Ten albums that changed my life. Cross-posted from Facebook.

Tagged by dj_steve_rbn. This is done in order of acquisition......

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As predicted, the snow has made transport impossible.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/

One thing puzzles me - why is the Waterloo and City Line suspended due to 'adverse weather conditions', when it's completely underground? Only in Britain!

Hmmmm....seems like The Prodigy are headlining M'era Luna. That's actually something of a surprise. Doubt I'll be there, though (seeing them in London in April). It's a 'been there, done that' festival for me - with the Sterling/Euro rate being what it is, it takes a killer line up to get me out there.

PETA annoys me at the best of times (more so than other self-righteous militant campaign groups). But now they're getting just a little bit too close to home ( Read more... )

angusabranson offered some memories of the London Astoria last night - I feel I should too. Not a list of every band seen in the complex, perhaps, but few select occurences.

AstoriaDecemeber 1998, Fear Factory. My first ever mosh-pit, and exactly when I needed it, too. I REALLY had some tension to let loose. To think Trev thought I'd just stand round at ( Read more... )

So far am riding the economic downturn - but it doesn't look good in the wider world.  Did go into Zavvi to check for anything that might pass as 'cheap' with 20% off and came out with both Killing Joke Bootleg Vinyl Archives, Sepultura's 'Chaos AD' (been meaning to get that for years!) and Queen's Platinum Collection (just DON'T ASK, OK!!!).  Ebay ( Read more... )

Have just received a CD I bought from Play.com for £4.99. Just spotted it on the site for £11.99 - and I thought retailers were supposed to be CUTTING prices right now? At least I can feel smug about getting it whilst it was cheap.

Various talk about LJ and what's going on. Various things could happen (nothing, closure, more ads, paid accounts only......) but I was largely hoping to phase this journal out soon anyway - I will probably end up at ( Read more... )

Well, my life as a bass player begins here. Was trying to choose between an Aria and an ESP, when I spotted this thing - Cort EVL-Z4B. Never even heard of the brand, but a quick bit of demoing and it won me over. Only after getting it home did I realised I'd bought it for at least £100 less than it's usual sale price.


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I know some of you have done this before, and I'd like to poll opinion the lazyweb way. How easy is it to hire a venue with a bar, late licence, DJ booth and dancefloor, for one (Friday) night, as a one off, somewhere in or near Central London? And how much would it cost?