Fantastic. I love the Sheds.


edit: I'll have to be going over to Glasogow then. Damn this city, damn it to hell.

Q Magazine's 10 Most Perfect Songs Ever:

1. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
2. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
3. Life On Mars - David Bowie
4. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
5. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
6. Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
7. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
8. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
9. Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan
10. Perfect Day - Low Reed

Should be higher, surely?

Halle-fucking-lujah?

Top 3 for sure with Bowie at 1.


If it's best song - it's a sonwriter "special" this month - why put Buckley at 1 and not Leonard Cohen?

why have 'perfect day' or anything by 'the verve'? urgh...

...and the Jeff Buckley over appreciation society ploughs onward.

I share only one thing with those people & that is that I also wish he never died.

These kind of lists are bullshit anyway.

Agreed.

And I know I often say this, but why no Carole King? Women extremelhy under-represented in that list and she was a very talented writer.

Back off. Didn't you know he was a tortured soul?

America had Cobain & Buckley...we had Morrissey. Moz didn't give in...and wrote better songs. We win.

That's a point...no Smiths/Morrissey in the 10!!

...and all Q seem capable of publishing these days - it's been a crap magazine for ages now.

Be fair though. If you were told they were doing this list, I'm dure many would have said Bohemian Rhapsody would have been in there.

Q is pretty poor. Still better than NME which has turned into Smash Hits.

Music itself isn't in great shape at the moment. Certainly the worst era I've experienced.

Good point sir.

After about 8 years of buying Q magazine every month, I just gave up wasting money and space on it - in fact I've found this place (and the tape loop) far more enlightening/rewarding.

I remember that John Mckie briefly had a stint as editor of Q after he effectively kicked off the slow death of Smash Hits. I don't know if he had a hand in Q's demise, though. It was when he was editor of SH that it turned into a watered down and purely bubblegum pop orientated version of its former self. Back in the 90s it covered mostly pop though it also covered other genres, but from about 2000 onwards it barely touched anything that strayed far from Westlife or The Backstreet Boys. I fondly remember the Mark Frith era, the last time it was actually was a great magazine.




Definitely.

Woo! Now, here's Spaced Out's Top 10 Reasons why we're better than Q Magazine...

1. Very little U2
2. No advertiements
3. Costs nothing
4. Better writers
5. Flyers don't fall on the floor when you log on
6. Doesn't form a pile after years of reading
7. Less Chili Peppers
8. Can't read it on the train so you have time to actually read a book
9. Smells better
10. Less pointless lists

Fine examples of why I'm always here. Good work, gentlemen.

Surely the lists we come up with are equally as pointless.

unless you meant fewer pointless lists?


...go on then... call me a pedant.

11. Fewer pedants.

12. Unwillingness to stick to the conventions of top 10 lists.

To change the subject for a moment:

James are playing 2 mini gigs this Monday & Tuesday in Hoxton, Old Street.
Tickets only £10.
Definitely worth a look if you like those guys. Details on their myspace.

White Stripes Cancel Tour

Just got this MySpace bulletin:

The White Stripes announced today that they are canceling their forthcoming tour due to health issues. Meg White is suffering from acute anxiety and is unable to travel at this time.

The White Stripes sincerely apologize to their fans. “We hate to let people down and are very sorry."

Fans can obtain refunds for their tickets at point of purchase.

Dates affected:

9/13/07 Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium
9/15/07 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
9/16/07 Austin, TX @ Stubbs Bar-B-Q
9/18/07 San Diego, CA @ Coors Amphitheatre
9/19/07 Inglewood, CA @ The Forum
9/21/07 Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre
9/24/07 Anchorage, AK @ George M. Sullivan Sports Arena
9/26/07 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Ballroom
9/27/07 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Ballroom
9/28/07 Boise, ID @ Idaho Center Theater
9/29/07 Salt Lake City, UT @ The E Center
9/30/07 Jackson Hole, WY @ Snowking Center
10/2/07 Rapid City, SC @ Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
10/3/07 Fargo, ND @ Fargo Civic Auditorium
10/4/07 Lincoln, NE @ Pershing Center Auditorium
10/6/07 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
10/7/07 Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
10/10/07 Honolulu, HI @ Neal S. Blaisdell Center

Poor old Meg, I wonder what's brought it on? It sounds a bit strange.

