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Tweets
- wonder how long for... MT @DigiShoreditch: To be located in inner east London is to have a reputation as cutting edge & fwd looking #ds13
- @aweissman yeah, I can't remember where I subscribed, get about 2 emails per week
- @aweissman that's great. the VICE newsletter has recently become one of my favourite emails, love so much of their stuff
- RT @aweissman: Great read "Rave and Hardcore YouTube Comments Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity" http://t.co/LFnVSk3abm
- Whiskers http://t.co/L74OXVzJim
- Interesting: Helios bars - transform your bike into a smart bike | road.cc http://t.co/4FTccLvC9d
- @wandsworthdog yeah, I think it's a slow grower, being more subtle somehow. Took me 2-3 listens, but really like it now.
- It took a couple of listens, but now The National's new album is slowly but surely grabbing me and pulling me under
- @stephenfry der Tweet des Tages! ;)
- RT @stephenfry: Alles ist so oberaffentittengeil - oberaffenturbotittengeil, tatsächlich
- @jrlevine you mean you didn't enforce a minimum number of Twitter followers?
- noticed during workout this morning that my gym @BalhamLC is now on Twitter. makes a healthy change from all the pubs and bars...
- @stephen_abbott a week in Fuerteventura, should be nice! And warm, of course, after all this weather...
- @stephen_abbott thanks for the heads-up, but we're on holiday that week...
- NYTimes: Bike-Share System for New York Is Built With Ideas From Around the World http://t.co/vWcXoQwPyB
- @CitibikeNYC will you make it available to non-US devices too? atm can't install on a UK (android) phone (but I'll be in NYC very soon)
- new When Saints Go Machine has a track w/ Killer Mike. didn't expect that... http://t.co/TaHjqLkKBd #NowPlaying
- @mattlemay nice, you got Jim White in there too! love Dirty Three
- @NightriderLdn not bad.. Sun 72km Box Hill, 34km this lunchtime. but the week before the event I'll have to train on a @CitibikeNYC :)
- @danjrog my version of commuting :)
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Recent Tracks
- My Mistakes by Eleanor Friedberger
- Early Earthquake by Eleanor Friedberger
- Owl's Head Park by Eleanor Friedberger
- I Won't Fall Apart On You Tonight by Eleanor Friedberger
- One-Month Marathon by Eleanor Friedberger
- Glitter Gold Year by Eleanor Friedberger
- Roosevelt Island by Eleanor Friedberger
- Scenes from Bensonhurst by Eleanor Friedberger
- Heaven by Eleanor Friedberger
- Inn of the Seventh Ray by Eleanor Friedberger
The NationalParts & LaborBob DylanMETZSea of BeesThree Trapped TigersSleigh BellsCrystal CastlesThe MenAllo Darlin'Wild FlagRolo TomassiThe Tallest Man on EarthDeath GripsLos LobosRy CooderThe Durutti ColumnEelsMogwaiBeirutEmmy the GreatPhosphorescentThe Mountain GoatsArcade FireCultsJohnny ForeignerThe MummersIceageNick Cave and the Bad SeedsFucked UpTeethMaybeshewillConvergeBon IverAndrew BirdThe Gun ClubPassion PitSufjan StevensYeasayerCaribouHoly FuckNeil YoungJoni MitchellPink MartiniGrouploveUnsaneAnd So I Watch You From AfarTrash TalkFuture of the LeftTom Waits -
Attending
- Shepton Mallet, UK
- Somerset, UK
- London, UK
- London, UK
- New York, NY, US
- Birmingham, UK
- London, UK
- Salisbury, UK
- Beccles, UK
- Castle Donington, UK
- London, UK
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- London, UK
- New York, NY, US
- Salisbury, UK
- Southwold, UK
- London, UK
- Salisbury, UK
- London, UK
- Southwold, UK
- Suffolk, UK
- Southwold, UK
- Suffolk, UK
- Zürich, Switzerland
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Checkins
- Mario's Loft (AKA bitly European HQ)Glenburnie Rd
- Balham Leisure CentreElmfield Road
- Roehampton GateRichmond Park
- Mario's Loft (AKA bitly European HQ)Glenburnie Rd
- Balham Leisure CentreElmfield Road
- WaitroseBalham High Rd.
- Chadwicks Butchers208 Balham High Road
- Dadu's Cash & Carry190-198 Upper Tooting Road
- The Gladstone64 Lant St.
- Borough Studios222 Borough High Street
- The Gladstone64 Lant St.
