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Jeesus, fricking, Christ I haven't posted anything for ever (almost). So here's my...

....set list from last Tuesday's Pamflet IV launch party at Sketch....

I haven't got a clue what order I played this lot in.

the Left Outsides - Leaving the Frozen Butterflies Behind
Blondie - Sunday Girl (French version)
The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control
The Sounds - Tony the Beat
The YYYs - Gold Lion
Young & Restless - Satan
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Christine
X - Nausea
The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
The Like - What I Mean and What I Say
The Runaways - Queens of Noise
Girlschool - Take it All Away
Danielle Dax - Cathouse
Pretty Vicious - Hollywood Forever
Lene Lovich - I Think We're Alone Now
The Would be Goods - Miss La Di Dah
Cansei de ser Sexy - Meeting Paris Hilton
Linda Ronstadt - Tumbling Dice
Bikini Kill - I Like Fucking
Peaches - Two Guys

....And my Club NME setlist from the Friday before last (with Peaches Geldof in support)

I can't remember the order again think it went something like this (I was quite drunk):

YYYs - Gold Lion
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Spellbound
Sabrina - Boys
Falco - Der Kommissar
Yazoo - Don't Go
Fox n Wolf - In Yr Underwear
Kim Wilde - Never Trust a Stranger
The Sounds - Tony the Beat
Motorhead (ft Wendy O Williams) - No Class
Cansie de ser Sexy - Meeting Paris Hilton
Lene Lovich - I Think We're Alone Now
Shannon Let the Music Play
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
Au Pairs - Inconvenience
The Long Blondes - Seperated by Motorways (Sexmatronic remix)
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

and, um, some other songs maybe....

What I didn't play is this or maybe I did - Lorena C - Rock Your Body, kind've like Yelle a bit, but a little more Euro-cheese (that's a positive by the way).

Couple of Peaches tracks on Pardon My Freedom, veeerrry good. This one is really great too - Boys Wanna be Her. In fact the whole damn album is doing it for me.

And a MSTRKRFT song - She's Good For Business (not especially keen on the rest of the album, mind).

And just have to mention these guys Young & Restless, that have been mentioned on loads of blogs, but are worth mentioning again because they are kicking ass.

LoveLife Set list 8th May 2006

Set 1
Glass Candy - Life Before Sunset
Thomas Dolby - The Wreck of the Fairchild
The Hot Springs - Cacodisco
Mynx - I'm so LA
RAF - Self Control
B52s - Mesopotamia
Stereolab - Visionary Road Maps
The Organ - Memorize the City
Zombi - Sapphire
Junior Boys - Like a Child
Barbara Morgenstern - The Operator
Ladyfuzz - Monster
The Charades - Who Wanna Dance Now
The Fallout Trust - Before the Light Goes Out (Simian remix)
The Dresden Dolls - Sex Changes
YYYs - De Ja Vu
The Rogers Sisters - Never Learn to Cry
Caged Baby - Hello There (Presets mix)
Jenny Wilson - Let My Shoes Lead me Forward (The Knife remix)
Debbie Harry - Dirty & Deep

Set 2
Vicarious Bliss - Theme from Vicarious Bliss (Justice mix)
ARE Weapons - Keys, Money, Cigarettes
Whitey - Wrap it Up
Dsico - I've Danced Enough
Cat5 - Stretch & Bend
Christopher & Raphael Just - Popper (feat. Fox n Wolf)
Mystery Jets - The Boy who Ran Away (Riton rerub)
Ms John Soda - No One
Sexual Harassment - Exercise Your Ass Off
Fox n Wolf - In Yr Underwear
Falco - Der Kommissar
Kylie Minogue - Come into my World (Fischerspooner remix)
We Start Fires - Hot Metal
Yelle - Short Dick Cuizi
New Young Pony Club - Get Dancey
The Long Blondes - Sexmatronic
Transformer di Roboters - Hi End

I've got this issue with dance music songs being way too long and this SO proves it, I only managed to fit 18 songs into a set of over 65 minutes against my average of, well, loads more.

