tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123973242011-04-22T09:19:44.303+12:00Reporting the not-so-relevant side of music...Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1140934133554481442006-02-26T19:21:00.000+13:002006-02-26T19:21:18.883+13:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.techgadgetforums.com/files/ipod_toilet_paper_dispense.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px;" src="http://www.techgadgetforums.com/files/ipod_toilet_paper_dispense.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Since the iPod was first released there have been a plethora of accessories to complement the ubiquitous portable music player, some more useful than others.<br />I was, however, quite surprised when I stumbled upon <a href="http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-strangest-ipod-accessories">this link</a> today and found some of the truly bizarre accessories that budding entrepreneurs have concocted to accompany their little white buddies.<br /><br />Whilst some of the items on this list are actually somewhat <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=snazzy">snazzy</a> (i.e. Tunebuckle), and some a little excessive (Wurlitzer iPod jukebox, the iPod bed), many are just plain insane; the iPod leather thong, the iPod boxer shorts, the iPod toilet paper dispenser, and (most disturbingly) an iPod vibrator, for example...<br /><br />The complete list can be found <a href="http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-strangest-ipod-accessories">here</a>...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-114093413355448144?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1140669289284251282006-02-23T17:20:00.000+13:002006-02-23T17:36:27.573+13:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8002/1045/1600/macgyver37.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8002/1045/400/macgyver37.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Okay, this has absolutely nothing to do with music, but I feel it is a cause worthy of posting about.<br /><br />Apparently a group of dedicated MacGyver fans are trying to convince the appropriate persons in charge to get Richard Dean Anderson (the one and only MacGyver) a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<br />According to <a href="http://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/02/andersonfansapplyingforwal.shtml">one</a> site:<br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">"Those judged to have made significant professional achievement, a contribution to the community, and have longevity in the entertainment industry get a star imbedded in the sidewalk forever with their name and area of specialty, such as acting for Anderson."</span></blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">...and who could argue with that!?<br />Help get Mac the star he deserves at <a href="http://www.rdanderson.com/">his official site</a>...<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/02/andersonfansapplyingforwal.shtml">Anderson fans applying for Walk of Fame</a>...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-114066928928425128?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1135821072953614702005-12-29T14:25:00.000+13:002005-12-29T15:16:35.703+13:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.metacritic.com/">Metacritic</a> has compiled a rather spiffy list of lists, summarising various publications' "top 10" lists for the year <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2005.shtml">here</a>.<br />Most mentioned artists are (unsurprisingly) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sufjan Stevens</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Antony and the Johnsons</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kanye West</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">M.I.A</span>.<br /><br />Highlights include:<br /><br />Mojo<br /></span><ol><li><span style="font-size:85%;">I Am A Bird Now by Antony & The Johnsons</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Funeral by Arcade Fire</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Aerial by Kate Bush</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Devils &amp; Dust by Bruce Springsteen</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Z by My Morning Jacket</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Chavez Ravine by Ry Cooder</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">The Magic Numbers by The Magic Numbers</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Into The Woods by Malcolm Middleton</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Dimanche a Bamako by Amadou & Mariam</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Cole's Corner by Richard Hawley</span></li></ol><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />NME<br /></span><ol><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Silent Alarm by Bloc Party</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Funeral by Arcade Fire</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">You Could Have It So Much Better by Franz Ferdinand</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">I Am A Bird Now by Antony &amp; The Johnsons</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Employment by Kaiser Chiefs</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Illinois by Sufjan Stevens</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Late Registration by Kanye West</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Down In Albion by Babyshambles</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Demon Days by Gorillaz</span></li></ol><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Pitchfork<br /></span><ol><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Illinois by Sufjan Stevens</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Late Registration by Kanye West</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Bang Bang Rock & Roll by Art Brut</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Arular by M.I.A.