Poptimist Snapshot

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Pop World Cup: There will be NO PWC match this week, this is because of a number of things, partly me being really busy, partly some format fiddling. So next Monday we will have TWO matches, and the week afer we will have another TWO. This means that I need MP3s from julietk and cis by this weekend, and MP3s from atommickbrane, katstevens, stevem78 and juror8 by NEXT weekend. There!



So in lieu of other orgafun let's take a quick look at the state of the Poptimist nation, April 25th 2006. I was going to do these questions as a poll but actually, it makes much more sense to just list 'em and you can put yr answers in the comments.

1/ What was the last piece of music you bought?
2/ Was it any good?
3/ What was the first piece of music you ever bought?
4/ Is it still any good?
5/ What was the last gig/show you went to, and when?
6/ Tell us a record that people who know you would be surprised you like?
7/ Tell us a current record that you hate?
8/ If a casual acquaintance asks you what sort of music you listen to, what do you actually say?
9/ Tell us something you want to hear but haven't got around to yet?
10/ What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?

GOLEO SAYS TALK!

Comments

[hoshuteki.livejournal.com]

1/ What was the last piece of music you bought? Yesterday, I bought the double 7" of tracks from the new Gainsbourg Revisited album; Architecture in Helsinki's most recent album; a compilation of Transgressive Records releases (with bonus DVD of teh Pipettes, &c); and a 7" I bought off e-Bay by early and largely forgotten NZ indie band The Shallows arrived. 2/ Was it any good? The Gainsbourg stuff isn't exactly great, but more to the point it isn't in French either. The Transgressive compilation is indie rock, what of it? The AIH album is top stuff, with lots of harmonies and electronic bits and bobbins, and nice melodies: it make me happy. The Shallows are brilliant doomy underground lo-fi NZ home-made rock music, with the guitar-y drones and deep bass singing of Roy Montgomery (this was their only release though, 1985). 3/ What was the first piece of music you ever bought? My answer is strangely similar to boyofbadgers above (minus the Whitesnake). Probably either "Do They Know It's Christmas", or maybe "Dancing in the Street" by Mick + David. 4/ Is it still any good? Latter: um... Former: not really, though Sarah may try to convince you of the bit where the popstars as was read out statistics over the top of the music. Was that on this single? 5/ What was the last gig/show you went to, and when? Calexico with Iron & Wine, at the Forum, on Sunday evening. 6/ Tell us a record that people who know you would be surprised you like? I'm sure nothing I like surprises anyone who knows me, though they like to make fun of Girls Aloud, but as we all know, they are wrong. 7/ Tell us a current record that you hate? I have no fondness for a lot of chart music, but I don't hate it, just make no effort to listen to it. 8/ If a casual acquaintance asks you what sort of music you listen to, what do you actually say? "Oh, stuff, things, I don't know... what do you like?" then the conversation kinda stops. 9/ Tell us something you want to hear but haven't got around to yet? Well, now yr all exciting me by talking of Nelly Furtado, which isn't something I was expecting. But I want to hear most of what gets discussed here, but I'm not a very good poptimist really, am I? 10/ What are you listening to RIGHT NOW? Nothing! Office! Quiet!

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

Oh Ewan, I should make you listen to the first Nelly Furtado album! The first six tracks or so are marvellous!