Miss-Shapes Xmas Party Tonight!

Tonight it's the Miss-shapes Xmas Party at Ghetto from 10.30pm! Due to
some stuff, Sandra and us are swapping set times for one night only, so
we are doing the main set, which equates to more dancing and drinking
after 1.30! Hooray.

Come
though, it will be great, and our grotto is going to be fantastic as
we've got things like signed and unreleased Ladytron stuff, loads of
vinyl & t-shirts to give away, amongst some silly stuff!

Here
is what we played last time at Miss-Shapes (only just found my list).
Late set was mainly by myself as co-dj James had drunk so much he was
asleep in the office. woo.

1030 - 1130

Miss Kittin - Frank Sinatra 2001
Adult - Nitelife
Portishead - Cowboys
Ladytron - International Dateline
Fischerspooner - Never Win
The Modern - Discotheque Francais
Girls Aloud - Swinging London Town
Cut Copy - Going Nowhere
Long Blondes - Seperated By Motorways
Clor - Love + Pain
Lush - Ciao!
The Rakes - Work Work Work
The Strokes - Reptilia
Editors - Munich
The Kills - The Good Ones
Raveonnettes - Love in a TrashCan
Saint Etienne - Sylvie
Madonna - Material Girl

130 - 300

Spice
Girls - Wannabe (Ok, Sandra gave me a 'you are playing the next track
yeah?' with 20s left on the previous track this was the first at hand)
Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha
Kaiser Chiefs - Every Day I Love You Less And Less
The Strokes - Juicebox
Bloodhound Gang - Ballad of Chasey Lane
Avril Lavigne - Sk8ta Boi
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Beck - Sexx Laws
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
Blur - Parklife
The Pixies - Debaser
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Madonna - Like a Virgin
Rachel Stevens - Some Girls
Girls Aloud - Models
Amerie - 1 Thing
Skunk Anansie - Twisted (Every Day Hurts)
Placebo - Teenage Angst
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
KT Tunstell - Suddenly I see
Blondie - Sunday Girl
Michael Jackson - Bad
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat
The Primitives - Crash '95
Divinyls - I touch myself

Popstarz Playlist : 16/12/05

10 - 11 we played...

Within Temptation - Ice Queen
Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore
Manic Street Preachers - Australia
The Subways - Rock & Roll Queen
Queens of the Stone Age - No one Knows
Ash - Renegade Cavalcade
Placebo - Taste in Men
Blur - Crazy Beat
Editors - Blood
McFly - I wanna hold you
Long Blondes - Seperated by Motorways
Charlotte Hatherley - Bastardo
Bloc Party - Helicopter
Arctic Monkeys - Bigger Boys & Stolen Sweethearts
White Stripes - My Doorbell
Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God
Elastica - Vaseline
Le Tigre - After Dark

BBC Review of Girls Aloud ‘Chemistry’

Wow at this photo of Girls Aloud.  Just how unstyled do they all look?

And how reminiscent is it of this Spice Girls shoot.

Girls Aloud 3rd album Chemistry came out on Monday...

GA have resusciatated pop's corpse by wedding chart-friendly melodies to experimental avant-garde sounds, particularly on the sublime Swinging London Town.

Read my full review at BBC Music Online.

                                                   

‘79th in line to the throne’

Lovely to see an article on Simon in the Observer magazine today.

The third most inspirational person to die this year after Mo Mowlam and Ronnie Barker...
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/0,11911,687174,00.html

Popstarz : 2 December 2005

A short and early set last night as on breakfast this morning so wanted to get away early.  It was pretty quiet to start with.

Rialto - Monday Morning 5:19
Cut Copy - Going Nowhere
Phoenix - Too Young
Architecture in Helsinki - The Cemetary
The Zutons - Confusion
Captain - Frontline
Super Furry Animals - International Language of Screaming
Dandy Warhols - Smoke It
Le Tigre - Phanta
Dead Disco - The Treatment
The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound
Mansun - Take It Easy Chicken
Sahara Hotnights - Who Do You Dance For
The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes
Long Blondes - Seperated By Motorways
Supergrass - Richard III
The Hives - A Little More of Little You
The Like - Say what I Mean
Placebo - 36 degrees
Garbage - Push It
Hard Fi - Hard to Beat
OK Go - Get Over It
Muse - Plug In Baby

Miss-Shapes : 23 November 2005

Early Set
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Kylie - Confide in Me
Lush - 500 (Shake Baby Shake)
Belle & Sebastian - I'm a cuckoo
Client - Pornography
The Cardigans - Sick & Tired
We are Scientists - The Great Escape
Editors - Blood
Sleeper - Nice Guy eddie
Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
Seahorses - Love is the Law
Bootleg - Juicebox Rock
Basement Jaxx - Plug it in ft JC Chasez
Suzi Quatro - Can Can
Adam & the Ants - Prince Charming
Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter (yeah, er sorry)

Late Set
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No Doubt - Just A Girl
The Modern - Jane Falls Down
Bis - Eurodisco
Franz Ferdinand - Do U Wanna
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Little Eva - The Locomotion
Girls Aloud - Love Machine
Mint Royale - Don't Falter
The Cardigans - Love Fool
White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
Placebo - Nancy Boy
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Blondie - Hanging onthe Telephone
The Vapours - Turning Japanese
Buzzcocks - Fallen in Love
Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Love Bites - You Broke My Heart
Bloodhound Gang - Chasey Lane
Beck - Sexx Laws
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
Mylo - Doctor Pressure
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Amerie - 1 Thing
Lulu - Shout
Prince - Raspberry Beret
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Lionel Richie - All Night Long

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Live Review : Sons & Daughters

On Monday evening, Shall, James & myself headed down to LSE to see Sons & Daughters. 

After confusing various students with the building we were after we realised we were actually meant to be at Kings College.  Thankfully that was only 5 mins walk away.

Clor were meant to be supporting.  They weren't there though and thanks to a dippy receptionist telling me the wrong time earlier in the day, we had to stand through the frankly diabolical VV & the Villains.

Anyway, Sons & Daughters themselves were TOTALLY awesome.    Find out how awesome at CDUK Online.

CD:UK review: Will Young - Keep On

"Will's voice lends itself to the bossanova beats of this song brilliantly: you can picture him bursting into song, tap dancing down the street and twirling round lampposts.  Clocking in at rather long five minutes, 20 seconds, it ends with a fancy organ breakdown followed by dazzling Spanish guitars."

Read my full review of Will Young's 3rd album keep on here.

Review: Hilary Duff ‘Most Wanted’

"But her voice has neither the spunk of Lindsay Lohan nor the power of Kelly Clarkson"



Read my review of 'Most Wanted' by Hilary Duff, for BBC Music here.

Popstarz Playlist : 19/11/05

We played the late set last night which means we pretty much have to stick to the classics.  Alcohol finishes at 3 so  that means people leave loads after that time.   I only did one experiment but it worked hurrah.

0230 - 0400

Blur - Country House
Presidents of the USA - Video Killed the Radio Star
No Doubt - It's My Life
Le Tigre- I'm So Excited
Blondie - Atomic
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
Offspring - Pretty Fly for A White Guy
Green Day - Holiday
Placebo - Nancy Boy
Pixies - Debaser
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Skunk Anansie - Twisted
Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So
Supergrass - Alright
Clash - London Calling
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Kaisers - Oh My God
Bis - Kandy Pop (the experiment!)
Elastica - Connection
Smiths - This Charming Man
Maximo Park - Apply some pressure
Sleeper - Nice Guy Eddie
The Cure - Friday I'm in Love
REM - Shiny Happy People
David Bowie - Young Americans
Pulp - Misshapes
Saint Etienne - He's on the Phone
The Modern - Jane Falls Down

Highlights from our trash palace set include:
Lush - 500 (Shake Baby Shake)
Sleeper - In Betweener
Kenickie - Spies AND punka!
Twiggy - When I think of you
Freezepop - Boys on Film
The Cardigans - Sick and Tired
The Raveonettes - Love in a trash can
Art Brut - Formed a band
Justice vs Simian - Never Be Alone
Kylie - Did it Again
Blur - On Your Own
Bis - Eurodisco
Pras - Ghetto Superstar

Sometimes I really wish I was dancing to my sets rather than playing them!!