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">I Am A Bird Now by Antony &amp; The Johnsons</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">The Runners Four by Deerhoof</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Feels by Animal Collective</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Purple Haze by Cam'ron</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Apologies To The Queen Mary by Wolf Parade</span></li></ol><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Q<br /></span><ol><li><span style="font-size:85%;">X&amp;Y by Coldplay</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Demon Days by Gorillaz</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Employment by Kaiser Chiefs</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Don't Believe The Truth by Oasis</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Back To Bedlam by James Blunt</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">You Could Have It So Much Better by Franz Ferdinand</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Funeral by Arcade Fire</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Eye To The Telescope by KT Tunstall</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Stars Of CCTV by Hard-Fi</span></li></ol><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Uncut<br /></span><ol><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Funeral by Arcade Fire</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Illinois by Sufjan Stevens</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">No Direction Home: The Soundtrack by Bob Dylan</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Black Mountain by Black Mountain</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Alligator by The National</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">A Bigger Bang by The Rolling Stones</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">You Could Have It So Much Better by Franz Ferdinand</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Want Two by Rufus Wainwright</span></li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-113582107295361470?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1134424654837474852005-12-13T11:04:00.000+13:002005-12-13T11:05:10.913+13:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com">Pitchfork</a>'s Ryan Dombal has selected his <a href="http://pitchforkmedia.com/features/comments/12-12-05/">top five music videos of the year</a>:<br /></span><ol><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Superwolf</span>: <a href="http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/index.php?page=releases&releaseID=585">I Gave You</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brendan Benson</span>: <a href="http://brendanbenson.com/video.shtml">Cold Hands, Warm Heart</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">M83</span>: <a href="http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2663923">Don't Save Us From the Flames</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jason Forrest</span>: <a href="http://www.cockrockdisco.com/JFDSwpweb.mov">War Photographer</a></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Supergrass</span>: <a href="http://exodus.interoutemediaservices.com/deliverMedia.asp?id=1907467e-f3bf-430c-aeaa-6ddfead57d20&amp;delivery=stream">Low C</a></span></li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-113442465483747485?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1134286644694899522005-12-11T20:47:00.000+13:002005-12-13T11:06:23.176+13:00<span style="font-size:85%;">I've always loved 'Top 10' lists, for some reason they fascinate me. So I've decided to compile various music critics '... of the year' lists, which will be posted on <span style="font-style: italic;">The Broken Drum</span> over the next month or so.<br /><br />To kick things off I'm going to start with the top 10 albums of the year according to a chap who is probably my favorite music critic of the moment: Nick Bollinger, music critic for <a href="http://www.listener.co.nz/">The Listener</a>, and host of the excellent radio show <a href="http://radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/thesampler">The Sampler</a>.<br />His top 10 albums released in 2005 are as follows:<br /></span><ol><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ry Cooder</span> - Chavez Ravine</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Phoenix Foundation</span> - Pegasus</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Books</span> - Lost and Safe</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wilco</span> - Kicking Television</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The White Stripes</span> - Get Behind Me Satan</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ali Farka</span> - In the Heart of the Moon</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Theolonious Monk Quartet</span> with <span style="font-weight: bold;">John Coltrane</span> - At Carnegie Hall</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Devendra Banhart</span> - Cripple Crow</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bettye LaVette</span> - I've Got My Own Hell to Raise</span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Ponsonby DCs</span> - The Ponsonby DCs</span></li></ol><span style="font-size:85%;">Let <a href="mailto:thebrokendrum@dodgeit.com">me know</a> of any 'album of the year' lists you feel are worthy of note...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-113428664469489952?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1133901977442725252005-12-07T13:53:00.000+13:002005-12-07T13:54:06.786+13:00<span style="font-size:85%;">This does seem a little bit 'Big Brother', but interesting regardless. Download a wee gadget which goes with your audio player of choice and your bad taste in music is published in detail on a website for all to see. Nice.<br /><br />My 'most played' list can be found <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/fusebox/">here</a>, and you can sign up for yourself at <a href="http://www.last.fm/">Last.fm</a>...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-113390197744272525?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1133903351158850322005-12-07T10:08:00.000+13:002005-12-07T10:09:11.160+13:00<span style="font-size:85%;">Voting has opened for the 2006 (even though it includes albums from 2005) PLUG Independent Music Awards. Ironically, a number of the artists nominated are associated with a major label in some way.