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What I can remember playing at last Thursday's London Loves

In no particular order:

For Tomorrow - Blur
This Charming Man - The Smiths
Temptation - New Order
Topknot - Cornershop presents Bubbley Kaur
Yeh Yeh - Georgie Fame
Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners
My perfect Cousin - The Undertones
Another Girl Another Planet - The Ones
Stay in the Sun - Kenicke
Sunday Girl - Blondie
Antmusic - Adam and the Ants
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
Blitzkerig Bop - The Ramones
Step Into my office Baby - Belle & Sebastian

That's all I can remember for now. James x

posted Monday, October 25, 2004 | 0 comments | links

 

Photos up

Hello chaps and chappettes. It is a particularly grimy Monday here in the outer reaches of London, so I cast my mind back to the happiness of London Loves. Dancing, people falling over, suspicious mafia types, extremely confuses sharons venturing into the melee. Haziness. Much fun was had, as ever, but those Friday mornings are starting to kill me somewhat. Acquiring a Friday night may have to be the next frontier in London Lovesness.

The photos from last Thursday are up on the photoblog now. Hope to see y'all along to the next one.

Yours,

The ghostly, disembodied voice of London Loves

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Comments: 3 Sweeties: 1

desertmermaid on 10 November 2004 at 07:34
Was searching for a London blog to keep the homesickness at bay and found yours. Your not the ex Blow Up DJs are you? Anyway, being an ex Londoner and a big indie fan I'll have to drop by next time I'm in town.
-Miranda

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newmalden on 14 November 2004 at 22:27
Ah, Blow up. What a happy place. And now it's a shithole.

posted Monday, October 25, 2004 | 0 comments | links

 

My 2nd setlist from last Thurs

James is always telling me to post my setlists up here and I never do, but here's the last one I did at around 11:15 for about 45mins in a rather foggy order (and with some stuff missed out probably). Any ommissions filled in greatly appreciated.

Keep me hangin' on - the supremes
Becoming more like Alfie - Divine Comedy
It's a shame - Detroit Spinners
Last of the Gang to Die - Morrissey
Shout - Lulu
Houndog - Elvis
*Electric Six - Danger High Voltage* I think
She Bangs the Drums - Stone Roses
Rocks-Primal Scream
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
You will you won't - Zutons
If I ever feel better - Phoenix
Sale of the Century - Sleeper.

Ta

Paul

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londonloves on 24 October 2004 at 20:21
I danced to the majority of this. I also remember Jim & Stewart asking me "what the fuck is this?" when Phoenix came on...

velvetmorning on 25 October 2004 at 06:31
Shame on them.

velvetmorning on 25 October 2004 at 06:36
By the way, I sat there with the sleeper cd out of its sleeve for about half an hour, agonizing whether to play it or not. Seemed to go down well in the end though.

sillylad on 25 October 2004 at 17:29
Sale of the Century - Sleeper. Fantastic.

posted Sunday, October 24, 2004 | 0 comments | links

 

She left me on Friday...

Cheers for all the requests, everyone. I'll try to play as many as I can, if my name isn't Foghorn Leghorn.

The best request I've received is the lone but persistent call for Shed Seven by young newshoes. Having continually forgotten to play anything by York's favourite piss-ridden sons, I'm going to made utterly sure this time around: I'm going to write "Shed 7" on my hand in biro.

My favourite Rick Witter Story:

Frontman Rick Witter was the victim of a bizarre unprovoked attack two weeks ago on April 5th. According to a band spokesman the singer was"attacked from behind while entering his home in York". The unknown assailant knocked Witter to the floor claiming he was after "revenge" for an assault on a friend. Witter, who was bizarrely robbed of his shoes and socks, claims the incident was a case of mistaken identity. He received no major injuries in the attack.

My favourite Rick Witter Quote:

"I do not smell of piss! If I ever did I would immediately cleanse myself."

My favourite Rick Witter Picture

Sweet jesus, take it from me - don't type "Shed Seven" into google picture search. Trust me, just don't.



Any more requests while I'm still in the vicinity of my computer?

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sw on 21 October 2004 at 15:53
Soupdragons, hugely underrated in my opinion, Mother Universe is a belter, in single form anyway, album version's a bit more wanky.

em on 21 October 2004 at 15:56
downtown. go on. and sunday girl.

Kate_Sith on 21 October 2004 at 15:57
White Lines - Don't do it! by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Girls on Film - Duran Duran
You know it makes sense...

[anonymous] on 21 October 2004 at 16:01
Tin Soldier by the Small Faces!
I absolutely demand it for the Hill Clough comment.

londonloves on 21 October 2004 at 16:01
Did you say Downtown because you saw Petula Clark on the lunchtime news?

