Round two of ‘the triple’ (40th, Xmess, NYE) is nearly upon me and it’s finally feeling like a holiday, rather than a trial by ice!
Thus far, we’ve had an amplifier blow up, the boiler break down (twice), two nasty colds, several bad hangovers, a dodgy back, infected gums and mushy pea fritters…
If it really matters, my fave ‘new releases’ of 2009 are being:
- Reigning Sound “Love & Curses” (In The Red)
- Greg Cartwright “Live At The Circle A” (Dusty Medical)
- Jack O & The Tearjerkers “The Disco Outlaw” (Goner)
- Jack O “Saturday Night Part 2″ (Big Legal Mess)
As far as fillums go, it’s gotta be “Telstar”, “The Wrecking Crew”, “Transatlantic Feedback” and, duh, some excellent GPO stuff from the 1930s & 1940s!
As for books, the hands-down winner (by weight, also) is John Broven’s “Record Makers & Breakers”, but real props to Alex Ogg’s “Independence Days”, Jon Hartley-Fox’s “King Of The Queen City” and Bruce Eaton’s “Big Star: Radio City”. Special mention for help in times of distress: Richard Meltzer’s “Aging Rhythm”. The ‘how do you do that?’ gong goes to Ugly Things, as ever…
This veddy morn, I has been playing some of this year’s vinyl 45 purchases (and b-day prezzies):
- Jim Tarbutton And The Memphis Sound “The Mysterians” b/w “The Stinger”
- Prince Buster’s Allstars “Haunted House”
- Topsy Turbys “Hey Tiger”
- Silver Apples “Oscillations”
- The Commodores “Uranium”
- Slim Gaillard And His Peruvians “Laughing In Rhythm”
- King Coleman “Lookey-Dookey Part 2″
- Sonny Boy Williamson “Help Me”
- Electric Jungle “Funky Funky Christmas”
- The Motions “For Another Man”
- Nina Simone “Feelin’ Good”
- Hearts & Flowers “Road To Nowhere”
- The Montanas “That’s When Happiness Began”
- The Wild Tones “The Martian Band” b/w “Shut Ups”
- Amos Milburn “Chicken Shack” b/w “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer”
- The Rocketeers “Hey Rube”
Now it’s time to go drinking!
Have a kool yule & a swinging noo yerr, y’all!
