What are you playing tonight?

[Il Pirate]

In the mood for a bit of country blues...........Only Townes Van Zant will do................

[bobo the clown]

In the mood for a bit of country blues...........Only Townes Van Zant will do................

... or, this week, of all weeks, maybe JJ Cale ?

[Il Pirate]

I had no idea he'd passed away Bobo. Sad news, he was a great songwriter..................

[bobo the clown]

I had no idea he'd passed away Bobo. Sad news, he was a great songwriter..................

Only last Sunday. Yes, and player and singist.

[bwfcdan94]

Always a good album to listen before football gets you going so to speak.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEPQvUABx2o

[Bijou Bob]

Spent this weekend at Carfest North. Some great bands on, Texas, Bellowhead, Deacon Blue and a great solo set from Alfie Boe. I would however, sooner crawl through broken glass face and tackle down, than have to listen for an hour to Reef again. Utter, utter shite of the very first order.

[Bruce Rioja]

Our Kid was particularly impressed by Texas. I'm not sure if he's more surprised or me.

[Bijou Bob]

I'm not a huge fan of Texas, but live, they're such a tight band and have so many hits to draw on. Great to watch.

She's barely had a mention anywhere but a young kid called Liz Lawrence played an acoustic set between Reef and Boe. She was absolutely excellent. With Bellowhead, you get what you expect, hundreds on stage, lots of energy and a genuine passion for their music. Big surprise for me was Alfie Boe. Not what I expected and a great hour on stage.

[Bruce Rioja]

Also, Our Kid was pulling his face about it being £8 for burger and chips. This made me laugh as two blokes I know who were there, you and him, are by far the most parsimonious

[Bijou Bob]

Feeling shocking prices for food, so I hammered a full English at the b and b n loaded up on samples from the stalls. Tight, me??

[LeverEnd]

Spent this weekend at Carfest North. Some great bands on, Texas, Bellowhead, Deacon Blue and a great solo set from Alfie Boe. I would however, sooner crawl through broken glass face and tackle down, than have to listen for an hour to Reef again. Utter, utter shite of the very first order.

I saw Reef when they first came out. They were rubbish then as well. Had an agreement with a mate that I'd watch that with him if he came to mercury rev with me. He did a lot better out of it than me!

[thebish]

am back to kate Bush - The Kick Inside - cracking album...

[mrkint]

I'm listening to some lovely death metal, something which hasn't happened in several years.

[TANGODANCER]

Ah, those days of harmony and great voices...

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[mrkint]

Chemical Brothers - Further

Top stuff.

[Bruce Rioja]

This - well, between 2:23:50 and 2:37:30 anyway

Oh to be 16 again.

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[Prufrock]

You beautiful bastard!

I shall be re-doing many times in the next few days.

Tonight, though, I'm listening to the single most beautiful piece of music ever written: Chopin's funeral march. Shove your organs; delicate piano is what I'm toddling off to, and everyone had better cry!

[thebish]

^ ooh - glad you got into chopin - an absolute genius! I have trumpeted his genius on here before...

PS..

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

those who quote this so blithely have clearly only experienced a safe life....

[Prufrock]

Aye. Stephen Fry described him as 'everyone's favourite composer' because his music is so 'achingly romantic'. Works for me!

I don't claim for a second to have lived a life anything other than safe! It was spoken, and quoted, in that context. I don't like the adjectiveless misquote, "A man who would trade liberty for safety deserves neither and shall lose both", but I think with those qualifiers it works! I think it's a good thing to have in mind whenever there's talk of ID cards or e-mail snooping. It might be a little glib for the context of downtown Cairo though, granted!

Anyway, if it was good enough for the cleverest of a very clever bunch of men, it will do for me!

[Bruce Rioja]

I'm listening to the single most beautiful piece of music ever written: Chopin's funeral march.

You're joshing, right? (or you were feeling proper nowt at ten past three in the morning)