Bzangy Groink Playlist 19/11/08

Published by Jyoti November 20th, 2008 in DJing.

Another busy Bzangy at Bar Lisi!

School Of Seven Bells

The best new tune tonight was ‘Connjur’ by School Of Seven Bells. Floaty, twinkly and quite, quite lovely. It’s from their new album, ‘Alpinisms,’ and if you haven’t heard of them already, check it out!

Depeche Mode

The best old track was ‘New Life’ by Depeche Mode. Over the last 27 years, I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve sung along to this super-catchy synthpop classic. It never, ever gets old.

This is what you heard:

Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
Headlights - Market Girl
Grijze Massa - Grijs Gebied
Monster - Gone gone gone
De Colombiaanse Bloedgroep - Denk Tank ft. Blaxtar
Jonathan Fire*Eater - Station Coffee
Eux Autres - The City All To Himself
People Under the Stairs - Anotha’ (BBQ)
Elemental - bleep
fIREHOSE - Sometimes
Wild Beasts - She Purred While I Grrred
Gang of Four - To Hell With Poverty!
Foreign Beggars - 2nd Hand Contraband
Anathallo - Lost Ring Finger
The Faceless - Prison Born
Like a Tim - let’s die together
The Boo Radleys - Lazarus
King Cannibal Badman Near Dark
MSTRKRFT - Vuvuvu
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
erik b and rakim - Paid In Full
Lukestar - White Shade
The Magnificents - Ring Ring Oo Oo
These Arms Are Snakes - The Blue Rose
Yelle - Je Veux Te Voir (Disco D Remix)
Saves the Day - At Your Funeral
Archons - Obsolete Lifeform
Late of the Pier - Focker
Frightened Rabbit - The Twist
Cats on Fire - Draw In The Reins
Ladytron - Ghosts
STFU - Thriller
Lil’ Wayne - Dr. Carter
Modern Life Is War - First and Ellen
Lykke Li - Little Bit
Headhunter - spyro
88-Keys - Stay Up! (Viagra)
Alan Braxe - Addicted
Gojira - All The Tears
Brendan Benson - Cold Hands (Warm Heart)
Deadmau5 - Clockwork
My Bloody Valentine - Thorn
Q-Tip - Shaka
Depeche Mode - New Life [Remix]
Division of Laura Lee - Anytime, Anywhere
School of Language - rockist part 1
Yo Majesty - night raiders
Distance - Koncrete
Show & A.G. - Got The Flava
Lords of the Underground - Funky Child
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
Huggy Bear - Herjazz
Death Vessel - Deep In The Horchada
Descendents - Descendents
The Soviettes - (Do) The Stagger
Devo - Be Stiff
IAM - La Saga
Ulrich Schnauss - On My Own
Hello Saferide - X telling me about the loss of
Roots Manuva - C.R.U.F.F. (Prod. By Roots Manuva)
School of Seven Bells - Connjur
Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song
Max Tundra - Orphaned
Sebadoh - On Fire
David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Bamboo Houses
El-P - Tuned Mass Damper
John Carpenter - Halloween Theme
Why? - The Vowels Pt. 2
Kante - Nichts Geht Verloren

Pludtarb Playlist 1 - 7/11/08

Published by Jyoti November 11th, 2008 in DJing.

Quad Derby

Woohoo! First Pludtarb at the lovely Quad!

Here’s what I played:

John Powell - Main Titles (Bourne Identity)
The Lovin’ Spoonful - Speakin’ Of Spoken
Corisco e os sambaloucos - Balancafro
Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken
Astor Piazzolla - 12 Monkeys (Intro Suite)
Backyards Of Our Neighbours - Au Revoir Simone
Ochre - Rem Sleep Research
Norrie Paramor - The Look Of Love
The Fairline Parkway - Eaves
Kinetix - Polychromeset[a]
Ladytron - seventeen
LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous!
MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
El Perro del Mar - Glory To The World
Cougar - Pulse Conditioner
Harris Max - Cool Stepper
Q-Tip - Shaka
Brakes - Sometimes Always
Prefuse 73 - 7th Message
Division of Laura Lee - Anytime, Anywhere
Maybeshewill - Seraphim & Cherubim
STFU - Thriller (Mouth2Mouth Remix)
Weezer - Hash Pipe
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
Atmosphere - The Waitress
The Notwist - day 7
Deep Puddle Dynamics - June 26th, 1999: D. Mothers of Invention
Cycom - Distractions
Chromeo - Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)
Blues And Snake - You’ve Struck Gold
Don Lusher - Carnaby Chick
John Carpenter - Halloween Theme
Bernard Herrmann - The Day the Earth Stood Still
John Williams - The Empire Strikes Back
Thomas Newman - Dead Already
The Cinematic Orchestra - And Relax!
Why? - Sanddollars
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
The Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
Girl Talk - Shut The Club Down
Late of the Pier - Focker
Lukestar - White Shade
Jake Mandell - Worried Waves
Cats on fire - Draw In The Reins
Agent Simple - Make A Right At Jordfallsmotet
Vapnet - Kalla mig
Komeda - It’s Alright, Baby
Movits - Swing för hyresgästföreningen
Laakso - Dancing Queen
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Loop Duplicate My Heart
Billie the vision and the danc - Groovy
Hello Saferide - Anna
Jens Lekman - Black Cab
The Presets - A New Sky
The Decemberists - Sixteen Military Wives
Teenage Fanclub - Mellow Doubt

