tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:47:08 +0000http://www.londonlee.com/chipshop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)Blogger373125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-8931428902673877616Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:10:00 +00002010-04-09T07:10:00.045-04:00I've had a miserable bloody week at work and watching this has really cheered me up, it's easy to mock but there should always be a place in pop music for this kind of innocent pleasure. I don't remember finding The Nolans particularly attractive back then (though I did have a minor thing for Colleen at one point) as they seemed too wholesome and family-entertainment but now they all look, dare Ihttp://www.londonlee.com/2010/04/something-for-weekend_09.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-2393907893361048629Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:50:00 +00002010-04-08T16:13:43.285-04:00For someone with such a reputation as a bullshitter and sleazy manipulator I'm surprised at how sad I am about the death of Maclolm McLaren. Perhaps because, like it or not, without him there would have been no Sex Pistols and without them my life would have been different and probably far less interesting. So thank you for that Malcolm, and for Bow Wow Wow, "Buffalo Gals" and this.Download: http://www.londonlee.com/2010/04/talcy-malcy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-3917748181574074559Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:13:00 +00002010-04-07T11:12:10.145-04:00For technical reasons I'm going to be moving this site to another blogging platform, most likely Wordpress. I'll be starting the process next week and hopefully I'll be able to move everything intact and keep the same URL though the chances are there will be a cock-up or two along the way so if this place suddenly goes dark for a while you'll know what's going on – I'm just trying to find light http://www.londonlee.com/2010/04/on-move.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-5576171119733918435Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:41:00 +00002010-04-02T05:41:00.884-04:00What on earth is Georgie wearing?http://www.londonlee.com/2010/04/something-for-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-6051754085247499990Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +00002010-03-31T05:30:00.845-04:00In the history of cinema few films have nailed what men are like the way Diner did. I've never been this bad (my records aren't alphabetized for a start) but, you know, I can relate.http://www.londonlee.com/2010/03/its-just-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-3628395037040434214Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:24:00 +00002010-03-29T09:24:57.043-04:00This little blogging hiatus I'm on at the moment was supposed to be so I could get some personal shit done but I've been so swamped at work I haven't had any time to get to what I wanted to get to the past couple of weeks which is very frustrating.So if you're as cream-crackered and stressed as I am at the moment you might need a little something to perk you up. You'd have to be dead not to get ahttp://www.londonlee.com/2010/03/case-of-mondays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-4134152677636172670Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:32:00 +00002010-03-26T04:32:00.219-04:00What a lovely record this was. Watching this it's hard to believe that kid singing would go on to put out a brilliant solo single on Factory Records (made with members of A Certain Ratio and New Order) and then, sadly, die at the age of 38.http://www.londonlee.com/2010/03/something-for-weekend_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-6942572668695942086Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:40:00 +00002010-03-23T09:40:27.180-04:00I woke up this morning with this song in my head for some reason and I can't get rid of it, I have "I want ya, yes I want ya, yes I really do" on a perpetual loop in my brain. Did I have a dream about Alvin Stardust or something?This was very nearly the first single I ever bought. I still remember being in the Harlequin Records on Fulham Road clutching the 50p record token I got for Christmas andhttp://www.londonlee.com/2010/03/cant-get-it-out-of-my-head.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-8728406921407903153Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:52:00 +00002010-03-19T04:52:00.363-04:00I'm 40 years older than I was when it was first on the telly but I still laughed watching this. I think it's the sound effects, a good boing! always makes me chuckle.http://www.londonlee.com/2010/03/something-for-weekend_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-2261258256850297314Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:11:00 +00002010-03-12T05:11:00.337-05:00If you thought Tom Jones and Janis Joplin was a strange pairing check this one out, it's like watching some bizarro alternate universe where David Bowie is Tony Orlando. You might find your pleasure waning after a while though – it's long – so I suggest you switch to this.http://www.londonlee.com/2010/03/something-for-weekend_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-8768780591373649989Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:17:00 +00002010-03-09T10:26:08.442-05:00Posting is going to be a little thin over the next few weeks as I'm focusing on something else at the moment which is taking all my rather limited spare time and brain power. In addition, Blogger are making some technical changes which might mean me moving this blog somewhere else soon so I have to look into that.I'll still put up the odd video and photo but don't expect much in the way of http://www.londonlee.com/2010/03/otherwise-occupied.