More Baloney

Pyschoville is back on the TV this week. Yay. 

En passant, another comedy show I dug was "Summer Heights High" 

Just read that writer and star Chris Lilley has a new project "Angry Boys" airing soon. Yay.

What else? Today's barbecue was fairly disastrous: chicken drumsticks at turns undercooked and carcinogenic. O well.

Recent listening: Taxi Driver soundtrack and "Vindaloo" by Fat Les (video makes me smile: I think it's the Max Wall impersonator more than anything), Hubert Parry's "Jerusalem" (I am still Scottish, btw, in case anyone was wondering) AND.......... Laura Cantrell's recent Bob Harris session - 3 days left to listen.

This week's dilemma - BlackBerry Torch or i-phone 4?

Ta-dah

Hello. I've got a hunch this blog thing might take off so I've decided to be an early-adapting tastemaker. I think this blog will mainly be about stuff I like.

Number 1 - LAURA CANTRELL

I like Laura Cantrell. I like her new album "Kitty Wells Dresses" - out now and available at www.lauracantrell.com / amazon / i-tunes / HMV / etc.


I also like this wee Laura Cantrell promo film, shot on the soon-to-be-defunct Flip camera and edited on i-movies:

I released Laura's debut album "Not The Tremblin' Kind" on Shoeshine over 11 (!) years ago. Crazy. I remember being SO EXCITED that I was going to be working with this amazing talent. Queen Of The Coast..The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter....Genius! Great singer, songwriter and person. And now here we are again. Laura tours the UK next month:

MAY	1	Manchester, Club Academy			0161 832 1111
	2	Bristol, St Bonaventure's			0870 4444 4000
	4	Sheffield Memorial Hall			0114 2789 789
	5	Nottingham, The Glee Club			0871 472 0400.
	6	Edinburgh, Pleasance Theatre			0131 220 3234
	7	Gateshead, Old Town Hall			0191 4336965
	8	London, Union Chapel			0131 220 3234

Number 2 - BRAZIL

I like Brazil. I get to go there next month for two shows with Teenage Fanclub. Rio and Sao Paulo. Yay. I played some solo shows in Brazil a few years ago (I know; WTF? etc) and later returned with TFC for a tour. Great people/music/food and these:

Here's a track from Jorge Ben to celebrate (Remind you of any Rod Stewart songs?):

Number 3 - ...

Och that's enough for now.