"Answers Come in Dreams"

Juno

2008-02-21T08:54:00.005Z

Went to see this last night, quite a nice film, nothing too challenging going on, little bit quirky sort of lo-fi cinemagtography with a similar kind of soundtrack, nice story about kind of funky backward / water US of A, story of a 16 year old tom boy getting knocked up by a athletics geek and the insuing tale of what they do with the unwanted child.

Would not say its a defo' go see but certainly a good DVD movie.

REMIX REMIX REMIX

2007-11-16T11:56:00.000Z

These are my "Little Things Amuse Little Minds" mixes reposted for you listening pleasure, tracklists etc... further down the blog, the links have expired so reposted.

LTALM; Volume 1

LTALM; Volume 2

LTALM; Volume 3

LONDON XPRESS

2007-11-07T13:01:00.000Z

This is a mix which was a freebie with the NME ooooooh back in the day would say around about 1996, its a taster from the about to be launched XFM for there London Xpress show which was hosted by the Nuphonic peoples. It has 3 excellent mixes from 3 fantastice DJ's unquestionable 3 of the best around then and now, even if the are getting harder and harder to see / here in club environ.

First up is Anderw Weatherall then Harvey and then David Holmes.

If you don't already have this then d/l and enjoy a very diverse collection of music.

TRACKLISTING;

Andrew Weatherall
1Plaid Tophapy (2:53)
2Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Players Hard Drive Dub (2:45)
3John Tejada Daydreaming Diaster (3:27)
4Steve Stoll Brooklyn Bridge (LP Version) (4:32)
57 Hurtz Stockers Motor (6:16)
6Lali Puna Everywhere All Over (4:38)

Harvey
7Plaid Ralome (4:28)
8Addvibe Love & Happiness (3:14)
9Forme Morfe (3:18)
10ADNY Tell Me (4:58)
11Amalgamation Of Soundz, The Salsin (6:07)

David Holmes
12Family Of God Family Of God (5:57)
13Joy Ziper* Check Out (3:35)
14David Holmes Commercial Break (0:32)
15David Holmes Hey Lisa (4:38)
16Keith Mansfield Morning Broadway (1:58)
17Hot Butter Getting Off (3:36)
18Fred Neil Sweet Cocaine (2:50)
19Ella Fitzgerald Sunshine Of Your Love (3:05)

Control

2007-10-23T12:18:00.000+01:00

Went to see Control on friday night with Catherine, at the Showroom in Sheffield (lesbian cinema as known in our household) Directed by Anton Corbijn and entirely shot in Black and White just to make you even more miserable!

The film is a biopic about the life of Ian Curtis the lead singer of Joy Division, who hung himself on the eve of the band embarking on a US tour and what seemed to be global musical stardom, well in an indie kinda way. The remaining encumbants of the band then went on to form New Order the rest is history as they say.

The film centres on Ian and his life, both personal and with the band, its a torrid tale of living in 70's dank Manchester, the film follows Ian from being a school boy to attending the seminal Pistols at the Manchester Free Trade Hall gig. (Where alledgedly all the 150 attendees formed some sort of band, from Morrissey to Bleedin' Mick Hucknall!!!!!!!) Then on to forming Joy Division. The rise of the band and the faliure of Curtis's marriage and the onset of epilepsy, up to his eventual suicide.

All of the parts are very well acted, with Rob Gretton being my favourite, mainly due to his witty lines and bonkers management style. I would definetly recommend going to see the film, if you are a fan of the band or not, in these times of hollywood blockbusters and special effects it is nice to see a film which basically lays everything down simply and tells you the story.

The main problem is that the film has not got a major release and is not showing at all cinemas nationwide, but its well worth hunting out. I would give it a definite 4 out of 5.

Check it out @ www.controlthemovie.com

"To Me To You, To Me To You"

2007-10-23T12:02:00.000+01:00

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In the immortal word of Rotherhams finest The Chuckle Brothers; this is where i will feed you with some snippets of musical genius for your listening pleasure. (all files are for sample use only, if any of the owners of the material wish for it to be removed, then please contact me)

Unfortunately the d/l's run out if you want one reinstating leave me a comment and i'll try and sort it.