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-6629876304783995502Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +00002010-03-05T04:30:01.191-05:00http://www.londonlee.com/2010/03/something-for-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-1662837745534755897Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:25:00 +00002010-03-03T11:26:06.722-05:00I remember well how Michael Foot was vilified when he was leader of the Labour Party, how the smug, sneering Thatcherites mocked his shabby Worzel Gummidge appearance, his donkey jacket, how such a brilliant intellect wasn't cut out for the modern age of television politics with it's shallow soundbites and telegenic haircuts masquerading as human beings. But look around you today and the man http://www.londonlee.com/2010/03/old-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-2934683316936956327Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:21:00 +00002010-03-01T12:21:56.823-05:00My daughter doesn't want to pick out any records for me at the moment, I think she's rumbled that I'm just exploiting her for cute pictures on my blog and refuses to play ball, so I've hired these two to choose the music in future.And what do you know, something else good that Phil Collins was involved in.Download: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) - Genesis (mp3)http://www.londonlee.com/2010/03/lucky-dip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-8416797845645121591Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +00002010-02-26T05:00:02.037-05:00The old blog needed this after Phil Collins.http://www.londonlee.com/2010/02/something-for-weekend_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-6255037001519484996Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:50:00 +00002010-02-24T09:52:58.867-05:00"Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and http://www.londonlee.com/2010/02/liking-phil-collins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-5923166401548197267Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:05:00 +00002010-02-22T11:05:38.800-05:00This got to number one 20 years ago.Download: Killer (12" version) - Adamski (mp3)Well all know that Seal went on to fame and fortune and supermodels after singing on this, but what happened to Adamski?http://www.londonlee.com/2010/02/feeling-older-every-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-5566583654582040583Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:30:00 +00002010-02-19T04:30:01.366-05:00http://www.londonlee.com/2010/02/something-for-weekend_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-1337911637792198682Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:50:00 +00002010-02-17T06:50:00.289-05:00The caption for this picture says "House party — Chelsea, London UK circa 1952" but other than that I have no idea what is going on here. Just your typical arty Chelsea bohemians I guess, from the days when "bohemians" could afford to live in Chelsea.I went to some pretty wild parties when I was at art college but I think I always managed to keep my trousers on. Well, apart from that one time...http://www.londonlee.com/2010/02/picture-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-8318692706657606778Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:27:00 +00002010-02-15T08:27:00.216-05:00After a tough couple of weeks at work this is the sort of thing I like to wind down with, a record of almost heart-stopping loveliness.Download: Love and Affection - Joan Armatrading (mp3)http://www.londonlee.com/2010/02/nice-and-easy-does-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-3363733016168505268Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +00002010-02-12T05:00:05.578-05:00I once saw Errol Brown coming out of the Gents in a nightclub and I think I was so surprised by how small he was I forgot to get down on my knees and give praise to him for incredible records like this.http://www.londonlee.com/2010/02/something-for-weekend_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-5215699658665048705Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:30:00 +00002010-02-08T08:30:01.368-05:00Too busy at work to do anything here at the moment, talk amongst yourselves for while.And enjoy this fine tune of course.Download: Wat About Di Workin' Claas - Linton Kwesi Johnson (mp3)http://www.londonlee.com/2010/02/swamped.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-6674481235382936208Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +00002010-02-05T05:00:00.896-05:00I'm getting a major "leave me alone you dirty old man" vibe from those dollies that Jimmy Saville is trying to chat up. Especially the last one, she looks like he's making her skin crawl.http://www.londonlee.com/2010/02/something-for-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-7195246116058690859Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:47:00 +00002010-01-31T11:47:15.941-05:00A little tribute to J.D. Salinger. For more on the Catcher In The Rye-indie pop nexus read this."I'm always saying "Glad to've met you" to somebody I'm not at all glad I met. If you want to stay alive, you have to say that stuff, though.""You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, http://www.londonlee.com/2010/01/holden-caulfield-indie-hero.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20347651.post-7211559366809567159Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +00002010-01-29T05:00:01.107-05:00Speaking of scary things, this Public Information Film looks like it was made by Alfred Hitchcock.http://www.londonlee.com/2010/01/something-for-weekend_29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (londonlee)6