Bzangy Groink Playlist Bonfire Night ‘08

Published by Jyoti November 6th, 2008 in DJing.

Hello Saferide

Tonight’s best new track was the sublime ‘Anna’ by Hello Saferide. It’s a beautifully sad poem to a child that never was and it’s taken from her lovely 2008 album, ‘More Modern Stories From…’ It’s yet another fantastic album from Sweden, the current top dogs of indiepop.

The Descendents

The best old track was ‘Hope’ by Descendents. RIP Frank Navetta.

This is what you heard:

The Lonelyhearts - Harlequin Bands
Five - Keep On Movin’
Kid - I’ll Never Know
Efterklang - Mirador
HEADPHONES - Natural Disaster
Ochre - Sticklebrick Symphony
Foreign Beggars - 2nd Hand Contraband
canyonsofstatic - Slowly To Sea
Jenny Lewis - Carpetbaggers
Midnight Movies - Just to Play
Cats on fire - Higher Grounds (new)
Les Savy Fav - The Sweat Descends
The Primary 5 - Lost And Confused
Kettel - Palles’s Popsong
Magoo - The Starter’s Gun
Headlights - Market Girl
NOAH23 - Things Get Done (Feat Modulok Of Red Ants)
Ratatat - Mirando
6BLOCC - Warning
These Arms Are Snakes - Big News
M.O. & Brakko - Pluk de Dag
Kill the Client - Consumption Is Intoxication
TV on the Radio - Crying
Does It Offend You, Yeah ? - Let’s Make Out (Extended Mix)
Virus Syndicate - Neva Argue
MSTRKRFT - Vuvuvu
Misfits - Astro Zombies
Evergreen Terrace - Rip this!
Lukestar - White Shade
Q-Tip - Shaka
STFU - Thriller (Mouth2Mouth Remix)
Descendents - Hope
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
King Cannibal - Badman Near Dark (Komonazmuk Remix)
Max Tundra - Orphaned
Hello Saferide - Anna
Drive Like Jehu - Bullet Train To Vegas
Deerhunter - Agoraphobia
Lagwagon - B Side
Lowfish - Engine
Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
Billie The Vision And The Dancers - Lily From the Middleway Street
Teenage Fanclub - Cells
Late of the Pier - Focker
Terra Firma - Git Down RMX
Chromeo - Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)
Sylvie - Please Make It Home
M9 - Strange Fruit
Yelle - To Cut A Long Story Short (Vic
Saves the Day - Freakish
Blues And Snake - You’ve Struck Gold
Elemental - bleep
Girl Talk - No Pause
Russian Circles - Harper Lewis
of Montreal - And I’ve Seen A Bloody Shadow
Alan Braxe - Addicted
Why? - The Vowels Pt. 2
Lykke Li - Little Bit
Max Tundra - Will Get Fooled Again
mclusky - Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues
Huoratron - Male Bonding
Fighting With Wire - Everyone Needs A Nemesis
Tuff Crew - Old School Jackin Feat Prime Minister Dope
Maybeshewill - Seraphim & Cherubim
Various Artists - d - Scarecrow - Moonlight
Broken Social Scene - Major Label Debut (Fast)
Johnny Foreigner - Cranes And Cranes And Cranes A
The Presets - A New Sky
Division of Laura Lee - Anytime, Anywhere
Kraftwerk - Computer Liebe

17 US Terrorist Attacks On Pakistan Since September - Media Applauds

Published by Jyoti November 4th, 2008 in Antiwar.

US attacks Pakistan

One of the issues most vexing to Pakistan is the ongoing missile strikes by US unmanned Predator drones, or UAVs, into Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Since 1 September, there have been at least 17 of these strikes and, while US officials say al-Qaeda leaders are being successfully targeted, local tribesmen say scores of civilians have been killed.

