http://stereogum.com/714152/download-radioheads-20-best-cover-songs/fran...

marvellous stuff!

Ah, the wonders of modern technology. No sooner is it announced that there is a new Radiohead album, it is upon us, available for download almost imediately, with the physical version merely a few days away.

I listened to four times consecutively yesterday and whilst initially slightly disappointed its now started to ingrain itself into my brain.

Standout tracks at the moment are the throbbingly hypnotic 'Morning Mr Magpie' and the frankly glorious 'Little By Little'. The single 'Lotus Flower' is almost be-bop in its construction.

Even though each new Radiohead album is starting to sound very similar to the last its still refreshingly ace. Repeated listening will inveil a cornucopia of delights.

Returning home on the tube a couple of nights ago, after an entertaining evening with some old mates and having imbibed several alcoholic beverages, I wrestled my ipod from the bottom of my bag.

Having untangled my rather splendid Bose in-ear 'phones and located the pesky replacement buds that always seem to fall off when you need them most, I located the tune that always seems to be on default in my head when mildly refreshed and wacked it up to 11.

Said tune is 'Metal Mickey' by Suede.

I then spent the next thirty minutes or so of my journey blissing out to this glorious slice of preening alternative rock. I must have played it ten times consecutively.

Updating my itunes library the other day I noticed that 'Metal Mickey' is poised at number 1 in the top 25 most played list, some way ahead of second placed 'Whose Authority' by Nada Surf.

My point after all this prevaricating is that my brain always seems to tune into Metal Mickey after a few beers. Does anyone else have a tune that seems to be in default in their brain when they've had a few?

and a nice innovative way of getting your album across

http://jennyandjohnnymusic.com/2010/08/31/im-having-fun-now-available-to...

Fab!

Live Tour de France on ITV4, Wimbledon Final on BBC website, Sunday papers, pint of cold lager, fag on.... Lovely!

Lucky me, I'm off to Paris tomorrow afternoon for the weekend.

The GF is looking to be entertained..

Any Massive members resident there or can help me? Any gigs, cultural events worth attending? Be much obliged if you could help. Merci!

A gent, a man of of integrity and a proper politician

Anyone else checked this out yet?

http://wutangvsthebeatles.bandcamp.com

I'm sorry, but in the words of a famous review, 'What is this shit?'.

Now the Grey album, that's something else. But this? Cak

Last night I did something that I haven't done for ages. I actually put a cd in my cd player and sat back and listened to an album the whole way through without any distractions.

I pored over the artwork and read the sleevenotes, just as I used to in the days of vinyl albums. I have to say, it was a great experience. Most of my music these days is listened to through my laptop speakes while working and whilst the speakers are ok (I have a separate bass box) its obviously not the same as when its pumped out at volume through a proper hi-fi.

Having not had a 'proper job' for a while (and owning all the Beatles albums on vinyl and cd) I thought long hard about re-purchasing the current batch of remasters. Ideally, I would liked to have had the mono box and the stereo box but poverty restricted me(for the moment) to Abbey Road.

Aside from the all the hype, it does sound f**king amazing. I listened to it twice all the way through really loud and marvelled at it almost like a new discovery. By my God, the bass is loud!

Any more thoughts from the massive on this much discussed topic?

I defy anyone not to try this out. What fun we've had in the office today!

What would your own album look like if you were in a band? Follow the directions below and find out...

Here are the rules:

1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to Quotations Page and select "random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.