December 2009
156 posts
Thoughts on this idea? RT @kickstarter Project of Day: Asobi Seksu go on tour, offering backers records, dinner… http://bit.ly/razC5
RT @outsideorg: plz let your followers know last night’s PiL tix are valid for tomorrow if you had travel woes. Go, last night was amazing!
Wiltshire? It looks more like Whistler! ‘Sweet Child o’ Mine’ came on as we hit the motorway too. #roadtriptod http://tweetphoto.com/6963366
RT @recordoftheday: Today’s Record of the Day is ‘Landslide’ by Catherine A.D. Listen here: http://ping.fm/KX654
Social media for musicians RIP… RT @mr_trick e.g. 85k MySpace friends ~ 110 clicks but 12k FB friends ~ 300 clicks = Massive value gap
Go on weds!! RT @_chrisjones_: Fuck, PiL tweets from @thequietus, @mrlukowski and @seaninsound are making me really jealous. Sounds awesome.
This P/i/L gig is amazing. Lydon is like a boy down a well kicking a politicians head against a garage door. Intense and immense. 9/10!!!
Ps srsly buy a ticket for electric ballroom on weds as its’s not sold out. You’ll be below away @bloodroyale @fearandrecords
Wrapping myself up, heading to Brixton for PiL w/ @MrLukowski. Hope the TFL gods are smiling kindly on the Bakerloo and Victoria line.
RT @Lizzyville: Fluxblog has sales figures for many of Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2009, and other high-selling albums for perspective …
RT @guardianmusic: Going underground … Simon Reynolds offers up another note on the noughties http://bit.ly/5l0S2x
Anyone know RATM lp sales stats? RT @PaulScaife: “Joe will go to sell a lot more albums than Rage ever have done” - Louie Walsh #lol
Isn’t this ‘controversy’ just glorified teletext?! | BBC given go-ahead to put internet on TV http://bit.ly/5a6jGH @FTMedia
Free track from James Mercer (Shins) & Brian Burton (Danger Mouse/Gnarls Barkley) www.brokenbells.com #musicmonday
RT @stevemachin: extraordinary.. decentralised grass roots social media campaign helps sell 500k to give RATM a UK first ~ a download on …
Some of my pics for 2010 on BBC 6 Music/iPlayer for Tom Robinson http://post.ly/FfWf
Some of my pics for 2010 on BBC 6 Music/iPlayer... →
Some of my thoughts on Xmas charts in today’s S.Times Culture… My generation: Get behind me, Santa http://bit.ly/6vDBV3 via @TimesMusic
RT @DrownedinEvents: Bad news: tonight’s gig with Grammatics has been postponed due to bad weather. It’ll be rescheduled in the new year.
Heard this from a reliable source too! RT @DavidMoynihan: Hearing lots of rumours that RATM is Xmas no.1.
Has there been a nuclear holocaust I slept through? Oxford St and all of soho is freakishly quiet/unhell-like. Thank you westfield/amazon!
DiS names WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX the album of... →
DiS names WOLFGANG AMADEUS PHOENIX the album of 2009 | press release http://post.ly/FZ2R
RT @bendrury: #RATM is 11,000 sales behind X-Factor now. There’s still time! Sales count until midnight tonight…. get it at www.7digit …
RT @stereogum: Thom Yorke: “well … i am truly disgusted about the way things have ended here” http://bit.ly/5z76TC #COP15
I saw Kings of Leon at Wembley this time last year. Seen Muse and A.Monkeys in arenas this year but @Paramore / their crowd were next level
RT @VentureBeat: Rdio is ready for the App Store—but not for users http://tinyurl.com/y8hnvt5 by David Pierce #positweets
Brillian Moldy Peachesish genius! Listen RT @amandapalmer my first kitchen-ukulele-blogsong “Gaga, Palmer, Madonna” http://bit.ly/6DOIYy
RT @beccanicholson: Whoa paramore. http://twitpic.com/u2gnw
RT @yelyahwilliams: shaved my underarms for this show, so you know it’s gonna be a good one. #paramoreatwembley
Paramore FTW!
RT @bloodredshoes: something for the weekend…the colours fade video is up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEgERaXRFgs . enjoy. x brs x
Really-really-REALLY excited about Paramore at Wembley Arena. I hope I never grow out of emo. What time are You Me at Six on @foodbymark ?
Paul McCartney ‘Appalled’ Sgt Pepper not album of the year http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4210260
RT @tmorello Every man, woman, and child in the UK needs to download Killing in the Name RIGHT NOW to topple X-Factor monopoly. Yes we can
And finally, our album of the year is… | Drowned in Sound’s Top 50 Albums of 2009 - 50-1 http://drwndnsnd.com/~4x1jBJ @wearephoenix
Free Festive treat: My version of the glorious ‘Landslide’ by Fleetwood Mac http://catherinead.bandcamp.com/track/landslide via @CatherineAD
RT @recordoftheday: Interview with NME Editor Krissi Murison in today’s London Evening Standard http://bit.ly/6AKw96
One for your Jan diaries… RT @jajajanordic Ja Ja Ja January line up curated by @drownedinsound http://www.jajajamusic.com/events.php
IT’S DiSSMAAASSS!!! - A Very @DrownedinSound Christmas 88-track @Spotify Playlist http://drwndnsnd.com/~6Ng7zF #spotifriday
News: Thom Yorke turns up at Copehnhagen Climate Change Summit http://drwndnsnd.com/~8zWKlq via @DiSfeed
RT @raziqrauf: This is the best thing on the internet today: http://www.justgiving.com/ratm4xmas
Bravo! RT @wesleyverhoeve every artist MUST read at least this page from Seth Godin’s new e-book “What Matters Now” http://twitpic.com/twxjr
Just got back from DiSmas drinks. Fair bit of 10th Anniversary 10/10/2010 chatter. Now, t’watch the EPIC SNOW and write about our no.1 lp…
A ‘spotifriday’ challenge for you all, can anyone top this Xmas playlist I made? http://bit.ly/DiSmassy (added more since posting thread)
Ten years ago: 25 album releases a year. 2009: 100K albums put into digital distribution. http://bit.ly/8Ybw4c @MidemNetBlog by @SpinalTap
Ten years ago: 25k album releases a year. 2009: 100K albums put into digital distribution. http://bit.ly/8Ybw4c @MidemNetBlog by @SpinalTap
“less than one tenth of one percent of music released last year sold over ten thousand units.”
Haha! RT @Ollierussian Just had a message from a band asking NOT to be featured in my blog http://mybandsbetterthanyourband.wordpress.com/
Listenin to @laverneshow on 6music an’ realised that Julian Casablancas has the same speaking drawl/voice as Marilyn Manson?! #diphthong