<br />Judging by the responses of those on the <a href="http://forums.metacritic.com/">Metacritic forums</a> it would seem that Sufjan Stevens should do rather nicely...<br /><br />Vote <a href="http://www.plugawards.com/general_vote.php">here</a>...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-113390335115885032?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1127625146536671562005-09-25T17:42:00.000+12:002005-09-25T17:46:26.346+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;">To coincide with being on air for 21 years, Dunedin's <a href="http://www.r1.co.nz/">Radio One</a> polled its' listeners on the top 21 New Zealand tracks of all time. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">It comes off a bit like a <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.realgroovy.co.nz/music/id/2413999">Nature's Best</a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> of NZ indie music:<br /></span> <ol> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Clean</span> – Point That Thing Somewhere Else</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Skeptics</span> – Affco </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chills</span> – Pink Frost</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Darcy Clay</span> – Jesus I was Evil </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Phoenix Foundation</span> – Hitchcock </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3Ds</span> – Spooky</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Salmonella Dub</span> – Love Your Ways</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gordon</span>s – Coalminers Song </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Die! Die! Die!</span> – Ashtray Ahstray</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Toy Love</span> - Squeeze </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fat Freddys Drop</span> - Hope </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chris Knox</span> – Not Given Lightly</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Snapper</span> – Hang On</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blam Blam Blam</span> – There Is No Depression in New Zealand</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Concord Dawn</span> – Morning Light</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DLT and Che Fu</span> – Chains </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scavengers</span> – Mr X </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Great Unwashed</span> – Hold Onto the Rails</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Trinity Roots</span> – Home Land and Sea</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gestalt Switch</span> – Nothing Has Changed </span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Coconut Rough</span> – Sierra Leone</span></li> </ol> <span style="font-size:85%;">Not surprising is the high number of tracks by Dunedin / Flying Nun bands. However, as <a href="http://www.noizyland.com/home/view_news.asp?ID=1384">some</a> have noted, there is the mysterious absence of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Straightjacket Fits</span> from the list.<br />Some interesting choices nonetheless...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-112762514653667156?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1126917555208096312005-09-17T12:25:00.000+12:002005-12-11T20:41:10.446+13:00<img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/fuseblog/banhart.jpg" align="right" hspace="3" vspace="3" /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Sigur Ros</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> return; releasing their first ever album with a pronouncable title, <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/sigurros/takk">Takk</a>. NME describes its' sound as "the noise God makes just before he eats a slice of cheese on toast", which is apparently a <a href="http://www.nme.com/reviews/sigur-ros/7761">good thing</a>...<br /><br />Prolific former hobo <span style="font-weight: bold;">Devendra Banhart</span> releases his fourth official album </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Cripple Crow</span><span style="font-size:85%;">. He seems to have <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/banhartdevendra/cripplecrow">maintained his good record</a>, despite Billboard's calls for him to <a href="http://www.billboard.com/bb/reviews/album_exclusives_article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001051135">get an editor</a>...<br /><br />Tucson locals<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Calexico</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Iron & Wine</span> have teamed up to create many an alt-country fan's wet-dream with <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/ironandwineandcalexico/inthereins">In the Reins</a>. Having listened to it on high rotation for the last few days I couldn't recommend it more. Hopefully this is more than just a one-off project as this is an amazing musical combo...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-112691755520809631?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1126703559698148842005-09-15T00:52:00.000+12:002005-09-15T01:38:02.506+12:00<img src="http://www.ragtagfilm.com/archives/images/wilco.jpg" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="3" /><span style="font-size:85%;">Popular over-critical indie music website <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/">Pitchfork</a> are reporting that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wilco</span> will soon release their much anticipated <span style="font-style: italic;">Kicking Television: Live in Chicago</span> double live-album, and perhaps a wee DVD too. The recording, done over four nights at Chicago's Vic Theatre earlier this year is due to be released on the 1st of November in North America (and hopefully everywhere else not long after).<br />Tracklisting is as follows:<br /><br />Disc one<br /></span><ol> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Misunderstood</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Company In My Back</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">The Late Greats</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Hell Is Chrome</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Handshake Drugs</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">I Am Trying To Break Your Heart</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Shot in the Arm</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">At Least That's What You Said</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Wishful Thinking</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Jesus, Etc.