Next weekend!

Next weekend my favourite Welsh girl Milly is in town visiting! Yay!

Thursday, we'll be going somewhere special and then she'll have the joy of Miss-Shapes. and Friday, Popstarz with Skin.

But I'm taking Friday off work and she's here all of Sat too.   So if you have any suggestions for cool things to go see / do in London next weekend, let me know, because we're going to rock this town!

Hey, punka, HEY!

I think I might go to Unskinny Bop   on Saturday with "Greg" from Londonist for a bit of a boogie.  I've never been before, and it involves venturing east so it will be a challenge.  But, how can I possibly resist a club who's last playlist includes Shampoo, Girls Aloud, All Girl Summer Fun Band, Kelis, Madge,  Elastica, Bikini Kill, Kenickie, Kate Bush, and Jay Z.   Anyone else who fancies it just hoot.  Sounds small though so I think we'll have to get there quite early, particularly as it seems to be the first one since April.

Tonight we're playing at Trash Palace and then hot footing it to play at  Popstarz a bit later on.  We spent a lot of last night looking at Shine compilations so we'll be playing some tracks that you will either think are forgotten classics or absolute tosh.

I'm spending a lot of time listening to Kenickie at the moment.  I'm so cutting edge obviously (!) but their tracks are so damn catchy!  Also The Modern have been rocking my boat since we saw them at Ibiza Rocks earlier in the year, and I've just got their album sampler which is quite frankly brilliant.   I heard Bis - Eurodisco for the first time last night and that reminded me of the Modern a lot.  Kandy Pop is interesting, and I've loved Dead Wrestlers for ages, so maybe it's time this girl did a bit of Bis investigation.  The new Girls Aloud album, Chemistry, landed in my grubby paws last Friday and is their best album yet.  It's full of Betty Boo-esque raps and Spice-y ballads.   Hooray.  Talking of Betty Boo, has anything happened yet with Wig-Wam, her apparnant side project with Alex James of Blur.  Sounded like it was going to be interesting!

Finally in a week or so I have review tickets to see Kelly Clarkson at Koko which is exciting me lots.  Yes, I only know about 3 songs, but damn they are good.  Let's just wait for a Kelly / Linkin collaboration shall we.   Talking of which, can we have a Linkin Park UK tour please?  It's always the unlikely ones that like Linkin Park isn't it :-)

What’s going on?

Last week James and I went to a small studio in Hoxton for a photoshoot and interview for Boyz magazine for the best up and coming DJs in London.  For some reason we were included! Hooray.

You can see a small picture of it here but either go to the Boyz website to see it in full or have a look on my flickr stream .

We're also going to be stopping doing Trash Palace on a Friday in the next couple of weeks and instead moving to be residents at Popstarz  itself. Woo.

And finally in DJ news, we've just put up our DJ website hoping to capture some interest of the back of the article.  Any ideas or thoughts on the basic site, let me know!

On the writing front, I've been doing more writing for Londonist, which if you're a London kid, you really should read, as it tells you about loads of cool stuff going on, and both myself and Ricky write for it.  You can see my small number of posts here.

I'm quite excited at the moment as I managed to get an article about one of my favourite, little known, groups, The Pipettes, onto the CDUK site.  You can read that here!  Hooray!

Predict A Disco

Friday night at Trash Palace I was on my tod as James was violently being sick everywhere and was in bed.   Last night I was being sick everywhere *yuck*.  I feel awful.

I must get some energy though as I need to write the content for our new DJ website.   Last week we had a photoshoot for Boyz magazine and an interview with us will appear this week as their choice of up and coming indie DJs. Whoo.

This week you can catch us on Friday night at Trash Palace between 7 and 11pm and then later on the same evening at <a href="http://www.popstarz.org">Popstarz</a>.

In none DJ news, the brilliant singles from The Modern and The Pipettes are out today so buy them!

Here's the setlist from Friday

7pm
Annie - Me plus one
Madonna - I love New York
Alpine Stars - Carbon Kid
Gorillaz - Dirty harry
KT Tunstell - Suddenly I see
Grandaddy - The Crystal Lake
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Super Furry Animals - Northern Lites
Arcitecture in Helsinki - The Cemetary
Bis - Dead Wrestlers
Shampoo - Cars
Girls Aloud - Watch Me Go
Vitalic vs Bjork - Who Am I?
Fischerspooner - We Need A War
Simian - La Breeze

Miss-Shapes Playlist : 10 November

This week we returned to Ghetto for the first time in a while. Also there was the added bonus of JD Samson from Le Tigre who turned out to be lovely, Djing along side us.

We played an extended first set instead of two seperate ones from 1030 - 1200.

Not particualrly adventurous as it got busy early but this was our set:

The Modern - Discotheque Francais
Postal Service - Such Great Heigihts
Arcade Fire- Power Cut
Madonna - Sorry
Fischerspooner - Never Win
Ladytron - International Dateline
Dead Disco - The Treatment
Sons & Daughters - Dance Me In
Lush - Ladykillers
Coral - Dreaming of You
Maximo Park - Grafitti
Hives - A Little More of Little You
Scissor Sisters - Music is the Victim
Prince - Raspberry Beret
Le Tigre vs Missy Elliott - Get Your Deceptacon On
Amerie - 1 Thing
Blondie - Hanging on the telephone
David Bowie - Suffragette City
Placebo - Every You Every Me
Cardigans - Favourite Game
Bloodhound Gang - The Ballad of Chasey Lane
Feeder - Buck Rogers
Kitty & the Ks - I am MF
Kelis - Milkshake
Rachel - Some Girls
No Doubt - Just a Girl
Interpol - Slow Hands
Killers - Mr Brightside
Beck - Sexx Laws
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone.

You can see Alex's picture from the night here

Ghetto

Ghetto, originally uploaded by trixie.

I love this photo.

James took it on the Friday of Reading festival. We had foolishly left our tent in the office of the club, and had to drag Sandra out on her day off to let us back in. Whoops. Thanks miss d!

Anyway it's so rare that we are there in daylight that it was a good waste of time to photograph it. The way the word has been painted on is so perfect it almost looks like it's been photoshopped on over the top.

HELLO

Enough with the sadness,

MY PROMO OF THE GIRLS ALOUD ALBUM JUST ARRIVED.

Be at Trash Palace tonight from 7 if you want to hear bits from it (when I say bits I mean I probably will be playing it every other song because I'm so excited.

N.b. IM VERY EXCITED.  Tracks 2 , 3 and 4 are practically moistening.
WOOOOOOO>

Somber and tear-enducing, certainly to me, the nationals have today published obit's for Simon.

Take a read if you care to:

The Times

The Guardian

The great British public

I love writing about music.  One of the funniest things about it is when you go back to your pieces and read comments that have been left.  Some are great, they actually talk about the music and challenge opinion, and it's great that this interactivity is avaliable.

Some, however, are just funny.

Recently I wrote about how I didn't think the new Sugababes album was very good.  Here are some words on what others think:

"GOD R U DEAF OR WOT REVIEWER! this ablums amazing! heidi is sooo much better than that ginger 1 that was ere b4."

"I dont know whether the reviewer was listening to the new sugababes album or some pre sample of Girls Aloud's new album. Its clearly obvious that the sugababes must have blanked him at one stage in his stalker life, and he's figured him dis thm with a bad review, cos this album rocks, "

"the reviewer is obviously an atomic kitten fan."

