Its a Wednesday

So its been a strange week....
I wont go into the details, but for more than one reason and on several occasions ive been sent white over the last 7 days. Its been odd. So much so that the most recent fuck up just seems like natural progression and nothing out of the ordinary at all (I fell over the other night and unfortunatly for me I didnt land on my bed, instead my head went through the wall). Since then - I would say that this happened at about 4am tuesday morning - Ive had some time to take in this last weeks events and mull over them.
I also had to go into work yesterday which disturbed my thought process quite a bit, aswell as the lump the size of a fuckin orange on my bonce. that would be enough to disturb anyones train of thought.
Thats my excuse for today, ive got mild concussion so if this comes off as rambling shite you know why.
Anyway, what my point was going to be is during the past week ive obviously been listening to music. Im always aware of that types of music im listening to, im always conscious of what mood the music is putting me in, or what I should say is im aware of how im feeling when I choose what to listen to. Basically if im listening to the rolling stones, im more than likely drunk or in the mood for getting drunk! Whereas if I was listening to Mazzy Star chances are im in the mood for quiet reflection -  or a wank over Hope Sandoval. What?



There have been several occasions when ive been in a certain mood and the music thats on hasnt grabbed me in the way I think it should. This happens alot when im out and about in town. Its not often a DJ will play songs I want to hear, one of the reasons I prefer going to gigs these days rather than going a night in a club.
Its especially annoying when your at a house party and the person in charge of the ipod machine is destroying procedings by either playing the same 3 bands on repeat, usually a mix of Oasis, The Stereophonics and whoevers been on the front cover of NME that week. This is especially true if the host is a bloke.
If the ipod hog is a girl (or mark stevenson) then what you usually get is 30 second snippets of every song thats on the machine before it being interrupted by screams of "oh my gawd! i farkin laaaaaaaaarve this song" and then the next 30 seconds is put on.

It really fucks me off.


Music, in many ways is like a drug. It makes you feel different, it can change your perspective on things, It enhances your mood etc etc etc...
And therefor shouldnt be abused the way it can be like i mention above! You wouldnt snort a line of coke then go, "I dont want coke anymore, I want some speed". Only before your speed kicks in you fancy some heroin, "I want heroin now, give me some fuckin heroin. Oh my gaaaaaaaaawd I fuckin love heroin! OH MY GAWD BUT NOT AS MUCH AS KET! I WANT KET NOW!"
Maybe you do know someone like that, I dunno. Im not judging. But if it was me, I would like to feel the effects of one before moving onto the other!
If you have been in a melancholic mood, chances are your going to listen to some pretty mellow, dare I say it, gloomy music. Your probably not going to start off with Leonard Cohen and then follow it up with something like this. I hope you would never do that anyway. Doesnt matter what mood your in, shit is shit at the end of the day.
 Anyway, do you see my point. Its in there somewhere. Its probably more of a blunt end.

That being said, I havent been to a house party this week and the times I have been out in town has been with the soul purpose to get completely and utterly spannered with no intention of listening to whats being played through the speakers. Its been when ive got home and slipped on the 'ol ipod that ive listened to tunes this week. Just me listening, so no need to worry about how it might go down with other people!
And predictably ive been listening to some pretty mellow tunes this week!


And thats been the whole point of this post - to basically justify what Ive been listening to over the last week and how and why i came about listening to those particular songs (which if Ive done it properly should be available for you to listen to on here).
What I will also do is post the artists name and the song title with a bit of info about them so if you hear something you like you know where to look. That will also bring me on nicely to what im going to talk about next, but before then I need to ice my head and figure out how to fix the hole before mother hubbard sees it. Moving back in with your parents is hard enough as it is, I havent made things any easier by smashing the gaff up.
But you dont need to worry about that, listen to my amazzing playlist.

1-RED KRAYOLA - When She Went Swimming             Hypnotic, accoustic, accordian driven lovelyness. Sticks to its guns more so than most red Krayola outputs making it more accesable. More on this band later
2-MC5 - Let Me Try           A quiet ballad from a band famed for its raw, punk energy. So as you can probably tell, i wasnt in the mood for party fun when i was listening to these! Its a lovely song anyway.
3-GALAXIE 500 - Victory Garden             This grbbed me instantly when I first heard it. So simple but just works for me. Anyone who read one of the previous posts about these lot should of already heard this, if not, you can hear it now.
4-FAUST - Jennifer (alt version)           Ive included the alternate version of this song, cos I prefer it. The origional is slightly longer and has a different melody for the "chorus" if thats what it can be called. Krautrock is so fucking good and these guys basically founded it by writing a song called, "krautrock". Easy. Anyway this has been at the centre of everything ive been listening to recently. I can get lost in it.
5-CLINIC - Milk & Honey            One of my fave songs from there latest album "Bubblegum". Love there new direction, 60's psychodelic pop in 2010. Ace.
6-BARDO POND - The Stars Behind            New bardo pond tune. 13 min epic of swirling feedback, haunting vocals, an almost radiohead esc guitar riff that could be a xylophone and another jewl in the crown of modern psychodelic music. They have been going for nearly 20 years this lot and on this evidence theyre better than ever.
7-SKIP SPENCE - Diana            Ok, things are getting a bit dark and if your like so many other people I know then you might describe this as "music to slit your wrists to". What i hear tho is some brilliant guitar playing, a bloke seriously struggling with life (drugs are bad, mmm k?) but managing to lay down some stunning tunes. The back story to this album (Oar) really adds to the songs and I will no doubt discuss it at some point.
8-THE WARLOCKS - So Paranoid              What did I say about drugs being bad?! I get the impression Bobby hesker from the warlocks has had his fair share. This song, although its about being in quite a fragile state of mind is actually quite uplifting helped my a simple but melodic riff that builds and builds throughout the song. Its great.

My next playlist will be a bit more uplifting, i promise. Links for the songs are below. If anyone can tell me how to embed them or make a podcast that would be apreciated cos nothing I try has worked.

http://www.box.net/shared/t8sj5xeh70
http://www.box.net/shared/vrb62etbvs
http://www.box.net/shared/v3um3isrln
http://www.box.net/shared/ag0yjmkshs
http://www.box.net/shared/ek5sonyzg5
http://www.box.net/shared/sjsuv59ft7
http://www.box.net/shared/tpd2re48q7
http://www.box.net/shared/9y5tdckzp2

entire playlist here (maybe, its a lottery this game)
http://www.box.net/shared/p8uugf0hqa