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm the Man Who Loves You</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Kicking Television</span></li> </ol><span style="font-size:85%;">Disc two<br /></span> <ol> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Via Chicago</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Hummingbird</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Muzzle of Bees</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">One by One</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Airline to Heaven</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Radio Cure</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Ashes of American Flags</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Heavy Metal Drummer</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Poor Places</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Spiders (Kidsmoke)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Comment (Charles Wright cover)</span></li> </ol> <span style="font-size:85%;">And all you lucky folks in the US, Brazil or London can be also treat yourselves to a bit of Wilco / Jeff Tweedy action somewhere near you in the next few months...<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-09/13.shtml">Pitchfork</a>...</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-112670355969814884?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1124006701297095632005-08-14T20:19:00.000+12:002005-08-14T20:18:50.776+12:00<img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/fuseblog/davegrohl01.jpg" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="5" /><span style="font-size:85%;">Following up on this <a href="http://brokendrum.blogspot.com/2005/07/foo-fighters-to-play-new-zealand.html">previous posting</a>, all tickets to the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Foo Fighters</span> Wellington show at the Queens Wharf Events Centre were snapped up in only 4 hours, probably setting some kind of local ticket sales record for any event that doesn't include an <a href="http://www.allblacks.com/">oval shaped ball</a>.<br /><br />The only tickets available now are those selling for <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Music-instruments/Concert-tickets/auction-33264286.htm">extortionate prices</a> on popular local auction site <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/">TradeMe</a>.<br /><br />Still no word on who will play support...<br /><br />Happy bidding!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-112400670129709563?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1123208325488715362005-08-05T14:05:00.000+12:002005-08-16T23:40:57.673+12:00<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/fuseblog/littlejimi.jpg" align="left" hspace="7" vspace="3" />"Excuse me while I kiss this guy"</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> is the infamously misheard line in </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Jimi Hendrix'</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> song </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Purple Haze</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> which left many feeling a little confused when the song was first played to a public audience. This could in part be due to the fact that he <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/15/hendrix.biography.ap/index.html">said he was gay in order to get out of the army</a>...<br />I've also misheard the occasional lyric. Recently, during my first listen of the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Shihad</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> album </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Love is the New Hate</span><span style="font-size:85%;">, I misheard the line </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"Just like a month of fucking Sundays"</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> as </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"Just like that motherfucker Sanjeev"</span><span style="font-size:85%;">.<br /><br />There is even an entire site dedicated to listeners' misinterpretations of lyrics; <a href="http://www.kissthisguy.com/">kissthisguy.com</a> now has an archive of over 4,000 submitted misheard lyrics. I noticed that one visitor brilliantly <a href="http://kissthisguy.com/archive/lyric.4125.html">misheard</a> a segment of the ambiguous </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Nirvana</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> song </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Smells Like Teen Spirit</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> as </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"An albino and Filipino playing keno"</span><span style="font-size:85%;">.<br />Perhaps unsurprisingly, around 22% of those who have submitted their own unique interpretations of lyrics at this site also <a href="http://kissthisguy.com/stats.html">admit</a> to being on "interesting medication".<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-112320832548871536?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1122109222624913392005-07-23T20:50:00.000+12:002005-08-10T02:05:32.140+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;">And about time too!<br /></span> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Wellington - The Wellington Entertainment Centre (I'm assuming this means Queens Wharf), November 25.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Auckland - Supertop, November 26.</span><br /></li> </ul> <span style="font-size:85%;">No support act has been announced just yet, but rumour has it that the <b>Kaiser Chiefs</b> (who support the Foos throughout the Australian leg of their tour) will either play support or do their own series of shows around New Zealand at the same time.<br /><br />Tickets go on sale on the 8th of August through <a href="http://www.ticketek.co.nz/">Ticketek</a> or <a href="http://www.realgroovy.co.nz/">Real Groovy</a>.