ARCTIC MONKEYS - THINKING CAP

Some of your deepest thoughts appear during alcoholic escapades? Is this (below) your thinking cap?

“I took the batteries out my mysticism and put ‘em in my thinking cap.”

The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala - Arctic Monkeys (2011)

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE - TELEPHONE VOICE

One thing I have always wanted to do on this blog is to post images along with accompanying quotes (from song lyrics, novels etc). The first quote I am going to use is from the fantastic coming-of-age novel 'Catcher in the Rye'. An attractive lady sits next to Holden (protagonist/antagonist - however you view him) on a train which is otherwise empty. She is the mother of a boy from his school, and she strikes up a conversation with him. He describes her as having a 'nice telephone voice', likening her to the many female telephone operators around at the time of writing. The image I found is not that of a female telephone operator, but a model with a telephone on her head.

“She had a nice voice. A nice telephone voice mostly. She should’ve carried a goddam telephone around with her.”

The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger (1951)

In Honour of LeBron

1st post since I got back from Cali! Nas ft. Amy Winehouse – Cherry Wine

This is my first post in months! I have not posted on this blog for a LONNGG time, as I was living in Sacramento, California for the past 5 months (the final month was a road trip across the US) where I was studying on exchange. I had little time to blog, but I really wish I had done as some real crazy stuff happened over there! I got some great pics, some of which will be posted on this blog in the future. For now enjoy this fantastic collab by Nas and Amy Winehouse! (Thanks to nahright.com)

Nas ft. Amy Winehouse – Cherry Wine

DJ Krush - Meiso (feat. The Roots) REMIX by DJ Shadow

Absolute gem! I just stumbled across this remix by DJ Shadow (who I saw last live month in Oxford - and met!). A must for any fan of the underground scene.

Micro Review: Mission Impossible 4

A fun film with some great action set pieces. Convoluted though. Suitable for family viewing. 3.5
Enjoy the trailer below!

Bob Dylan - Folsom Prison Blues: "I shot a man in Reno/just to watch him die"

A couple of weeks ago I saw the musical Million Dollar Quartet in London's Noël Coward Theatre. The play dramatizes a 1956 recording session made in Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The musicians involved in this recording formed what is widely considered to be the first supergroup; Million Dollar Quartet. It consisted of the musicians Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash. My personal favourite of these musicians is Johnny Cash. His track Folsom Prison Blues which is part of the musical soundtrack is a zeitgeist country song; he takes the viewpoint of a jailed man who recalls his crimes, singing ever so casually callous the line "I shot a man in Reno/just to watch him die".
I posted a black and white photograph of Bob Dylan on this blog some time ago, which is one of the top five viewed items on the blog. I have in turn decided to post a very rare Bob Dylan cover of the song, recorded in 1967 on The Basement Tapes.

Dauwd - Whats There

Due to being very busy with uni and various other things, this is my first blog post in months! Check out this transcendent piece of music by Dauwd. Absolutely beautiful. An artist to watch out for in 2012!