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Doom live at The Roundhouse 5th March 2010

Right then I went to The Roundhouse up in Camden last Friday night, which incidentally is a wicked venue. It's kinda like a concert hall but with the big screen and lighting system set up it reminded me more of the main tent at last years Glade festival, only nowhere near as loud. I didn't get there til late so missed all the support acts on beforehand, apparantly Ryoichi Kurokawa's live audio visual set was a treat and I kinda wanted to check out Kidkanevil too but it's my own fault for sitting around getting stoned all afternoon and not getting on the train sooner.
When I eventually rocked up, the bar was absoloutly packed and it was at least 20 minutes before, beer in hand, i began to investigate proceedings. There was no-one on stage at this point but some dodgy daft punk-esque electro house was playing, to pretty much everyone's confusion, and the lighting guy was fucking about with all his effects. Various theories were flying about as to what the hell was going on, I reckon it was either Doom tormenting us with some shit tunes to get that extra impact when he finally strode on or the soundguy badly misjudged the audience for the show. That went on for at least 40-45 minutes and eventually I got bored an nipped outside to the freezing balcony for a quick smoke, which by the law of sod meant the show was bound to start.
True to form soon as I stepped out the lights had gone down and things kicked off, he was into his second tune by the time i was back in the room and i'd missed comedy imposters and god knows what else. Don't you hate that?  I didn't mind at all by this point, Doom was onstage, probably. Doom! It was wicked, people were definately up for it and getting lively. Doom was banging through a varied set list: All Caps, Antimatter, Ballskin, Curls, Fazers, Gazillion Ear plus a bunch of other tunes i've forgotten, touching on pretty much all of his projects in the last 5 years. I was loving every minute, been jabbering on about him to anyone who'll listen for years so this was some kind of zen shit for me.
Over on the BBC some guy is saying it wasn't Doom, well i'm not really sure what he's saying to be honest. The guy onstage knew all the words to the songs, he looked just like the guy in the obscure photo's on my record sleeves, the sound system wasn't crystal clear but he sounded pretty similiar too. I've never met him in the flesh though so I couldn't say for certain but the dude onstage seemed pretty Doom-ish.
Whether it was the real Doom or not, I still loved it, Doom's tunes could be performed by a tone def, grumpy, one armed siberian dwarf  and i'd still be loving them, so perhaps I was always destined to enjoy this evening. Anyway if you didn't go you're clearly crackers, UK needs more Doom!!
Here's a little video I shot of him performing figaro.:






Click Here to download the Doomed mixtape by Mike Waxx

The Times rumours BBC 6 Music to be axed.

Well according to the spineless hacks carrying out Murdoch's orders at The Times, the BBC plan to axe the online station BBC 6 Music as part of a drive to improve quality over quantity at the organization. There are several problems with this as far as I can see, which I will attempt to lay out for you here.
Firstly BBC 6 Music is currently the best internet radio station I am aware of, where else can you hear presenters as wide ranging as Jarvis Cocker, Craig Charles, Huey Morgan and Adam and Joe all in the same weekend?
Secondly the music they play isn't for all tastes, but it is definately justified and when compared to other BBC stations' the output is refreshingly different. To shut that off would effectively end its exposure as no commercial radio would dare be that bold for fear of losing ad revenue.

And thirdly and perhaps most importantly, this is a motivated purely by insatiable greed as David Bancroft writes:

"This article is originally from THE TIMES. It isn't true, it is Murdoch running up a flag to see who salutes. Internet news is the future, and the BBC is better at it than News Corp."

Murdoch has been out to get the BBC for a while now, obviously it riles him to have a publically financed company as the only real major competition for his own News Corp. In fact the BBC puts his pisspoor operation in the shade with it's transparency, value for money and general reporting. Murdoch's papers are sensationalist at best and just plain celebrity idolizing soft porn at worst yet this man is afforded more control over our media than any one person should have. And he then has the gall to press his boy to call for the breakup of the BBC.

I leave you with a quote from ThisIsAFix from The Guardian website:

"Damn you Murdoch - nothing you have done in your life has improved the quality of anyone's life on this planet other than your own. You are truly the epitome of Thatcher and the Neo Con vision for the world; a culturally ignorant morass of obedient, dumbed down consumers willing to pay massive subscriptions for piss poor media."

R.A. The Rugged Man live in The Croft, Bristol - 24th February 2010

Last night I got a lift with Ed, Grant, Brady and Trenty to The Croft up in Bristol to see R.A. The Rugged Man doin an little live show. I hadn't been down The Croft before but it turned out to be a intimate little venue that served Doom Bar on the pump, so predictably I was loving it before the music even started.

The support acts weren't too bad, UK boys doin there little thing, think Trenty was diggin that Blacksmith
character but I didn't think much of any of them really. They all showed good energy but had simliar straightforward flows and standard boom bap beats and nothing made em stand out to me.

Then the Rugged Man took to the stage. Unfortunately he didn't have a DJ to back him up so was reduced to playing instrumentals and sometimes the tune itself off his laptop (plugged into the system obviously!). He knew the score though and was quick to skip to the next beat whilst abusing the girls in the audience or trying to incite a riot (see the 2nd video lol). Despite not having the necessary dj support he smashed it hard, and the crowd chimed in pretty much word for word which was crazy, so it ended up being a pretty wicked night all round. If you ever get the chance you should check this dude out, you will not be dissapointed!

Heuy from the Fun Lovin Criminals Explains Crate Diggin...

Huey is a satr, I NEEED his jacket.

Check him out on BBC 6 Music every Sunday.

Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man

So this is the second time i've bought this little gem from eBay now,
got a decent rate this time round too, think the first copy cost £15!
Even more annoying than that was the fact I only played it once (at the
'fundraiser for asia' night in the Monument a couple of years back)
before it mysteriously dissappeared from my record bag, never to be seen again!
Been hankering after it ever since so I was over the moon to find a
bargain copy last week and duly snapped the hellz up!

This is a prime tune, always gets the crowd moving no matter where you're playing!
Got some more treats due in the next few days - Feb 2010 has been a good month
for tunes so far....

Hear for yourself:

Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man

Bobo Blackstar Live @ The Canal Bar - 06.02.2010