<br /><br />Here's hoping they steer well clear of material off the disappointing 'Jekyll & Hyde' album <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/foofighters/inyourhonor"><i>In Your Honor</i></a>.<br /><br />Source:<a href="http://www.nme.com/news/113081.htm"> NME.com</a>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-112210922262491339?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1121478814818868742005-07-16T13:34:00.000+12:002005-07-16T13:53:34.823+12:00<img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/fuseblog/x-news-dangerdoom.gif" align="right" hspace="3" vspace="3" /><span style="font-size:85%;">Following in the footsteps of his <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://brokendrum.blogspot.com/2005/04/reverse-edit-new-grey-album.html">Grey Album</a>, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >DJ Dangermouse</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> is due to release a collaboration with acclaimed MC </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >MF Doom</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> this October, titled </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >The Mouse and the Mask</span><span style="font-size:85%;">. Apparently inspired by late-night cartoon show <span style="font-style: italic;">Adult Swim</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Mouse and the Mask</span> will feature audio samples from popular cartoons <span style="font-style: italic;">Aqua Teen Hunger Force</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Harvey Birdman</span>,</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> among others.<br />This concept sounds so novel I simply can't wait...<br /><br />More info can be found at <a href="http://www.dangerdoom.com/">DangerDoom.com</a>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-112147881481886874?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1117341583398681522005-05-29T16:39:00.000+12:002005-05-30T02:06:43.393+12:00<img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/fuseblog/coldplay2.jpg" align="left" hspace="4" vspace="2" /><span style="font-size:85%;">Poor old <strong>Coldplay</strong>, their recent single <em>Speed of Sound</em> has been kept off the no. 1 spot on the British charts by a song that was originally intended as a ringtone (<strong>Crazy Frog</strong>'s <em>Axel F</em>). Ouch.<br />However, I'm sure their album will still sell by the bucketload...<br /><br />Source:<a href="http://www.nme.com/news/112448.htm"> NME.COM</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111734158339868152?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1117114628842356202005-05-27T01:37:00.000+12:002005-05-27T02:08:45.493+12:00<img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/fuseblog/th_creed.jpg" align="right" hspace="4" vspace="2" /><span style="font-size:85%;">Wow, did you know that:<br /></span> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">When played backward, the Creed song “My Sacrifice” reveals the message “I Amish, I heave Samsonite for you.” (<a href="http://www.everwonder.com/david/wizardofoz/">Take that Pink Floyd</a>! Sample <a href="http://downloads.somethingawful.com/mp3/yourbandsucks/creed.mp3">here</a>)?</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Weezer is named in honor of Rivers Cuomo’s father, who is in an iron lung?</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Every member of the independent rock band Pavement is, to this day, a virgin?</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Jon Bon Jovi is deaf? (Which explains a few things...)<br /></span></li> </ul> <span style="font-size:85%;">...because I sure didn't.<br /><br />Many more fascinating facts<a href="http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2911"> here</a>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111711462884235620?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1116408699790243612005-05-18T21:31:00.000+12:002005-05-24T02:15:39.523+12:00<img src="http://www.ragtagfilm.com/archives/images/wilco.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="2" /><span style="font-size:85%;">Well, probably not.<br />However, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wilco</span> frontman Jeff Tweedy was quoted as saying "we've been digging a lot of dance music recently... so look out!".<br />Whether this suggests a complete change in direction for their next studio album (which they are due to start recording in August) is anybody's guess...<br />Also announced is a live CD/DVD, due out later this year. Can't wait!<br /><br />Source: <a href="http://pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-05/17.shtml">Pitchfork: Daily Music News</a>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111640869979024361?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1115028212637567912005-05-02T22:03:00.000+12:002005-05-05T23:50:51.260+12:00<a href="http://www.thewebshite.net/nickelback.htm"><img src="http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/fuseblog/weechad.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="5" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I've always thought of Nickelback as a fairly generic rock band whose songs all sound pretty much the same (and I'm sure many of you have too?).<br />The following link takes this one-step further with a superb example that shows exactly how formulaic they are.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">How You Remind Me</span> is played through the left speaker, while <span style="font-style: italic;">Someday</span> is simultaneously played through the right. It's almost like playing 'spot the difference'!<br /><br />Click on Chad's ugly mug (<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_2071000/2071919.stm">the ugliest in rock apparently</a>!) above to watch it... (1.1 MB's, but well worth it!)</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111502821263756791?