stoibee
44 years old
London, United Kingdom
Male
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Feb 2, 2009
TALC @ The Luminaire, London, 30/01/09
If Gilbert and George had spent the 1970s and 80s immersing themselves in da funk, Steely Dan and yacht rock instead of human sculpture and large scale pictures, they might just have evolved into TALC. The band are two pin-striped, bowler hatted gents slightly let down …
Jan 29, 2009
Passion Pit - the obsession continues
Passion Pit come to these shores in February - they support Black Kids at Koko on the 18th and hang out at Pure Groove Records on the 29th. I'm waiting for the bound-to-be-bonkers headline London gig before shelling out for any tickets. They're also working on an album …
Jan 28, 2009
More Knuckles
Looks like Frankie Knuckles hasn't just got the ear of Animal Collective....
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Movies
Repo Man, Goodfellas, Round Midnight, Betty Blue, Morvern Callar,
Music
Super Furry Animals, Basement Jaxx, Miracle Fortress, Midlake, 4Hero, Steely Dan, Beirut, The Fiery Furnaces, Lewis Taylor, Zero 7, Broken Social Scene, Panda Bear, Grandaddy, The Clash, Madvillain, Malajube, The Sea and the Cake, The Beauty Room, Massive Attack. A Tribe Called Quest, Burial, Orange Juice, LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Battles, Shuggie Otis, The Beach Boys, The Specials, Jhelisa, New Order, Radiohead, Prince, Pilotdrift, A Certain Ratio, Telefon Tel Aviv, The Associates, Cassandra Wilson, Bjork, XTC, Blue Note Recordings, Postcard Records 2 Tone, new weird American stuff, all those great bands coming out of Canada, obscure 1980s Birmingham post-punk, Punk Funk, Soul, Jazz, Funk, Disco, Hip Hop,
Television
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, The Apprentice, numerous HBO type box sets I haven't got around to watching or discovering yet
Books 2007
Black Swan Green, number9dream, Lionboy, Where You're At: Notes from the Frontline of a Hip-Hop Planet, On Beauty, Back From the Brink, Fear of Music,
Interests
My new favourite bands
Miracle Fortress, The Most Serene Republic, The Luyas, (well I'm considering adding the Luyas...)
R.fm, May 5, 2009:
Hi
Check our new site and let us know what you think.
Love from the R.fm crew
Basement Spiders, Jan 1, 2008:
Happy New Year : ]
pilotdrift, Oct 26, 2007:
thanks for adding us!!!
4hero, Oct 3, 2007:
"...it's normal to listen to 4hero and Broken Social Scene in the same half hour."
damn right it is....and long may it continue to be so.
stoibee, Aug 10, 2007:
Me in Anthony Gormley's "Blind Light" installation at the Hayward Gallery, August 2007. The thick fog meant you could hardly see your own hand held out in front of you - an ideal place to shamelessly take photos of yourself in public.