BLURILLAZ

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

With "Clint Eastwood" a front-runner in the Now poll, much recent talk of Britpop, and the daughter of Fat Les about to explode onto the national chart scene, what better time for the Canon to turn its fire on Blur, Gorillaz, and assorted side projects? Pick THIRTEEN of these singles and we'll see what wins. NB Graham Coxon's solo records have not been included because they're atrocious because the only hits were after he left the band so they don't count, plus I got bored of typing.



( Blurillaz )

If you are The Lex you are probably horrified by the exclusion of Coxon, no wait I mean by the indieness of it all, so here are the results of last week's Britney canon to soothe you:

( Britney: Your Viaduct )

A Regrettable Oversight

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

[Poll #739971]

Poptimism Podcast

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

Poptimism Podcast

I am DOING this! But note no downloads/mp3s in there yet, but if you subscribe now, i very much hope to have something on there tomorrow morning - and hopefully more than a proof of concept - PROPER CHOONS.

Apart from anything else it should mean i take time to listen to all the YSIs dotted around here. If anyone has any submissions they want to e-mail then send em to poptimism.podcast@googlemail.com, i will also be downloading YSIs.

Trouble is I my "poptimist gatekeeper" rating is quite low, so if I'm overwhelmed with choice (which I think i am already) then my choices may be erratic. I think only 6 mins (10 at the very max) a week would be what i'd want to hear - cutting down tracks to the "most typical minute".

Feel free to point me at YSIs in the comments below, e-mail as above, and if you want to stress the "typical minute" do do so, or I'll take the first minute, unless I too get absorbed into the song and can make my own mind up from the first play!

Another future issue might be that of bandwidth - but that's something we can address if it becomes popular.

Just to brand the podcast I intend to start each one with freakytrigger's address, it'll be 2-3 seconds max.

**UPDATE** (again)

I have put up "podcast zero" with the tracks i had to hand - a "proof of concept" if you like to talk that way. From next week I like to think that we'd have slightly shorter extracts of a few more songs. We should also have a couple of "catch ups" of stuff that's been talking about over the last month or so. (eg I still haven't heard Promiscuous Girl!)