Mix Tapes Live!!
Friday, 30. October 2009, 00:25:31
Shiny new Mix Tape Compilation CD dropped through my door today, courtesy of Matt. It had winged its way from Cornwall in two days, which shows that the post strike isn't making that much difference. We should cherish such CDs, before Lord Mandelson changes the law to require all posties to check all jiffy bag packets to ensure there's nothing inside that his mates in the recording industry might be upset by. Mandy will be expecting them to do this for no extra pay, obviously.
A few links and that now follow.
The Leisure Society are brilliant. I've seen them live, I've bought the album. A Matter Of Time is the best thing since Hovis was sliced. Thanks to Dorian for this introduction.
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The Word Magazine has become a monthly companion. I've grown increasingly bored of videogames bible EDGE, mainly as I have next to no interest in the next grey/brown coloured ps360 War/Guns/Tomb Raider Clone, with some revolutionary new twist, that wont be out until Q2 2011.
Word, on the other hand, features the sort of writing and many of the actual writers that made Q magazine interesting back in the late eighties. It recently further endeared itself to me by pronouncing The Archers to be the Best Soap Ever. That EastEnders was The Worst was icing on the cake. Entertaining writing, a smidge of reviews of music and popular culture, and a Free CD!
The CD's great. Even if 15 of the tracks make you go hmmmmm, there are usually one or two that appeal enough for further investigation. So, this month, I discovered The Unthanks. Previously we've had She & Him, Piny Gir, The Helio Sequence.
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Recording our games of WFRP has been a revelation. Adding audio clips to Meckins' Grimoire involves removing out-of-character banter, trimming anything involving dice (of which there seem to be less and less), and leaving all the improvised radio play bits. My cast are good enough that I have lengthy chunks of acting, and little snippets of pass-the-crisps. It's so fantastic to be able to listen back to the stories come to life.
Hopefully running Castle Falkenstein this December or early next year, and mulling bringing Cthulhu back for occasional scares from late 2010.
A few links and that now follow.
The Leisure Society are brilliant. I've seen them live, I've bought the album. A Matter Of Time is the best thing since Hovis was sliced. Thanks to Dorian for this introduction.
*
The Word Magazine has become a monthly companion. I've grown increasingly bored of videogames bible EDGE, mainly as I have next to no interest in the next grey/brown coloured ps360 War/Guns/Tomb Raider Clone, with some revolutionary new twist, that wont be out until Q2 2011.
Word, on the other hand, features the sort of writing and many of the actual writers that made Q magazine interesting back in the late eighties. It recently further endeared itself to me by pronouncing The Archers to be the Best Soap Ever. That EastEnders was The Worst was icing on the cake. Entertaining writing, a smidge of reviews of music and popular culture, and a Free CD!
The CD's great. Even if 15 of the tracks make you go hmmmmm, there are usually one or two that appeal enough for further investigation. So, this month, I discovered The Unthanks. Previously we've had She & Him, Piny Gir, The Helio Sequence.
*
Recording our games of WFRP has been a revelation. Adding audio clips to Meckins' Grimoire involves removing out-of-character banter, trimming anything involving dice (of which there seem to be less and less), and leaving all the improvised radio play bits. My cast are good enough that I have lengthy chunks of acting, and little snippets of pass-the-crisps. It's so fantastic to be able to listen back to the stories come to life.
Hopefully running Castle Falkenstein this December or early next year, and mulling bringing Cthulhu back for occasional scares from late 2010.
WIDGETIZE