Just a thought... 2gb? Hmmm

Just realised that by using a Gmail account (that we could all access), these CDs could be loaded into there for sharing purposes. The limit for attaching a single file is 10mb so each track would have to be an email. Also, i'm not sure if they allow .MP3 extensions to be used or not so testing would need to be done. Any thoughts?

Music Blog Updates and Comments

Nice to see we are having a bit of a discussion on here about the tracks from the first CD! More please! I currently get an email notification when new comments are posted to my blog and the music club blog too. If you are interested in having this *feature* too then i could set up an email list thing so that comments will be forwarded to you all too. I can also set it so new postings to the Music Blog can be emailled out too. So you won't have to check it so often. Let me know (by leaving a comment - obviously).

Gimme a reason...

OK feebs, a brief description of tracks. Make of it wot you will. I can expect a good slagging if the comp doesn't meet with your approval, but that's wot it's all about. Oh, and Chris - wot's so bad about that...? ******************************** 1: Always on the Run - Lenny Kravitz: Apparently, Lenny insists on only ever recording material using original '60's equipment; valve amps, big barbecue-grilled microphones, the whole business. Seems to work for him, though. This track exemplifies his retro, psychedelic acid-rock Hendrix influences, not least by recruiting Slash [Guns 'n' Roses] on lead guitar. Plus the bass is pure porn. 2: Sympathy for the Devil - Guns 'n' Roses: Slightly more pedestrian rhythm section than the Stone's original due to Matt Sorum's "meat and potato" drumming, but it wins on the grounds of O.T.T. theatricalism, and Slash being the sleaziest guitar in Christendom. Bitch. 3: Take a Look Around - Limp Bizkit: Nu-Metal - and why not? The kids are still, young, fucked up and angry - that's good news isn't it? Except they're yesterday's news. Voted MTV's Best Band in the World one year, and Worst the next. 4: I Just Wanna Live - Good Charlotte: Making "Limp Bizkit" look like your Dad, Good Charlotte are still young, dumb and full o' cum. Don't you just hate them for it? Nice synths though - work well with the three chords, bless 'em...! And they're so cute when they try and look dangerous ;o) 5: Cold Beverage - G. Love & Special Sauce: Special Sauce were producing laid-back, West Coast, white boy hip-hop, while the Fun Lovin' Criminals were still nicking rolos from Mr McKnobiie's girly mag shop, and doing it better than anyone else. Barbecue music, no doubt. And I don't mean that in a bad way. 6: Policeman Skank - Audioweb: Banged to rights! Reminds me of late nineties London, very messy. 7: I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness: I love the idea of The Darkness - the spandex, the guitars, being Queen's little sister in - ironically - a totally un-ironic way. The thing is, this is the only track of theirs I find acceptable. It's a cracker, though, isn't it? 8: Thick 'n' Thin - Black Crowes: Somewhere between Scooby Doo and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, this is white boy rock 'n' roll in the Jerry Lewis school (if he'd played guitar, that is). Now, hold still, bwoy... 9: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott Heron: Seventies Harlem Black Voice personified. Not an obvious guitar track, but gets in on the bassline. You can almost smell it.... 10: One in a Million - Guns 'n' Roses: As a counterpoint to the radical seventies Black Power, Axl Rose goes off on one. Only in America.... *sigh* 11: Radar Love - Golden earring: "Hey, Rudy! Grab dat Flying-Vee and let'sh play a little... Rock 'n' Roll!!!" Dutch rockers Golden Earring demonstrate that getting a translator in doesn't always work. "We've got a thing and it's called Radar Love...!". Oh, really...? 12: I Ain't Sofisticated - Ruts: ....umm... 13: The Impression That I Get - Mighty Mighty Bosstones: If you ever felt you needed a reason to get up in the morning, the first line of the chorus is it - "I-I-I-I-I!!!! NEVER HAD TO KNOCK ON WOOD...!!!!!..." 14: God's Cop - Happy Mondays: Never really liked these at the time, but was forced into an abrupt about face after someone played me "Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches". Unbelievable when you hear the production that they really were just a bunch of crack heads of the estates, and not a manufactured act. Definitely on one, matey! 15: Daughter - Pearl Jam: Grunge survivors, still head and shoulders above most of the toss that came out of Seattle 16: Rebel Rebel - David Bowie: I can't be arsed doing this any more 17: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix: turn on, skin up, turn over.... no, hang on... turn up, switch off.. oh fuck it...