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1114754800504432132005-04-29T17:31:00.000+12:002005-05-01T04:37:22.046+12:00<img src="http://www.br-online.de/bayern3/musik/musikstories/john/img/elton_150_200.jpg" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="2" /><span style="font-size:85%;">Everyone likes a good rumour surrounding a famous musician, such as the one about <span style="font-weight: bold;">Elton John</span> collapsing at a party and having his stomach pumped, revealing its truely <a href="http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/rockstar.htm">bizarre contents?</a> Or the one about <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gene Simmons</span>' tongue being the size it is because he had a cow's tongue <a href="http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/tongue.htm">surgically attached</a> to the end of it?<br />Both happen to be false, but there are many others which aren't. I was rather surprised to learn that<span style="font-style: italic;"> Happy Birthday</span> is still <a href="http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.htm">under copyright</a>; and that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Paul Simon</span> named an album after a popular <a href="http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/mother.htm">Chinese meal</a>.<br />I guess you learn something new every day!<br />Speaking of learning, I'm off to try and learn how to listen to an LP just by <a href="http://www.snopes.com/music/media/reader.htm">looking at it</a>...<br /><br />Many more rumours can finally be resolved at: <a href="http://www.snopes.com/">Snopes.com</a>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111475480050443213?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1114700443499070202005-04-29T02:41:00.000+12:002005-04-29T19:51:22.666+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;">If anyone knows where I can download <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ryan Adams</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Destroyer</span> sessions in MP3 format it would be much appreciated. My little old dial-up connection isn't too good for downloading the giant .torrent file (in FLAC format) hosted <a href="http://tobeyoung.org/">here</a>.<br /><br />Cheers.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111470044349907020?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1114442264090831542005-04-26T03:17:00.000+12:002005-04-29T21:00:23.806+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;">The iPod has now become so popular that even <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&amp;q=miserable+failure&btnG=Search">George W. Bush</a> now <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4435639.stm">has one</a> (known as 'iPod One'), although the contents of his leave a lot to be desired (Alan Jackson, Bryan Adams and John Fogerty, amongst others).<br />But what would be on the 'Holy iPod' (the iPod of Jesus)?<br />Suggestions I've seen so far have ranged from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Beatles</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bruce Springsteen</span>, to the more imaginative such as the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy Mondays</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Outkast</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Joy Division</span> (with my favorite suggestion so far being <span style="font-weight: bold;">Darcy Clay</span>'s <a href="http://www.smokecds.com/play/58649"><span style="font-style: italic;">Jesus I Was Evil</span></a>).<br /><br />You can add/view suggestions <a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12397324&amp;postID=111444226409083154">here</a>...<br /><br />Inspired by a posting at: <a href="http://www.publicaddress.net/default,hardnews.sm">PublicAddress.net</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111444226409083154?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1114424779763957002005-04-25T22:24:00.000+12:002005-04-29T23:29:26.733+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;">Were you ever one of those kids whose parents that didn't allow you to buy some CDs because of the swearing on them? If you were lucky you got the edited, watered-down version which contained no swearing (while all your friends still got the full-strength version).<br />Well, today I came across the reverse-edited version of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003B6R/qid=1114317035/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/103-0444878-5967830?v=glance&s=music"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NWA</span>'s <span style="font-style: italic;">Straight Outta Compton</span></a>. Reverse-edited; so it contains nothing <span style="font-weight: bold;">but</span> the swearing (everything else edited out).<br />Could this be the start of a new trend similar to that started by last years <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.illegal-art.org/audio/grey.html">Grey Album</a> (mixing samples taken from <span style="font-weight: bold;">the Beatles</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">White Album</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jay-Z</span>'s <span style="font-style: italic;">Black Album</span>), which in turn inspired the <a href="http://www.theslackalbum.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Slack Album</span></a> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jay-Z</span>'s <span style="font-style: italic;">Black Album</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pavement</span>),</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><i> The Jack Album</i></span> (<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >the Black Album</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> and the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >White Stripes</span><span style="font-size:85%;">) and , more bizarrely, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >the Zach Album</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> (</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >the Black Album</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> and Zach from Saved by the Bell)?