Dear God. Good grief. For feck’s sake. Christ Almighty. Coldplay best British band?! Let us be clear; Coldplay is the band of choice for those who don’t actually like music. Whiney, bland, soulless, corporate mogadon. Scared music might actually make you feel something? Have no fear, Coldplay are here. Their fans are middle-class Tarquins and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Coldplay & The Brits : The Day The Music Died
Posted: 21st February 2012 by Harry in BLOG, MUSICTags: Coldplay, Music, The Brit Awards
Facebook : The Rules
Posted: 16th July 2011 by Harry in BLOG, CULTURE, LIFETags: Daily Mail, Facebook, Music, The Beatles
Funny old game this Facebook malarkey, isn’t it? Social networking, and all the gubbins that goes with it, seems to have an unwritten but rigid set of rules and a peculiar etiquette. Foolishly, I suppose, I continue to make the mistake of interacting with people on Facebook as I would in real life. I speak [...]
Here’s to you, Dr.Frankenstein
Posted: 22nd January 2011 by Harry in BLOGTags: Music, Writer, writing
I shared an exchange, recently, with a very famous (infamous?) music journalist, author and broadcaster (and no; it fecking well wasn’tPaul ‘Rock Is Dead’ Gambaccini). The scribe in question has been a long-standing hero of mine and source of inspiration for decades. It’s not just the excellence of his writing, though, that appeals. It’s also the [...]
Dyonisis : Intoxicated
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Harry in MUSICTags: Ambient, Dyonisis, Goth, Moonshine Magazine, Music
First published in Moonshine Magazine, September 2010. www.mickmoonshine.co.uk This, the second, self-financed album from Dyonisis, might more accurately be titled ‘Sedated’, given the utter lack of variety and sheer, grinding monotony on offer. Hold on, though; my personal brief is to help and promote unsigned acts and I work on the premise that if I [...]