It's raining in my heart

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:15:08 -0800

Ah, it's the festival life for me! Cleaning your teeth with bottled water, burning anything you can find, wondering what goes in to falafels and lots of music. This summer's season has been waterlogged but monumental. Green Man last weekend was briefly fine then the heaven's opened and it will undoubtedly now rain until September. ...

Bessie and the X Factor

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:04:24 -0800

Whew! Glad to have X Factor back. Some mad people knocking the living daylights out of songs on Saturday amid the rabbits in the headlights some of whom actually have great voicess. What with that and Britain's Olympic performances, shares in Kleenexmust be rocketing. ...

Duo's, tropicalia and Smiley Culture

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:13:21 -0800

The two person combo phenomenon continues to impress the brethren of the Church Of Dave. After The White Stripes, Black Keys, Shy Child and The Ting Tings, the latest pair of skiffle-minded new folkers featuring tub-clattering drums and de-capo'd guitar are San Francisco's

Bow to the rise of new technology!

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:09:48 -0800

The Church Of Dave has never encouraged technical wizardry of any kind but I must admit I'm impressed with the new Sony Ericsson W980 phone. I know it's too cool for me as my kids have both made passionate appeals to take it off my hands. And, indeed the supplied headphones wouldn't fit in my misshapen ears but now I've inserted my trusty heavy bass ones, I'm getting to grips with it. ...

Witches and Whisky

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:42:58 -0800

Monday morning, weather in denial of summer and there's heavy fuzz guitars a la Tony Iommi with wayward flutes, like Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull piping up for attention, not to mention organ breaks that sound like

Stranger In The Night

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:22:50 -0800

At night, here at the Church Of Dave we love to bask in the choppy waters of trippy music. This week has been a pure joy in terms of the weird and wonderful being uncovered by the brethren. Indeed, just this morning as I was preparing Sunday evening's MOJO Radio show our flock was subjected to Performing Ferrets, Six Moons Of Jupiter and

Bootleg bonanza!

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:45:24 -0800

Downtown Herceg Novi last Saturday night with the sound of banging Euro cheese emanating from an all too enthusiastic beachside DJ and Church members were driven into the old town of this rubbish-strewn city. Our summer retreat in Montenegro had been music-less after the car radio could only offer Eurovision-styled mumbo jumbo and we forgot the charger for the iPod. ...

Let's go upstairs

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:34:33 -0800

The attic of the Church Of Dave is filled with good intentions. Among reel to reel tapes of George Shearing picked up at a car boot, Monkees' colouring books and eight tracks of The Pioneers' Yeah!, there also sits a signed ...

Welcome to the post culturist woo

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:28:44 -0800

There are many holy grails in this world. One of which I'm trying to create. I was reading an old issue of MOJO from 2003 (don't ask) and I spotted Gruff Rhys from Super Furry Animals who'd compiled a one-off CD for the summer entitled Phantom Hour. The sun is out so I thought I should try to recreate it. ...

Fly Me To The Moon

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:54:55 -0800

It's sad that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin never found life on the Moon on this day back in 1969. I think the world was ready for it. ...

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