So todays choice is;

45. Uptown Top Ranking; Donna & Althea 13/11/07

44.Future Love Theme (Vexille Soundtrack); Carl Craig 12/11/2007

43.Always You (Ewan Pearson Remix); Mlle Caroline 11/11/07

42.Love Chains (Greg Wilson Version); The Bionics 10/11/2007

41. Windowlicker; Aphex Twin 9/11/2007

40. Bankrobber; The Clash 8/11/2007
For my 40th post as we seem to be getting a bit punky i've gone for the Clash, Bankrobber, the Clash were in my opinion by far the best punk band, melding together punk ethos, with rock, reggae and funk grooves, summing up the early '80s sounds into one package.

Im off now to polish the safety pin for my noise and don my bondage trousers and get ready to go and gob and piss on me mates! enjoy.

39. Ever Fallen In Love?; The Buzzcocks 7/11/2007

38. Brother Where Are You; Matthew Herbert(Verve Remixed) 6/11/2007

37. We Are Your Friends; Simian Mobile Disco 5/11/2007

36. Sly (Cosmic Dub); Massive Attack 4/11/2007

35. Grandchester Meadows; Pink Floyd 3/11/2007

34. Damaged; Primal Scream 02/11/2007;/span>

33. Family Of God; Family Of God 01/11/2007

32. Paramour; Hard To Dye (Trumpet Cut-up Remix) 31/10/2007

31. Stoned To Say The Least; Saint Etienne 30/10/2007 (In honour of the late great Richard Whiteley)

30. At Les; Carl Craig 29/10/2007
Carl Craig one of Detroit's best techno aficionados, At Les is one of many phenomenal tracks produced or remixed by Mr Craig.
I have been fortunate to catch a number of his sets which although not the slickest, always have energy and a very broad spectrum of music played, how it should be in my opinion.
Imust get my ass into gear and ripp Incognito, after the storm, which is an awesome remix of C2's.

29. It's For You; Out Hud 28/10/2007

28. Make It Last Forever; Inner Life (Larry Levan Unreleased Mix) 27/10/2007

27. Sunday Driver; The Limp Twins 26/10/07

26. Pleasure; Joyous (Harvey Re-edit) 26/10/2007

25. Rhubard; Aphex Twin 25/10/2007

24. How Long; ACE 25/10/2007

23. Say what you mean; D*Note 24/10/2007

22. Don't let go; Tony Orlando 23/10/2007

21. Street Man; Brooklyn Dreams 22/10/2007

20. John Coltrane; Equinox 20/10/2007

To celebrate my 20th music post, its time for the undeniable genius that is is John Coltrane, just listen to it - for jazz its perfection.

19. Cherry; JJ Cale 20/10/2007

18. Can't you feel it? Mantus 19/10/2007

17.Hooked on your; Cerrone 18/10/2007

16.Voodoo Ray; A Guy Called Gerald 17/10/2007

15. Wichita Lineman; Dennis Brown 16/10/2007

14. Aeroplane; Aeroplane 15/10/2007

13. Also sprach Zarathustra; Deodato 14/10/2007

12. Chicago Sur Seine; I Cube 13/10/2007

11. It's All True (Escort Extended Mix); Tracey Thorn 12/10/2007

10. The Things That Dreams Are Made Of; The Human League 11/10/2007

I celebrate my 10th audiolog with the League Unlimited Orchestra's - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of; An absolute classic of a tune, early electro pop, martin rushent production for the Human League, the tune has seen a major come back over the last couple of years, being of lot and lots of different peoples play lists, not that that matters at all as its always been on mine! Think i might grow a massive lopsided fringe and bang on some eye liner just to celebrate.

9. Evil Smokestack Baby; Haircut 100 10/10/2007

8. This Is Not America; David Bowie 9/10/2007

7. Running Up That Hill (Ashley Beedle Edit); Kate Bush 8/10/2007

6. Feel The Love (CJ Edit); Linus Loves

5. I Need You; Kathy Diamond; 7/10/2007

4. B Movie; Gill Scot Heron; 6/10/2007

3. Love and Happiness; Add n Vibe 5/10/2007

2. Walk A Mile In My Shoes (Henrick Schwartz Mix); Coldcut & Robert Owens 4/10/2007

1. Pidgeon Hustle By; The Queen Constance Band 3/10/2007

2007-09-24T13:44:00.000+01:00

TALES FROM THE M.D.

Some Dad House from circa 2001 for you;

St Germain - Rose Rouge
Fenomonone - Pacific Memories
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
Alex Moran - Earth Girls Are Easy
Fuzz Against Junk - ?
Jersey Street - Step Into The Light
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Mateo & Matos - Stomp Your Feet
Butch Quick - The Pressure
Tom & joyce - Vai Minha Tristeza

SEND SPACE LINK FOR A DIRECT D/L http://www.sendspace.com/file/2kxz4h

R.I.P - Anthony H Wilson

2007-08-22T09:24:00.000+01:00

Tony Wilson self styled Madchester godfather and Factory records impresario died last week of heart faliure after being treated for cancer. This is a pictorial tribute to his lost genius.

