Musicisms #5

Nina Simone - I aint Got No……I Got Life

Lykke Li - Dance Dance Dance

Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Ha Man

Elbow - Starlings

Elbow - Mexican Stand-Off

Foals - Big Big Love (Fig. 2)

Radiohead - Reckoner (Live Studio)

Radiohead - Ceremony

Richard Hawley - Nights are Cold

Feisty

musicisms #4

Been sick with the flu the past couple of days, so when i haven’t been under the bedcovers I’ve been going thru my music collection picking out some standouts………….

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Holy Fuck - Cadio BossaNova

Panic Ensemble - Spring in Your Heart

Nick Cave - People ain’t no good

Bedouin Soundclash-When the Night Feels My Song

Yo La Tengo - Black Flowers

Badly Drawn Boy - The Shining

Dakota - C’mon Cincinnati

iClones

Here’s some more iClones/iPodclones to check out. None with all the features of the iPhone of course, but if you can’t afford or don’t want the real thing………………………………..

This first one is from geeks.com (i’ve shopped there before, they’re reliable). It’s basically a media player with voice recorder and a miniSD slot. Nothing special. Might keep that begging kid happy though ! Here it is….

Next up is the CECT P168+, which supposedly has quadband, but i’ve read a lot of sellers are pawning off Tri-Band versions as Quad band, so research this before you buy. Looks like a half-decent substitute for an iPhone and the price is definitely right. It doesn’t have wireless internet which would put me off straight away. But, one cool feature it does have is dual SIM card slots, so you could have two phone numbers going at the same time on one phone (good for those who maybe carry a work phone and personal phone). Here’s one on ebay.

And heres a little more info on the meizu m8 minione that i posted about previously.

………………..and what’s with Apple not selling a Black iPhone . I mean, seeing as i spent enough on the iPhone, i would definitely have spent an extra $50 or so on a black one like that dude’s.

Aw shite, i think i said “iPhone” enough times to attract a bunch of Apple worshippers again .

 

Dang

Dang diggy dang de dang dang de diddy……………………………………

Man Man

Can’t get enough of these guys lately

Man Man - Van Helsing Boombox

Musicisms #3

Birds of Wales - Cinderella Has Nothing on You

Samuel L Jackson - Stack O Lee

Get Cape Wear Cape Fly - Find The Time (Alex Mix Edit)

Bowerbirds - In Our Talons

The Twilight Sad - Cold Days From The Birdhouse

Spoon - The Underdog

Awards

I’m a little late on this. But from what i’ve read and seen in photos, it looks like the Irish Blog Awards ‘08 were a great success, and seems a grand time was had by all. Well done to Mulley for all his efforts.

Big congrats to The Limerick Blogger too, for joint winner of Best News/Current Affairs Blog along with Maman Poulet

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Meizu M8

Oh, and if you can’t or don’t want to spring for an iPhone, (judging by reaction to my post on my iPhone you may be put off, as i was, and am, by the Apple snobbery that is out there) you could hold out for one of these.

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Due to be released sometime later this year, definitely worth keeping an eye on developments with the meizu M8 minione.

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“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation.”                     —Herbert Spencer

Mule Variations

In a Tom Waits kinda mood this morning, so here’s my two picks from his 1999 Album “Mule Variations”

The first is my favorite “Hold on”, and the second is just a great singalong “cold water”