"i dnt agree wit dat review at al! the sugababes r the greatest, even if the album wasn't 2 gd it wud still b brilliant cos the sugababes mad it! msg 2 the reviwer - hav u got waxy ears lol"

And when I praised Rachel's latest offering for being a pop masterpiece, the music snob brigade came in:

"crap sorry but crap, the only REAL music is music with GOOD lyrics. an exmaple is soul music, soul has very powerful strong lyrics with feelings and meanings unlike the pop we get now i dont know what the music is coming to. the only artist in pop with good lyrics and all the rest of it is Michael Jackson. no one will ever be able to top him, he is great! i true superstar. to me the only superstar. no wonder he is the king of pop. well to some up its not very good sorry oh and by the way i am only 13."

"This entire thread and article is ludicrous. I refuse to believe for a second that this is a "classic" album. Is the author really suggesting it rivals such classics as ‘Siamese Dream’, ‘Dark Side of the Moon’, ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magic’, ‘Blonde on Blonde’, ‘Bad’, ‘The Queen is Dead’, ‘Back in Black’, ‘The Joshua Tree’ etc. etc. etc. I don't need to here this manufactured, disposable noise to realise that such plastic music to come from Rachel Stevens’s management is nothing more than a few catchy choruses filled out with empty, nonsensical lyrics. Albums like this are anything but classics are truly degrade the real meaning and power of music."

That's enough to put a smile on my face for a while.

Dreadful Awful Rubbish : My friend Simon

On Sunday, our friend, Simon died unexpectedly, an hour or two after we last saw him.

I'm not going to go on about how he changed the landscape of clubbing and life for so many people. You can read that in other places. I want to remember my friend Simon, the guy who wasn't just our boss, but a man we respected, a man we cherished, a man we loved and pretty much over the last 6 months, the centre of our universe.

I started going to Popstarz soon after moving to London in around September 2004. James and I always noticed this tall, omnipresent guy with black hair who was obviously involved in the club in someway. He was constantly there, and we found him quite a scary, foreboding prescence.

Roll forward and it's May 2005. James & I arrive back from New York and head in a deleriously jetlagged state to Miss-Shapes at Ghetto, run by the same man. We see a poster saying there will be auditions for a DJ for the club and I'm straight on the case. We applied, headed down to Trash Palace to do a set and got the gig, all while nervously speaking to this guy we now know is Simon. He compliments us on our set, gives us some drink vouchers, and later not so subtly hints that the job is ours, though he'll have to confirm that with Sandra. James and I look at each other amazed that this guy is even talking to us.

And that was that. Suddenly we were thrust into the spotlight, and into the world I fondly called The Hobart Empire. We were living out some of our dreams, DJing in a place we loved, meeting fantastic people and getting us and our friends into Popstarz for free. How cool was that!

We spent the next 6 months getting to know him. Both of us still in awe of him, but wondering how on earth we ever found him scary. He was so generous, letting us in everywhere for free, plying us with free drinks, and talking to us, telling us his fabulous stories of days gone by.

It was probably in the last 2 months, as he and J became closer, that I got to really know him and he changed from being the awe-inducing Simon Hobart, to being our friend Simon, Suddenly I was playing cupid, determined that these two great guys should be together. I helped J pick nice restaurants and filled Simon in on Js' quirks and eccentricities.

Going to Ghetto was something I knew I could always do happily, even by myself. A few weeks ago I showed up after another party by myself at 1 in the morning knowing that inside I'd be able to enjoy myself even if I didn't know anyone there. But I did, Simon of course was there, and we drunkedly spent the next 3 hours drinking and gossiping. It was great fun, and a far cry away from my fear of the immortal gothic prince that we used to see from afar. Similarly I could show up at Trash Palace, hook up with Simon and then head to Ghetto with him where we'd buy each other drinks and have a good gossip. In the last month or so, we were pretty much a regular feature at Ghetto from Wednesday til Saturday and we certainly wouldn't have been there that much if Simon hadn't been there.

And so to the final night. After having been out all day, James & I eventually rocked up to Ghetto at 12.45 just in time for Simon's set at 1am. We greeted, we danced and then at about 3, we left. I told him to call me when he woke up about DJing on Sunday, and kissed him goodbye. And that was that.

I feel a bit embarassed at myself. Last night a group of his friends all got together and went out. There are people who have known him forever and there I am bursting into tears every two minutes. Perhaps I'm just not very good at coping with grief and being strong, but I do need to be strong for everyone else,.

I feel so sad and devastated. It doesn't feel real, we showed up to DJ, made a phone call and got this terrible news. I can't imagine walking down those stairs at Ghetto and him not being at the bottom. I can't imagine going into Popstarz and looking forward to seeing him at the first bar and realising he's not there and never will be. I'm just walking round my flat crying in a permanent state of disbelief. We walked from Wardour Street up to Falconberg Court when we got the news, and walking down Old Compton it felt like the world should stop. Why are there people walking round doing their usual business. It felt like Soho should be still.

I, like a lot of people, loved that man, and it's near impossible to describe how great he was to people who didn't know him. He was funny, intelligent, inspiring, handsome and kind.

He was so important to the way we operated that it's even more impossible to imagine how our world can carry on without him.

Simon, please come back. I miss you.

Today

Today we lost a great man, a hero and a dear friend.   And also the only person who wasn't me who I would ever consider to be good enough for James :-)

Simon, we love you x

Miss-Shapes : Playist 20 Oct

We played some good music last night!  And it stayed ridiculoulsy busy until the end.

Popstarz tonight! ARGH!

1030-1130
Billie - Something Deep Inside
Architecture in Helsinki - The Cemetary
Matthew Herbert - Celebrity
Vitalic vs Bjork - Who Am I
Goldfrapp - Ride a White horse
Clor - Good Stuff
Cardigans - Give Me Your Eyes
Magazine - Shot on Both Sides
Rinocerose - Bitch
Fischerspooner - Happy
Sugababes - Obsession
Visage - Fade To Gray
Speedway - Last Night
Garbage - Push It
Blur - There's No Other Way
The Rakes - Work Work Work
The Kills - The Good Ones
The Concretes - Can't Hurry Love

0130-0300
Madonna - Hung Up
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Placebo - Nancy Boy
Muse - Plug In Baby
Melanie C - Goin' Down
Britney Spears - Crazy
Softcell - Tainted Love
Tiga - You Gonna Want Me feat Jake shears
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Blondie - Call Me
Cardigans - Favourite Game
Skunk Anansie - Twisted
Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Girls Aloud - Biology
Franz Ferdinand - Michael
Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky
Sleeper - Sale of the Century
Primal Scream - Rocks
David Bowie - Suffragette City
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
Pixies - Debaser
Interpol - Slow hands
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predicet A Riot
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
No Doubt - Just A Girl
Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
Pulp - Do you remember the first tim

Popstarz here we come

Wowza.

This Friday, we will be tackling the holy grail of DJing - the indie room at Popstarz.  Come and see us if you can.  We are very excited but also cacking our pants.

20/10 - Miss-Shapes @ Ghetto : 1030-1130 / 0130-0300

21/10 - Popstarz warmup @ Trash Palace : 1900 - 2300
                Popstarz ! @ Scala : 0200 - 0400

23/10 - Gay Freshers Fayre @ Trash Palace : 1930 -2300

Miss-Shapes : Oct 6 Playlist

The below is from 2 weeks ago.  We're back at Ghetto tonight.