Balearic Bliss - Del Mar Stylee - Summer '93

2007-07-24T10:05:00.000+01:00

Lovin' this to the max, balearia the way its supposed to be Jose Padilla @ Cafe Del Mar Summer '93 we have not sunshine so just shut your eyes and pretend.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/389ff8

TALKING HEADS - LIVE IN ROME 1980

2007-07-24T09:34:00.000+01:00

Just had to put this up its one of my favourite bands live absolutely awesome, jilted genius. Click the links to each song.

http://www.electriks.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=243468#243468

LITTLE THINGS AMUSE LITTLE MINDS - VOLUME 3

2007-07-23T10:39:00.000+01:00

Its here the next instalment in funkin discoid muzik;

1.Phuture - Rise From Your Grave - intro
2.Steve Miller Band - Electo lux
3.Mandre - Love Comes Rushin In
4.The Jimmy Castor Bunch - Its Just Begun
5.Level 42 - Heathrow
6.Gino Soccio - Dancer
7.The Isley Brothers - Give It Up
8.Harlold Melvin & The Blue Notes - You Can't Go - Prince Language edit
9.Gary's Gang - Lets Love Dance Tonight - Danny Krivit edit10.
Ben Watt feat Sananda Maitreya \ A Stronger Man
11.The London Heavy Disco Revue - Magic Sky - Riccioni Mix
12.The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Long Version
13. The London Heavy Disoc Revue - Move It

http://www.mixdownloads.net/index.html?sort=date&list=author&author=chris+johnson

Vive La Revolution!

2007-06-06T13:30:00.000+01:00

I have just got back from a very well earned holiday in Cuba and a very good time was had by all. We stayed at Hotel Blau in Varadero which was far better than we were expecting and was most enjoyable.

The weather was more or less perfect, round about 28+C every day with a nice cooling breeze off the sea, the hotel beach was perfect a lovely long strip of clean white sand with a very very blue and warm sea, beach lovers paradise.

Whilst in the Hotel we just chilled out, the day consisted of simply, brekkie, beach, lunch, few drinks, beach, few drinks, nap, dinner, few drinks bed, pretty simple but very very effective in the relaxation stakes, we were both thoroughly chilled out within 2 days.

We stayed in Havana for one night and thoroughly enjoyed the vibe of the place, the old town is great fun and the city as a who is very interesting. The live music bounding out of the Bars and Clubs is magic, the Bueno Vista Social Club was the highlight ACE.

We stayed in what was the old Hilton in Havana (see the pictures), which was where Fidel ran the revolution from for 18 months, he had the penthouse suite apparently. The hotel itself was pretty good example of 50's architecture, but i think it still had the same lifts, these things had a mind of there own and were on bungee cords! it took at least 20 minutes to get to the ground floor from our room on the 18th floor, every time the lift stopped it felt like it was catapulted up two floors before docking with the selected floor, i don't mind this kink of thing at Alton Towers but not when I'm trying to get down for brekkie!

The other major selling point of the hotel was "The Top of the World" nite club and it definitely was NITE. This was a night club on the top floor of the hotel, which was allegedly one of Havana's hot spots, well it was a little club which looked a bit like The Rotherham United Suite (that good eh!) but it did have a rather funky round bar where we sat at the smallest stools

known to man and drank the most expensive drinks in Cuba i think! But again the clubs saving grace was the house band, there were about 20 of em and after a very very long Phoenix nights / boxing Las Vegas style intro the band finally exploded into action. But none the less they were rather good.

The Cubans really do not like the Americans and the picture on the left shows the US consulate in Havana as they no longer have an embassy, the flags in front of the consulate have been erected by Fidel as a kind of public art works / memorial each flag symbolises a Cuban killed by the Americans.

Lots of cigars and mojito's were enjoyed and the overall feeling of Cuba is that of a great place to go and holiday and really chill out, the people are great and have a very good sense of humour, Catherine and myself would recommend it to anyone.

Viva Cuba.

See our photo slide show @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ymC4 TL264I

Sydney James Johnson

2007-06-06T13:03:00.000+01:00

This is my brothers new baby boy, weighing in at a rather larger than life 11lbs + he will be fighting in the red corner!

