Well, Uni for some reason seemed to finish a month early - although dissertation and another project still have to be done - and so I'm a little lost at the moment. Didn't realise this was going to happen, so as a way to procrastinate I'm going to try and get going on another discography a little later, this time for The City on Film.

The City on Film / Kind Of Like Spitting / Sterling Silver - Slowdance Tour (Jealous Butcher, 1998)

7. Portland, Maine and the Pouring Rain
8. Fairytale of New York (The Pogues cover)…

Well, it is the 29th now so its probably the right time to be doing this, but there are still some to listen to properly (and that haven't quite got here in time) that haven't made the list for that reason. It was a great year overall though, too many great releases flying in from all over the shop. Its too tricky to decide between some (and too much effort), so what I've decided to do is a top 25 and then chuck in sections of good, average, bad, to make it easier. Some will probably get highlighted though. Included…

Most of it is done now, although finding out about pressings is hard, and I don't have the exact release dates for quite a few of the releases. So if anyone has any info that I'm missing, please say. Also, tracks that haven't made CDs I'd love to know, live covers and all. Thanks.

Dates written the correct way dd/mm/yy

Kind of Like Spitting

Kind of Like Spitting (Cassette) - Jealous Butcher

Track Listing:
Side A
1. Water Works
2. Power Chords
3. Tape Deck
4. February 18th, 1996
5. Big Grey Parlor
6. Winter
7. Drop the Bomb…

I'm really starting to get into doing things like this now, so here's the second discography I've written out. Most of the officially released material is easy enough to pick up still (insound still stocks most of it), so in this one I also decided to include info about the bootlegs that I've managed to find (mainly from the past year or so).

Dates are written the correct way dd/mm/yy

The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady - …Almost Killed Me - 20/04/04

Track Listing:
1. Positive Jam
2. The Swish
3. Barfruit Blues
4. Most People Are DJs
5.…

Ok, for years now I've tried making mental notes of every Texas is the Reason release out there and the versions of it. The most complete discography for them on the net that I've come across is probably the one of MTV.com, and that just lists the releases and tracks. So I wanted to compile something more complete that big fans or collectors may find useful. Most of these I have in my collection so I know that they are definately available, but some have just been too expensive to get ahold of (I've noted roughly how much they go…

Although I love that track by The Like, it's totally wrong. June this year is looking great! The sun's coming out, the birthday is around the corner and the music is rolling in.

I'm currently listening to the Radiohead show from the 19th (May) that I missed out on, and I have to congratulate both the band and the person that recorded it. Excellent stuff. Everyone seems to be blabbing about Thom Yorke's up-coming album and downloading early - as usual - which, although he supports the internet, is a shame. I hate knowing about albums before they're…

I was pointed to this mp3, and to be honest, it really does sound like they could have. Its not like Tom Petty is the most unknown artist, but then again its only three common chords. So… opinions?

Tom Petty
Red Hot Chili Peppers

'Mary Janes last dance' and 'Dani California'

… I've mostly been eating plasticine.

No, I haven't really, just reminiscing over the Fast Show there.

It's been a stressful week. Written 10,000 words for three essays, missed one hand in date - if I hand it in before next Thursday then I can get a max of 40%, any time after that its 0% - and generally struggling with the late nights, early mornings to get stuff done. So today I had a nice wake up at 1:30 in the afternoon… lovely.

Anyway, I woke up to find the Reuben/Frank Turner split on the kitchen table.…

Last few days I've been following a vinyl copy of Coheed & Cambria's 'Second stage turbine blade' on ebay and it finished last night…

Ebay link

My eyes nearly popped out of my head! Why? Because I have a copy that I paid £8 for three or so years ago. That's like 1000% profit! Who would have imagined that a few years ago?
I know 'Welcome home' has suddenly pushed them a little further forward, but I really didn't think it was by that much.

I'm going to start following more things that I own on ebay from now…

I swear this person is cheating us all with the many disguises…

I am Jack
I am Kloot
I am spoonbender
I am electric
I am ghost
I am robot and proud
I am the world trade center
I am the avalanche

They're all the ones I can think of off the top of my head. My guess is its Uri Geller.
How many other names are there like this?

"1st snake I saw, I crowed in the cab. 2nd snake I saw I thought, "oh this could be bad". Third snake I saw, fangs an' all, was right next…