- Balham Leisure CentreElmfield Road
- Mario's Loft (AKA bitly European HQ)Glenburnie Rd
- Balham Leisure CentreElmfield Road
- 100 Club100 Oxford Street
- Mario's Loft (AKA bitly European HQ)Glenburnie Rd
- Balham Leisure CentreElmfield Road
- Mario's Loft (AKA bitly European HQ)Glenburnie Rd
- Balham Leisure CentreElmfield Road
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Info
- Summary
founder, twitterfeed.com, acquired by bitly in 2011.
Twitterfeed allows you to feed your content (for example, blog posts or any other content that supports RSS feeds) to twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social platforms. It enables publishers to bring content to a wider audience and track the performance through real-time stats.
Prior to this, ca. 20 years experience in the market research software space, having worked as Solutions Architect for GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.) and SPSS.
Specialties: twitter, rss, atom, feeds, microblogging, social media, online survey software, web services, software integration, innovationExperience- Aug 2011 - Presentlooking after Twitterfeed & general troublemaker / Bitly Inc.
in charge of twitterfeed.com at bitly
- Mar 2007 - Aug 2011Founder / Twitterfeed Inc.
Founder of twitterfeed.com
Twitterfeed allows you to feed your content (for example, blog posts or any other content that supports RSS feeds) to twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social platforms. It enables publishers to bring content to a wider audience and track the performance through real-time stats.
- Jan 2006 - Mar 2009Solutions Architect / GMI (Global Market Insite)
Solutions Architect for GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.), a company providing online survey software and services to companies worldwide. As well as consulting with clients and prospects on custom solutions and technical integration around the GMI software platform, I have a keen interest in cutting-edge technologies and trends, and am experimenting with their application in a survey and market research technology context.
- 2006 - 2006Independent Contractor / BBC
Contract work based on BBC backstage (developer community) activities
- 1996 - 2005Solutions Architect / SPSS
- 1995 - 1996Consulting Manager / Quantime
- 1988 - 1995Associate Director, Data Processing / NOP
Education-
1985 - 1987Universität Zürich
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1980 - 1984Stiftsschule Einsiedeln
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Interests:realtime technologies, social network technologies, mobile technologies, social media, metaverse, market research technology, survey software, twitter, micro-blogging, syndication
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Mixes
- 51 plays / Created Apr 15, 119 post-rock/math-rock tracks including music by Adebisi Shank, Mogwai and Slow Six.
- 351 plays / Created Apr 13, 11not just folk, but sometimes folky... 29 tracks including music by Billy Bragg & Wilco, Bob Dylan and Bon Iver.
- 106 plays / Created Apr 12, 11American Hardcore Punk mix - fifteen tracks including music by Flipper, Bad Brains and Black Flag.
- 4 plays / Created May 22, 13Morning mix for that seldom day off of school or work... which ever.
- 21 plays / Created Apr 19, 13Strange and cool shit spreading many genre's for you to listen to, when you're not doing your own strange shit...
- 6 plays / Created Mar 16, 13A great mix of songs to get your shit where it's supposed to be:
- 987 plays / Created Mar 07, 13Boombox, beer (afterwards), ballin'. There might be some harsh cuts, but that happens on the court as well.
- 5 plays / Created Feb 02, 13Pretty good mix of older acid and pysch rock.
- 5 plays / Created Jan 31, 13This is some punk and thrash like metal stuff I just got. Good shit.
- 22 plays / Created Jan 11, 13Exactly what the title suggests... A mix of many genre's for your dome.
- 98 plays / Created Jan 09, 13Inspired by DJ Dim-Mak's "Prophets of the Collapse". Credits for track number 9 go to Waxwing.
- 58 plays / Created Dec 23, 12Disguised as a heartfelt attitude. Blessings go out to @sidekick.
- 97 plays / Created Nov 19, 12Staring at the horizon won't change a thing: it is worthwhile though. Includes music by Gudrun Gut, Thomas Azier, and Venetian Snares.
- 58 plays / Created Nov 12, 12Get your soul cleansed with some Anaal Nathrakh, The Black Heart Rebellion, and new Neurosis.
- 77 plays / Created Oct 26, 12Wilfrid Voynich purchased it in 1912. Some pages are missing. Nobody can decipher it. http://bit.ly/G8Ks3
- 204 plays / Created Oct 22, 12Dark Social. Including music by Dylan Ettinger, Kreidler, and Black Dice.
