Ricky Gervais: give him a chance

Ricky Gervais: when he's talking to a bunch of menopausal wagons - not so funny. Fix him up with a couple of Irish gays - funny.

Ricky Gervais: One Trick Pony

Ricky Gervais on ITV's Loose Women? Just watched the repeat after the pub. I swear, he's a one trick pony, it's not that funny, and he knows it. Waiting to embed the YouTube clip and you'll know what I'm talking about.

Oh, and Happy Halloween!

Rounding off the weekend

Went to see Milosh and Chequerboard in Red Cross Hall tonight. It was certainly a lovely way to round off the weekend, and its looking like Red Cross Hall is gonna work out as a sweet new venue for all sorts!

Nice to have a pint with the gang after, get the politically correct lowdown on Toronto vs Vancouver and walk home. Lovely lovely.

www.myspace.com/milosh
www.myspace.com/chequerboardmusic

DEAF 08 - Nurse with Wound

Went to the first night of DEAF tonight in Andrew's Lane Theatre. Had some confusion figuring out who exactly was onstage and what exactly we were supposed to be listening to when it was just some dude with two massive amps playing the same three chords on his guitar over and over. Oh wait, it was art I think. Soundart, the worst kind of art.

Nurse with Wound however were pretty cool.
Apparently they've been around since the Seventies, and I guess the auld lads just command a bit more respect for it. Particularly when they lash into 'My Lovely Horse' out of nowhere (obviously that's going to go down well with this particular blogger), and proceed into what we were told was a "rock'n'roll jam".
I suppose you don't have to understand it all or be able to relate to it, or however you want to describe that relationship that a listener has with a piece of music, to enjoy it. And when the dudes onstage are so clearly making these sounds for their own enjoyment, without conceit or posturing, well it makes it even easier to enjoy. Throw in a bit of Father Ted and I'm in.

Two songs

Its amazing when you hear a song for the first time and you instantly think 'yes'. Something clicks and you know you're going to keep coming back to it, its like making a new friend!
(That's enough of that talk now)
Anyway, today's song is 'Lump Sum' on For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver.

Meanwhile the love affair continues with 'Ragged Wood' by Fleet Foxes . . .

Pivot/Halfset: Whelans

Up in the big smoke for a couple of days, popped into Whelans to see Pivot: ('Sigur Ros' favourite Aussie band'), who I have to say were at times pretty savage and at others pretty bewildering - in fact just as I write, suspicions are confirmed; their music is much more of a headphone-friendly affair than it plays live. Check it out

Halfset, however, impressed nicely with their support set. Look forward to listening to more of their new album and catching the full live show at some point - with harp and all apparently! 'Riversong' from their previous album Dramanalog is a favourite - listen to it here (last.fm)

www.myspace.com/halfset

www.myspace.com/pivotpivot

Albums I'm enjoying . . .

Lisa Hannigan - 'Sea Sew'

One Day International - 'Blackbird