Little Dragon… Liking this at the moment… playing this week in London and sods law that I can not make it…
Playing again in Feb so will get myself down there.
Got a bit of a feeling of Roisin Murphy about at some parts…. The one women I would definitely fall for!
I ❤ Roisin
Also featuring on the inside cover of Dazed’s 20th anniversary edition
Some mornings you just need a bit of a ‘something’ to get you going….
Or T.E.E.D…. Yeah I know, it is a little tedious the whole acronym thing, but it will pass and then there will be something else to moan about.
Like the poppy campness of this band and the remix of Lady Gaga he has done has actually made me like something about Gaga rather than wonder if it really does have both a willy and a cookie.
They were on Jo Whiley’s new show and played this track and I thought it sounded good there and that in a club with a better sound system than my home television could be dead good.
Anyhoot… T.E.E.D are playing at XOYO on Thursday….. might just take myself on down there
This weekend I was away in Berlin for the umpteenth time this year. Bloody love that place, from the amazing art, the open minded people, the bars, the random food stores, the amazing (if a little confusing at times) transport system and Berghain. I am in recovery mode from Berghain even though this time I only spent a total of 10 hours in the massive building which features The Lab, Panorama Bar and the main Berghain area… my pb is a mere 22 hours.
Berghain queue.... be prepared to wait, but it is worth it
For those who have never been, it is Berlin’s worst kept secret, a huge sprawling former power station in Friedrichstain which has been open since 2004 in the wake of Ostgut closing in 2003. It is a gay club that the breeders love too, it hosts parties that go on for days rather than hours and inside it is a den of iniquity including a darkroom and a fetish club as well. To get in is an achievement, where you either need to be off your box, fancied by the fussy door queer or just damn lucky, I have had plenty of friends who have made the journey to Berlin just for Berghain and then been turned away.
What I like the most is that there is virtually no guest list, absolutely no tosser like VIP room and that what happens in there is never photographed as all cameras are banned. So any of my weekend’s activities will remain between myself and those who witnessed them or were appalled by them.
My German friend who is a regular at all three rooms of Berghain has informed me that there is talk that it may have to close soon due to the development of local superstores nearby…. With that in mind I am booking in another trip for December and another in March
This isn’t exactly hot off the press but they are still on my playlist right now. They featured at Rough Trade doing a live PA and were good enough for me to then go to their full show at XOYO the following night…
Any music that seems to be channelling Prince directly is on top for me.
Trophy Wife.... great at aural....
No I do not want one… but good band and good album. @ the Nest in November for a free gig, worth checking out I’d say.
The video for Microlite is pretty amazing as well… charts the life of a guy and things he could have done. I likes.
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