1030-1130

The Modern - Discotheque
Dead Disco - The Treatment
Sugababes - Obsession
Madonna - Borderline
Junior Senior - Itch You Can't Skratch
Ladytron - International Dateline
Hefner - Christian Girls
John Cale - Perfect
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
Kenickie - In Your Car
Strokes - Someday
Concretes - Can't Hurry Love
Kaiser Chiefs - Time Honoured Tradition
Kula Shaker - Hush
Franz Ferdinand - Darts of Pleasure
Garbage - Special
Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse
Scissor Sisters - Better Luck Next Time
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Bloc Party - Banquet
White Stripes - Fell in Love With A Girl
David Bowie - Let's Dance
The Who - Pinball Wizard

0130-0300
Holly Valance - State of Mind
Charlotte Hatherly - Bastardo
Supergrass - Alright
White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
Hives - Main Offender
Blur - Parklife
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Amerie - 1 Thing
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love
Placebo - 36 Degrees
No Doubt - Just A Girl
Girls Aloud - The Show
Alice Cooper - Poison
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Clash - London Calling
Dr & The Medics - Spirit in the Sky
Suede - Filmstar
Sleeper - Sale of the Century
Killers - Mr Brightside
Pixies - Debaser
Beck - Sexx Laws
Le Tigre - TKO
Pink Grease - Pink Grease
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
George Baker - Little Green Bag
Pulp - Babies

Burning the candle at both ends

Currently I'm sat in a very cool place, earning quite a bit of money for not much work.  Sounds great huh?

The catch is its 817 and I've been up since 540.  The double catch is I only went to bed at 3.40.  Boo.

Last night was our first Friday at Trash Palace, which we'll be doing each week from now on.  We then went to Popstarz, and then I got 'dragged' to Ghetto for a little while.   Upon leaving there was a lucky appearance of a cab so it's not as bad as it could be.

But now half way through the show, I am flagging to the max.   

Today it will be home, sleep, if I wake up in time - a trip to Spitafields to visit our pig, then probably back to ghetto.  I'm such a glutton for punishment!  Boooo.

links for 2005-10-11

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When Trixie met The Cardigans

"We wanted to call the album something really ridiculous like Nerve-Wracking Acrobatic Backwards Dance  but the record company were like.... erm, no!"

Find out what else happened when I caught up with Sweden's greatest non meatball export for CD:UK 

**** STOP PRESS ****

For one night only, I return to Warwick Students' Union to DJ at the RaW edition of the Time Tunnel.

Joining me on the decks will be fellow London DJ and former Warwick Indiependance DJ James, his co-indiependance DJ Markt, and former Union DJ and Radio 1's finest James King.

We'll be playing the best tracks from the year RaW was born - 1970, as well as the tracks that student radio has made big ever since.

Expect T-Rex, David Bowie, Placebo, Elastica, Beck, Gorillaz, Black Sabbath, Freda Payne and even the Carpenters!

UWSU, The Cooler, 9  - 2am.  See you there!

[Yes I realise this isn't the most exciting news ever but it's exciting for me!]

Upcoming Gigs

06/10/05          Miss-Shapes, Ghetto
08/10/05          Time Tunner, The Cooler, UWSU
14/10/05           Trash Palace
20/10/05          Miss-Shapes, Ghetto
21/10/05           Trash Palace
28/10/05           Trash Palace
03/11/05            Londonist is 1. Offside Bar, Islington

Be at one of them or you're a loser! 

Oi! Give me some!

Oi! Give me some!, originally uploaded by g_lined.

My friends are scaring me muchly with this 'experiment'.

Happy 36th Birthday Grover!

Happy Birthday to the best of all the muppets. 

I could rant about how unfairly Grover has been treated in life, how that wanker of a creature they call Elmo manipulated and destroyed Grover in the eyes of the CTW production team, but I'll leave that to the brilliant 'Grover is Bitter' .

Let's just remember the great times he gave us when we were growing up.   And continue spending time each night with our Elmo voodoo doll made of POO.

When Trixie met Ladytron

"We’ve
ended up becoming a cult band.  I don’t know if we do want to be
mainstream, we don’t want to get so big that all our fans get bored of
us. We’d sooner just gradually grow over 5 or 6 albums rather than have
some huge hit that becomes an albatross."

Find out what else the band had to say when I caught up with Danny & Reuben at CD:UK towers last week here.

 

Ladytron - Witching Hour

"For a band so oft accused of being detached and cold, this album is filled with emotion, from the forcefulness of Destroy to the snarl of Mira's Bulgarian sung Fighting in Built Up Areas."

Find out a little bit more about Ladytron's Witching Hour here.

Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better

"They haven't suddenly decided they are going to become oh so serious,
with no track clocking in at longer than just over 4 minutes, nor have
they lost the fun and vibrancy that made us love them in the first
place. The change comes, most obviously, in production values."

Find out what else I thought about Franz's 2nd album here.

Rachel Stevens - Come And Get It

"Bold, Swaggering and Accomplished - three words you
would perhaps not expect to hear when talking about Rachel Stevens; but
these are fair comment when describing her sophomore album 'Come and
Get It'. Quite simply, it's the pop album of the year and a far cry
from the wilting 'Funky Dory'."

Find out what I had to stay about my album of the year at BBC Music Online. 

Review: Ladytron at Popstarz, 23 Sept 05

'Their notoriously reserved onstage demeanour makes even
the slightest indication of a smile an unexpected thrill, so when lead
vocalist Helen broke tradition with a warm, broad beam, the audience
surged with appreciation.'

Find out just how good a show you missed by reading my BBC review of Ladytron at Popstarz.

This week…

Friday night and it was time for Popstarz and one of the most anticipated PAs imaginable.   Joined by the inimitable Darren, we sang, danced, took photos and drank a fair bit of the old Purple Reef.

Over the last 48 hours I've been putting together a review of the gig for BBC London.  I'll link to it when it's up.

Last night I headed down to China White for the Deuce Bigalo: European Gigalo aftershow party.  It was always going to be interesting to go to such a notorious venue but in the end I did what I suspected I might and jacked it in to go to Ghetto.

There I shook my tail feather and danced in clothes far too posh for Falconberg Court. And went to bed at 5am. Whoops.

And the rest of the week?

Tonight I'll be trying to decipher a man who is incomprehensible but somehow hosts a pub based music quiz...

Thursday night and we're off to see some Comedy for the first time in ages.  This time it's Alex Horne, who I'm not familiar with but my partners in crime liked last time they saw him.   Despite this I'm the one dying with excitement about the show.  ITS ABOUT LATIN. How exciting is that?   VERY IS THE ANSWER.   (I studied Latin for 9 years. I LOVE IT)

Then its popstar fun to the max:

Come and Get It - the new Rachel Stevens album will be getting the Karinski reviewing treatment for BBC Music.

Warning IT IS INSANELY BRILLIANT.  The review is going to be gushing all over her face.

Early afternoon I'm interviewing The Cardigans as they prepare for the release of new album Super Extra Gravity.

Wembley is the place to be on Friday night when we head over to swoon at a young 17 year old boy.  Yes it's McFly and yes, I fancy Dougie.

When Trixie met Jamie…

Use your time, go out, meet people, do new things, go to the balls and kiss people!!

I caught up with jazz's brightest young star, Mr Jamie Cullum, for CD:UK,  on the brink of releasing his new album 'Catching Tales' on Monday.

Find out what happened here.

Last night we played

1030-1130
Sparklehorse - Sick of Goodbyes
Soulwax - Conversation Intercom
Ladytron - International Dateline
The Modern - Discotheque
Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse
David Bowie - Queen Bitch
Supergrass - Grace
The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket
Prince - Raspberry Beret
Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
Pink Grease - Fever
Garbage - Special
Sons & Daughters - Dance Me In
Dandy Warhols - Get Off
Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes
Sugababes - Round Round
Le Tigre - After Dark
Sleeper - Sale of the Century

130 - 300
The Knack - My Sharona
Lightning Seeds - Life of Riley
Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my heart
Pink Grease - Pink G.R.ease
Franz Ferdinand - Michael
No Doubt - Just A Girl
New Order - Blue Monday
Shir Khan - Washing up MIA (Tiga remix)
Britney Spears - Toxic
Girls Aloud - No Good Advice
Garbage - Why Do You Love Me
The Cardigans - My Favourite Game
Skunk Anansie - Twisted
Rachel Stevens - I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)
Amerie - 1 Thing
David Bowie - Jean Genie
JC Chasez - All Day Long I Dream About Sex
Basement Jaxx - Good Luck
The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
Placebo - 36 Degrees
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Dick Dale - Miserlou
Girls Aloud - Love Machine
Pixies - Debaser
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
The Clash - London Calling
Ladytron - Playgirl

Next gig : Thursday 6 October, Miss-Shapes at Ghetto.

