Arctic Monkeys

[steviespitfire.livejournal.com]

http://blissout.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_blissout_archive.html

Do you like reading "Music Writing"?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

I don't think I do.

Internet mutual interest groups drew me into usenet and bulletin board (ahem) discussions about music, but i think i was only ever in there, for a "i like x" "really you should try y" "i recommend z then" sort of stuff, and general chat about stuff i like. I noticed some time ago that i don't think i get talking about stuff you don't like - it happens a lot on the internet, and i dip into those conversations. But i find it baffling that anyone would sustain much of a conversation (beyond "wow that's really popular even though i think it sounds rub") IRL about a band or piece of music they don't like all that much. (Mentioning no names.) I like hearing people being enthusiastic and passionate because i like to be enthused. And i like a lot of music.

now i've read quite a bit of the internet by now (maybe half of it), and you may not know this but the internet is a fertile place to find all manner of musing on music. And a lot of it bugs me. The language used doesn't chime with my experience of music at all. Where is the conflict in all this music, when all i see is plurality? You don't get this when people talk about contemporary clothing (eg off the top of my head there). Another minor thing, but the "music is food" metaphor (nourishing, balanced diet, "x is good for you") is balls too.

I'm sure i'll think of other stuff.

(ps the chart still hasn't been re-calced yet, but i'll be there when it is)

DUTCH FANS RAGE AS REF SENDS HOLLAND HOME

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Group C Report

Group C has given us some fantastically tense football and its final matches were no exception, with Holland boss freakytigger raging at the ref's decision to disallow a last-minute goal that would have sent his side through and Serbia and Montenegro home. As it is the ugly draw between these sides means the Balkan nation goes through on goals scored and it's manager umlauts who will be celebrating tonight. "The decision was a travesty," ranted the angry freakytigger, "That referee should never have been officiating at this level." The controversy centred on an intervention by miss_newham, whose ballot reading in part "Give Holland one or two extra points" was rendered invalid by FIPA for not having specified points totals. A FIPA official, coincidentally also named freakytigger, dismissed the Dutch protests: "The referee's decision is final and the Dutch manager of all people should know this."


Ivory Coast fans celebrate their Group C triumph

In Group C's other game Cote D'Ivoire gave a vibrant second-half display to defeat Argentina and send the Africans through to the second round as group winners. "This is a magnificent day for all of Africa," said a spokesman. The Ivoirian pop federation had surprised many by its appointment of poptasticuk, a young manager with a seeming lack of interest in African football, but she's proved her doubters wrong and will face the runner-up in tomorrow's Group D clash. Argentina supremo carsmilesteve saw his side play bright football but was left ruing their lack of stamina in the final stages of the game.

Final Score
IVORY COAST - 132 points (Qualify as Group winners)
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - 130 points (Qualify as runners-up)
HOLLAND - 128 points
ARGENTINA - 110 points

!!ATTENTION VICTOR!!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Hello mysterious "Victor" (or anyone who knows him) -

Can you send yr Pop World Cup track to me by tonight, thanks? (and team talk by tomorrow morning)

freakytrigger@gmail.com

Ta!

For that all-important pop take on the Abu Hamza conviction, Kirsty

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

This just in on ILM:

Sparks are appearing on Newsnight tonight in the UK, I've learned.
-- Ned Raggett (***@****.org), February 7th, 2006.

New CD an Return To Form too, apparently.