A shot of JD

Lovely to get the chance to do some writing as part of my day job. I tweeted recently about my love of the e-bow sound, so nice to go more in depth than 140 characters.

Never quite been able to see the fuss over Posterous compared to Tumblr, but people keep going on about it, so I’m taking another look.

Recent posts include Neil Young, Manic Street Preachers, DJ Yoda, Four Tet, Half Man Half Biscuit and Big Black (covering Kraftwerk).

“Radiohead underwhelmed me somewhat when I caught them for the first time last year and they were up to their self indulgent ways again playing a very unfriendly festival set. A few hits at the end were lost in an array of album tracks that although were easy to appreciate didn’t get the crowd going whatsoever, so much so that with every song they played, people were chipping off when they didn’t recognise the first 8 bars. One lady was so frustrated at this she even shouted “PLAY A F*****G GOOD SONG” at quite a volume a few tracks before the encore vocalising what all us casual fans were humbly thinking.

It was the quietest I’ve personally ever seen the main stage at Leeds festival after all the years I’ve attended which begs the question to be asked; would it have been so quiet if they had played more hits? Or do the young dwellers of Leeds festival simply not care about Yorke and co? If you are 18 then Kid A came out when you were 11, OK Computer at 8, The Bends at 6 and Pablo Honey at 4 so maybe their festival headlining days are gone?”