23 January 2008
Half Man Half Biscuit
I can't say I'm a huge fan, probably admired them more than love them... listened to them back in the late 80s, but recently youtube showed me they have been cranking out stuff for years that I've not noticed. Not something I want to listen to over and over but every now and then they bring a smile to my face. Some nice home-made videos too.
Paintballs Coming Home. I sometimes have nightmares about living a life like this.
An alternative version
You're Hard
25 hour Garage People
Slipknot And The Pope
Restless Legs... a great Eraserhead parody
Trumpton Riots...as I said I'm not a huge fan but this is one of the all time classics from back in the day.
21 January 2008
Buddy Rich Drum Battles
There's something mesmerising about a good drum solo and even better are drum battles and the absolute apex was Buddy Rich... here he is versus Gene Krup.
... vs Ed Shaughnessy
... vs Jerry Lee Lewis (who I normally can't stand but he's not too bad here).
... and finally vs perhaps the greastest drummer ever (yes, perhaps even better than buddy himself.
18 January 2008
The Clapping Song
Shirley Ellis
The Belle Stars
Brave New Words
Matrioshka Brain? Quine? Whuffie? - 75 Words every sci-fi fan should know, Science fiction citations at the OED, Swear words from science fiction, Neologisms in science fiction, Brave new words.
