
An old friend & I spent yesterday afternoon writing & recording this song.
In an (nostalgic) attempt to recreate our 4-track days, we only used acoustic instruments, recorded in one take. And drank a lot of wine.
[edit]- Cheers all! & No, it's not me singing; I just played guitar, bass, drums & violin. And "played" is pushing it. I was so pissed by the time we finished I couldn't remember actually playing the bass.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 15:42, Reply)

Nice one, I used to do the same with a friend back in the day. 4 track and it had to be all done from scratch in one day. Actually usually done overnight. We rediscovered an old cassette couple of years ago and put them online. Good times
m.soundcloud.com/simbosan/sets/the-babies-that-ate-chicago
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 16:00, Reply)

Very nice - vocally it reminds me of Steven Wilson of No-man/Porcupine Tree/Blackfield fame. But that might just be me. Clickies.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 16:17, Reply)

Perfect for nursing this horrendous hangover!
*click*
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 17:40, Reply)

I quite liked that unfortunate really as id hate to make you happy.
but credit where its due.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 18:03, Reply)

... any happiness caused by your post, however unlikely that made be, will be amply dispelled by your appalling grammar
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 18:08, Reply)

( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 20:19, Reply)

But it does sound like one of my favourite groups*, and I like it a lot. One afternoon, huh? Wow.
*Midlake by the way, it reminds me of Midlake.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 21:29, Reply)

I miss hanging around with other musicians...
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 22:39, Reply)

it's well pleasant on the ears eh? good fucking show if you were hammered too! i like this! looking forward to the dubstep remix...
( , Mon 30 Jul 2012, 0:40, Reply)

I run a radio station exclusively for unsigned bands and artists... mentioned it on here a few times before. Any way, the point, email this over to me and I'll play it on my show :)
[email protected]
( , Fri 3 Aug 2012, 16:32, Reply)

Pirates only steal from record companies, not artists. Pirate bay and music leeches vindicated in one fell swoop. Well done guys.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 15:22, Reply)

The music industry is like a cornered and dying dog. It's fucked, and is doing its best to lash out at anyone in order to survive.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 15:26, Reply)

in many ways, it is entirely their own doing. Good artists can make very good money from live shows, appearences and merchandise etc. But some of the industry in recent years invested heavily in people with average talent, but the right 'look'. They let the software deal with the music.
Groups like the Sugar Atomic Spice Babes Aloud who can hardly string a sentence together made amazing record sales but not so much on anything else, because they were at best, average pub singers.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 15:42, Reply)

But I would replace the word software with 'professional songwriter/ producer teams'. None of these artists are anything more than average karaoke singers brought in when the grownups have finished manufacturing a 'hit'
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 15:51, Reply)

This gets banded about a lot, personally I find it hard to believe.
I've been to gigs of good bands where the crowd can't be more than a few hundred and we've each paid a fiver.
Instruments are not cheap, travels not cheap, studio time is certainly not cheap.
If an artist wants to go down the free release path then that's fine but why take from one who thinks he should be paid for his work?
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 16:05, Reply)

Not all forms of music are profitable live. For example music requiring large numbers of players. Non dance music.
It may be true for solo dj's and small popular combos but not all
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 16:08, Reply)

And the Proms sell out every year. I do take the point though.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 16:36, Reply)

They're also a business with the individual members not getting royalties but a salary. About 30 to 40 grand IIRC from muso mates talking about it.
Now that's a good wage but that's for an artist at the top of their game.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 17:37, Reply)

All but the very top have day jobs making them semi pro at best. Countless orchestras have gone to the wall. Shame that such highly trained folks have such little appreciation.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 18:10, Reply)

just how 'good' they are. Elton John did a concert at Watford FC and gave some of the profits to the club; I believe over £200,000. (Might be tabloid hype).
I did the rounds as a singer for over 20 years and my total profits amount to about 25 pence.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 16:48, Reply)

