Tomorrow night I will be flying home for a very busy weekend in the States. It’s Christopher’s birthday, my Mom’s birthday and my nephew’s wedding. It’ll be good – I haven’t seen most of my family since I ran away to join the circus.

Prince – “1999” I actually had no Prince in my library.
The La’s Like the rest of you, I only know that one song – There She Goes. But actually this is a really strong album. I don’t know if I ever heard the whole thing before. I have heard the lead guy in the band has spent the last 20 years trying to perfect this record. What a total waste of talent…

Now these next two were suggested to me by an Irishman I met at a party recently. He had good taste.
Mono – “Waling Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined” How’s that for a title? The sound is very similar to Explosions In The Sky, but those guys were from Texas and Mono is from Japan. They both came out at the same time. Very pretty stuff.
The Boredoms – “Vision Creation Newsun” Where do I begin? Adjectives: Percussive. Propulsive. Avant garde. Melodic. Sort of prog-rock (kind of). I don’t think I have ever heard anything like it. Check them out. Try driving with this playing in the car. It’s wild!

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