Oh, Eddie!

Watching ‘Twenty’ – the Pearl Jam film last night on BBC4 reminded me of not only how amazingly carnal alternative music used to be but of a time far less serious – my teens!

Hearing bands like Nirvana, Sugar, Dinosaur Jr, Pearl Jam et al makes me long to be 16 again. Confident, unabashed & and in love, the world was my oyster / for the taking …all manor of soppy clichés. Sure I was cynical (I think I was born cynical and shall remain so till the day I die!!); but there was an underlying hopefulness underneath that lumberjack shirt & battered converse.
Of course my boyfriend at the time fitted the bill too! Clad always in a band T, hair like Keanu, a swagger like Mark Lanegan - he made THE greatest mix tapes – some of which I still have several years later!

Unlike now – all the music at the time made me v happy – which I guess in hindsight is slightly strange given the dark & bleak nature of it all. Hearing Kurt Cobain scream his way through ‘Negative Creep’ or Billy Corgan go crazy at the end of ‘Rhinoceros’; perving over Eddie Vedder or bowing down to the epitome of cool that was (and still is) Kim Gordon….life seemed good and no matter how it manifested itself, the future was there for the taking! Inspiring and wonderful times that had long been forgotten!

So thank you empty bank account – for making me stay in last night and taking me back to a time of greatness in my life…now where’s my copy of ‘Bleach’


You can still catch both Cameron Crowe’s ‘Pearl Jam Twenty’; along with The Late Show’s ‘No Nirvana’ featuring a selection of grunge’s finest on the BBC iplayer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

Musical History

I recently sat with some very good, like minded, music loving friends. We are all extremely proud of the musical history of Manchester - having such diverse tastes ranging from Joy Division to Simply Red ( just so you know reader...I am so not a fan of the latter!!). We all enjoyed reminiscing about the first time we became aware of Manchester as a music Mecca, recalling stories of doc martins, national health specs & gladioli - when it suddenly dawned on us that of all the amazingly, talented musicians coupled with everyone else who is synonymous with the mcr music scene (Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton... et al) - there are v few women, if any women at all, who spring to mind, whilst recalling those impetuous times.

Where are these women who helped shape mcr's music scene & indeed provided the support...nee the backbone...of the men involved? (I feel at liberty to say that having managed an all male band for over a year...which is akin to having 3 children!!). I don’t believe for a second that those fundamental times were women-less!!

In today's music industry  - women play a massive role on a global scale. There had to be someone breaking the barriers & paving the way for them back then…surely?

Until next time!

Much love

Munty xxx

Munty's moment!

We had a TOP night in London tonite! went for some amazing food with our v good friends at EMI. Seriously - how nice are these people?!! Whatever you hear about record company people - its crap!! The people who do the grass roots jobs are ace!! Really special people who just share a love of music!!

After food we went to Soho Revue bar to see Julian Vellard. He's like a modern day Billy Joel!

more tomorrow....
xxxxx

Buff it up!!

hey buff heads!

so me and kirst are drunk on friday night, setting the world to right, and wondering what is it that makes the human mind tick!! OK - so we're a little drunk but even so....seriously...what makes people the way they are?? answers on a postcard pls!!

until next time buffettes!!

munty xxx

Glastonbury 2008

So we've finally recovered from Glasto - well just about! We feel things may never be the same again!! We ended up DJing twice over the weekend at the Late N' Live stage. Friday saw us buff up the decks with a swinging motown set - to much joy from the Sound Guys & The Channel M lovelies. Sunday eve saw more of a funky hip hop vibe as we warmed up for the lovely Unstoppable Boys. Was top! Roll on next month for more buff dj madness!