- 53 plays / Created Oct 18, 1210 tracks including music by Brother Ali, MellowHype and Otto von Schirach.
- 105 plays / Created Oct 10, 12Frankie and Paul didn't make it. Nine tracks including music by Gaza, Nihill, and Space Bong.
- 25 plays / Created Oct 05, 12Twelve tracks including music by Annihilator, Claudio Simonetti, and Dark Angel.
- 259 plays / Created Oct 05, 12The music for today... A.K.A.: Shit I've been stuck on recently.
- 158 plays / Created Oct 04, 12We were wrong. 10 tracks including music by Adrian Sherwood, Herrmutt Lobby and Ofra Haza.
- 59 plays / Created Sep 26, 12KCRW Music Director/Morning Becomes Eclectic host Jason Bentley (pictured here sporting Sony's MDR-V6 studio monitor headphones) recently treated Flavorpill LA readers to a live DJ set. From a fantastic new remix of a classic cut from Fleetwood Mac to tracks from Flavorpill favorites like Flying Lotus and Purity Ring.
- 18 plays / Created Sep 17, 12This is my sound track for today. Short and sweet. Many things on it. Perhaps you can find one you like in my musical journey. Lick my brain as our taste buds grow together...
- 105 plays / Created Sep 02, 12In the end it's all a dream. Like flatulence in a wind tunnel.
- 84 plays / Created Aug 23, 12Short and sweet. Just like this mix. 8 tracks including music by John Maus, Stealing Sheep, and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti.
- 187 plays / Created Aug 15, 12This goes out to my hip hop heads here on 8tracks. Check the annotations for your shout.
- 114 plays / Created Aug 10, 1210 tracks including beats and raps by Peanut Butter Wolf, Elzhi, and Mickey Napalm.
- 62 plays / Created Jul 30, 12Well...yeah. 10 tracks including music by Ween, Future of the Left, and Royal Headache.
- 88 plays / Created Jul 29, 12How to make a burr hole. Time: 53:48 Art: Hieronymus Bosch
- 282 plays / Created Jul 12, 12So...the boys and me are off to a stoner festival this weekend. Shrooms, booze, MJ and riffs are gonna attend as well. 9 tracks including music by Beehoover, Orange Goblin, and Kadavar.
- 44 plays / Created Jun 30, 12The sound of a limp dick. 9 tracks including music by Fatboy Slim, Royal Headache, and Mouse on Mars. [34m:56s]
- 416 plays / Created Jun 21, 12Taking your boombox with you ALWAYS makes sense. 12 tracks including music by Doomtree, Ghostfunk, and Killer Mike.
- 236 plays / Created Jun 04, 12A selection of Flavorpill's favorite artists playing at Northside Festival 2012!
- 24 plays / Created May 31, 12Hell ain't what it used to be. Appr. 1.5 hours of despair and hope. Including music by Jess and the Ancient Ones, The God Machine and Author & Punisher.
- 119 plays / Created May 08, 12I think I made my point clear? Make sure to click the title picture. 12 tracks including music by Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken, The Gladiators and Eternal Summers.
- 76 plays / Created May 02, 12Punk rock songs from back in the day, that may in fact kick your pussy ass in to shape! DON'T BE A SHEEP!!
- 3193 plays / Created Apr 29, 12Hip Hop Noir with a good amount of boom and bap. Including cuts by DJ Premier, Boogie Down Productions and Wu-Tang Clan.
- 75 plays / Created Apr 22, 12Some golden 90s classics plus Moodymann, Raz Ohara And The Odd Orchestra and brand new Death Grips. The place where we dwell...BONANZA STYLE
- 45 plays / Created Apr 09, 12Eight tracks including brand new Melvins and Unsane. [38:32]
- 83 plays / Created Apr 04, 12"Deutschland = Eine anatomische Merkwürdigkeit: es schreibt mit der Linken und tut mit der Rechten." (Kurt Tucholsky) Solely artists from Ger-money. Weighing in with a massive 25 tracks, this does not include music by Nena, Rammstein or The Scorpions. I was tempted though.
- 262 plays / Created Mar 07, 12High Price, Small Reward. 11 tracks including music by doesn't matter.
- 465 plays / Created Mar 05, 12Flavorpill's favorite Windish artists playing SXSW 2012.
