Don't Look Down: Archive

Tom Waits just overtook Radiohead as my most...

Dec 31st

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →

Beastie Boys (20) Beck (18) Modest Mouse (18) The Jimi Hendrix Experience (17) Neil Young (14) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dec 29th

BBP37: The Best of 2008, in three chapters

Yes, I’m going to start posting these on here. It makes sense. I’ve added links to YouTube, so you can hear any of the tracks you may be unfamiliar with. Intro 1. Elbow - One Day Like This The Dance 2. Hercules and Love Affair - Blind 3. Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor 4. Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire 5. M83 - Kim & Jessie 6. Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened The Rock 7....

Dec 28th

Jesus, Five Years!? or, My dark, secretive,...

Coming back to my parents house in Weston is a real joy, but can be made even better by the sheer amount of random crap I keep discovering/remembering in my room. Having recently bought an iPod with a capacity approaching a bajillion gigabits (a gigabit, it seems, is a different size to a gigaBYTE, something most people aren’t aware of, and something Apple seems to be almost exploiting), I...

Dec 28th

Dec 27th

This is slightly embarrassing...

I just realised the meaning behind the name ‘Dead Kennedys’. It’s only taken me eight years or so! I love gallows humour.

Dec 26th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →

Beastie Boys (20) Modest Mouse (18) The Jimi Hendrix Experience (17) The Black Keys (11) Minor Threat (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dec 21st

Dec 16th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →

The Beatles (29) Melvins (17) The White Stripes (15) MC Frontalot (15) A Tribe Called Quest (14) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dec 15th

Cake

I’ve been bored recently. I was extra-bored on Saturday. So, Sunday, I decided to do something about it. I baked a cake. It could have gone better. I forgot to buy some baking powder when shopping for the other ingredients (fortunately, Nick S had some in his cupboard). I forgot I was supposed to be halfing the doses of sugar, eggs, etc. halfway through the first attempt. I forgot to...

Dec 8th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7) →

The Clash (20) Wire (19) Beastie Boys (18) The Prodigy (16) Agent Orange (15) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dec 7th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30) →

Burial Social Distortion My Computer Nirvana Radiohead Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Dec 2nd

“Freedom to write, freedom to read, freedom to own material that you believe is...”

– Neil Gaiman (This quote is my desktop wallpaper. No lie.)

Dec 2nd