As you can see, the site is now back to something resembling normality. I suppose I should give it a new look for 2004, but I think it looks fine as it is for the moment (This is obviously a flimsy attempt to cover up the fact that I have no new layout ideas at the moment).
And now for an instrumental-heavy Friday…
- Jim O'Rourke — Not Sport, Martial Art
Instrumental No.1. When I bought this single back in 1999, the nice people at Piccadilly Records in Manchester decided to put the album in the case as well. I returned it after the weekend, in a very quick I'm-rather-embarrassed-and-I-hope-you-don't-think-I-stole-it
-so-I'll-give-it-back-and-leave-the-shop-swiftly fashion. - Courtney Love — Mono
Um, yes. I have something of an irrational soft spot concerning Courtney Love, so even though I know that this is little more than an updated version of 'Violet', I like it. Feel free to hurl abuse in the comments… - Manitoba — Happy Ending
Instrumental No. 2. This song reminds me of the General Election back in 2001. I was away in London on a course, and Lauren Laverne played this record many times on Xfm during that week.. By a sheer coincidence, Lauren's radio show begins on Monday, and I encourage you all to tune in. That's Monday, 5 January, 1600 GMT / 1100 EST, and for everyone outside London, you can go to the Xfm website, and listen to their Internet stream.
What?
I think you wory too much Ian. I mean, no one's going to think you stole an album that you bring back (and, from a legal point of view, the fact you brought it back would make it impossible to charge you with theft unless you'd done something silly like copy it first).
Also, no one's going to hurl abuse at you for the songs you put up on this site. For two reasons. Firstly, the tracks are generally obscure enough that it's unlikely anyone's heard them enough to form an opinion. Secondly, I very much doubt that anyone would actually download them in the first place on the off-chance that they're actually worth the listen>:>