- 367 plays / Created Feb 06, 12[...] It is hard to think of many positive things that came out of the Vietnam War but the free exchange of music and equipment between American soldiers and Saigon's hipper young musicians certainly resulted in some raucous and inventive music that could not have otherwise existed. [...] This mix makes heavy use of the "Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974" Sampler compiled by the awesome Sublime Frequencies collective. 12 tracks. (51m:58s)
- 50 plays / Created Feb 03, 1210 tracks running 39m:53s. Includes music by Mad Dog Cole, Shabazz Palaces, and Selah Sue.
- 55 plays / Created Jan 22, 128tracks including music by Kate Bush, Red Fang, and Hanni El Khatib. Inspired and followed by Btrxz's We Have A Problem Here Folks!?!
- 36 plays / Created Jan 19, 12So...I obviously was diggin' in my crates the other day and found some stuff I hadn't listened to in years. This is the Relevanzgefasel Edition. Sixth and final part of the DITC series including music by Bongzilla, Short Fuse, and Ratos de Porão. [31min:36s]
- 67 plays / Created Jan 14, 128+5 tracks including music by Uighur Pop, Vondelpark, and Brenk Sinatra.
- 56 plays / Created Jan 09, 12So...I obviously was diggin' in my crates the other day and found some stuff I hadn't listened to in years. This is the BioShock Edition. Fifth part of the DITC series including music by Scritti Politti, Melt-Banana, and Blumen am Arsch der Hölle. [39min:03s]
- 36 plays / Created Dec 31, 11
- 18 plays / Created Dec 26, 11Twelve tracks that made the consecutive months of my 2011, in chronological order. Including music by White Denim, John Maus, and Wild Flag.
- 39 plays / Created Dec 26, 11This is the secret santa WD mix for nothing but a proper lad and true inspiration. Keep those mixes coming! 10 tracks. [1h:05m:15s]
- 18 plays / Created Dec 20, 11Due to health reasons, I have decided to be happy from now on. Eight tracks including music by Tombs, Dark Castle, and Laudanum.
- 71 plays / Created Dec 18, 11So...I obviously was diggin' in my crates the other day and found some stuff I hadn't listened to in years. This is the Punk Rock Edition. Fourth part of the DITC series including music by The Oblivians, New Bomb Turks, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
- 104 plays / Created Dec 13, 11So...I obviously was diggin' in my crates the other day and found some stuff I hadn't listened to in years. This is the Electronic Edition. Third part of the DITC series including music by 4hero, Trans Am, and Coldcut. [39min:24s]
- 38 plays / Created Dec 03, 11So...I obviously was diggin' in my crates the other day and found some stuff I hadn't listened to in years. This is the Nun with a Gun Edition. Second part of the DITC series including music by Stack, Bathtub Shitter, and DS-13. [24m:14s]
- 16 plays / Created Nov 30, 11Ten tracks including music by Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo, Bing Crosby, and Eartha Kitt.
- 193 plays / Created Nov 29, 11So...I obviously was diggin' in my crates the other day and found some stuff I hadn't listened to in years. This is the Hip Hop Edition. First part of the DITC series including music by 5 Sterne Deluxe, A Tribe Called Quest, and Bernard Wright. [41m:41s]
- 116 plays / Created Nov 12, 11Eleven tracks by Argentinian bands, including Él mató a un policía motorizado, Go-Neko!, and Los Peyotes. Most of it is pretty sloppy (in a good way, obviously). (Oh, I added download links to most of the tracks too.)
- 213 plays / Created Nov 07, 11Twelve tracks including music by Blood For Blood, Descendents, and Hank Williams III.
- 44 plays / Created Nov 05, 11Life as a shorty shouldn't be so ruff. 8+3 tracks including music by B-52's, Klaus Lage Band, and Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft.
- 90 plays / Created Oct 20, 11You want to take a peek at those. Courtesy of toptenz.net. In no particular order but rearranged for flow. Ten tracks including music by John Cage, N.W.A, and Richard Wagner.
- 72 plays / Created Oct 18, 11Nine tracks including music by 22 Pistepirkko, Blumfeld, and Butthole Surfers.
- 27 plays / Created Oct 14, 11[...]originally used to describe a mythical, spritelike entity that possesses humans and creates the feeling of awe of one’s surroundings in nature, its meaning has transitioned into referring to[...] Eight tracks including new killer toad tunes by Wolves In The Throne Room, Black Cobra, and old Dianogah. (49:03 min.)
- 10 plays / Created Oct 06, 11Here's some more shit that is real, as opposed to what you hear on the radio...
- 52 plays / Created Sep 30, 11Ten bumpin' tracks from back in the days when I was younger not a kid anymore.
