English Settlement

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

My latest column for Pitchfork - http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/46485-column-poptimist-9 - talking about consensus in the UK music industry and its impact. (and talking about a few other things too). There is a lot of stuff which I didnt have space or time to explore and hopefully I will get the chance to write some of that up here or on FT later today.

EDIT: I did! http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2007/10/long-live-the-uk-music-scene/

Comments

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

that simon garfield book is the first book i read as a recorded talking book for my mum. am i right in thinking it was reissued with extra 'update' chapters?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Did you do all the voices?

I don't know! I was a bit surprised it was still in print actually - I should have linked to it on Amazon but was busy thinking about hauses this w/end.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

oh god the voices! because this was the first one, so didn't have a settled 'reading style', and because the earliest chapters include JOHN PEEL, the temptation to do THAT VOICE was all too much. and yes for a few sentences i did indeed try, before giggling and stopping. but it kept veering back, and i had to make a conscious effort to stop.

i think i am more prone to this than most, as i am afflicted with 'accent-drift'