I Wont Lie to You

"No matter how many records I buy, I can’t fill this void"
(Let's Wrestle - I Wont Lie to You)

Couldn't find a better way to start a song, bloody brilliant

therefore, wander!

There is no happiness for him who does not travel, Rohita! so we have heard. living in the society of men, the best men becomes a sinner...
therefore, wander!

the feet of the wanderer are like a flower, his soul is growing and reaping the fruits; and all his sins are destroyed by his fatigues in wandering.
therefore, wander!

the fortune of him who is sitting, sits; it rises when he rises; it sleeps when he sleeps; it moves when he moves.
therefore, wander!

Martin Haug, trans., The Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rg Veda 7.15

Pete Goes Pop

Like most of the people, I've always tend to dismiss Pete Doherty actuall musical skills. part of that dismissal was probably done out of my own ignorance (before arriving to London i never really heard any of his stuff), while some was done because he never really had his proper BIG musical break. Out of the British isles he was always known only for his mischiefs, a paparazzi icon, Kate Moss' junky troublesome boyfriend.

Now, at the height of his troubled life, after being dumped by Moss and after appearing for the thousandth time in court for his drug offences and getting banned out of London for a month (you must admit it's very original), Pete Doherty and the Babyshambles have released their most commercial song.

the new single is called Delivery and i like it very much, it's very coherent and reminds a lot of 'The Kinks' work. this might be Pete's crossover hit, and i really hope it makes it across the pond from MTV2 to MTV :-)
THe Babyshambles - Delivery (mp3)

The video for the single is great, shot in black and white and features Pete strolling in the streets (probably not in London :-))

Ayo

When i first heard that 50 cent declared that he would leave the music business if Kanye's album (both were released today) will beat him at sales, i thought it was a stupid arrogant thing to do. and coming from someone like 50 it didn't surprise me at all.
now that was til today when i first heard 50's new single - "Ayo Technology". my jaw literally dropped when i saw this video today. produced by man of the moment Timbaland and featuring another man of a few moments Justine Timberlake, this one absolutely blew my mind.
while minimizing 50's participation to as little as possible and using JT to fill in the blanks, combined with another crazy timbaland style sample taken from his ever growing vocabulary that simply corresponds with every existing genre on earth, it is really hard to ignore Ayo. now add to this already winning formula, a million dollar video... I just love 2007, long live Timbaland. now we have to wait and see how well kanye's album will sell :-)

Klakons are Kuntz?!

Last Tuesday The Klaxons picked up the mercury prize. unlike other awards, the mercury prize is awarded to the most interesting musician/s of the moment, and not for how much records they've actually sold.

really good shortlist this year (last year winners were the arctic monkeys), worth checking are Rob da bank favourites 'Bat for Lashes', indie electronics 'Maps' and off course the ruff rugged and raw Amy Winehouse, which had the best odds for winning the prize. but instead of giving it to a well deserved Winehouse, the winners were Nu-rave extravaganza the Klaxons(hate that definition, but after all the NME did made up a genre name to honor the young wide-pupiled folks)

now ever since Tuesday i keep hearing people complaining about how shit the Klaxons are and that they definitely didn't deserve to win the award. well, i have to disagree. i think that they're debut album 'myths of the near future' is brilliant. (and i'm a very big winehouse fan from day one.) and it's definitely one of my favourites for 2006/7, i think their music is intelligent and succeeds in bringing some obscure concepts to pop starved teens all over the world. the lyrics are spiced up with black magic stuff and philosophical shit, and the music simply makes you feel good, even without popping 12 peels at 10 am (in a grand klaxonian style)

I've put up the video for Magick, not the best song on the album but the video is simply blinding, with flouro liquids pouring from every hole in their body.

now to Amy, who didn't win the prize but gave out one of the most touching performaces i've seen lately. especially concerning what the poor lady been through in the past couple of months here in the video she performs 'Love is a Losing Game', really made my eyes moist, what a voice.

this will all blow over in time

I kissed the kids at noon
then stumbled out the room
I caught a cab
ran up a tab
on 7th and flower

best recital I had to ruin
missed my son's graduation
punched the Nickles boy
for taking his seat
gets all that anger from me

still things could be much worse
natural disasters on the evening news
still things could be much worse
we still got our health
my paycheck in the mail

I promised to my wife and children
I'd never touch another drink
as long as I live
but even then
it sounds so soothing
this will blow over in time
this will all blow over in time

I'm just an honest man
provide for me and mine
I give a check to tax deductable
charity organizations
two weks paid vacation won't heal the damage done
I need another one

still things could be much worse
natural disasters on the evening news
still things could be much worse
we still got our health
my paycheck in the mail

I promised to my wife and children
I'd never touch another drink
as long as I live
but even then
it sounds so soothing
to mix a drink
and sink into oblivion

I promised to my wife and children
that accident
left everyone a little shook up
but at the meetings
I felt so empty
this will blow over in time
this will all blow over in time

Cold War Kids - We used to vacation.mp3