Don't forget the brilliant Ladytron are playing at Popstarz tonight, and you'll be able to read all about what happened when I caught up with Reuben & Danny from the band very soon.

Hello London

And indeed my first post for Londonist is up. 

Have a look at http://www.londonist.com/archives/2005/09/mobo_awards_pre.php

Londonist is the first UK branch of spin offs from the original Gothamist (a site about New York) website.   It talks mainly, as you may guess, about London - cool things happening in the city, gigs, culture, sport - everything; and is one of London's highest read weblogs.

The problem is that I've always read Londonist to find out what's going on.  Now I need to somehow find out from somewhere else and be able to tell other people!   Funnily enough my specialist subject is going to be music!

Special Request :

If you hear of anything interesting happening or you are going to be getting upto anything fun  in London that I or Londonist might have missed drop me an email on my name at the domain of this site!  And you never know, you might see an article about it on Londonist some time soon x

Trixie the writer

One reason that karinski.net the blog has been neglected frequently during the last year (except for the playlists) of course, is that I've been busy writing for lots of places.

And I've just begun writing for one of my favourite sites -  Londonist.

I'm beginning to think that I need a site for my freelance work (writing & djing) but I can't think of a good domain name.   Can you?

Alternatively I could of course do something to karinski.net that involves the index page being a link to 1. Writing 2. DJing 3. Blog, but I'm not sure I want my writing work to be confused with my blog, as more often than not, things I write on here are a lot of tosh!

Miss-Chief at Trash Palace

As the DJ who we replaced at Miss-Shapes for 3 months has now returned, we are now doing fortnightly at Miss-Shapes.   From October 14th we will also be DJing the Popstarz/Pimp! warmup at Trash Palace every Friday night.

Last week we covered for someone at Trash Palace for the Miss-Shapes warm up,  but we'll be back at Ghetto tonight, so hope to see you there.

Our playlist at Trash Palace was open to a little more movement as it's a bar so I don' have to keep the dancefloor full.   Here is what we played (warning it's long!)

9pm - 10pm :
Fischerspooner - Cloud
Sugababes - Obsession
Goldfrapp - Number One
Rachel Stevens - Funny How
Rinocerose - Bitch
The Modern - Suburban Culture
Arcade Fire - Power Out
Super Furry Animals - Herman Loves Pauline
The Cardigans - I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
Frank Popp Ensemble - Hip Teens don't wear Blue Jeans
The Go! Team - Huddle Formation
Teen Anthems - What a girl wants
Clor - Love + Pain
Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky
Hefner - Christian Girls
The Concretes - Can't Hurry Love
The Auteurs - Lenny Valentino

10pm - 11pm
VHS or Beta - Night on Fire
B52s - Rock Lobster
Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse
Ladytron - He Took Her To A Movie
Scissor Sisters - Music is the Victim
Dandy Warhols - Get Off
Franz Ferdinand - Darts of Pleasure
Gorillaz - 19/2000
Rachel Stevens - Nothing Good About This Goodbye
Blur - Popscene
Clash - I fought the law
Kaiser Chiefs - Every day I love you less and less
No Doubt - Hey Baby
Mint Royale - Don't Falter
The Cardigans - Love Fool
Kylie - Some Kind of Bliss
Lush - Single Girl
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Girls Aloud - No Good Advice

11pm - 12pm

Gwen Stefani - What U Waitin' For?
Sugababes - Push the Button
Ladytron - Sugar
The White Stripes - My Doorbell
Gorillaz - DARE
Beck - Sexx Laws
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat
Placebo - Teenage Angst
Franz Ferdinand - Do you want to?
The Beatles - I wanna hold your hand
M.I.A - Bucky Don Gun
Matthew Herbert - Celebrity
Rachel Stevens - Some Girls
Annie - Chewing Gum
Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
Elastica - Waking Up
Ladytron - Destroy everything you touch
Mylo - Doctor Pressure
Basement Jaxx - Plug it in

1200 -1230
Vitalic - My Friend Dario
tATu - All About Us
Charlotte Church -  Crazy Chik
Sugababes - Red Dress
Sons & Daughters - Dance Me in
Munk - Kick out the chairs
Client - Down to the Underground
The Modern - Discotheque
Fischerspooner - Happy
We're from Barcelona - We're from Barcelona

Party time!

On Saturday we had a party to celebrate our housemates birthday. It was very successful and my mars bar crispie cakes went down a treat. We set up a cheesy DJ booth in the lounge with crazy rope lights and a giant star kindly brought by Giles, which confused the neighbours no end.

The DJ decks were open and we got each DJ to log their songs as we thought it might be interesting! Here is what they played...

Ricky

Brendon Benson - Tiny Park
Air - Sexy Boy
Death Cab For Cutie - The New Year
Morrisey - The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I get
Ash - Shining Light
Cast - Fine Time
22-20s - Why Don't You Do It For Me
Kasabian - Processed Beats
Chemical Brothers - The Boxer
Cooper Temple Cause - Let's Kill Music
Joy Zipper - You're The One
All American Rejects - Swing Swing
Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
Elastica - Connection
Idlewild - Love Steals Us From Loneliness

Birthday Boy

Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo
Bodyrockers - For One Night Only
Fischerspooner - Happy
Goldfrapp - Lovely 2 C U
Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like It Should
Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independant
En Vogue - Free Your Mind
Kaiser Chiefs - Saturday Night
Jet - Cold Hard Bitch
Gabi & the whoremoans - Virgins in the valley

Adrian (playing some briliant stuff! Confide in me! As! Lucky Star!)

Chemical Brothers - Believe
Moloko - Familiar Feeling
Kylie - Confide In Me
Garbage - Cherry Lips
Blondie - One Way Or Another
George Michael - As
Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll
Basement Jaxx - Lucky Star
Faithless - Mass Destruction
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge

Me

Billie - Something Deep Inside
Le Tigre - Phanta
Charlotte Hatherly - Bastardo
Richard X - Mark One feat Mark Goodier
Sair Khan - Washing Up MIA
Rachel Stevens - Crazy Boys
Wu Tang Clan - Gravel Pit
Mary J Blige - Family Affair
Go! Team - Huddle Formation
The Pipettes - Judy
Arcade Fire - Rebellion (lies)

Ricky then popped back on to play...
Catch - Bingo

Pauly

Supernaturals - Day Before Yesterday's Man
Cornelius - Count Five Or Six
The Divine Comedy - No One Knows
My Life Story - Walk / Don't Walk
LHB - No Transmission
Placebo - Pure Morning
Bush - Swallowed
Creature - Ow Much

James

LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
Little Eva - The Locomotion
The Fall - Touch Sensitive
ABC - The Look of Love
Black Box Recorder - These are the things
Holly Valance - State of Mind
Primal Scream - Miss Lucifer
Fannypack - Nu Nu (Yeah Yeah|)
Fallacy & Fusion - Groundbreaker
Sugababes - Ace Reject

Thanks to everyone who played! And everyone else who came

CDUK Review : Kaiser Chiefs, Ibiza Rocks

During ‘You Can Have It All’ a rabid brunette mounts the stage and with
security standing back with a bemused grin, the girl clings to
Ricky’s neck and thighs.

