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  1. Arcade Fire/The Reflektors in Blackpool the other night. Reckon it's my least favourite album of theirs but that was by far the best gig. Really incredible, great crowd and venue.
  2. Bowie is backing-vocals on Reflektor. It's fucking good. Video later, also. On the off-chance that anyone is in the Montreal area, they're playing at Salsatheque tonight.
  3. Of course the club were right to apologise. Those songs are all referencing Munich, and if whoever replied to it didn't realise that then they shouldn't be doing the job in the first place.
  4. New Arcade Fire album out in the UK on October 28.
  5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower - 2/10 - Utterly shit. Great soundtrack. I kind of enjoyed it actually, but still dreadful. Manhattan - 8/10 - Probably the best Woody Allen film I've seen so far, brilliantly written. Very funny.
  6. Fair enough, its more the concept of why it would be something worthy of celebration in the first place which is odd to me. Can't be arsed with them personally. Then again I feel the same about Christmas and Easter, unless the reasons are religious. Also, the giving and receiving of presents is for the most part bollocks in my opinion. I appreciate it but don't buy them and don't expect any from others. Particularly when it's just the latest expensive luxury or something practical which could easily be bought yourself. Personal ones with something 'special' about them are alright.
  7. I've barely listened to any new releases, but 'Amok' by Atoms for Peace (super-group featuring Thom Yorke and Flea) has been my stand-out. [YOUTUBE]UTGYdm1kDBw[/YOUTUBE] The National have just released their latest album 'Trouble Will Find Me', impressed on first listen, they're really fucking good. Arcade Fire have finished recording, set for a release later this year. I like Youth Lagoon, will check that out as well as the Vampire Weekend one, who sometimes I like and sometimes think are shite. And the Deerhunter one which I had no idea about.
  8. Traffic – 6/10 – Three separate but related drug-centred stories, none of which are particularly interesting on their own, but together they somehow work; feeling more like a thriller than a drama at times. The flip side of that is maybe the isolated stories would have been more engaging if the characters had been given more time to develop. Good performances from Del Toro and Cheadle. Simply but excellently shot by Soderbergh, best element of the film for me. Avengers Assemble – 3/10 – Not sure what the fuss is about, a bit shit really. Found it slow to the point of boredom and the lack of plot isn’t even compensated by entertaining action set-pieces, it’s all very flat. None of the superheroes seem to have any real weaknesses, leaving it devoid of any suspense or tension. There are some funny moments, but it tries way too hard to deliver several of them in almost every scene. Johansson’s arse is worth at least two of those points alone.
  9. Presumably that was on the Funeral tour, 2005? If so, then yeah. Those tracks might be a bit tame though, maybe throw Power Out in there. Having thought about it more, probably a bit daft to pick a band I've seen live several times before and probably will do so again. Out of bands I'll definitely never see, I'd be tempted to go for Joy Division or LCD Soundsystem, depending heavily on my mood.
  10. Arcade Fire: Tunnels Haiti Headlights Look Like Diamonds Talking Heads: Road To Nowhere Take Me to The River Wild Wild Life This Must Be The Place (Naive Meldoy) Bowie: Rebel Rebel Starman The Man Who Sold The World Ziggy Stardust Wake Up (with Arcade Fire) [YOUTUBE]z6c9Ejfu-iU[/YOUTUBE] Would be incredible with a crowd that was arsed. Maybe get Byrne in on the act as well. I'd have loved to see Arcade Fire in their early days before getting big. Mid 70s era Bowie.
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