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Currently obsessed with Fonejacker, esp this.

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A Riot Of My Own

Joe Meek Space Orgy

There is a very real danger that this site may just become an advert for the life and works of R Kelly. "Trapped In The Closet" part 2 is out today. Enough said.

Favourite Records At The Moment

Just off to The Green Man to get folked off our nuts... soundtrack for the weekend - the Panda Bear album - totally obsessed with "Take Pills", one of the best singles of the year... can't find a video for it, this'll do tho...

the new Caribou record, esp the Kieran Hebden remix of this single (with Luka & Adem) - pure choral psych, could be 40 years old and unearthed by crate diggers...

the Black Moth Super Rainbow record...
and a load of other bits - "August" by Catcall, the Doves podcast, "Atlas" by Battles, new Edwyn Collins record and, obviously, the preview for the new R Kelly DVD, due end of this month..."oh shit!"

This Is How You Do It

Scenes from the first aid tent at Global Gathering that happened the other week. "If I'd have known it was this kinda party I'd have stuck my dick in the mash potato..."

It's Not Just Johnny Borrell and Bob Geldof Who Care About Shit...

People seem to have forgotten all about Hear 'N' Aid the metal super group who recorded this, the frankly epic-al charity number "Stars", a record that pays virtually no lip service to starving Africans but does manage to have some cod mystical bollocks from Ronnie James Dio, some heavy S&M macho crap from Rob Halford and a selection of solos that go on for the average length of a childbirth. They're about as painful too.
Anyway, Sociaism hails Hear 'N' Aid, cos at this late stage no one else is, and it's a git load better than that shit version of "Do They Know It's Christmas" with Chris Martin.

Tony Wilson, One Of The Major Reasons Why We're Doing This... Rest In Peace.

A Lovely Collection Of Vintage Record Sleeves

Ace artist and very good friend of Socialism, Kavel Rafferty, has started a bloody marvellous blog gallery of old 7" range bags from days gone by. The site, Record Envelope, is like rifling through the racks of Record and Tape Exchange, just without having to face down the miserable staff at the end of it all. Also, you don't need to buy some crappy old record just cos you like the sleeve, they're all up there in technicolour glory.

Check out Record Envelope here...

"People Call Me Rude, I Wish We Were All Nude..."

So Socialism headed out to watch Prince roll out the hits for the last time last night... the gig was super fucking fantastic... obviously bought tickets to go again even though we know we can't afford them... the guy is ON FIRE. Made us think back to this particular moment of genius from Dave Chapelle...

Diddy Buys A Youtube Channel... The Rest Of Us Still Get It For Free

This week Socialism is loving

Brighton Rock / Tootsie Roll / VIP Party Boys / Pissed Jeans / Happy Tom & The Age Of Pamparius / Mingering Mike / If Everybody Had An Ocean / Omar Little / Clark and Michael / Fujiya, Miyagi / Doom Bar, Cwrw Haf & a town called Beer / sofa travelling / “Suckers” / Stop Smiling / Catcall / Ivan’s XTC / Laurence from Felt / Laurence from Domino / Adam Ant's autobiography / Jesus Urge Overkill/ David Hemmings / Sonny J / Boris'n' Pete -blonde ambition / Michael Moore / Mandy Moore / Black Moth Super Rainbow / Black Mountain / Monsterism Island / Richard Long / Psychedelic Soul / Phaseshifter / Chris Crisis / Rivers Cuomo / Cormac McCarthy / Chris Needham’s video diary / Oo Ooh Ah Aah Band / The Peth “Let’s Go Fucking Mental” & Rhys Ifans in ‘Notting Hill’ / Tales From The Forest Of The Gnomes / Holy Water Won’t Save You Now / the Bat House Project / Nicky Wire / “John Peel was a cokehead, I can relate” / Andrew Loog Oldham / Brett Smiley / Suede Anderson / Tony Ogden, George Melly, the singing Welsh soldier in Zulu who has just died - RIP / whatever happened to 2ci / Joel Gion / Howies / Jackie Treehorn / R Kelly for “Real Talk” / Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve / Cornwall / Bobby Untitled / Caught By The River / We Sell Your Kids / We Are All On Drugs / We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us Against…

From today's Common Dreams - Hiroshima Peace Declaration

Lee Hazlewood, Rest In Peace

Genius, esp the commentary

Mike Reid, Rest In Peace

Brilliant Sly Stone live clip

Clark and Michael

It's a sad today in the Socialism condo today - our favourite web based TV show, Clark and Michael, is over. The last episode got streamed yesterday, bringing the the voyage of discovery of our titular heroes to the end. If you weren't on this already and you've got a spare hour and a bit, go back to the start at their site and roll through the 10 episodes. It's ace.

Missing them already!

It doesn't get any better

We love Lindsay

Loving...

It's been a shit couple of weeks, what better time to drop on you all the stuff that's still raising a smile here at Socialism towers?

Super Furry Animals "Hey Venus" (esp "Suckers" - best thing they've ever done)
Fujiya & Miyagi "Ankle Injuries" & the 7 on Regal (esp the B side)
Catcall "Diss"
Black Moth Super Rainbow "Dandelion Gum" (esp "Forever Heavy" - best title ever)
Beastie Boys "So Watcha Want?"
Edwyn Collins "Home Again" (comeback of the century)
Simone White "I Am The Man"
the Sly Stone reissues/hoping the gig is great this weekend
Underworld "Second Toughest In The Infants" (still sounds ahead of it's time)
The Chemical Brothers "We Are The Night"
R Kelly "Double Up" (check "Real Talk... oooh mama, what a number!)
Lovefoxxx at Latitude
Guilty Pleasures at Latitude
Clark & Michael (anything with Michael Cera, really)
David Cross live at the 100 Club the other week
the new bar at Ronnie Scotts (they gave us a git load of free wine today)
the Battles record
The Green Man Festival (fuck the weather, going fully loaded anyway)
Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve live at GMEX in Manchester
Pink Grease "LSD"
the new Turbonegro album
Cormac McCarthy "Blood Meridian" (and "No Country For Old Men" and "The Road")
the Brian Wilson exhibition at the Tate St Ives
Caught By The River.net
and Boris running for Mayor...