Find out what happened and see the full review online at CD:UK Online

I tell a bit fat lie

My reviews did get used for CD:UK, I just didn't notice!   They just got amalgamated into one big monster instead of individual ones.  Also the Go! Team and LCD Soundsystem bits on the review were written by James.

Whooo.

In other news I'm interviewing Jamie Cullum in the morning.  I'm doing this last minute for someone else who can't go, and to be honest know very little about the guy apart from the fact that he's vaguely cute and covered Everlasting Love for the 2nd Bridget Jones diary.  Help!

links for 2005-09-12

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The below reviews were written for the CD:UK website but didn't end up being used as they eventually didn't do a Reading review section.

Watch out for my review of Kaiser Chiefs at Ibiza Rocks going up there later in the week.

Reading 2005 : Mylo in the Dance Tent

Not since the transformation
of Norman Cook into Fatboy Slim back in 1997 has one man been heralded so much
as the saviour of dance music. And
Mylo is certainly living up to his name, with his crossover appeal for dance,
indie and pop fans becoming more encompassing by the day.

Making the dance tent fuller
than it had probably been all festival, the atmosphere was absolutely
electric. With 2 large screens
featuring Mylo’s video projections, strobes, and fantastic lighting displays,
this was the perfect festival closer for some. While some may scoff at the necessity of seeing a dance act play their
set live – after all he could just put his cd on and it would sound the same –
it was the audience that made this so spectacular. The building tension leading up to the
breakdown in Drop the Pressure was nearly unbearable and once unleashed your
oh so serious rock fans could be found dancing with the best of the pop kids.

Reading 2005 : Maximo Park in the Radio 1 / NME Tent

Arriving in the NME/Radio 1
tent to a much smaller crowd than deserved, Maximo Park are determined to let
us know exactly who they are with a giant logo emblazoned at the back of the
stage. Frontman Paul Smith’s confidence
built up by a summer of touring, is apparnant, and he was completely at home on
stage, generally acting a bit more able to talk than your average lead singer.

Set wise they pounded tracks
from A Certain Trigger with admirable zest and poise. Although not having quite reached the success
of their peers, the Kaiser Chiefs (sorely missed
on the bill by the way), their fan dedication is apparnant, with fans young and
old singing along to each song. 2^nd
single Graffiti ups the tempo for the second half of the set and leads to
Smith scissor kicking across the stage, such is his excitement. Nothing can quite beat, however, the feeling
when debut single Apply Some Pressure is played. More of this please - we’ll watch how Maximo
grow with interest.

Reading 2005 : Ladytron in the Carling Tent

Up against the Pixies and
festival darlings Kasabian it was always going
to be difficult for Ladytron to get the audience they deserved in the Carling
Tent. On the cusp of releasing 3^rd
album, Witching Hour, this set proved that this bizarre mix of Europe and Liverpool still has
mileage and they deserve more success than they seem to achieve.

Darting wildly between
albums, the slick black haired 4 piece manage to combine their cool
sophisticated look with songs rooted in darkness. Debut single He Took Her to a Movie is met
with ecstasy as the crowd softly dance around to the clinical beats. Live favourite Playgirl continues the
aloof mystique and the dancefloor gets more and more animated as they steadily
build up the intensity until reaching the pounding dance beats of climatic new
single Destroy Everything You Touch.

However cold and clinical
Ladytron may be on stage there is something so compelling and unsettling about
them and their music that it somehow feels strangely right.

Reading 2005 : Charlotte Hatherley in the Carling Tent

With a sexy new haircut, a movie director boyfriend and 2004’s most
underated album under her belt, there is no denying Charlotte Hatherley’s continuing
position as the sexiest woman in rock. Taking to the Carling Tent for the first time without the comfort of her
fellow bandmates from Ash, this was a note perfect, polished performance to a
surprisingly sizable and welcoming audience. Joined by her band, and cute girl trio of backing singers, tracks such
as the irresistable Kim Wilde and surf guitarry Summer sounded as fun and energetic as on record. Stand out single Bastardo was met with a cheer, and even the rockiest
Ash fan, disapproving of their princess’ new pop path, could hardily fail but
bounce and sing along. Added treats for
the fans came in two forms. First,
having sung a song about her, Charlotte launched into a
fun, punky version of Wilde’s most famous hit Kids In
America. And then fresh from success on
the main stage earlier that day, Graham Coxon joined Charlotte on stage for a
Britpop guitarists love-in with a rendition of Stop.

 

Up against the Pixies on the bill, Charlotte did well by managing to keep the audience in her tent. We can only hope that when booking next year, it’s Charlotte by herself, not Ash, that return to the Main Stage.

 

Some girls

Each of these popstars made some songs which I think stand out in the whirlwind called popmusic.

And in every case, it's all about the 2nd album.

2000 - Billie 'could have been bigger than Britney' Piper gave us the amazing Something Deep Inside & brilliant Day and Night.

2003 - Bitchy Holly flopped hugely with 'State of Mind' containly the brilliant title track and a whole album full of 80s fulled electro pop.

2005 - After the horrid failure of album number 1, and well just no one being excited about her, Rachel is on the verge of releasing 'Come and Get It'. Her last 4 singles have been unfailingly brilliant and the songs deserve much greater success that they've ever got.

Lucky Lucky Lucky!

Ah a week ago now, but I've been off having fun on a beautiful island.

This misshapes saw me on my tod as J was ill in bed.  I was also ill - it was all a bit delirious.

Early Set
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Black Box Recorder - Facts of Life
Blur - Coffee & TV
Ladytron - He took her to a movie
Kraftwerk - The Model
VHS or Beta - Night on Fire
Clor - Love + Pain
Garbage - Special
Ash - Life Less Ordinary
Beck - Devil's Haircut
Charlotte Hatherley - Summer
Kenickie - Come Out Tonight
Fischerspooner - Happy
Razorlight - Rip it up
Holly Valance - State of Mind
Goldfrapp - Satin Chic
LCD Soundsysterm - Tribulations
Chemical Brothers - Golden Path ft The Flaming Lips
Soulwax - E Talking

Late Set
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Oceanic - Insanity
Alter Ego - Rocker
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Basement Jaxx - Plug it in feat JC Chasez
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date with the night
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Kinks - You Really Got Me
Girls Aloud - Love Machine
Blondie - Maria
Whitney Houston - Queen of the Night
Dandys - Bohemian Like You
White Stripes - My Doorbell
Pixies - Debaser
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Menswear - Daydreamer
Lush - Single Girl
Garbage - Cherry Lips
Placebo - Every Me & Every You
Cardigans - My Favourite Game
Skunk Anansie - Twisted
Electric 6 - Gaybar
Blur - Country House
Beck - Sexx Laws
The Clash - Rock The Casbah
Oasis - She's Electric

Ladytron

Not only is the new Ladytron single 'Destroy Everything you touch' amazing, but they are playing at Popstarz on 23 September 2005! WHOO.

But but, 23rd September, you people with good musical taste say to yourself... Isn't that the night Vitalic is playing at Fabric? 

Well yes indeed it is, but he is also playing on the 7th October at Warwick SU, so I'll just see you there for it instead. 

HRRRRRNK

He made me do it

Del tagged me!  I can't do anything but oblige...

"List
five songs that you are currently digging - it doesn't matter what
genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they're not
any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post
these instructions and the five songs (with artist) in your blog. Then
tag five people to see what they're listening to."

1. Clor - Love and Pain
2. Lush - Single Girl
3. Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
4. Rachel Stevens - I said Never Again (But Here We Are)
5. LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations

I tag:

 Laurie
Mary
Ricky
Jessica
Pauly

Mine aren't particularly inspired at the moment, probably because 5 is too few, and I go on about them on here anyway.

But really, buy Clor's album - it's so so so good.

Misshapen

This week was great.   Our sets were a little bit shorter than normal due to a guest DJ but it was totally fun due to all the people we were out with, dancing and having fun!