Invites sent and CD received!

I have sent out invites for people to be able to make postings on this Music Club Blog. You should receive one "through the e-post". Tim also reports that my Torrent file is still not working... Although my mate NerdyBwoy the Brummie Biker Boy downloaded "The Flat CD" ok last night in under 1 hour! I will double check-o when i go home.

On a lighter note I got my CD from Captain Beefo this morning and the track listing is as follows for those who are Postman'ly challenged: 1. Always On The Run - Lenny Kravitz 2. Sympathy For The Devil - Gnr 3. Take A Look Around - Limp Bizkit 4. I Just Wanna Live - Good Charlotte 5. Cold Beverage - G Love & Special Sauce 6. Policeman Skank - Audioweb 7. I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness 8. Thick N Thin - The Black Crows 9. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott Heron 10. One In A Million - GNR 11. Radar Love - Golden Earing 12. I Aint Sophisticated - Ruts 13. The Impression That I Got - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 14. God's Cop - Happy Mondays 15. Daughter - Pearl Jam 16. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie 17. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix

Sorry!

I have re-uploaded the torrent file after making sure it works this time. And testing it. And beating myself with it. enjoy it... if you can realy be bothered..!

First posting and testing

Ok. So i have finally got bored of waiting for my CD from captain Beefy O'Keefy and have decided to "go it alone" and release "The Flat CD" via Bittorrent to kick things off. Seeing as apathy seems to rule on this project at the moment the time and effort put into making CDs did'nt seem worth it. The track will burn to CD though. This was a little project that i actually started back in November 2002! I emailled out a list of tracks that would represent the time at the YMCA Flats at CMK and asked for suggestions. I actually lived there in 1995/96 but the time period i am referring to was back in the late 80s/ early nineties. Here is a link to the torrent file (zipped): Click here If you don't know what to do with this - then read here. Here is the track listing:

1. A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Original Mix)
2. the klf - what time is love?
3. Move Any Mountain - The Shamen
4. Green Onions - Booker T & The MGs
5. Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
6. Step on - Happy Mondays
7. Little Fluffy Clouds - The ORB
8. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
9. E.S.T. (Trip To The Moon) - Alien Sex Fiend
10. 3AM Eternal - KLF
11. Deelite - Groove Is In The Heart
12. cubik (Pan American Excursion) - 808 State
13. It's Yer Money - The Wonder Stuff
14. The Sun Rising - Beloved

All the tracks are mixed into 1 MP3 file using a program called MixMeister. Some of the tracks mix well together... but how the hell do you mix She Sells Sanctuary into EST cleanly? I don't know.

As per the rules of Music Club, here is my mini review on the choice of tracks:

1. Voodoo Ray - A Guy Called Gerald Surely the most important dance track for me. The best memory of this i have was hearing it blaring out from a tent at Glastonbury whilst i was.. er.. off it a bit. It never sounded so good! And as Sharon used to say - it sounded so fast back then too! Truly a ground breaking dance track and is still definitely one of my top 10 tunes of all time.

2. What Time Is Love - The KLF "Springs, strings, new technology the K the L the F and the 'ology" "Mu Mu! Mu Mu!" Need i say any more? Visuals of Rick holding his briefcase up stating "i'm a computer programmer" whilst at Jons in Harrow flow back to me every time i hear this track. Yet another influential dance act from the time and they were also very nonchalant about the whole thing i think - which was cool.