- 56 plays / Created Sep 18, 11Stick your head into the amplifying horn and enjoy the ride. Ten tracks including music by Free the Robots, Wett Dreamss, and Peace Orchestra.
- 25 plays / Created Sep 16, 11Ihr habt euch ganz gut Aufeinander eingestellt Und das ist es was mir an euch Nicht mehr ganz so gut gefällt Eight tracks including music by Surrogat, Japanese Voyeurs, and Rinderwahnsinn.
- 39 plays / Created Sep 08, 11Obviously not built to last. 1921 - 2011 Ten tracks including music by Bulldogs, Abudtone, and Death Grips. Time: 38:39 min.
- 28 plays / Created Aug 25, 118+2 sexy tunes including music by Kent Brockman, Bracewar, and Spazz. Playtime: 12:51 min
- 167 plays / Created Aug 18, 11"Horchen Sie, Voß! - Gerstenberg und ich, wir sind uns einig geworden, unsere besten Freunde allesamt aufzubieten, mit uns die falsche europäische Welt zu verlassen und den glücklichen Gefilden eines zweiten Paradieses entgegenzueilen. Sie werden von Otaheiten gehört haben: Hier ist das zweite Paradies, hier ist Eden, der Lustgarten Gottes, wo man des Schöpfers Güte aus ungetrübter Quelle trinkt." (A. Overbeck, 1777)
- 37 plays / Created Aug 09, 11Eight tracks including music by Them Crooked Vultures, LVMEN and Susanne Sundfør.
- 61 plays / Created Aug 04, 11Oh Boy. You can run but certainly you cannot hide. Eight tracks including music by John Holt, Zomby and Unovidual & Tara Cross.
- 36 plays / Created Aug 01, 11Eight tracks including music by Ada, GUTS, and Grandaddy.
- 68 plays / Created Aug 01, 11Nine tracks including music by AC/DC, Black Sabbath (UK), and Blue Oyster Cult.
- 49 plays / Created Jul 06, 11Eleven tracks including music by As Mercenárias, P.S Eliot and Sleater-Kinney.
- 229 plays / Created Jun 21, 11Might want to put on a helmet. Twelve severe bangers including the likes of Ry Legit, Ajapai and Urban Assault.
- 49 plays / Created Jun 16, 11Ten tracks including music by 13 & God, Antonionian and Deadbolt.
- 20 plays / Created Jun 06, 11Ten tracks including music by Buffalo, CCR, and Captain Beyond.
- 6 plays / Created Jun 03, 11Eleven tracks including music by Battered House Wives, Domo Genesis, and Ff.
- 36 plays / Created May 26, 11Nine tracks including music by Charley Pride, Don Gibson, and Jack Reno.
- 114 plays / Created May 22, 11Ten tracks including music by Braintax, DZA, and Mimosa. [39:13]
- 7 plays / Created May 21, 11Nine tracks including music by Billy Idol, CCR, and FIGHT.
- 27 plays / Created May 20, 11Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLRQS7Cf-ok before, after or during the mix.
- 8 plays / Created May 19, 11Eleven tracks including music by Black Label Society, Death, and Earl Sweatshirt.
- 4 plays / Created May 17, 1112 more songs no one ever heard of, that could help or hurt a broken fence...
- 27 plays / Created May 17, 1112 hand picked tunes to hypothetically listen to if you were driving a short distance.
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Posts
- d(R)inking
When time allows, I bang the drums in a band called (R), and we recently recorded some live demos. Here’s a taster - as the titles suggest, the first one is about drinking, the second one a word of advice to the youth of today. Befitting of a band of middle-aged gits fighting a losing battle against ageing with guitar(R)s, d(R)ums and bee(R).
- my top ten albums of 2012
Here we go, my customary end-of-year post… my favourite 10 albums of 2012. In no particular order:
Metz - METZ
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind
The Men - Open Your Heart
Death Grips - The Money Store
Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
Sauna Youth - Dreamlands
Unsane - Wreck
Rolo Tomassi - Astraea
Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
Swans - The SeerI say “no particular order”, but it’s fair to say that METZ is my most favourite of them all. I’m getting close to 50, and yet when listening to “Wasted” or “Sad Pricks” on that album, all I want to do is throw myself into a mosh pit somewhere. Highly undignified.
Here’s all the albums in a glorious Spotify playlist:
Look into Henry Rollins’ eyes as he recounts his story of a lucky break and a life of determined action to make the most of it. Hear beyond the words to what motivated him more than fame or money and how he describes the alternative path of life he was running from.
