The Friday Canon: TRIP-HOP BATTLE

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

It's Bristol! It's the Nineties! What are the kidz listening to on their 'walk-mans' on the back seat of the bus? Well, East 17 probably, but who was the real winner of the Wess Cunnry Coffee Table war? You have EIGHT ticks to dish out between Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky's UK Top 40 hits.

[Poll #1119484]
Manic Street Preachers: (link)
1. Motorcycle Emptiness
2. You Love Us
=3. Faster / PCP
=3. Little Baby Nothing
5. A Design For Life
=6. Everything Must Go
=6. La Tristesse Durera
8. From Despair To Where
9. Kevin Carter
=10. Revol
=10. Roses In The Hospital
=10. Theme From M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)

NB: This canon was meant to be put up in December, but I forgot. Look out for all-new Friday poll action next week!

The Face of Russian Rap

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

This, perhaps, would've been an appropriate teaser for Wednesday's Lollards show (which is still in my "unplayed" playlist, but I'll get around to it soon). I am always interested how people relate to foreign language music. Here we have a case where a well-known idiom has been imported someplace that is completely foreign. Has it worked?

( Propelled to fame by a reality show, Timati has become most recognizable face of Russian rap )