Bell's version tickles my fancy and Atlas Sound's Headphones pays honest tribute, as does Liars' Army Of Me... the rest are well-intentioned but forgettable. except for El Guincho, which sounds nothing like the original, and Xiu Xiu (less said...)

Gah, I must be slipping in my old age! You're quite right, I have my moments of niceness but I'm a bad boy really and you better believe it. ;-P

It'll irk you to know that Bert gave you full credit for discovering them before he burned a CD for me! He can be good, you know... ;^p

Nope, after seeing her LIVE I've been putting it off! But if I can listen to Madge's new'un today, alongside the lovely She & Him, then I'll stick Stereogum on for afterwards! Check out my review on Bjork in my journal...

Thanks, Brad! I'm trusting your rested and well to jump back on this rancid networking site again, eh? HAVE you got round to listening to those Bjork songs yet??

Back in the posh club, yay! Did you get through the Great Last.fm Meltdown ok this weekend?

Welcome Back

Go on, Cooky! That's what I say. Meanwhile, once you're all settled in you need to get over to my iDisk and download [artist]The Long Blondes[/artist] and [artist]These New Puritans[/artist]. Don't ask any questions, just do it! Oh and then listen to them, obviously. ;-)

Oy! Or, Yo! as we say here. :) Welcome back, hope you had a brilliant time. George is round at my place at the moment, we're about to watch Mariah going crazy with the Idols :D and he says have you listened to the Bjork stuff yet?

(pointing and laughing at your grey icon ;D)

Hmmm...never seen your subscription lapse before...

Red carpet premier?! This is a new and glamorous world! What was the show?

Ha! I'm sure you'll enjoy. They might just be the bastard lovechild of Battles & Ladytron...

Man, Crystal Castles is niiiiiice!

Thanks, yes! I'm tempted to give it a go...

hey man is that new foals thing any good?

Brilliant! I look forward to the new charts with far too much excitement than's healthy!

Hee, I think this metaphor could run and run. Or, well, lie on its back indefinitely. :)

What's the difference between M79 and M83? Sadly I can't think of a punchline. It's music-geek humour at its most pathetic!

Thank ya kindly, sir. By the way, I never got around to thanking you for recommending MGMT. They have really grown on me and I'm excited to say that their album could be one of the best of 2008.

My iDisk has its red high heels on, it's been pumped full of goodness TWICE already, and it's still absolutely ANYONE'S!! Get in there! Heh.

Lol! Your language is SHOCKING today, Brad! ;) I'll sort out those Bjorks for ya.

That is I've compiled other people's remixes, not remixed them myself! ;^)

On a side note, Bert should also have a self-made remix album by me of hers featuring some really good stuff too... I think his iDisk can handle this, surely?

As Chandler Bing would exclaim, WUH-PAH!!! But seriously, you're opening up a can of worms here! I'm sure the quickest way for you to get Post is through Bert, I'm sure he has it already... its most probably joint-third in my Bjork Album chart alongside Volta, but behind SelmaSongs and the majesterial Vespertine...

Fucking hell! :-D

It's hard work being popular sometimes! *cough!* ;-P I liked it, cheers, very... PEACEFUL.

a tart '80's Electro Pop center * - you've sold me on it RIGHT THERE! Thanks! PS - I'm nicking Crystal Castles too. More thanks! *and I've corrected your typo in this quote. BWA HA HA ;-D

Oh, don't worry yourself!! One of the best Bjork remixes I've yet heard was a string quartet version of Big Time Sensuality that managed to turn it into a folk-country gig, and that was on a tribute album! As I said, I'll get back to you on it... ;^)

Yesterday I overheard Murray on the phone and he said: “This is the album I’ve always wanted to make.” I think he was still on a high from the killer string session. And... [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlR5cNcVym0]THIS[/url]!!! Oh do stop me if you're already checking for this stuff regularly yourself. Otherwise I'm enjoying sharing the excitement. :) The teases!

If you like She & Him-you might like [artist]Bon Iver[/artist]-next to each other in similar artists-Also [artist]Say Hi[/artist] might work for you-think US indie rock-all well here thank you-(still)trying to work out my new camera/working hard etc..thanks for the idisk offer-will check them out!

And don't worry, Post means a hell of a lot to me so my thoughts on Enjoyed will be quite vociferous!

To my untrained ears, it reminds me of Love from Disney's Robin Hood... a brief glance on imdb.com reveals that Friar Tuck was changed to a badger as the producers felt a pig friar would be insulting to the religious audiences(!!!)... X^Z

You lucky so-and-so! I have to wait a whole 48 hours to find out! I do plan on reviewing all of the previous Idol debut albums for my journal, using the descriptive basis of methods of murder. I imagine garroting, strangling, suffocation and drowning will likely feature...

And you'd better not let Ramiele see you shouting like that on last.fm! Speaking of Idol, are you of the opinion it's a three-horse-race between Archuleta, Cook and Carly? And I just have to say, I cannot fucking stand Sayesha, I don't care if she's the best singer on there, her look-at-me! I'm-so-pretty! attitude stinks!!

And Bell is indeed very pretty (given I can't actually see half of her face in that shot!), but her armpit may taste like citrus for all I know (NB: a good thing!)

The only decent alternate versions I have of Isobel are remixes by Eumir Deodato (well, he re-works it into a live bossa nova arrangement, still lovely!!) and heavy-metal outfit Carcass, who substitute every instrument with harsh guitars and feedback (and barely get away with it for sheer balls!) Will approach Xiu Xiu with caution...

Thanks for the tip! I didn't know about this (have been wary of tribute albums in the past, especially Bjork's!), but nothing wrong in giving this a try! Can I just say that, with regards to your girls, their names are most certainly not the only thing adorable about them... :^)

Hey Brad-How's 08 treating you? Any interesting recommendations?

Blimey, I've been hacked by the Kylie fan club! And Patrick Wolf obsessives have been at yours! Well some of them DO get a bit carried away.

Heh. Yes, it's very likely that I will. :D

EVERY TEN MINUTES! Well, a couple of times. ;-) I'm not that keen on Boreanaz himself, but I love those shows to death. And cheers! Hopefully I know what you guys would now be doing on a Saturday night if you ever take that European vacaction. :) New Portishead on my iDisk, btw, you interested in that?

Well it's official - I'm now hosting & DJing the karaoke at my favourite bar every Saturday night! Woo!