Just for general wonderings…
Today’s picture is a record: Noah and the Whale. It was what I was listening to this afternoon.
I was inspired to get it spinning thanks to BBC Sounds and ‘Tracks of my Years’. They had Marcus Mumford on it and he was talking about the music scene he was involved with, including Laura Marling, Florence and the Machine, and Noah and the Whale.
Noah and the Whale made it to the turntable first.
Frank Turner.
The Gliderdrome, Boston.
Incredibly, only our second gig of the year.
The Gliderdrome in Boston is an icon venue, began life as an ice rink in 1930s, went through various incarnations to become what it is today. The greatest names in music have played The Starlight Room over the years. Tonight it was the turn of Frank Turner.
It’s the 20 year anniversary of Frank’s first EP ‘Campfire Punkrock’ and he was playing a short run of dates across the country. Boston was the closest. Although it was a 2 hour drive away!
The gig was fantastic, solo show, Frank on top form. Great to hear the tunes without the band.
Of course, having only been to two gigs, Frank goes top.
The RnR Show @ Norwich Arts Centre
This was one of those gigs that you find when scrolling through the ‘What’s On’ of your favourite venue website: Romeo and Ren.
Romeo is Romeo Stodart, him of The Magic Numbers fame. Ren is Ren Harvieu a singer/songwriter from Salford.
There are a bit of a weird duo. But it was an entertaining enough evening.
It goes in at number 4:
It was a visit to Norwich Arts Centre for Romeo and Ren – him of The Magic Numbers!
Sacked off the run I was planning, instead listened to a few albums.
Lily Allen
The Cribs
Florence and the Machine
Today you are in for a treat. Not only do you get another daily picture that shows what an exciting life I lead, but you also get to listen to me waffle on about music.
What's brought this on I hear you say. Well actually it was a spam email. Let me explain…
A couple of weeks ago I received an email from a company called Vinyl Me, Please who were inviting me to subscribe to their service. It turns out their service is rather interesting: limited edition LP, original artwork print plus a custom cocktail recipe (not quite sure about the cocktail recipe). You have no idea what the LP will be; it could be anything from rap to jazz to country to funk. The price you pay for the subscription? $38 per month. Yep, you're right, USA only – unless you want to whack another $20 for delivery.
Now, I like a bit of vinyl, it's not the only form of music I buy, far from it – I love a CD, download through iTunes, streaming through Spotify, I've even got bloody cassettes – but like I said, I like a bit of vinyl, so I was interested.
So I googled it, well to be precise, I googled 'vinyl subscription uk'. What did the mighty Google come up with? Well a few bits and pieces. But this company caught my eye: Wax & Stamp.
Now may be a good time to insert today's Project365. Just going off on a tangent: 83 days into 2015 already?!…
So what is Wax & Stamp all about? Well it is a vinyl subscription service based in the UK. For £26 per month you get a couple of LPs (or a LP and an EP) – one chosen by the company, one chosen by some guest selector. You have no control over what is sent – all you know is that it will be a new release – but it could be pretty much anything.
Sounds interesting – but I'm still undecided.
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