3 weeks! so where have i been? in the spare room sorting through loads of boring 90's prog records (well someone had to do it). they weren't going to sort themselves, and my dad wasn't going to do it. if i had the money again i could have had a nice car by now. 500 x £5-7 could have got me something better than the n-reg golf i'm currently driving. mind you i nearly didn't have it or my life this afternoon. if you were driving towards hindhead on the A30 about 3.45 this afternoon and saw a red car coming in the opposite direction (going too fast) going around THAT bend and losing it...it was me. luckily there was no-one behind or to the side of me so i was lucky not to injure anyone else. it sure beats any fairground ride i've been on! the side of the car is fucked (thank god for the central reservation barrier) and only my pride is hurt. surely the signs saying "SLOW DOWN" and "35 MPH" and the big black & white arrows should have given it away. stupid thing is, i drove up the road in the morning and said to myself "ivan, you need to remember that on the way back". prick.
so where were we? ah, yes. clearing stuff out has been quite therapeutic for my soul. getting rid of the shite music demons that once clouded my judgement. i went through all my old vhs cassettes too (remember them kids ?), loads of absolute bollocks in there too (breakdance, predator 2, mall rats, to name but three...). so i've got loads of space now to buy them again on dvd! (probably)
i was in a charity shop t'other day and i swear someone had broken into my house and ran up the street and dumped the records i was getting rid of in the shop. there were 3 boxes on the floor and assorted plebs going through the tunes. one guy was after "prog breaks" and some woman (who stank of ale) was after "funky house". i told both of them that i had a shit load of the stuff to collect at my house and they weren't interested! probably thought i was some sort of weirdo who hung around charity shops winding people up.
trying to think what else has happened since i last spoke to my legions of fans... not much i suppose but it'll come to me in the next few days. i will be appearing on the innersounds blog site soon (jez assures me) with my q&a. you'll all get to read how much of a geek i am. it was after reading through my answers that i came up with a brain wave. why don't i have a site where i don't get all introspective and tell you about me ? so i have. it's called lazy twat and you can find it here
basically, it's for when i just want to get something up without the hassle of thinking. they'll be a picture which bears no relation to the music and something off youtube which has tickled me recently. don't worry, i'll still be doing the hard slog on here. the music i put up will tend to be stuff i've downloaded elsewhere off other sites (hence the lazytwat title). where possible, i'll mention the site if i can remember. i won't give any thoughts or mentions about anything else. it's just a trial at the moment, so we'll see how it goes. i'm not a big fan of sites that just put up pictures and tracks without saying anything so it may last or it may not...
soooooooo, tonight's track was first heard on the pete tong show moons ago. i waited until the twin 12" (sold separately) came out and buzzed for ages about possibly the finest chill-out track i'd heard. fast forward to sunday night just gone and channel 5 showed vin diesel in "xxx". there's a club scene and i'm sure these guys are playing in it. when that double 12" came out there was a post card inside each record and it said "fill in the other side". i did and sent it off. a few months later i get a free cd and t-shirt (and personal note of thanks) from the band. when i look in the inner sleeve of the cd i see my "artwork" and some by others. total fucking result! the 12" was the radiccio e.p. and the album was the 2nd by the band (commonly referred to as the "brown album"). if you've got this look at the clint eastwood piece...that's me! after three weeks i give you a sublime chunk of musical heaven (you know it was worth waiting for).
orbital - halcyon + on +on
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