3. Move Any Mountain - The Shamen "Move any moun-taeeeeeen". Certainly one of the best tracks before they went a bit too heavy with Mr C and "Eberneezer Goode". The Shamen wrote pretty clean sounding techno dance stuff with lyrics that did not impose too much on the tracks therefore not turning them into total pop records. I can still remember most of the lyrics from them too!

4. Green Onions - Booker T and the MGs Now. Apparently - and i cannot confirm this as i was not there - this track was played whilst people danced round Sharon and Gee's coffee table in the flat. I think it was probably slightly before "my time" at the flat but i thought i would include it anyway.

5. Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants This was also mainly a fav track for the girls but it is still good all the same. I can't exclude it for just that reason!

6. Step on - Happy Mondays I remember buying this on 12" from Our Price and walking back to the flat to play it. Still sounds good today and is very representative of the time period. Shame Shaun Ryder turned into a fatty bloater (eh Mat?).

7. Little Fluffy Clouds - The ORB Still my favorite ORB track and accompanied me on many an astral journey. It does sound a little dated now and the vocal hook is repeated far too often but it is a classic. 8. The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary When i was still at Stantonbury 6th form and Tim went to Bletchley College (and met Rick, Mat et al) he leant me a tape of the Cult (Wult?) and i took it back to the 6th form common room which at that time was in a room above a day creche. We had a large bass speaker in the corner and i put the track on expecting everyone to love it. But they were into The Doors and The Cure at the time - so it did'nt go down too well. Needless to say i crept off with my skateboard never to play it there again!

9. E.S.T. (Trip To The Moon) - Alien Sex Fiend I was not sure if i should have this track on the CD really as it is sooo bloody long! It reminds me of Mat and always puts pictures of goths in my head for some reason. I bet Alien Sex Fiend were nice smartly dressed people really. Slow plodding guitar tainted depress techno stuff i suppose. Good though.

10. 3AM Eternal - KLF "Eternal-o-a-ohhhhh". Another classic by the KLF and a nice inclusion on the CD. I do tend to get the 2 tracks on here confused and can't remember quite which rap is from which. Shame the rapper got killed though - or he would be able to tell me.

11. Deelite - Groove Is In The Heart Another seminal track of the flat era. Complete with funky music, odd sound effects and spangly dance costumes. Sharon, Gee, Mel and Taj at their £1.99 2 Litre Sparkling Lambrusco Bianco best. Anyone for powdered milk?

12. Cubik (Pan American Excursion) - 808 State Whilst i was at Bletchley College i went on a week long trip to visit Dominic in Manchester to do some artwork and get cultured. What really happened was that we spent several days running around Mosside pissed and stoned shouting "Haway the lads" at the tops of our voices, eating Vege Samosas from a takeaway called the Cuckoo Chef and listening to this track. I think i also brought it back to the flat crew and we all learned to rejoice in the church of 808 state.

13. It's Yer Money - The Wonder Stuff "It's yer Terbut i'm after baby!". Another classy track from the flat era which reminds me of Tim and Rick alot. This would be playing in Tims car as we cruised from woughton to wolverton, from CMK to the YMCA.

14. The Sun Rising - Beloved Nice floaty dancy stuff. The Beloved at their best. I never forget how many million remixes were made of this track - but i have some in my loft on vinal along with other Beloved tracks too. I can remember playing this track with the doors open in Sharon and Gee's flat and the evening sunlight streaming in. Probably whilst Rick was pissing off the balcony though...

And there concludes my mini review of the tracks on the CD. I have left off some important artists probably such as Cud, Stone Roses, The Waterboys, Sinead O'connor and anything from the Dirty Dancing original soundtrack. As i was writing them i am also not 100% sure that all the tracks are from that time period. Maybe you will point out my mistakes - who knows.

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