Anyway, I'm going to do something that I haven't done before and that I'm particularly bad at, that is..... link the blogs from whom I've downloaded so much of the music I've played - it seems only fair after all.

Now I can't promise I'm going to remember everybody's name, nor the songs I've downloaded, but heck, with Google blog search at my side I'm going to try my best.

So, 20 Jazz Funk Greats is easily one of the greatest blogs alive (just check my set list if you're reading guys) - they have given me Fox n Wolf - In Yr Underwear amongst many other greats, including Transformer di Roboter - Hi End, Zombi and lots more...

Big Stereo are also great, that's where I found Yelle - Short Dick Cuizi, and Debbie Harry's new one.

The Prettiest Pony have doled out copious amounts of MSTRKRFT (see past set lists) and gave me ARE Weapons - Keys, Money, Cigarettes this time round.

For all my girl-music needs I go to Buscate un Novio even though I don't know any Spanish.

The Junior Boys track came from Keep it Coming, thanks, they're ace.

On a completely different note, I love these two songs, even though they're, yes, the same song by different bands. Dark Throne do a, well, black metal version of Love in a Void by Sioxsie & the Banshees so if you like black metal you'll like it, the cool thing is that the original version of Love in a Void is an on-the-cheap punk song that doesn't sound too different anyway.

And my favourite new song that I got off a blog is Glitterbeat - Stand Up (but I can't remember which blog I found it on)

Buy Dark Throne - Too Old, Too Cold
Buy Siouxsie & the Banshees - Once Upon a Time: the singles

Hipster Bashing

This is from one of the coolest articles (or collection of articles, there are parts 1, 2, 4 & 5 too) I have ever read, way better than crap like the Hipster Handbook (seriously, I've never heard anyone say 'deck', ever) - this is my favourite bit -

"..hipsters make no pretense to divisions on principle, to forming
intellectual or artistic camps; at any given moment it is the same books,
records, films that are judged au courant by all, leading to the curious
spectacle of an "alternative" culture more unanimous than the mainstream it
ostensibly opposes."

It's like the symbols of hipster-ness (bands, books, films, clothes, places to hang out) = exclusivity, but exclusivity outside of group consensus just = being a 'freak'. The contradiction inherent within hipsterness would then be that they are afraid of becoming the very thing they outwardly aspire to be, hmm.

I don't actually have a problem with the existence of hipsters/trendies or whatever, they add some much needed colour to the urban fauna of our cities, but it's best when they're low in numbers. I don't know whether to blame the internet, Top Shop or Kate Moss, but the numbers have increased dramatically over the past year and are now reaching critical mass, where every suburban middle class kid is sporting emo hair, skinny jeans and a vintage dress (the latter is mainly just girls). None of these faux-indie kids sport the geeky/saddo nature of the indie kids of years gone by, they're just horrible little slags and braying lads dressed in the soft woolen skin of indie-dom.

Anyway, hipsters seem to be getting it at the moment what with this and this and this (although that last one isn't anywhere near as funny as the first two. Who the hell is Charles Bukowski? Oh wait, I'm on the internet, I know who he is now) and it's about damn time.

So, onto the music, hmmm, not sure what to post. My Last FM chart isn't looking too bad this week, so how about Cat5 - Stretch & Bend, a song I haven't seen on a single other blog which makes a change. And Ms John Soda - No One a song I've seen on many blogs, but I'm sure another won't hurt and finally to keep the geek contingent happy Megadeth - Holy Wars... the Punishment Due (this IS their best song ever).

Buy Cat5 - Stretch & Bend (it took me fricking ages to track this one down)

Buy Ms John Soda - Notes and the Like

Buy Megadeth - Rust in Peace

Postscript: yes, I did go to a Flash Mob, but only once. I'm not a hipster, honest, I hate Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and if they're not cool anymore, well that just proves my point.