Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and Your Favourite Band Has Disappeared
Posted: February 13, 2016 Filed under: art, film, music | Tags: art, Bill Drummond, documentary, film, Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and All Music Has Disappeared, Jimmy Cauty, music, Stefan Schwietert, The KLF, The17, Watch The K Foundation Burn a Million Quid Leave a commentI straight up love Bill Drummond. Hands down. Or up, which ever way you prefer. My love for him dates back to the days of The KLF. Obviously my understanding of what he and Jimmy Cauty were trying to do was pretty limited at the time as I was in my early teens but I read every interview I could get my hands on and bought the music. This was still pretty early days for internet, as you might or might not remember and I lived on the outskirts of an outskirts country.
However, I have a strong recollection that even then, at least on some level, I realised Bill and Jimmy were doing something very different. Same in some ways as some other bands but different in a very fundamental way. Their meta level of recognising what they were doing and how they were doing it was mindblowing for my teenage brain. And I loved their music and all the mythology they had wrapped around it. And then, of course, they burned the million pounds and pretty much called it quits. Look it up or watch the film. I was devastated.
Recently I had the chance to see Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and All Music Has Disappeared. The documentary follows Bill Drummond as he travels around for his latest project, The17. I might not completely share Bill’s views on how the accessibility of music destroys the value we place on the experience of listening to music, but I get it. I get what you’re getting at, Bill.
If you haven’t seen the film, go and see it now. Or at least listen to some KLF.
I love you, Bill.
Sunday Classic of Love
Posted: August 10, 2014 Filed under: fashion, film, music, Sunday Classic of Love, vintage | Tags: Angst in My Pants, David Ensor, Eaten by the Monster of Love, film, Michelle Meyrink, music, Skip, soundtrack, Sparks, Suzi Brent, Valley Girl Leave a commentA weekly appreciation of classic film and television soundtracks.
I love Sparks and “Eaten by the Monster of Love” and “Angst in My Pants” are just a couple of my favourites by them. You can hear both on the Valley Girl (1983) soundtrack and watch a clip with the former above. Slightly NSFW, blurry shower scene and 1980’s fashion.
The upside of insomnia: how sleep deprivation aids creativity
Posted: May 23, 2014 Filed under: music, science, television | Tags: creativity, Dave Bayley, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Glass Animals, insomnia, IT Crowd, Matt Berry, music, Music for Insomniacs, science, television, The Guardian, Zaba Leave a commentMatt Berry and Dave Bayley talk about insomnia and its creative benefits.
Eclectic Method does Wolverine
Posted: May 23, 2014 Filed under: comic, film, music | Tags: comic, Eclectic Method, film, Marvel, mashup, music, remix, snikt, Wolverine, X-Men: Days of Future Past Leave a commentIf you haven’t seen X-Men: Days of Future Past yet, watch this in the meantime. Snikt, all y’all.
Robocop Remix
Posted: February 10, 2014 Filed under: film, music | Tags: dead or alive you're coming with me, film, Mike Relm, music, reboot, remix, Robocop Leave a commentWhile waiting for the Robocop reboot to hit the screens, here’s a remix of the awesome that is the original, courtesy of Mike Relm. Dead or alive, you’re coming with me!