(Source: BBC News)

Look at the picture at the top of this post, taken from the article I quote above.

Notice anything strange about it?

It shows the result of illegal US bombing of Pakistan, via robot drones. It shows one of many building destroyed in 17 separate such terrorist attacks. And the words under the picture read:

“Damage to civilian life and property is making Pakistan’s leaders uneasy”

Now, imagine a picture of the 7/7 London bombings. Visualise the carnage and imagine a subtitle saying, “Damage to civilian life and property is making Britain’s leaders uneasy.”

Our leaders weren’t “uneasy,” they were, as any sane person would be, angry and outraged. British people were murdered by an act of terror. Our media, rightly, was horrified by the attacks.

But, apparently, when Pakistanis get killed by 17 US missile attacks, that doesn’t warrant the same outrage. Instead, the whole of the article I quote sees the death of innocent Pakistanis as an unfortunate side-effect of the USA’s commendable pursuit of al-Qaeda. The article worries, not about the loss of civilian life but how effective the attacks are!

There is no outrage at the innocent Pakistanis killed by missiles fired by US drone planes. None whatsoever.

Our media is so in the pocket of the US, so in thrall to its holy crusade against whoever-it-pleases that normal morality goes out of the window. And the article hints, without any proof, that Pakistan’s leaders probably secretly okayed the attacks.

So that’s okay then. After all, if our government agreed to let us be bombed and killed by a foreign nation, that would make our deaths totally un-important too, wouldn’t it?

If you think I’m over-reacting, please just do this. Replace the countries in the article and see if it still makes any sense. How about:

“Britain launched 17 missile attacks on rural areas of Ireland, killing scores of civilians. But they were successful in killing two IRA leaders.”

Would that be okay? Would that be as under-reported in the media as these attacks have been?

The Presets Live At The Royal, 29/10/08

Published by Jyoti October 31st, 2008 in Gig, Photos and Review.

The Presets
The Presets! Click the pic for a small gallery!

Whoah! Last night I went to see The Presets and they were awesome!

I’ve liked them ever since I heard ‘Are You The One?’ off their debut album and 2008’s newie, ‘Apocalypto’ is even poppier. It’s a raw, chunky slice of electropop, fusing classic synthpop with a completely modern dance imperative.

And live they’re even better! It was so lovely to see an electro gig like this in Derby and so many fans come out and just jump about like lunatics. Derby is normally quite rock and quite apathetic, this was as unlike that as possible. The Presets rocked the crowd but we still demanded an encore! If you get the chance to go and see them, do not miss out.

Props also to Micachu who were so good I had to buy their record.

Ahhh, what a great night out! :-)

Gothness

Published by Jyoti October 27th, 2008 in Links.

Gothness

Release the bats!

I don’t think it’s much of a secret that I’ve got quite a big streak of goth in me. Not goth in the modern, American sense (all latex and metal) but in the more British, ’80s, 4AD, Dead Can Dance, Depeche Mode, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry way.

So I thought I’d do a set of gothy pics in that kind of style. Click the pic above for a morose gallery! :-)

Of course, if you’re going to appreciate the gallery properly, you better have a kitten handy, consumption and Danielle Dax on in the background…

Bille The Vision And The Dancers Live At The Royal, Derby, 24/10/08

Published by Jyoti October 25th, 2008 in Gig, Photos and Review.

Billie The Vision And The Dancers

Billie The Vision And The Dancers, live last night! Click the pic for a gallery!

If you’re a regular Groinker, you probably already know that I have a soft-spot for Billie The Vision.

So, as soon as I heard they were playing in Derby, supporting The Pipettes, I got tickets and me and my mrs went to the gig last night.

WOOO!

Although the set was very short as they weren’t headlining and the PA was acting up quite badly, the talent, charm and honesty of BTV shone through. Yeah, there were a few idiot kids in the audience shouting homophobic stuff out about Lars’ clothes but BTV managed to convert most of the peeps there who hadn’t seen / heard them before.

There were a couple of girls in front of me who started off the BTV show giggling, wondering why a man was dressed up in women’s clothes. By the end of the gig, they were clapping and jumping up and down. Such is the power of great pop.

BTV played a mix of songs from old albums and the newie and, honestly, they performed like superstars on that stage. New songs like ‘Lily From The Middleway Street’ just stormed along, a great, grand party of a tune, inviting everyone. And then there were softer, slower oldies like ‘Man From Argentina’ that were sooo sweet. It helps that all the band are effortlessly great on their respective instruments but technical proficiency can so often lead to leaden, worthy workouts. Not so with Billie The Vision. Live, everything BTV do serves the songs, frames those perfect vignettes perfectly.

