"One day I am gonna grow wings, a chemical reaction"

Whoa, it's god damn hot.
I've had to get out of bed for a bit. The heat combined with the particularly-noisy-tonight nightclub over the road has beaten me for a while.

Hey! Guess what? My archives have come back! I cannot tell you how happy that makes me. The thought of their loss was unbearable. As much as this blog is a platform for me to interact with lots of wonderful people & be a sweet superhero & all that, it's first & foremost my diary. Something I can look back on. I am absolutely dizzy with joy that my "memoirs" & other spoutings are all safety intact. Dizzy I tell you!
So to business...

I'm sure many of you fine people have partaken in the Swiss Toni CD shuffleathon. A genius idea involving 30 different people all constructing a 12 track CD & them posting it to a randomly drawn recipient. Excellent.
I received mine last week & marveled at the Singapore postmark. My Cd was put together by Mike from AllRightHere? Now is the time for me to review said disc...

Turning Japanese - The Vapours
He's of to a flyer with a great track. Turning Japanese is something I've long had in my collection. It's one of those songs that you never tire of hearing, it's upbeat without being cheesy & despite being older than my girlfriend it hasn't dated at all. Excellent opener. HIT

Gold Soundz - Pavement
I don't know a lot about pavement other than that Blur's self-titled album was supposedly heavily influenced by them. This track really captures my attention when it starts but I do tend to lose interest. It kinda passes me by. It's certainly not bad though, by any means. MAYBE

Little Scare - Benjamin Diamond
This one has me all flummoxed. I kinda like it but I kinda don't. It's very dance orientated but in a europop stylee. Reminiscent of that "ooh baby, it feels like the music sounds better with you" thing from a couple of years ago. It's got a really catchy melody though. I've put it on again as I'm typing & it kinda freaks me out a bit. I think I'd like it if I heard it out partying. MAYBE

Gold - Spandau Ballet
You just can't knock it eh? Takes me back to my childhood & School discos & Smash Hits.
I always liked Spandau but may I just set the record straight here & now. They couldn't hold a candle to Duran Duran. HIT

Suckas get braised - Ian Beef
Hmmm. A sort of rap affair in a Goldie Looking Chain sort of way. It's all a bit comedy & I've never been a big fan of funny music. It's not my bag baby & I can't see myself delving into Mr. Beef's back catalogue. That said It's earwormed me something chronic & I've been heard on more than one occasion this week singing the chorus to myself..."Y'know? Braised...like a side of beef!" MISS

Vapour trail - Ride
I really missed the whole shoegazing thing & as such never have really listened to Ride. I quite like this but it doesn't knock my socks off. It's all a bit monotone-ish. MAYBE

California Waiting - King's of Leon
Nice's favourite band, I like the Kings but I also like winding Nice up about Caleb Fallowthingy's rather odd vocal style. You can't understand half of what he's going on about. They certainly know there way round a tune though & this is a bit of a corker. HIT

1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
I wonder If I'm the only one who does this? I have a few bands who I like what I've heard of them but never gotten round to getting their stuff & actually having a proper listen. Smashing Pumpkins are one of those bands. I remember seeing them live on an MTV2 thing & they were blistering, a lot more forceful & chunky than I thought they could be. I really like this song & shall definitely be introducing it to my still nameless new i-pod. HIT

2,3,Go - The Wedding Present
Much like Ride I've never got The Wedding Present. This song is ok but again like Ride it doesn't set my pulse racing. I do very much like the lyric; "Let's go swim the Zambezi, Let's do it 'cos it's easy". There is hope for this one actually, as I listen to it again. HIT

I don't want control of you - Teenage Fanclub
I think I've heard this before. The Fannies (as I believe some folks call them) are another band that I've thrown the odd glance at but never moved in on. This particular song is great, I really like it. It's got a really good singalong melody, a nice summery sort of vibe & the vocals work for me. This song is my favourite of the 8 tracks I didn't already have so it's a great big... HIT

Let Down - Radiohead
Radiohead are simply in a league of their own. And if I made a list of my top 10 Radiohead songs, this would be in it. Classic. HIT

Belfast - Orbital
Again this isn't really my cup of tea, not what I'd usually choose to listen to. Because I love to sing so much I tend to steer clear of instrumentals. This isn't without it's merits though, it's intelligent music & it certainly carries a bit of a feel to it. For me it evokes images of walking the streets of a city at night after a big night out, when you've had a really good time & are perhaps just a little high or drunk but not in a falling over being noisy kind of way. Bless it, it does go on a bit though. MISS

So I make that 7 hits, 3 maybes & only a couple of misses. If my CD is that well received my it's owner I shall be more than happy. Reading what some other people have been putting on their CD's I think I've been very lucky that mine came from someone with similar tastes to mine.

Good work Mike, good work indeed.

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So, I'm gonna go back to bed now, I've got a big day tomorrow with lot's of stuff to do culminating in getting on a plane bound for Amsterdam.
Goodnight.