Early Set
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Dubstar- Stars
Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartbeat
Pointer Sisters - Happiness
Garbage - Androgyny
Lush - Single Girl
Sleater Kinney - Little Babies
Subways - Oh Yeah
Death in Vegas - Aisha
Vitalic - My Friend Dario
Lcd Soundsystem - Tribulations
Fischerspooner - Happy
Clor - Good Stuff
The Walkman - The Rat
Rachel Stevens - I said never again (but here we are)
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Kitty & the K - I am MF

Late Set
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S Club vs Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Billie Jean
Rachel Stevens - So good
Transvision Vamp - I want Ur Love
Charlotte Hatherley - Bastardo
Suede - Trash
Alice Cooper - Poison
Bloodhound Gang - Ballad of Chasey Lane
Love Bites - I Broke Your Heart
Dandy Warhols - Get Off
James - Waltzing Away
White Stripes - My Doorbell
Aztec Camera - Somewhere in My Heart
Jam - Going Underground
David Bowie - Jean Genie
Placebo - Teenage Angst
Pulp - Misshapes
The Cure - Friday I'm in Love

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Charlotte Church - Tissues and Issues

I'm feeling pretty good writing wise : every review on BBC Music Pop currently has been written by me. Huzzah.

Anyway my new review has gone up and is viewable here or just read below

When former child star and operatic Voice of an Angel
Charlotte Church grew up, we knew things were going to be different. As
a feisty 19 year old with a rugby player boyfriend, she's been in and
out of the papers every since she discovered boys and alcohol. Tissues and Issues
sees Charlotte attempt to cross over from the classical chambers into
the pop pond, but were our expectations, dreaming of a pop saviour,
simply too high?

Unleashing "Crazy Chick" as her debut pop single, it
was obvious Charlotte wasn't working with the current trend of putting
80s electro beats behind her music. Instead here was a soulful,
confident ass-shaking hairbrush hit. Unfortunately it was a solitary
shiny penny gleaming out of a pool of mud.

Brimmed to the max with middle of the road ballads,
the album is sadly lacking anything clever, special or original and you
can't help but wish that collaborators such as Xenomania and Richard X
had been picked instead of those who were.

Single number 2 "Call My Name" is another motown
inspired number, but is sadly little more than "Crazy Chick Part II"
(the part without the catchy bit). The same can be said for
"Moodswings". "Let's Be Alone" is pretty much the only other upbeat
track on the album and here she fuses her classical sounds with middle
eastern twinged dance beats.

And so, into the ballads... "Easy to Forget" is just
that, and its slight urban sound makes it sound like a watered down
version of All Saints "War of Nerves". The frankly dreadful "Even God"
sees Charlotte lose all attitude and credibility and is nearly enough
to bring any sane listener to tears of boredom or laughter. Only "Fool
No More", heavily influenced by Jamelia's Stop, can redeem the 2nd half
of the album. You can just imagine Bridget Jones pensively dreaming of
her one true love, while listening to this song.

There is enough promise in Crazy Chick to
make you think that, no matter how bad this album is, one day she will
return with a more compelling set of tunes, given a better set of
producers and songwriters.

So pop pickers, our hopes are dashed this time,, but
for now let's keep those fingers crossed for a saviour in the form of
Sophie Ellis Bextor's 3rd album, or even better, a Billie comeback.

links for 2005-08-22

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Do you want to

When I first heard the new Franz Ferdinand single 'Do you want to', I wasn't convinced.   Further listens have definately made my ears more in tune with it tho.

It sounds a little like a comedy song - I can just imagine Barbara Windsor running down a street holding her naked baps, while being chased by a cackling Sid James, and a shocked looking Kenneth Williams waving a hanky.

But it also was really reminiscent of something else.   J thought similar but it turns out we were thinking of two different tunes.  Upon listening, both were correct.

ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin
Go West - We Close Our Eyes (a very distinct bit)

Agree?

Crazy Beats

For one reason or another last night saw me DJ most of the late set by myself, and not have time to write it up.  I'll no doubt fill in what I can't remember later tho.

Early set
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Alpinestars - Carbon Kid
Matthew Herbert - Celebrity
Out Hud - How Long
Munk - Kick Out the Chairs
Kitty & the Ks - 2 Short 4 Who
Rinocerose - Bitch
Rachel Stevens - I said Never Again (But Here We Are)
David Bowie - Suffragette City
Edwyn Collins - Girl Like You
Blur - Crazy Beat
New Order - Crystal
Sugababes - Push the Button
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Smiths - This Charming Man
Libertines - Don't Look Back Into the Sun
Suede - Trash
Kasabian - Cutt Off

Late Set
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(Peaches - Set It Off)
New Order - Blue Monday
...
En Vogue - Free Your Mind
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Girls Aloud - Wake Me Up
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Love Bites - You Broke My Heart
Bloodhound Gang - Ballad of Chasey Lane
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Scissor Sisters - Laura
Lipps Inc - Funky Town
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
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Suede - Beautiful Ones
Blur - There's No Other Way
Dandy Warhols - Not if you were the last Junkie on Earth
Pulp - Babies
Pixies - Here Comes Your Man

STOP EVERYTHING

THE NEW RACHEL STEVENS SINGLE IS AMAZING

Crazy Folk

Although everything in London has pretty much returned to normal there is still a small fear of dread as you head to the tube station in the morning and realise it's Thursday.   Last week I completely forgot and was only reminded by a workmate talking about 'the fear'.  Today I was reminded by police outside our tube station.

At the 2nd stop on our journey, an american man wearing a puffed up gilet/waistcoat type thing got on and was jabbering away to himself. He leapt over us to sit on the seats in the corner (bench facing seats) and was ranting about cot death, killing children, and putting bullets in the back of people's heads.   Continually.   He was completely crazy.

Needless to say I got off at the next station and got a bus the rest of the way.   I was just a little annoyed that there wasn't even a member of tube staff anywhere near the platform, and I couldn't find anyone to tell about this man until I reached the turnstiles.  At this point I told the man in the little glass hut, who didn't really seem to care, that there was a man acting seriously suspiciously.    Grrh.

So I was late for work, and missed my opportunity to have a McDonalds slice of fruit toast.  I hear it's good?

links for 2005-08-13

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  Last.fm
  
  
  I've been so busy I've not bookmarked anything. This is a week out of date so it's a bit obvious ... audioscrobbler new site yadayada
  
  
  (tags: music social internet radio)
  
  


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  Shitty Tipper Database
  
  
  US database outing shitty tippers. Grrh. The notion of expected tipping annoys me greatly
  
  
  (tags: tipping tips)
  
  

You could end up with a smash in the mouth just for standing out.

Had fun at Trash Palace last night listening to the new Goldfrapp album before going on to work at Misshapes.    The album was pretty backgroundy but it seemed a continuation of their Black Cherry sounds.   It's out in 2 weeks and I'm looking forward to it.  I can't believe how high Ooh La La will be entering the chart on Sunday!

Thanks to Ricky, Shall, Jimmy, Liz & Darren for coming along!

Early Set
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Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Saint Etienne - He's on the phone
Betty Boo - Where are you baby
Nenah Cherry - Buffalo Stance
Gary Numan - Cars
Kenickie - In Your Car
The Pipettes - We are the Pipettes
Super Furry Animals - Hermann Loves Pauline
Lush - Ladykillers
Sons & Daughters - Dance Me In
The Concretes - Can't Hurry Love
Sleater Kinney - Little Babies
Blur - Popscene
Pulp - Party Hard
Supergrass - Richard III
Ladytron - Seventeen
Sugababes - Push the Button
Madonna - Music
Timo Mass - To Get Down
Les Rhythmes Digitales - Jacques Your Body
Daft Punk - Robot Rock
Scissor Sisters - Laura

Late Set
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Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Bravery - Honest Mistake
Placebo - Every Me & Every You
Monaco - What Do You Want From Me
The Strokes - Last Night
The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go Now
Garbage - Only happy when it rains
Le Tigre - I'm so excited
Kosheen - Hide U
Amerie - 1 Thing
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
The Cardigans - Favourite Game
Skunk Anansie - Twisted
Vapours - Turning Japanese
Beck - Sexx Laws
Girls Aloud - Love Machine
TaTu - All The Things You Said
Pink Grease - Pink G.R.ease
No Doubt - Just a Girl
Basement Jaxx - Good Luck
Rachel Stevens - Some G|irls
Kaiser Chiefs - I predict a Riot
Hole - Celebrity Skin
George Baker - Little Green Bag
Caesars - Jerk it out
Pixies - Debaser
Pulp - Babies

Today!