If I had to make any criticism, it’s that they didn’t play long enough but, obviously, that was out of their hands.

It felt quite bizarre, standing in a venue in Derby hearing this band I’ve loved since hearing about them when I was gigging in Sweden. To see them, in real life, a few feet in front of me… well, it was a night I won’t ever forget.

Please, check out their music if you haven’t already!

Bar Lisi Playlist 22/10/08

Published by Jyoti October 25th, 2008 in DJing.

Billie The Vision And The Dancers

Wednesday was special. I played multiple tracks by Billie The Vision And The Dancers as I was so excited that they were gigging in Derby on Friday (I saw them!).

So, the best old song was ‘I’m Pablo’ by BTVATD. (Off their 2005 album.)

And the best new song was ‘Groovy’ by BTVATD. (Off their 2008 album.)

If you like lyrics like Jonathan Richman’s or indiepop that is happy and sad at the same time, I think you should probably welcome Billie into your life. And hey - it’s not like you even have to risk any money: you can download all of their albums for free from their own website.

I pay for mine, either via Emusic or buying the CDs because I want this fabulous band to carry on making some of the best pop music I’ve ever heard.

To find such beautiful lyrics married with equally golden music is a rare treat.

On Wednesday, I played:

Beirut - Elephant Gun
otograph - melodie
Billie The Vision And The Dancers - Stuttering Duckling
The Duellists - Starters, Alfriston
The Insomniaddicts - Quitting Time
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel The Illinoise!
Casey Jones - Know This X
M.O. & Brakko - Pluk de Dag
Distance - Mount Zion (Remix)
Circuits - Pistols at Dawn (Tim ‘Love’ Le
Fugazi - Exit Only
Termanology - Watch How It Go Down (prod. by DJ Premier)
Murder City Devils - I Drank the Wine
Smash TV - Chase And Status
Throwdown - Unite
Jens Lekman - You Are the Light
The Mighty Underdogs - Escape (feat. Mr. Lif & Akrobatik)
Chromeo - Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)
Killswitch Engage - Rose of Sharyn
King Cannibal - b - Badman Near Dark (Komonazmuk Remix)
Beirut - Scenic World
Fighting With Wire - Everyone Needs A Nemesis
Ghostface - Be Easy (Feat. Trife)
The Presets - Yippiyo-a
Raised Fist - Working on Wood
Cycom - Distractions
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Criminal Piece
Girl Talk - Shut The Club Down
Gojira - All The Tears
MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
TV on the Radio - Crying
TC - Where’s My Money (Caspa Remix)
Death Cab for Cutie - No Sunlight
Underoath - Anyone Can Dig A Hole But It Takes A Real Man To Call It Home
Late of the Pier - Focker
Billie the Vision & The Dancers - I’m Pablo
Thee More Shallows - The Dutch Fist
Big Black - L Dopa
MSTRKRFT - Vuvuvu
Mystery Jets - You Cant Fool Me Dennis
Maybeshewill - Seraphim & Cherubim
Why? - The Vowels Pt. 2
Hint - Muddled Morning (Feat. Rizzle)
Braintax - The Beast Is Us
Lykke Li - Little Bit
my big ego - duck and cover/hiroshima
Deerhoof - Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back
Sway - F Ur X (Ft. Stush) (Prod. By Youngster)
Evergreen Terrace - Rip this!
Laakso - Dancing Queen
The Field Mice - Fabulous Friend
Yelle - To Cut A Long Story Short (Vic
Sylvie - Please Make It Home
De Colombiaanse Bloedgroep - Denk Tank ft. Blaxtar
Felt - Train Above The City - Bitter End
Ratatat - Mirando
These New Puritans - Swords of Truth
Hallo Venray - Circles
Ladytron - Runaway (Stray Dogs In Paris Remix)
Clark - re-scar kiln
Atmosphere - The Waitress
Blitzen Trapper - Gold for Bread
Blues And Snake - You’ve Struck Gold
Alan Braxe - Addicted
Future Of The Left - Manchasm
Kid Sublime - We Dont Play Feat. Illa J
The Girls - Where Wolves Drink
Sonic Youth - Sunday
Efterklang - Mirador
The Fairline Parkway - Eaves
Benga - Roller
The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes
Bobby Baby - Bobby
Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair - Behold The Miracle
Billie The Vision And The Dancers - Groovy

I’m A Monster In Bed

Published by Jyoti October 24th, 2008 in Photos.

I'm A Monster In Bed

Some silliness with my camera and a blue friend.

:-D

Royal Views

Published by Jyoti October 24th, 2008 in Photos.

Green Lane

Click the pic to see some shots in and from the Royal nightclub, Derby.

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