It's official......... well almost

I don't even know whether to get excited as in no way do I believe I'll get a ticket.

£125 a ticket?!!!!

I'm not normally a negative person but, really, I don't see the point in even suggesting to myself I'd get a chance at nabbing a ticket anyway regardless of the price.

Very slim chance I might get a freebie. Very slim.

And they will sell out at that price.

FREE DVD in tomorrow's Observer: Prince classic 1987 concert film, Sign 'O' The Times.

For any others interested, Radiohead's new album, "In Rainbows" is out in 10 days.

You heard me, 10 FREAKIN DAYS.

Click here.

Interestingly enough, you can put your own price for the download. 'It's up to you', they say. No, really.

considering what I think of radiohead, £0.01 would be massively extortionate. nice idea though.

I'm 90 per cent certain that's a hoax. Not entirely certain since they tend to do weird stuff anyway, but I'm sure the album is out in March.

I thought so too at first but now I think it's genuine.

I's being reported as genuine so I assume it must be. How odd.

Anyway, Radiohead's new album can be downloaded from radiohead.com from October 10 and a physical copy is being released in March.

This should go to show how much something is downloaded and how many Cds are physically bought. It will be a bit twisted statistically because of the name your own price, but I think the results will be interesting.

Brian Wilson To Play A Ballet Fundraiser

New Goldfrapp album on the way.

Joe Strummer Telecaster

HOT!

As of 26th October, the title has been confirmed as Seventh Tree, to be released on 25th February 2008.

www.goldfrapp.com currently boasts a very brief, very ethereal taster of things to come...


Can't wait!

Elvis Costello Never To Return

The Jam.... with Hugh Cornwell?

Rrruh?

Shouldn't they really be renamed 'The Stram'?


Better yet, The Janglers.

Winehouse calls off rest of this years gigs under "Doctor's orders".

Nothing to do with her piss-poor performance at the one tour gig she's done so far then?

I never really could listen to her perform live, even from long before Rehab and Back To Black. It's only those two tracks and Valerie with Mark Ronson from the recording studio that do anything for me.

James have a new album to be released on the 7th of April.
They'll be gigging around the country in April. Tickets go on sale at www.gigsandtours.com from this Friday.

Cool.

From the Associated Press:

Panic! At the Disco lose Exclamation Mark.
Emo kids mourn.

wow, new Godspeed You! Black Emperor anyone?

Just published. Mojo Magazines 50 Greatest UK Indie Records Of All-Time

50) Huggy Bear - Herjazz
49) The Delgados - The Great Eastern
48) James - Village Fire
47) Swell Maps - Read About Seymour
46) Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
45) Half Man Half Biscuit - Trumpton Riots EP
44) The Wild Swans - The Revolutionary Spirit
43) The Pooh Sticks - On Tape
42) Fire Engines - Candyskin
41) McCarthy - Keep An Open Mind Or Else
40)Jane And Barton - It's A Fine Day
39) Josef K - The Missionary
38) Ride - Ride EP
37) The Bodines - Therese
36) Shop Assistants - Safety Net
35) The Primitives - Really Stupid
34) Saint Etienne - So Tough
33) The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine
32) Elastica - Line Up
31) Stereolab - Peng!
30) The Wedding Present - George Best
29) Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
28) New Order - Temptation
27) Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
26) The Libertines - What A Waster
25) The Loft - Up The Hill And Down The Slope
24) The Vaselines - Son Of A Gun
23) Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain
22) Happy Mondays - Lazyitis (One Armed Boxer)
21) The Pastels - Up For A Bit With The Pastels
20) Spacemen 3 - Revolution
19) This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
18) Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
17) Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows
16) Wire - Outdoor Miner
15) Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
14) Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
13) The House Of Love - Destroy The Heart
12) Subway Sect - Ambition
11) Felt - Forever Breathes The Lonely Word
10) Primal Scream - Crystal Crescent/Velocity Girl
9) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
8) The La's - There She Goes
7) Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
6) Joy Division - Transmission
5) My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
4) The Fall - How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'
3) Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
2) The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
1) The Smiths - This Charming Man