radio daze

Craig’s just been round and taken away a few songs/ideas we’re thinking of collaborating on. We want to write for musical theatre so if you know of any impending projects do let me know. We’ve done something to this effect with The Salford Lads Club Ghost Camp venture which I’ve mentioned here previously. Ghost Camp [prelude] is available as a bonus track on the forthcoming download single Lazy Bohemians.

Earlier on today I went out and bought a Daily Mirror and located the decent if somewhat misguided review of the new album- clearly Gavin the journalist has misread the press release and it’s a case of whoops wrong Vinny. That said it was a good review. I’ve also had sight of a new Q MAGAZINE review, again decent enough despite a sly dig at my silly stage name. I really don’t have an opinion as to whether in fact the name is rubbish or genius. It just is for now and it’s what I’ve got used to living with. It was the same for Prefab Sprout apparently, silly name certainly, but the genius of Paddy is such that he could have called his band The Shits and still crafted some of the finest songs of his generation. I like to think that my Paddy moment is yet to come. I’m currently listening to the new Radiohead album IN RAINBOWS. There’s some great stuff on their site, brilliant live footage. I love the cerebral fusion of the band. I love them so much I find it impossible to describe as you can tell but they are my favourite band all over again. Not since OK Computer have I felt such a rush of something real.
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, Back on the selfish promotion front at least there’s more coming back regarding press than I had somewhat pessimistically anticipated – [see previous post]. Last nights 6 Music radio session with Rob Hughes was also a delight. I played Kiss Me I’m a Social Worker in a slightly fidgety acoustic glam rock style. I think it just about worked. If you want to check it out there’s a listen again feature. Later into the show Rob and I talked up 1977 in his parallel universe using a copy of SOUNDS for reference. We talked about PUNK ROCK; it’s impact and it’s endurance. I am not a massive fan of punk rock the music…I loved the energy and anti establishmentarianism, the politics of independent labels, individual freedom, DIY expression... but I think the whole explosive scene changing epoch defining rhetoric is wildly exaggerated. Or perhaps I'm just fed up with everyone banging on about it. Blimey...I'm having a cynical day here at the office. After the show Rob and I have a few beers across the road from the BBC in a great little pub I should know the name of but don’t. VP