If you're just starting out, the chance that you'll make anything approaching a living from live appearances and merch is vanishingly small. And if people risk bankrupting themselves as a means to get established, how many will stick around - or even get started?
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 17:28, Reply)

Also, What a waste, this its what we find
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 18:16, Reply)

to make ends meet. I had a proper job too. I've only recently discovered trying art, and again because I enjoy it, not because it pays.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 20:09, Reply)

last time i watched there was about 60 peeps....it was a quid a ticket. they are a metalcore band, which is a kinda narrow niche, but they are good musicians. they have day jobs and do it for the love of the music, i admire them greatly for it even though its not my cup of tea.
( , Mon 30 Jul 2012, 0:32, Reply)

( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 15:57, Reply)

As far as I see it the best way to counter music piracy is to make buying music more accessible than stealing it. People want convenience more than anything these days, and that means download.
Makes me think of this
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 20:27, Reply)

Crazy.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 14:44, Reply)

( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 15:00, Reply)

"For the life of me, though, am still baffled by NHS tribute at opening ceremonies. Like a tribute to United Health Care or something in US,"
Los Angeles Times sports writer Diane Pucin.
www.digitaljournal.com/article/329524
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 15:17, Reply)

That's because I feel proud of the BBC's news coverage and I think I'm justified in that pride.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 15:28, Reply)

A Democratic blogger that raises millions for Obama and turns a blind eye to drone attacks
/rant over
Miss F can explode.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 16:06, Reply)

but just a reflection on mortality
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 17:30, Reply)

An absolutely detestable rag of a newspaper. Where I work, about 30% of the staff read it and when you point out to them how utterly vile and insidious it is they just stare blankly at you and say "yeah but the celeb gossip's great innit." it is apathetic attitudes like this towards a paper that is obviously written by Nazis, which worry me the most.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 13:05, Reply)

If I was in a grime band, I would definitely put a sticker with "A form of awful electronic music popular among black youths - Daily Mail" on the front.
I was thinking earlier that an otherwise harmless virus which blocks the Daily Mail's website on any computer it is run on would be a wonderful thing. I would do my bit to spread it.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 13:50, Reply)

also slightly shocked at someone writing this:
"Because, ... when you call something “multicultural crap”, it means you’re a racist bigot."
when writing about how another writer has been a cynical judgemental twat.
just saying...
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 18:57, Reply)

How can calling multiculturalism crap not be racist? Does judging that 2+2=4 make one judgemental?
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 20:34, Reply)

he is calling a performance "multicultural crap", rather than calling multiculturalism in society crap. The question is whether he was using "multicultural" as an adjective or an insult.
(The MPs previous form suggests he was being a big racist, however)
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 21:17, Reply)

It's still misguided to think you can have one without the other, though.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 21:19, Reply)

Three women facing seven year jail sentences for an anti-Putin protest.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:49, Reply)

then jump off a snow covered roof whilst hanging on to a flimsy piece of rope
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 20:56, Reply)

Made this a couple of months ago for my friends band, 'ave a butchers on this fine Sunday afternoon!
"In a baron and not too distant future, Simon Cowell has been assassinated," explain the band of the video's concept. "Killed with a radioactive dart by Lord Zoltan who now rules the airwaves, slaughtering bands that don't meet his impeccable music tastes... Now it's Jettblack's turn to enter Death Frequency and play for their lives. Will Lord Zolton spare them, or have these UK rockers annihilated by his blood thirsty firing squad?"
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:34, Reply)

I love Jettblack, the new album is great, looking forward to seeing them at HardRockHell VI later in the year.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:47, Reply)

So feudal is coming back? =)
Good stuff! Have clicker will click
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 15:38, Reply)

Tom Waits on an Australian chat show, 1979. The similarities between Ledger's depiction of the Joker and Waits erratic behaviour on the show are remarkable.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:25, Reply)

I wouldn't know if it's an act it does it well.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 13:30, Reply)

And there's a lot of similarities with Marlon Brando's character.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:33, Reply)