</span> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ni9e.com/nwa/mp3_album_EDIT/01_Straight_Outta_Compton_EDIT.mp3">Straight Outta Compton</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ni9e.com/nwa/mp3_album_EDIT/02_Fuck_Tha_Police_EDIT.mp3">Fuck Tha Police<br /></a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ni9e.com/nwa/mp3_album_EDIT/03_Gangsta_Gangsta_EDIT.mp3">Gangsta Gangsta</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ni9e.com/nwa/mp3_album_EDIT/05_Parental_Discretion_Iz_Advised_EDIT.mp3">Parental Descretion Iz Advised</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ni9e.com/nwa/mp3_album_EDIT/06_8_Ball_EDIT.mp3">8 Ball</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ni9e.com/nwa/mp3_album_EDIT/07_Something_Like_That_EDIT.mp3">Something Like That</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ni9e.com/nwa/mp3_album_EDIT/09_Comptons_In_The_House_EDIT.mp3">Compton's N the House</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.ni9e.com/nwa/mp3_album_EDIT/11_Dopeman_Remix_EDIT.mp3">Dopeman</a></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:85%;">It can also be bought as <a href="http://www.ni9e.com/nwa/cd_case/cd_case.html">an album</a>.<br /></span> <ul> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111442477976395700?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1114351948669287862005-04-25T01:58:00.000+12:002005-04-27T00:21:56.520+12:00<div style="text-align: left;font-family:times new roman;"><a href="http://www.matadorrecords.com/images/fullsize/ole-650.jpg"><img src="http://www.matadorrecords.com/images/minis/ole-650.jpg" align="right" hspace="5" vspace="5"/></a><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Face the Truth</span> has been described as "</span><span class="main" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">perhaps the finest work of </span><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.stephenmalkmus.com/">SM</a><span style="font-family:georgia;">'s recorded career" (by his </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.matadorrecords.com/">record company</a><span style="font-family:georgia;">), and it's due out on May 24th. One of the tracks </span></span><span class="main" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">(as well as a racy promo </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.matadorrecords.com/images/news/malkmus_truth.jpg">poster</a><span style="font-family:georgia;">)</span></span><span class="main" style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> has kindly been released as a </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">free</span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://matadorrecords.com/mpeg/stephen_malkmus/stephen_malkmus_baby.mp3"> download</a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">to keep fans going until the rest of the album reaches the shelves.</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:times new roman;"><span class="main" style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111435194866928786?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1114350408863520582005-04-25T01:46:00.000+12:002005-04-29T12:36:39.873+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;">According to a recent poll taken in the UK, it appears Tony Blair won't win the upcoming British election. Instead 10 Downing Street looks like it will be occupied by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Coldplay</span> frontman Chris Martin...<br />Unfortunately it was an <span style="font-style: italic;">NME</span> poll, which probably isn't the most scientifically reliable poll around.<br />Other high rating nominees included <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bono</span> (no surprises there), and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thom Yorke.</span><br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.nme.com/news/112134.htm">NME.COM</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111435040886352058?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1114349277960567042005-04-25T01:27:00.000+12:002005-04-28T15:06:53.786+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;">Improving on the critical and commercial success of <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/whitestripes/elephant">Elephant</a> would be no easy task, but the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.whitestripes.com/">White Stripes</a> certainly have gone one-up in naming of their new album; <span style="font-style: italic;">Get Behind Me Satan</span>.<br />It's due out in the US on June 7th.<br /><br />Source and tracklisting: <a href="http://pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-04/12.shtml#white">Pitchfork: Daily Music News</a>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111434927796056704?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1114348491589088522005-04-25T01:14:00.000+12:002005-04-28T15:02:44.916+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;">It appears <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ryan-adams.com/">Ryan Adams</a> is in album making mode again with the release of a two-disc album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Cold Roses</span>, on May 3rd. This will apparently be followed by another two albums later this year.<br />A few preview tracks have been circulating (however, the quality isn't great):<br /></span><ul> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://ryanadams.webmypage.com/coldroses.mp3">Cold Roses</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://ryanadams.webmypage.com/ryan.adams.let.it.ride.wrip.mp3">Let it Ride</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://ryanadams.webmypage.com/magnoliamountain.mp3">Magnolia Mountain</a></span></li> </ul><span style="font-size:85%;">Source and tracklisting: <a href="http://pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-04/07.shtml#ryan">Pitchfork: Daily Music News</a>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111434849158908852?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12397324.post-1114339816071944782005-04-24T22:48:00.000+12:002005-04-29T22:04:00.956+12:00<span style="font-size:85%;">Welcome to <span style="font-style: italic;">the Broken Drum</span>, which will hopefully have regular updates covering the not-so-relevant side of the music world...<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/12397324-111433981607194478?l=brokendrum.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Fusebox.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04448784126577644690noreply@blogger.com