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I’m on a bit of a Dead or Alive trip at the moment....

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:49:12 +0100

I’m on a bit of a Dead or Alive trip at the moment. Perhaps the looming “best of best” Big Brother 2 week stint coming up has made subconsciously jogged my memory about the legend that is Pete Burns.

To most people Dead or Alive are synonymous with one track and one track only: You Spin me Round (like a record) but, out side of the UK at least, they were much more successful. Dead or Alive were so incredibly popular in Japan, for instance, that they once forced Michael Jackson to reschedule his tour around theirs! They also stayed at number one in Japan for 17 consecutive weeks with ‘Turn around and count to ten’, as well as 4 weeks as the US Dance number one - no didn’t think you’d have heard of it!

Above is a megamix of some of their hits and it’s pretty good. probably will fly above the heads of anyone not already familiar with Pete but hey - freak unique!

This song popped up in my Mirage playlist (think iTunes DJ) and...

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:57:00 +0100

This song popped up in my Mirage playlist (think iTunes DJ) and I’m almost amazed that it still sounds a fresh now as it did back when it was released (admittedly only in Sweden) way back in the “was it really that long ago?!” year of 2003.

The video is a surreal one: it revolves around a man in a bear suit (!) finding a decapitated head in a box. Cue lots of scenes of a headless rabbit walking around before the eventual reunion of head and body. Oh and a lot of keyboard playing in-between, too.

The lyrics are very, very grade A - any song that opens with “I tried my best but I was only being me” leading on to “So just grab a seat and watch the casanova fall” instantly hooks me in; sorta’ story of my life-ish!

Anyhow video is above but it is very, zehr, mycket quiet Seriously. Grab you headphones, jack the volume up and do a Camden bop.

Last Stop Blackout

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:54:10 +0100

You have got to be kidding me. How the fuck did Allister reforming, signing to Universal Japan,...

I had no idea this was even a single let alone it had a music...

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:05:02 +0100

I had no idea this was even a single let alone it had a music video. I’m sure there are hundreds of health & safety rules being flouted in this video (lamp on head? tsk!) and whilst it doesn’t rival the original ‘Emerge’ video in terms of aesthetic pizazz (god, I just used the word pizazz..) it’s yet another above-average visual entry to the Fischspooner visual catalogue.

My 10 Favourite Albums From 2009

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:27:37 +0000

Set Your Goals This will be the death of us First saw/heard these guys in last 2008 this year on...

A massive want right now…

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:39:26 +0000

A massive want right now…

This week is proving to be fruitful for news, if also fruitful...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:41:41 +0000

This week is proving to be fruitful for news, if also fruitful for sticky-note sellers…

DECEMBER =D

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:16:51 +0000

DECEMBER =D

My Who-Queue!

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:51:57 +0000

My Who-Queue!

I bought my first CD in four years today - and from an actual CD...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:13:27 +0100

I bought my first CD in four years today - and from an actual CD shop, too!

It was Annie’s sophmore (and utterly delayed) album ‘Don’t Stop’ and BOY was it worth every penny.

Cats. Rock.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:58:30 +0100

Cats. Rock.

Oops! Looking for OMG! UBUNTU?

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:08:48 +0100

If you’re used to finding the OMG! UBUNTU! blog @ d0od.co.uk you’ll need to update your...

He-Man Goes Hipster...

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:54:56 +0100

He-Man Goes Hipster...

Cliff The Snail is taking it easy today. So am i. I’ve...

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:59:06 +0100

Cliff The Snail is taking it easy today.

So am i. I’ve got Nettle Tea, pink wafers and a pile of work to do.

Hmm…

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:47:32 +0100

Hmm…

That's Just Typical!

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:43:05 +0100

I’ve been busy all day starting on an animation project for a competition. It’s nothing...

Timeline of my life. Sorta.

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:35:41 +0100

Timeline of my life. Sorta.: Dipity is a cool collating website that gathers data from all of your...

This really made me smile today. The absurdity of Daleks’...

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:14:00 +0100

This really made me smile today. The absurdity of Daleks’ doing gardening haha… GAWD i’m a geek!

!!! My Wena - BOWLING FOR SOUP !!!

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:32:28 +0100

!!! My Wena - BOWLING FOR SOUP !!!

"Our greatest fear should be not that our lives will some day come to an end, but rather, that they..."

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:44:08 +0100

“Our greatest fear should be not that our lives will some day come to an end, but rather, that...