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Music

Changing the way things are done

August 13, 2008

One of my favourite records at the moment is Howling Willie Cunt’s ‘World of Filth‘.A few years ago I discovered that I have a slightly embarrassing love of songs with unashamedly crude lyrics. While Judge Dread was my rude lyricist of choice for some time, he’s since been replaced by Howling Willie – actually an [...]

Cover versions

July 30, 2008

Cover versions are interesting to people because they combine something familiar with something unexpected. They are a deviation from something we already know.In some cases, the success of the cover version relies on our knowledge of the original. Punk covers are like parodies of the originals – deeply referential, usually quite one-dimensional. Me First & [...]

Noisy Thoughts

May 18, 2007

When Ramesh gave up recorded music for Lent, I started to think a little bit about how we interact with sound. Then, this week, two chance conversations sparked further thoughts. The first conversation was about MP3 players. Somebody was saying that he could not relate to the urge to listen to music when out and [...]