The Weekend From Hell Approaches
Well, not from hell exactly, just so short it’s terrifying. I need to meet some mates tonight, which is already arranged, I need to be at work most of the weekend for a presentation next week, we have some friends of ours visiting from Canada and we have to pretty much move out of our house so that builders can take it over for the next two months. Even if the weekend was four days long I’d still be bloody struggling.
Fucketty doo-dah. Ah well, at least I have tonight to get well leathered and stagger around all over the place like a six year old who’s been slipped a roofie at a cub scout jamboree.
Oh, and my stats engine for the podcast has finally updated to include the latest one, which has been downloaded loads of times – thanks guys. Even without the swearing, imagine that!
And don’t ask me what that picture is, I have no fucking idea. I searched Google Images for ‘too busy’ and that’s what came up on the first page. Too busy for what I don’t know, but the mind boggles at the thought. So to show just how too busy I am, here are a pile of groups I have been investigating or will be investigating or just don’t know what to do with yet. It’s the Harassed Toad Mix Tape, I suppose. Have a good weekend Toadlings.
Two from bands who sent me demos or albums that I wasn’t that keen on, but definitely liked some of their stuff:
Amasser website | Amasser - Green Like the Sky
LoveLikeFire website | LoveLikeFire – Unlighted Shadow
Two more Campfires & Battlefields recommendations:
The Prids website | The Prids - Shadow & Shadow Another group from Portland, would you believe!
Nina Nastasia & Jim White website | Nina Nastasia & Jim White – I’ve Been Out Walking I’ll definitely be buying this one soon, so expect a review to turn up at some point in the near future.
From the ever-excellent Cable & Tweed:
Beat the Devil website | Beat the Devil – Shine in Exile What a voice – like a more menacing version of the Detroit Cobras.
Definitely one for the future:
George Pringle website | George Pringle – Fellini For Prime Minister Odd, but strangely compelling.
And a couple of stray songs I am enjoying and will be investigating further if I ever find the time:
The Amateurs website | The Amateurs – Cool By Me For more, check 17 Seconds.[audio http://www.matthewjamesyoung.com/sbt/TheAmateurs-CoolByMe.mp3]
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin website | Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Oregon Girl The coolest band name for ages and another reference to Oregon![audio http://www.matthewjamesyoung.com/sbt/SomeoneStillLovesYouBorisYeltsin-OregonGirl.mp3]
I thought perhaps those were your friends from Canada in the picture, in which case I can see you would be in for a wild time.
Poor Mrs. Toad…
Mrs Toad has been in the States all bloody week. Minneabloodysota featured heavily. Mrs Toad is looking forward to imibing more than she ought and drunkenly berating Mr Toad for offences numerous if nonspecific in the interests of marital comradeship.
Poor old Mrs Toad for a number of reasons.
Oh, hello Dear. This’ll be fun then.
That image is now burned into my psyche. It would make a great album cover.
apparently someone still loves you boris yeltsin is working on a new album, which makes me excited.
I now officially love the Nina Nastasia & Jim White record. Beautiful, peculiar melodies, and the drumming is really just implausibly good.
Sorry I’ve been AWOL this past month my amigo. Great to read and listen to so much in one sitting.
Now, given my official job title in Toronto is ‘Elections Auditor’, I must be above all other things, honest and truthful in all aspects of casting votes.
But I have four e-mail addresses….and as a consequence, you have four votes.
As the saying goes in the rotten boroughs – vote early, and vote often.
Good luck
Hey, how do you expect to be contradicted and challenged, etc. (I am referring now to your next post) when the comments thingy doesn’t work? I tried to leave a comment but it said that no posts matched my criteria.
I’ve got a couple more tracks from George Pringle over at my blog. Good to see her finally breaking out.
Daft Punk IS playing at my house
Love that Bible college site! It seems to be telling me to drown my baby though…
That’s because YOU ARE EVIL. Oh no, sorry. Being a bit Christian you may actually be the only regular visitor to this site who isn’t guaranteed to roast in hell.
Genuine lunacy – I am quite impressed, especially as he clearly was careful enough to note that George Pringle is a girl before commenting, despite clearly not having the faintest idea who the poor lass is. That level of dedication to genuine lunacy really does cheer me up.
Oh, I’m not so sure. There are few things these right-wing nutters hate more than other Christians who don’t agree with them. In their book, I probably am another incarnation of Satan!
Who knows, maybe you’ve converted him to the pleasures of off-kilter posh-girl electro-pop
Actually, a bit of George Pringle might have cheered up the Last Supper somewhat.
And I had noticed something vaguely Satanesque (much better than Satanic) about that affable English air of yours. Too innocent by half…