played out on Subterranean on The Villan next Sunday and I'll post some clips on here asap.

Smegging Frog, can someone please update the old frog in blender flash animation thing to include Crazy so we can all enjoy killing the little bastard over and over again.

Here's the playlist from the show last night, top notch tunes all around I think you'll agree.

Bravery – Fearless
Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends
Feeder – Pushing the Senses
Daft Punk - Technologic
Kaiser Chiefs – Every Day I Love You Less and Less
Audioslave – Be Yourself
Killers – Smile Like You Mean It
The Coral – Something Inside of Me
Subways – Rock and Roll Queen
Towers of London – Fuck It Up
Gorillaz – White Light
Oasis – Let There Be Love
The Music – Freedom Fighters
Stone Roses – Ten Storey Love Song (The Retro tune)
White Stripes – Blue Orchid
Coldplay – Speed of Sound
Foo Fighters – Best of You Oasis – Mucky Fingers
Nine Inch Nails – The Hand That Feeds
Antony and the Johnson’s – Hope There’s Somebody
Alkaline Trio – Time To Waste
Chemical Brothers – The Boxer
No Hope In New Jersey - Decline
The Starting Line – The Night Life
Liam Lynch – United States of Whatever
Amber Pacific – Gone So Young
The Keep Aways - File It Away
Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire

Links, a rant and more coming tomorrow.

See ya!

2005-05-27T19:04:00.000+01:00

Evening,

Its been a week and cheers to everyone who's read the blog, stick comments in drop me and email. Tell me what you like and what you don't because I'd like to hear from ya!

At a wedding tomorrow night, can't drink got to drive, rubbish! So probably no bloggy over the weekend as on Sunday I'll be in the studio and the show will go on.

Subterranean, my lovely show on The Villan (Sky Digital channel 903, if you can't get it I'll post tuning instructions soon) is on this Sunday night at 10pm, top notch music as always. On Sunday I'll be playing amongst others tracks from new albums by The Coral, Audioslave, Alkaline Trio, Antony & the Johnsons, Gorillaz and just prior to its release for those who have resisted the urge to download, some of the new Oasis material from Don't Believe the Truth.

Got a new feature starting this week, The Retro, a classic alternative tune from the past, this Sunday there's a quality Manchester tune and its the full length album version too! Also I'll be talking about my interview this Monday with hotly tipped (wow, how press release does that sound?!) band Towers of London who are currently ripping up the UK, (literally) on the NME new music tour. If you like good music, you know where to be (if you can get it that is!) Sunday, 10pm Sky Digital 903, oh yes! Full playlist from the show up on Monday.

Watched Sin City today, SEE THIS FILM it is awesome!

Link time, check this lot:

Dave Ghrol, nicest man in rock is planning to bring the Foo Fighters roadshow to a bunch of town and is leaving them electric instruments behing. In support of IN YOUR HONOR The Foo's are looking at an acoustic tour, check the story HERE

New Snow Patrol coming soon, HERE'S the heads up

John's music tip for the day straight outta the Emerald Isle, MESSIAH J AND THE EXPERT.

Movie time now, Johnny Depp + Tim Burton = walking acid trip, latest funky trailer HERE

Did you see Saw? Well I say you should see saw, but if you did see Saw, here’s some info on Saw 2, do you think these films are linked by a chainsaw, haw haw!

Link here!!

Eli Roth did Cabin Fever which was, well ok, but hopefully the world’s most hardcore Olsen Twins stalker can do better with this one called HOSTEL. Pics look good like

Link here!!

The remake of the Ring, fine it was actually pretty cool. Ring 2, rubbish, so why commission Ring 3? Who knows?

Link from Empire Online here

The Brothers Rich, I mean Weinstein announced their slate for 2006 the other day, Sin City 2, awesome, but what the world should be excited about is THE GRIND HOUSE, the proper collaboration between Tarantino and Rodriguez, oh yes. Harry Knowles of AINT IT COOL gives you the skinny HERE.

And finally, if you thought Linsay Lohan is hot, check her out now, dear girl what have you done!!

Here and here

See you Monday

Oh what a night Welcome to the mega post!

2005-05-26T18:19:00.000+01:00

Last night was probably one of the best nights of my life. All for a game of football too. The Champions League final from the Attaturk stadium in Istanbul provided all the thrills and spill required for a game like this. All the cliches could have been used. This was a rollercoaster match but it felt like someone had written a script for 22 actors to play out live on TV.