Anyway it is with much pleasure that Syd comes as an addition to our family, the little bugger is current burping, farting and shitting and generally doing all the things his father does rather well, so it could be said that he is an old chip off the block.

Next it will be pints of Guinness and Long Island Ice Tea in one, just like his daddy.

LITTLE THINGS AMUSE LITTLE MINDS - MIX 2

2007-06-06T12:46:00.000+01:00

This is my latest mix as promised bit of a new disco boogie house kinda thang!

Tracklisting;

http://www.mixdownloads.net/index.html?sort=date&list=author&author=chris+johnson

1. Donald Byrd - Lovin' You

2. Denroy Morgan - I'll Do Anything For You

3. Eddie Grant - My Turn To Love You

4. Eddie Kendricks - Goin' Up In Smoke

5. Theo Parrish - Ugly Edit 7

6. MFSB - Love Is The Message

7. Linus Loves - The Love (CJ Edit)

8. Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit Of Jazz

9. Kathy Diamond - All Woman

10. Tangoterje - Diamonds Dub

11. Sharon Brown - Specialise In Love

12. Shirley Lites - Heat You Up (Gerd's 4Lux Edit)

13. Dorfmeister - Boogie No More (68 Reverso Mix)

14. Promo - ?

15. Peter Visti - Balearic Love

LITTLE THINGS FOR LITTLE MINDS - MIX 1

2007-02-09T11:16:00.000Z

The first mix of hopefully many, can be downloaded @ http://www.mixdownloads.net/.

This a mix of balearia, funk, reggae, soul, jazz and 70's rock! The tracklisting can be found on the download site enjoy.

DVD Fest! (Reviews)

2007-02-05T11:06:00.000Z

This weekend was a bit of a DVD'fest watching three, Little Miss Sunshine, The Last Kiss and Thankyou For Not Smoking.

Little Miss Sunshine 4 out of 5 ****

This was a nice little film, about a very disfunctional familly taking there daughter to a beauty pagent, bit of a road movie feel but very quirky and funny definetly worth seeing.

The Last Kiss 1 out of 5 *

The only question to ask about this film is Why? is does not really go anywhere at all, mainly about a guy having a midlife crisis, pretty pants would stay well clear of this one.

Thank You For Not Smoking 4 out of 5 ****

Another quirkly leftfield US film, ripping it out of corporate America and the devious tactics used by tabacco companies and other MOD's (Mechants of Death) to keep there products rolling out and killing people. Some great dialogue and a very good pastiche of US rent it.

Diggin' The Crates

2007-02-05T10:29:00.000Z

A successful Saturday morning trawl through the ever increasing charity shops of Rotherham has bourne good fruit.

The undisputed highlight being a mint copy of "Its Just Begun" by the Jimmy Castor Bunch, magic jazz funk from the early 70's and a major bargain at £1. (Pictured Left)

Some nice 7's including a very balearic Steve Winwood, some nice Stevie Wonder and some 80's Breakin sounds and a bit of the Stranglers.

On the album front Kraftwerk 2 and Minnie Riperton, Perfect Angel.

So all in all was a good raid picking up some very inexpensive gems, although it has to be said that the clientele of the charity shops of Rotherham leave a ,little bit to be desired!

They also seemed to be the busiest shops in the town too! Which says a lot about the place! Theres still plenty of Big Band Sounds albums, Roger Whittaker and Mantavani knocking about at discount prices if anyone is interested? I also managed to pick up what i thought was 19 by Paul Hardcastle but once home found out that the record inside the sleeve was in fact the Thomson Twins, but the B side is a very chilled Balearic number. Also managed to pick up a mint original copy of New Order, Blue Monday for a quid which you can never have enough copies of.

Blast Off!

2007-02-02T12:59:00.000Z

So today is launch day of my Blog, trying to get my head around all the templates etc... and how it all works, was hoping to host some music and stuff, but don't this that's gonna be possible, so shall try and add links as blogs every time i find things of interest. Most probably musically related mixes etc...

I am a sad and boring individual and find the whole having a blog quite exciting, only 18 months after the rest of the world, but hey is quality not quantity and i hope to be able to provide some of that.

This site will probably be a centre of general mindless ramblings from myself, purveying my general angst against what is modern society, feel more than free to disagree with me!

2007-02-02T11:11:00.000Z

Strawberry Fields, Central Park, NYC, March 2006

"Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewellery." (John Lennon)