Archive for June, 2006

Ocean Of Confusion

June 29th, 2006 – 1:31 pm
Filed as: Music,Rock

I think during the grunge craze I was the only person in Australia that noticed the Screaming Trees, and I sometimes feel I still am… Mark Lanegan’s voice is like sandpapered velvet. I love it. I grabbed the Ocean Of Confusion ‘best of’ the other day for the extras, but the couple of unreleased tracks [...]

Exemptions

June 27th, 2006 – 12:23 pm
Filed as: General

Why are some people exempt from certain things? The people I am talking about are those that are exempt from standing in a queue, but instead may stand next to the line-up, thus ensuring they are then as close to the front as possible – and can reap the rewards that are otherwise reserved for [...]

No Direction Home

June 23rd, 2006 – 11:33 am
Filed as: Music,Rock

I watched the excellent Martin Scorsese documentary ‘No Direction Home‘ on Bob Dylan’s early years, which has prompted a bit of a BD revival for me. ‘Highway 61 Revisited‘ is still brilliant, 40 years on. I put that album on the turn table for the first time when I was 7 years old. My dad [...]

Hendrix

June 15th, 2006 – 2:10 pm
Filed as: Music,Rock

The Man. The Legend. I have been bingeing again on Jimi Hendrix of late. I can’t get enough. This little binge is what inspired me to create the Hendrix Collector sub-site. I must have every track or I WILL DIE, simple as that. Don’t tell me about obsession. I know obsession. I KNOW obsession! It [...]

Sear Me (Insert Number Here)

June 3rd, 2006 – 2:27 pm
Filed as: Metal,Music

My Dying Bride is something I always fall back to. I get bored elsewhere, and the old faithful re-appears. It’s a shame that no one I know (besides those at a great distance) appreciate MDB. MK would rather slit his own wrists than listen to it (and would proberbly slit his wrists if he did [...]