Liverpool 3-0 down at half time and I was ready to cry into my glass of Jack Daniels thinking this is going to get worse but privately keeping the faith. Around 70 minutes into the game, its 3 all, a player who's leaving the club scores a stormer and the belief is there again. Extra time wrecked the nerves, penalties almost killed me. But the trophy is at Anfield for keeps and I have to say to my team Liverpool FC, well done boys you deserve it all and its ours to keep. Even the Queen says it was great she can't be wrong can she? Awesome.

Anyway's back to reality, after my TV rant yesterday, I feel some musical issues need to be addressed mostly THIS story from yesterday's post. Oh yes its that FREAKIN' FROG

I assume you don't live in a cave (but if you do and your name is Mr O Bin Laden, I think there's a few people looking for you) or under a rock so you will know what the Crazy Frog is. A bloody annoying ringtone which entertains kids and buries its annoying little bastard way into peoples brains like that little worm thing in Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Kahn. Thing is ol Crazy git has taken the next step and along with some blokes (one of which is ex Radio 1 chart show presenter, "Hi this is" Wes Butters) has joined forces with another ringtone which people buy in their droves the Beverly Hills Cop theme to make what is possibly the most annoying record ever. In Axel F, Satan is on Earth! This music is the Devils theme tune and currently there's loads of very silly people buying it. Axel F is, according to the midweek industry figures outselling its nearest rival for the top of this weeks official UK chart by 4 to 1. Axel F's nearest rival is COLDPLAY and their new single Speed of Sound.

Chris Martin, possibly one of this generations greatest songwriters is going to be denied his first UK number one by a ringtone and a cartoon frog. Not only that and I'm sure this infuriates my fellow Manc, Noel Gallagher, Oasis are looking to be behind Coldplay, also losing out to the Frog.

Now whereas I actually have time for all forms of music, I respect its place in the whole scheme of things, man even S Club had a place, but this thing is not a piece of musical genius. Its a mass marketing ploy which already having made millions on that bloody ringtone, (along with all the others they peddle to you for £3 a week on their subs service) is just here to annoy fans of real music.

Earlier this week Dominik Diamond in the (ooh ahh) Daily Star listed ten things he'd rather do than listen to this crap single, one of them was run a drill through his head. Pass it my way after you will ya Dom? Oh well, all the best songs go in at number 2.

Time for some Linkery dinkery doo methinks

Everyone's read THE DA VINCI CODE, the film is coming out next year with Tom Hanks and Sir Ian McGandalf, the teaser trailer sucked, but HERE'S the offical website, it ain't much better right now.

Sleater Kinney are great, no really they are. Stream their brand new album here

http://www.subpop.com/bands/sk/player.html

Yes SYSTEM OF A DOWN are the bomb and this proves it.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7352005/systemofadown?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single1

Burt Reynolds, he's cool as, we all know that. But don't ever cross him about missing one of his films, he'll slap the crap out of ya! This is funny, watch the poor CBS reporter, slappy, slappy.

http://cbsnewyork.com/topstories/local_story_145094335.html

Kim-Jong Ill is official a movie star thanks to Team America and IMDB, check out the real life picture they have of him

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453535/

Sky High, (you know the one I mentioned yesterday starring THE CHIN) looks mega on them there still, but here are some moving images for you in the form of a trailer, are you a Superhero or a Sidekick?

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/skyhighqt1.html

Four shots of Fantastic Four and only one of them contains Jessica Alba? What’s worse is it’s the back of her head too!!! The others look cool though

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20310

Richard Linklater, director of School of Rock gets his Burger on for his new film FAST FOOD NATION, clicky here for an exclusive from Empire

http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/newsstory.asp?news_id=16829

Guy Richie’s new flick Revolver is on the way. Jason Statham (still gutted from losing Kelly Brook) and Ray Liotta (still hunting down idiots who don’t finish their pints) check the teaser here at the Currant Bun

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003080001-2005240041,00.html

and finally on the linkage front

Phil Spector … Best Barnet ever thanks to Stereogum

http://www.stereogum.com/img/spector.jpg

Bit of information about my radio show's playlist for this week coming tomorrow along with an assortment of other gear. Holla at your Butler!!!!!!

Is it really wrong to watch TV on your PC?

2005-05-24T19:29:00.000+01:00

Champions League final tomorrow (Wednesday) nerves are shot, pants currently filling, drink most certainly needed. Come on Liverpool! Its ours tomorrow.

Promised you a rant and here it is. The Internet, wonderful isn't it? Filled with loads of stuff to look at, some great, some rubbish. There's pictures, videos, music and porn, lots of porn. There's also loads of stuff to download. Most of its probably porn, but that's not the point. Everyone's probably got a file to share, but gone are the days of Kazaa, Torrent's are the new black.