I've been attempting to summon up the courage to play Duran Duran for some time. We'll see how things transpire.

newshoes on 21 October 2004 at 16:03
Yay! I'll play it up here tonight too!

em on 21 October 2004 at 16:04
no! what's happened to her? i was listening to it yesterday while i was cleaning. it's my cleaning song.

londonloves on 21 October 2004 at 16:06
Nothing's happened to her, she was just on London tonight. Or whatever the much more boring BBC version is called. She was promoting the fact she's still alive, I think.

em on 21 October 2004 at 16:12
ah, good.

DarkSideOfTheIgloo on 21 October 2004 at 22:08
you should play juice newton and tell me how it went

sillylad on 22 October 2004 at 13:33
I can never tell if you love or hate Shed 7.

Kate_Sith on 22 October 2004 at 14:08
Thanks for last night - I had a lovely time x

SoCheap on 22 October 2004 at 14:28
Congratulations on a near-perfect playlist. Everything hurts now.

SoCheap on 22 October 2004 at 14:29
Oh, forgot to say, this morning I heard Dolly Parton's cover version of Stairway to Heaven. You must track a copy down - most unusual.

newmalden on 22 October 2004 at 15:12
As I wrote back in July:
"Judging by our first night we play a mixture of non-crap indie-pop old and new, soul, motown, new wave, The Human League and Nancy Sinatra. We also unashamedly threaten to play Shed Seven, but haven't quite dared as of yet. We will do one day, though, I can assure you. When you least expect it."
Shed Seven are like a silent fart, they creep up on you and knock you dead. I'll play them, as promised, when you're least expecting it.

Kate_Sith on 22 October 2004 at 16:16
Did I miss the League? I'll have to come earlier next time.

posted Thursday, October 21, 2004 | 0 comments | links

 

London Loves tomorrow woo!

London Loves doth returneth tomorrow night. It runs, as usual, from 8pm until some unidentifiable time after 1am. The price remains an unspeakably reasonable £2 all night, and dancing, fun and a generally excellent time are virtually guaranteed.

I've been thinking of doing a 'special' set tomorrow night, but I can't entirely work out which way I want to quantify it. I was thinking of doing a set of songs entirely from one particular year (1978, perhaps. Or 1967. Or 1994. You know, one of the good years). Then my thought process moved on to the idea of only playing songs that came out during the year of my birth (1979), to generally celebrate my existence. Then I thought about doing a set based purely around songs about pirates, but then I realised I only own two songs about pirates and general seafaring. Then I thought about only playing songs that were released on Jewish holidays, then I gave up the entire shebang and realised that a pointless categorising of songs doth not a good set make.

Though I may reconsider.

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onwardsandsideways on 20 October 2004 at 18:23
1994 would be bloody brilliant - would remind me of doing my GCSEs...

Kate_Sith on 20 October 2004 at 18:24
I have very fond memories of 1989...

newmalden on 20 October 2004 at 18:57
Mmmm... interesting choices. I may attempt a "run" of songs from 1994, at least, if not an entire set.

Kate - sadly I don't have much stuff from 1989. In fact, the only single from that year I have (off the top of my head) is "Hit" by the Sugarcubes...

Kate_Sith on 21 October 2004 at 15:59
If I'd have read this sooner I'd have brought some in for you - it's gotta be Deus if you're playing the Sugarcubes.

newmalden on 21 October 2004 at 16:08
I have Deus too, actually.

Kate_Sith on 21 October 2004 at 16:42
Yay!

posted Wednesday, October 20, 2004 | 0 comments | links

 

Neil Hannon loves London Loves

posted Monday, October 18, 2004 | 0 comments | links

 

Bluetones update

Following the bizarre revelation that my old mate Mark Morriss is working for a company that places teaching assistants in schools for people with disabilities, it now transpires (according to The Void on channel four teletext, a very reliable source) that "bluetones bassist" (actually their drummer) Ed Chesters is currently doing an osteopathy course.

Anyone happen to know what's happening to other Britpop survivors? Perhaps Rick Witter is working in your local BP garage, or possibly the singer out of Marion has stolen your Gnomes to feel his heroin addiction. Please do let us know.

p.s. The Marion story may sound like a jape, but is sadly based in truth...

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vanishingpoint on 07 October 2004 at 10:16
Sonya from Echobelly works in a London record store and was very nice to me when I chatted to her. The drummer from the Boo Radleys is a teacher. Everyone else probabaly works for the council - it's where most has-beens seem to work.

SoCheap on 07 October 2004 at 13:12
When's the next London Loves going to be?

newmalden on 07 October 2004 at 15:34
As it says at the top, dear cheapy, 21st October.

Floatykatja on 21 October 2004 at 16:14
Jarvis Cocker walked into me the other night when I was watching Spiritualized at Brixton Academy. He's shorter than you might think...

posted Wednesday, October 06, 2004 | 0 comments | links