Bastard Hall at Much Wenlock Shropshire

Bastard Hall at Much Wenlock Shropshire, originally uploaded by Running in Suffolk.

Well, that's certainly up front...

Pank

Looks like Blush and Bashful to me...

Grrr

It torks me off that someone as annoying as Zane Lowe*, has SUCH FREAKING GREAT TASTE IN MUSIC. He should be a Keane fan or something...

(okay, not so much with the Radiohead selection, but the others are SO GOOD)

The second series of Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show Masterpiece is broadcast next week.The series profiles records the DJ believes are "masterpieces".The DJ will play Radiohead's OK Computer', 'Up The Bracket' by The Libertines, Guns N Roses' 'Appetite For Destruction' and Public Enemy's 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back' in full and talk about the records on air.

*I have no idea why, he just irritates me.

Random ten

1. Mercy- Duffy
2. I Was Made For You- She & Him
3. L.S.F.- Kasabian
4. Baddies Boogie- Babyshambles
5. Glitter and Trauma- Biffy Clyro
6. The Concept- Teenage Fanclub
7. Falling Slowly- Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
8. Spanish Harlem- Aretha Franklin
9. I've Just Seen A Face- Jim Sturgess
10. Strange Town- The Jam

Bonus-
11. I Get Along- The Libertines
12. Dumb Dumb Dumb- Teenage Fanclub

Love XOXO

Love XOXO, originally uploaded by Pink Sherbet Photography.

Ahhhhhh

I love her.

Signs that something was up came when Ditto stepped forward and bent the ear of a member of the venue's staff who was patrolling the front row. And as the band launched into their biggest hit, "Standing in the Way of Control", the people started coming. Ditto herself was doing all she could to pull them on to the stage until it teemed with audience members – maybe 300 of them, all dancing like crazy – and the band had disappeared from view. It was tumultuous, and unforgettable, and it rounded off surely one of the most explosive hours of live music London will witness all year.

Playlist

for Iowa's Coolest Flower Shop's prom open house tomorrow night-

Disc 1

1. Listen Up!- The Gossip
2. You Know I'm No Good- Amy Winehouse
3. Buffalo Soldier- Bob Marley
4. Fluorescent Adolescent- Arctic Monkeys
5. Shadrach- Beastie Boys
6. Love Has a Diameter- Biffy Clyro
7. Heart Of Glass- Blondie
8. You Never Can Tell- Chuck Berry
9. Janie Jones- The Clash
10. Close To Love- Girls Aloud
11. Pounding- Doves
12. Chelsea Dagger- The Fratellis
13. A&E- Goldfrapp
14. DARE- Gorillaz
15. Main Offender- The Hives
16. Over and Over- Hot Chip

Disc 2

1. Lust For Life- Iggy Pop
2. Me Plus One- Kasabian
3. Pumpkin Soup- Kate Nash
4. Town Called Malice- The Jam
5. Kings Horses- Jet
6. I've Just Seen a Face- Jim Sturgess
7. Cheap and Cheerful- The Kills
8. What Katie Did- The Libertines
9. LDN- Lily Allen
10. Little Baby Nothing- Manic Street Preachers
11. Makes Me Wonder- Maroon5
12. Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me- The Pipettes
13. Waterfall- The Stone Roses
14. About You Now- Sugababes
15. The Don- The View
16. 16 Days- Whiskeytown
17. Charmless Man- Blur
18. Processed Beats- Kasabian

Horrid

Poor Corinne...

The husband of British singer Corinne Bailey Rae has been found dead of a suspected drug overdose.The body of saxophonist Jason Rae, 31, was discovered in a flat in the Hyde Park area of Leeds on Saturday (March 22), said West Yorkshire Police. Officers found the body of a 31-year-old man there."As a result of inquiries a 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs," a police spokesman told the BBC."He has now been released on police bail pending further inquiries."

All-star

Yet, for all their forays on to the big screen, it is in music - and specifically the rock and punk scenes - where Converse have become so omnipresent that they are practically a uniform. And hence why, out of the nine icons featured in the ad campaign, six are musicians and another a former music journalist. Think of some of the most enduring rock'n'roll images ever captured and many will involve Converse, from the Ramones' All-Stars sticking out like canvas clown shoes at the ends of their drainpipe jeans, to the Blondie boys wearing them for their chic, monochrome line-up behind Debbie Harry on the cover of Parallel Lines. When the Strokes announced themselves to the world from the front cover of NME via a moody, black-and-white Pennie Smith portrait taken on the streets of New York, they did so in hi-tops.