In my opinion, torrents are great, they truly are the king of filesharing types and recently they've got on the nerves of amongst others the Motion Picture Association of America (www.mpaa.org). Pop quiz, just what have you downloaded lately? If you've downloaded an episode of Smallville, 24, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy or American Dad, then you better run, cos the big boys are after you! Didn't you know you're harming these multi-million dollar corporations you bad, bad people!

Alright, there's no need to run because nothing's gonna happen, but the MPAA's argument is extremely weak. How many times have you left the house for work, a night out or whatever and forgot to set you video, Sky+ or TiVo? How many times have you been avidly watching a series, been so into and then missed an episode that isn't repeated? Or like me, such a fan of a certain show that you want to see all the new episodes NOW!!! So what do you do? Go and download it of course. Most US tv shows are available for download. I've seen a bunch of shows before they hit UK screens, on the other side of the pond, I've read many forum posts off of people who have been watching all the episodes of the new Doctor Who before US broadcast.

So what's the big bad here? So what I've seen a TV show before its broadcast in the UK (or I'm sure people have done the same) I'll probably watch it again on UK TV and if I like it, I'll buy the DVD, I do this with things I like. I also tell others about them, much like a lot of others who download TV shows. Mr Fox, Mr WB, I think we're doing your job for you. So where's the thanks for our free promotion of your shows? Oh there it is thanks for the nasty legal document, cheers matey! I've seen advance episodes of Family Guy, American Dad, 24, Smallville and others and I'll say now, I'll be parting with my cash when the DVD's come out. End of the day, you multi-million dollar firms get our money out of us, so come on stop bitching, where's the harm in seeing a show in advance? I say keep the torrents coming, for a kick off I want the next episode of Family Guy!

Random link time now: Sin City is on the way and the glory of Yes, yes oh God Yes, Jessica Alba will be showing her sweetness on screen. But at the premiere in the UK Michael Madsen spilt his guts over the forthcoming Tarantino war flick Inglorious Bastards, check out the links below for news from the mouth of Madsen

http://www.filmfocus.co.uk/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=336
http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/news/newsstory.asp?news_id=16817

More films, this should rule. It has Bruce Campbell in it for a start, hail to the king baby and drop and give me 20 for the Chin's nasty ass gym teacher in SKY HIGH, film banners at the site here

Got a few quiddich on Dumbledore dying? Who cares, Harry hits puberty in his new film, find the spot cream HERE

Please God say THIS isn't so, there has to be some people with sense AND taste out there

On another music tip, check out my favourite band with a name from a comic book FALLOUT BOY, at Rolling Stone, they do indeed kick ass

Wanna know what happens to Jack on his next crappy day? HERE'S the place to find out more and speculate

That's all for now I reckon, maybe hungover on the next post, COME ON RAFA'S REDS!!!

The Special One

2005-05-23T23:27:00.000+01:00

A good old fashioned rant is on the way, I promise you but first a bit of a plug for my upcoming radio show this weekend.

Sunday night 10pm on Sky Digital channel 903 is where you find The Villan and more importantly me presenting Subterranean, which according to the press (allegedly) is "the greatest alternative music show on digital radio". If you like your music alternative (or for the old school indie) then you'll find a warm home with me at Subterranean. This week there's first plays for new tracks by Oasis, Audioslave, Antony & the Johnsons, The Coral and a few others. An quality classic in The Retro and nonsense chat from myself.

So here we are as the Bloc may say, hopefully you can get the chance to hear me as well as read me.

Full on ranting post at some point tomorrow. If you've downloaded a TV show in the past, it'll definitely interest you.

see you later homies

Welcome to the show

2005-05-23T09:27:00.000+01:00

How do folks,

So here's the first real post on here and I thought I'd give you an idea of what's going to be going on this blog.

First up, cos that profile to the right doesn't give away too much, my name is John, I present a radio show on a station called The Villan and we broadcast on Sky Digital channel 903 if you live near Birmingham or anywhere else in the Midlands in the UK, you can get it with now problems but other than that you've got to tune it in with two daft 6 digit numbers.

On here, I'll mostly be ranting about music, film, television, my show (hey what's the harm in self promotion?) and any other nonsense that catches my eye.

Expect links, pictures, random thoughts, bits of interviews and anything else that looks good enough to post.

Rock on homies!

Hello

2005-05-22T16:37:00.000+01:00

Hi Folks

First post and it tells you nothing so that's useful isn't it? I'll be posting a wad of gibberish about my radio show, films, music, tv and other gubbing as soon as I can (probably tomorrow)

Toodle pip

John