Thu 12 Jul – Latitude

THURSDAY

16:00 – Arrived at the Henham Park site, set up tent (we were stopped at the door because we had glass bottles so we had to pour ALL OUR BEER into plastic bottles)

Lake Stage
19:00 – Screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Lodger’ accompanied by live orchestra, conducted by Robert Ziegler (Introduction by Mark Kermode)

Back to the tent for BBQ

Poetry Tent
22:00 – Aisle16 & Friends

We check out a really cool ethnic instruments stall

Music & Film Arena
23:00 – Beautiful & The Damned DJ’s
1:00 – Daft Punk’s Electroma…

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Only seen one band this year, but this summer i'll be going to Latitude in Suffolk or Sussex (one of those), which'll make up for quite a bit. I've made a possible schedule of who i'd watch… (granted there will always be clashes between the best acts).

I'd say Wilco, Arcade Fire & Final Fantasy will be the highlights.

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Friday

Aqualung
Hot Club de Paris
Two Gallants
Cake
Midlake
The Magic Numbers
Wilco
Bill Bailey

Saturday

Annuals
Herman Dune
Bat for Lashes
The Hold Steady
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah or Lee Mack or Simple Kid
CSS or…

here you are given the chance to curate your own festival. it's easy right, just pick your favorite bands and youre done. well, its not really that easy, try to keep it realistic, you know i dont think that in real life modest mouse will go on at noon and play a 30 minute set, so mix it up with some smaller bands, and build to a headliner. so here's your chance, give it a name, date, location(just a city), ticket prices, and most importantly band order. taking it a stage further would be to add set lists as well.…

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1) Destroyer - Rubies
The title track of this album is my favourite of the lot.
Amazing songwriting…

Rubies

Dueling cyclones jackknife
They've got eyes for your wife,
And the blood that lives in her heart.

Cast myself towards infinity
Trust me I have my reasons,
Had a dress for every season
It was worth it.

Pulled into town,
relatively free of hassle
I secured a room at the castle.
It paid for itself.
Checked out my surroundings,
Headed down to Thorton Park.
Find your way, discover that things are dark.
Shadowy figures babbling on about typical rural shit,…

A year so far of disappointment and washouts, but some unexpected hidden gems and instant classics and cuddly bears.

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1) LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver
Something great.

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2) Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
I've heard this one too many times already, and i know most of the words. I'll be inventing dance moves soon.

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3) Panda Bear - Person Pitch
"Try to remember always just to have a good time"

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4) Do Make Say Think - You, You're A History In Rust
Where it lacks in the power, energy and tension of…

This is a paper i've written which examines the symbols of the natural and imaginary manifestations that inhabit the music of Claude Debussy, with a study into how these are communally linked together. Our discussion is founded upon a notion outlined by the Frenchman on the subject of his aesthetic explorations that interlace a parade of art movements: Impressionism, Symbolism, and Art Nouveau in the revolutionary artistic culture of Fin-de-siècle Paris, which all had a profound influence on his life and work. Enjoy…

INTRODUCTION

This subject is central to the music of Claude Debussy and his deeply preoccupied devotion…

Some of my favourite classical pieces…

1) Prélude A L'Après-Midi D'Un Faune

2) Pavane Pour Une Enfante Defunte

3) 1812 Overture

4) Nuages (Nocturnes, Mvt. II)

5) Pavane

6) Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)

7) Nessun Dorma

8) Fast (New York Counterpoint, Mvt. I)

9) Adagio For Strings

10) Rhapsody In Blue

11)Silence And Music

12) The Lamb

13) Lento E Largo (Symphony No.3, Mvt. II)

14) Gymnopedie No.1

15) La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin (Préludes I)

16) Nimrod From Enigma Variations

17) Fratres For Eight Cellos

18) Louange A L'Eternite De Jesus (Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps, Mvt.…

I've been listening to Silent Shout two weeks straight and I'm not bored of it yet, oh no!

There's a lot of good material on Silent Shout, and what I find so amazing about The Knife is their ability to craft songs that are so icy and mechanical, yet simultaneously so emotive and alive. And danceable.

We Share Our Mother's Health –> This one is up there with Heartbeats as one of the best songs they've written.

This is mostly concerning classical pieces.

There is a lot of inconsistency in tagging and taggers should tag correctly to avoid tagging chaos and confusement.

For example Maurice Ravel's 'Gaspard de la Nuit' is in three movements, so "Gaspard…" wouldn't come up on the track group, but *should* be registered under the album group… instead of something like "Classical Masterpieces of the Millennium"… with its tracks 'Ondine', 'Le Gibe' and 'Scarbo' in the track group.

All in favour… say Ugh!

And to coincide with Pitchfork's list, here's my top 25:

1) Yellow House
A perfect 10. Yellow House just sounds so delicate and smooth and haunting, for 'Lullabye' just blows my mind. There's so much energy in this record, you're left gasping for breath at the end.

2) Ys
She's matured and excelled in songwriting talent, and it's so appealing.

3) Gulag Orkestar
I couldn't believe this came from a 20 year old. Different, alluringly exotic and emotionally-charged. Reminds me of "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" for some reason.

4) The Trials Of Van Occupanther
My most played, most…