Talia & James, sharing the bill with Jesus!, originally uploaded by trixie.

links for 2005-08-05

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  Britney's new single cover? This HAS to be a fake
  
  
  (tags: britney coverart)
  
  

Warming Up for Brighton

Last night was probably the least stressful night djing ever.  I was in defensive DJing mode determined to make it great! 

Don't forget you can catch us at the Popstarz Tent at Brighton Pride between 6 and 8pm, so come along and say hi!

Early Set
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Grandaddy - The Crystal Lake
Garbage - Androgyny
Rinocerose - Bitch
Junior Senior - Itch You Can't Skratch
Frank Popp Ensemble - Hip Teens don't wear Blue Jeans
The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartbeat
The Pipettes - We are the Pipettes
The Magic Numbers - Forever Lost
The Cardigans - I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
Clor - Love and Pain
The White Stripes - My Doorbell
Blur - Popscene
Charlotte Hatherly - Bastardo
Kaiser Chiefs - Saturday Night
Hard-Fi - Hard to Beat
Gorillaz - DARE
Goldfrapp - Ooh La La
Richard X - Finest Dreams feat Kelis
Kylie - In my eyes

Late Set
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David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
Eels - Mr E's Beautiful Blues
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Dead or Alive - You spin me round
Kim Wilde - Kids in America
Pulp Fiction Theme Tune
The Knack - My Sharona
Girls Aloud - Long Hot Summer
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
White Town - Your Woman
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date with the night
Prodigy - Smack my bitch up
The Cardigans - My Favourite Game
Skunk Anansie - Twisted
Britney - Toxic
Pink Grease - Pink G.R.ease
Bowling for Soup - Girl All The Bad Guys Want
Avril Lavigne - Sk8ta Boi
The Bloodhound Gang - Ballad of Chasey Lane
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Lipps Inc - Funky Town
Placebo - Daddy Cool
Beck - Sexx Laws
No Doubt - Just a Girl
Garbage - Cherry Lips
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Green Day - Basketcase
The Wannadies - You and Me

DING DONG

links for 2005-08-02

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  Vitalic visits my old students union on his tour supporting 2 many djs. A trip back to warwick is required for this night I think!
  
  
  (tags: warwick vitalic soulwax)
  
  

Miss Karinski is listening to

The Cardigans - I need some fine wine, and you, you need to be nicer
A combination of the folksy sounds from Long Gone Before Daylight and the harsher sound of Gran Turismo, but without any electroness.   Sounds a little Roisin Murphy.   It'll be getting a spin on Thursday night, get in before 11 if you want to hear it.

The Sugababes - Push The Button
Oooh. We like :-)

Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
I was trying to work out earlier if this is my single of the year so far.  I knew I should have started keeping that chart back in January.    Even if it's not my favourite (which it might be) it is WAY UP THERE.   Out at the end of the month, this is a monster.  Come on Ladytron, break through, let others see how great you are.

Girls Aloud - Long Hot Summer
Do I like this? Do I? Do I really?  I certainly want to like it, with all my heart, but hmmm.  It's certainly taken a lot of listens to get me to vaguely liking it.   The ba ba ba bit is ace, and the more you listen the better it gets.  But hey, what do I know.  I didn't like Love Machine at first.    SPAZMO!
[edit: i've decided yes i do like it, it's ace!]

Shelly Poole - Hard Time for the Dreamer

The title track from Miss half of Alisha's Attic debut solo album.  It's lush!

28 July

Early Set
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Super Furry Animals - Slow life
Gwen Stefani - Cool
Mint Royale - Don't Falter
Sleater Kinney - Little Babies
Love Bites - You Broke My Heart
Lush - Ladykillers
Pulp - Razzamatazz
David Bowie - Modern Love
Fiscerspooner - Never Win
Ladytron - Destroy everything you touch
Holly Valance - State of Mind
Jane Wielden - Rush Hour
Gorillaz - DARE
Blur - Charmless Man
Scissor Sisters - Tits on the Radio
Suede - Filmstar
Kasabian - Clubfoot
Beck - Mixed Bizness

Late Set
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(Rachel Stevens - So Good)
New Order - Blue Monday
Touch & Go - Would You...?
Amerie - 1 Thing
Supergrass - Alright
Primal Scream - Rocks
Republica - Ready To Go
Garbage - Cherry Lips
Pixies - Debaser
Kylie - In Your eyes
Sugababes - Hole in the Head
Pink Grease - Pink G.R.ease
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
Pulp - Babies
Beck - Sexx Laws
Girls Aloud - Love Machine
Pink - Get the Party Started
Eve - Blow Your Mind feat Gwen Stefani
The Killers - Mr Brightside [Lindbergh radio edit]
Placebo - Nancy Boy
White Stripes - Fell in Love with A Girl
Kaiser Chiefs - I predict a Riot
Bloodhound Gang - Ballad of Chasey Lane
George Baker - Little Green Bag
Caesars - Jerk it out
Le Tigre - TKO
Petula Clark - Downtown

Whooo! I ended with the song I've always wanted to play out.  Whooohoohoo.

Ye old country bumpkin

Okay so just a quickie to say...

The Apprentice Series 1 : Major yum in the face of Idaho Troy.   I just want him to wrap me up and snuggle with him.

Rousing Fun

What's exciting the life of Miss Trixie Karinski at the moment....

The Cardigans : Whoo! They are on their way back.  I've been watching this webpage for months and it's been gradually filling up with information.  Although ridiculously long, I insanely love the title of their new single, I need some fine wine, and you, you need to be nicer.  I don't think I gave Long Before Daylight as much attention as I should have when it was released.   When You Kissed Me has to be up there as one of the most beautiful songs out there.

Clor  : The album 'Clor' is out today, and it is brill.   Quirky, indie mixes seemlessy with beats, bops and quirky electronic twinges.   

Razzamatazz :  Recently discovered, currently up there with my favourite Pulp songs.

Projectile Vomiting : The cherry has been popped. A big thank you must go to the very lovely Blue Aftershock.  High five.

Brighton Pride  : We're off to Brighton to DJ at Brighton Pride. How cool is that!

Camembert : It's a type of cheese... of course I'm excited!

Doctor Who : Thanks go to the BBC for continuing their theme of spoilering Doctor Who.  But still it's made me excited about it again.  Only 4 months to go. Groan.

Self Indulgent Guff

This weekend I went back with the best friend to the motherland to have fun, frolics and visit the family.

Every time I go back it becomes more and more apparnant that there is very little reason to go back. I've taking a different path in life from those who are still there and it's very apparant when hooking up with old friends that we just have nothing in common anymore.

Once upon a time, I couldn't even imagine myself leaving my hometown and the clubs and the fun behind, but now I can't imagine any reason for being there.

Current life is, to be overly enthusiasic, just *fabulous* and I have both the best friend a girl could ever wish for and other excellent friends surrounding me.

Wow, this is sounding like the kind of super indulgent guff that I hate so much from one blogger (i'll spare the link), but to that, all I say is BOSH BOSH BOSH, Pigeon!, BELGOROBOT SAYS XXXX, *tear.