Hustle. Determination. Tenacity. Fear.
Entrepreneurship comes in all shapes and evades a single adjective or verb. It’s a complex cocktail of risks taken and evaded. It’s a way of life that many are drawn to for opportunity or a haven for others running from the alternative.
Henry’s story gives a glimpse into the less often discussed latter source of motivation.
What a great song, from a band I only heard about via a tweet from Pulled Apart By Horses.
- my top 2011 shows
Following on from the top albums, a less “scientific” list of my top gigs in 2011. Looking at my Songkick Yearly Report there’s so much good stuff it’s really hard to pick individual shows, but I’m giving it a shot anyway… in no particular order, and quite possibly subject to change depending on current mood, here are some of my most memorable gigs of 2011:
Sleigh Bells, Teeth & MEN at Heaven
Rolo Tomassi & Brontide at The Garage
Sea Of Bees at Northampton Square Bandstand (Bandstand Busking)
Cerebral Ballzy at Latitude Festival
TV On The Radio at Williamsburg Waterfront
Mogwai at End Of The Road Festival
- my top 2011 albums
Rather than actually thinking about it, this year I’ve just looked at my last.fm scrobbles of albums released in 2011, and let that tell me what my favourite albums were. Most played = favourite, right? Easy… so here goes, without comment, but with Spotify links so you can check them out yourselves:
10. Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me - Touché Amoré
9. Johnny Foreigner vs Everything - Johnny Foreigner
8. WHATEVER - Teeth
7. David Comes To Life - Fucked Up
6. Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will - Mogwai
5. Slave Ambient - The War On Drugs
4. Bon Iver - Bon Iver
3. Grouplove EP/ Never Trust A Happy Song - Grouplove
2. Cults - Cults
… and drum roll … number one:
1. Constant Future - Parts & Labor
- Chelsea Market's public Wifi EULA ...
“I promise to refrain from any hanky panky.
Or anything that would make anyone get cranky.
Anything I do with this connection that is lame,
I absolve Chelsea Market, et al, of any blame.”… always makes me smile.
- 5 personal Latitude 2011 highlights
Despite the less than perfect weather and plenty of mud, there was lots of excellent music to be had at Latitude this year. Here’s my fairly random 5 personal highlights, although there was a lot more worthy of mention (Eels, Ghostpoet, Gold Panda, Cloud Control just some of them..)
I was really looking forward to Grouplove, and they turned out to be my first highlight on Friday. A great fun vibe throughout, they threw giant balloons into the crowd at the end of their set.
The National headlined the main stage on Friday night, and were as good as always. To the crowd’s delight, Matt Berninger went on one of his long walkabouts during their last song.
Ed Sheeran was up first on Saturday, and managed to beat the pissing rain. It’s hard to imagine anyone disliking him, he’s such a charming guy on stage (and a local Suffolk boy). He talked to the crowd a lot during the set, including how he’s been coming to Latitude for the last 4 years as a punter, and how great it is to be playing here now.
For my hardcore punk fix, I went to see Cerebral Ballzy, who managed to get an impressive moshpit going. Absolutely fantastic young Brooklyn band, one of the best hardcore bands I’ve seen live recently.
My highlight on Sunday was Sea Of Bees, a folky/acoustic duo. I had barely even heard of them before, and almost came across them by accident, but was really taken by Julie Baenziger’s unique voice and oddly funny stage presence. One of the reasons I love festivals like Latitude is exactly this - serendipity!
Spotify links: Grouplove, Cerebral Ballzy, Sea Of Bees
Condolences, by Touché Amoré
I just absolutely love these lyrics - especially the line emphasised below…
If you fantasize about your funeral, I understand
I’ve been there before
If there’s more importance in the music played
Than who’d attend
We
Are
The
Same
With heads to the ground, As I’m lowered down,
There will be a chorus
An overwhelming sound.Today it has to be Dylan: my favourite version of my favourite song - Idiot Wind, from the Hard Rain live film/album.
Just those last few lines alone…..:
I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I’m finally free
I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me
You’ll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above
And I’ll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love
And it makes me feel so sorryIdiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We’re idiots, babe
It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselvesLet’s Go Swimming by @allodarlinuk - still my favourite summery Fri PM song.. and Tooting Bec Lido opens in a week!
OFF! A West Coast hardcore “supergroup” with a song named “Jeffrey Lee Pierce”. What more do I need to say?
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