Nick Griffin pulls a funny face when a bad man asks him for a light or something.(warning contains The Sun)
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:20, Reply)

Griffith looks like he's about to cry.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:30, Reply)

than a convicted rapist
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:41, Reply)

the guy in blue is holding a flower
WTF
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 13:06, Reply)

I was never aware that the BNP were also interested in classic cars.
( , Mon 30 Jul 2012, 11:08, Reply)

That she couldn't get tickets for the swimming, being a swimmer in national competitions herself when she was younger, only to see the stands almost empty on the TV.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:11, Reply)

But this is embarrassing. They should have assigned the tickets to people (family etc.) with a debit for twice the cost of the ticket. Thy either return the ticket if they don't want to go or if the ticket is not used money is debited from their account.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:26, Reply)

Badly organised, rained off, corporate stained shite that would be hammered by the media even if the event ran smoothly. Why did we expect any different?
Also, whether true or not (probably not), Im waiting for the inevitable stories in a month's time where we find how many visitors or athletes ended up staying here to live.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 13:57, Reply)

but didnt the organisers gloat about selling all the tickets? or did they just allocate too many tickets to tourists who couldnt be arsed to come to london when they can get a better seat infront of the telly. personally i chose to move to the other side of the planet.
( , Mon 30 Jul 2012, 2:33, Reply)

Bit of a wrestling link here.
Tom Billington who was also known as the Dynamite Kid (British Bulldogs) would bully his way round the World Wrestling Federation back in the 80's. Standing at 5'8" tom was a nasty bastard and would often bully fellow jacked up wrestlers who stood over a foot taller and 100 pounds heavier.
Anyway this is how one wrestler beat the bully.
PS - all legit real life shit not a wrestling storyline.
Part 2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyx8xw6PoAA&feature=relmfu
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 11:51, Reply)

Tom was married to his sister, supposedly he (Tom) was a right cunt.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:02, Reply)

Tis true. Tom even sliced off a section of Davey Boys head 'for a laugh' on a coach somewhere in Canada in front of other wrestlers. Funny thing is Davey was his closest friend in the WWE at the time and was also his cousin!
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:21, Reply)

( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 10:52, Reply)

She shook her head and ran off crying.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 11:57, Reply)

The context of this is important. For those of you that don't know about "You dont know Jack", it's a very popular (and fun) trivia game. Here they got the real bloke to do the voiceover.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 16:47, Reply)

Nice and polite for a Sunday morning :)
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 10:25, Reply)

Sean Penn, Frances McDormand and Judd Hirsch are amazing - great to watch if you're sick of hollywood shite - nominated for the Palme d'Or and won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes.
plus has David Byrne as himself
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 9:14, Reply)

Just hope he doesn't go full retard :p
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 9:37, Reply)

I was watching a whole bunch of these the other day - that high voltage noise in unearthly.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 9:36, Reply)

go to 1 minute if you dont want to watch a whiny cable for 60 seconds
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 9:44, Reply)

Cable is about a useful as the brown cable Im about to lay in the bog.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 18:54, Reply)

Fantastic (albeit very silly) film with a great early 80s minimalist synthy soundtrack. here's the title theme.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 1:45, Reply)

Excellent film with Donald Pleasence as the President.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 2:23, Reply)

It was like a 'best and worst of John Carpenter' night
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 2:34, Reply)

Not in the same league as some of his better work though
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 3:50, Reply)

Big Trouble in Little China is still the greatest.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 3:56, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ17HcZSnKo
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 11:36, Reply)

Assault on Precinct 13
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGME6jCwqw0
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 10:37, Reply)

It's fun to syncopate with stuff :)
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 12:03, Reply)

the remake was dire, lost all of it's energy and atmosphere.
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 11:15, Reply)

not THIS video though
( , Mon 30 Jul 2012, 14:49, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x15Ho3OiQg&feature=plcp
( , Sun 29 Jul 2012, 1:25, Reply)
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