Music Two

I imagine this blogging thing'll last for maybe a month tops (like most things I 'get into') I started writing a diary this year, and wrote about 1000 words a day, but for a month.
No wonder I'm preoccupied with trying to find some stability in my life.

What's this got to do with music?

I suppose that's what I get from music - a feeling of unfluctuating stability, some kind of constant in my life, I can get bored of it, fall out of love with it, fall in love with it, but always feeling like I'm getting an emotional response from it.
Anyway - There's not enough below, so here are some more songs that have been keeping me chipper (or making me wallow in self pity etc)


This lot are called The Royal We, from Glasgow, could they look any more Scottish? No. The one on the left is pretty. Here is their single 'All The Rage' I really like it. Some of the members are also in the band Correcto.

Here's lovely St Vincent's 'Apocalypse Song' she looks a bit like a Tim Burton drawing, I imagine (based on having NEVER met her) that she's a bit of a nause. Regardless - good song, nice scarf / outfit / guitar combo.

...and finally for today here's the super brilliant HOLY FUCK from Canada - I do wish bands wouldn't have wacky names - it makes you think they might be rubbish when they are infact very good - 'Modest Mouse', I rest my case. Here's HOLY FUCK'S beautiful instrumental 'Lovely Allen'

My plan is to have an electronic music post on this blog too. In a different section so the techno kids don't have to bump into the fey indie types whilst wandering about. This week I got some good bits from Switch, Alex Under, Kolombo, Pig&Dan, Kris Menace, and a really ace Dubfire remix of System Seven. I'll get em up when I get back from Chicago (might even do a little diary)

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Music

I started doing my radio show (The Revolution, 96.2fm 12-4pm daily) it's rekindled my love of non electronic music (I was always a dormant indie kid) Some new things I'm enjoying are the album 'Dropping The Writ' by Cass Mcombs. The single 'That's That' is great. Here it is. Cass is from Baltimore and is a handsome kinda guy.



















Another thing I've been listening to is this by the ridiculously named Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong. Joe is from London and was the drummer in The Pipettes (bit rubbish) and is an actor by trade. I can see them doing really well. Here's their track 'I aint Sure'


















and here's the super heavy 'Wucan' from the new Black Mountain lp 'Into The Future'

Can't wait to see them live. Though they could do with a bath. They're from Canada and remind me a bit of Nebula.


























...and finally the mighty Band Of Horses. Here's lead singer Ben Bridewell looking like he's wearing some kind of weird disguise, and here is there brilliant single 'No One's Goin To Love You More Than I Do' - lyrically this song is all to relevant for me at the moment so i have to listen to it small doses. Can't wait to see them in Manchester in February. Right - that's it for today. The beard count on this page might break the internet x

Bikes

So I've been getting busy building singlespeed bikes (fixies)
I love it, it's creative, healthy, and I get to show off a bit.

The first one I made (below) was a gift for a girl, she liked it I think - I love the colour, it was originally a black peugot, I kept the frame, forks and front brake caliper and binned everything else. I then stripped it back to bare metal with Nitromoors (the jelly kind) and wet sanded it then wire brushed it. I then applied zinc coating primer (2 layers) and 6 layers of plastikote in lilac, then 2 layers of lacquer. The bars are cut down drops and I found some really cool NOS lilac bar tape on Ebay. I bought some brand new Rigida rims and a 47t SR chainset, the rear freewheel is 17t. The saddle is a Frontera and the bars and post have been sanded and the same paint treatment as above but in white.

BeforeAfter

Here's the one I'm working on at the moment - It's for sale, goodness knows who'll buy it though (Nathan Barley maybe?) I'll stick it on Ebay Japan maybe?! It's got a Fizik saddle, Sturmey Archer NOS steel (!) rims, riser bars, Oury grips (also green) whitewall tyres, Campagnolo cranks and chainset 52t, and a fixed 14t rear, same treatment as the other bike (I hang them on the washing line to paint them and dry them in front of an open oven!) the paint is Ford Signal Green - I used to have a MK1 Ford Escort in the same colour, I loved that car.

Before

After

So there we have it. I'll post some of the completed bike when I get back from America (if anyone's arsed) I'm also up for building them to order if you want one making email me ellioteastwick@hotmail.com, they're not hugely expensive and you end up with a totally unique hand built bike. (carries on talking about bikes, bores self to sleep)