One kiss don't make a bummer...

Latest entries are posted below, then added to the list after every ten is completed.

Sunday 15th July 07, 8.17 pm

Cheers to Disco Dave for inspiring me to continue with this site and complete the Top 100 Singles list. Cheers for the kind words, me 'ol mate. Appreciate it.

24.

Sparks - Amateur Hour

I only got into Sparks about a year or so ago. I downloaded a “Best Of” collection, and within the first few tracks I was utterly smitten.

Every track bounded along effortlessly with infectious jollity, melody, & creativity, and the lyrics (mainly about shagging girls n that) made me cackle heartily.

One tune stands out as an absolute personal favourite, though. Amateur Hour is pure musical Gold.

A rarely-mentioned (despite reaching the giddy heights of No.7 in the UK charts upon release) treasure of a single that blasts from the speakers dipped in such fun-filled brilliance that you’ll find yourself craving a second or third listen the second it climaxes. A true hallmark of a great, timeless single.

Sod analogies and wanky in-depth analyses. This is an absolute classic tune, and it makes me ruddy smile. If you’re yet to hear this tune, then download it right now, and I hope it does the same for you.

http://download.yousendit.com/24FD74905C65110E

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Sunday 17th June 07, 5.11 pm

WOTCHA GUYZ N GALZ!

Had a cracking night oot on Friday. Went to see sexy Kula Shaker with me mates Lee, Eddie, and Wayne. It was a short set but we really had a laff. Few beers, lots of chuckles, class.

Talking of live musak, the Manics gig a couple weeks back was really good. They played a killer set-list, and unlike at the Shaker, the rest of the crowd were really getting into it. Which was nice.

The setlist
(Cheers to Dan from my work for finding this for me)

you love us
rendition
motorcycle emptiness
i'm just a patsy
faster
la tristesse durera
send away the tigers
everything must go
from despair to where
winterlovers
born to end
ocean spray
your love alone is not enough
if you tolelate this
let robeson sing (acoustic)
small black flowers (acoustic)
stay beautiful
sleepflower
autumnsong
you stole the sun
little baby nothing
condemned/motown junk
a design for life

Not too shabby, eh?

I really feel quite good at the moment. Dunno why, but it feels like I’ve finally woken up after a lengthy period of lacking energy and direction and really not feeling good aboot life n that.

Went through my phone last night and deleted the numbers of several twats, ugly slags and complete non-entities I’ve somehow come to know/got saddled with/carried over the years. People I gave time to who wasn’t even worth me slashing on in all fairness. Two-faced gonks, users, wastes of space etc.

Felt pretty fucking good. I know who the genuine, decent people in my life are, and they’re going nowhere (numbers wise!).

From tomorrow I’m gonna start hunting for a new job too. I’m sick of working like a twat for hours a day in a completely dead-end job for next to nothing for fake, slimey fucks who couldn’t care less if I was there or not in the first place. I’m also sick of getting four buses a day to go to Wanksville to work with some of the shittest people I’ve ever known in my life. (Bear in mind i'm talking about 2 or 3 people here. The rest are lovely!)

My mates are all getting careers, chasing dreams, getting married, enjoying life, and I want all that. I fucking crave all that. So I’m gonna go out and get it.

I need to get back to feeling like my old self. I used to be so upbeat and happy-go-lucky, and i fucking miss it. I don’t wanna waste any more time, i'm sick of wasting time and feeling down about things. So from this Monday, i begin again. Monday is day zero.

Cheers to anyone who's ever cared about or believed in me, I mean that from the bottom of my heart. I love you all.

To the future eh?

See you there.

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Saturday 28th April 07, 11.40 pm

During recent interviews to promote their new album, “Send Away The Tigers”, the Manic Street Preachers have spoken about wanting to get back to being what made them great in the first place. Big tunes, whopping choruses, and a slap of eyeliner, to name three such factors.

They also seem to feel pretty dismissive of their past few albums. Namely, everything released after “Everything Must Go”. Whilst I kinda emphasise and understand what they mean by trying to reclaim that old spirit, that old drive, I can’t say I fully agree with them on their critique of their more recent studio efforts.

I mean, “This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours” is admittedly a bit bloated and uninspired in places, yet it still boasts a killer trio of tunes in “The Everlasting”, “Tsunami”, and “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next”.

2000‘s follow-up, “Know Your Enemy” was again, a tad bloated and aimless, yet still contains the majestic “Let Robeson Sing”, and the rocking “Intravenous Agnostic”, and a handful of other decent tunes, so it’s hardly a lost cause either.

2004's “Lifeblood” was very good, in my opinion. Really strong throughout, if a little mid-paced. For the Manics, anyway.

So no lads, the past decade hasn’t been a total wash-out. For me, anyway. There’s been many moments of that old greatness that made me fall in love with the band, and in the non-album one-off single, “The Masses Against The Classes”, a copper-bottomed classic number one single, to boot.

But anyway, the new album.

I’m glad to say I like it. I really like it. At only ten tracks and 38 minutes long, it’s just the way I love my records, and my penis; short n sweet. Ok, it’s not too sweet. My cock, I mean. the album is as sweet as a very fucking sweet thing indeed.

It’s stacked with really good tunes, “I Am Just A Patsy”, “Indian Summer”, and “Your Love Alone Is Not Enough” being my own personal stand-outs of the moment.

It’s a big-sounding, fun record with the band firing on all cylinders, and most importantly maybe, sounding like they’re having the time of their lives, and enjoying being in a band again.

I’m off to see them live next month with a few mates, so I’m really looking forward to that. The last (and only) time I caught them live was way back in December ‘98, at Wembley Arena, so for me it’s a lonnnnnng overdue return. (Though I did manage to see James Dean Bradfield during his solo-tour at the Camden Koko last Winter, so I guess that sort of counts. It doesn’t, does it).

The Manics are still the most played act on my LastFM account too, so it’s fair to say they mean a great deal to me, and always will.

And it’s great to have them back.

Below are my 50 all-time favourites from their glittery back-catalogue. What's good enough for Oasis is good enough for them!

(In alphabetical order, innit)

1. Manic Street Preachers - 1985 (4:08)
2. Manic Street Preachers - 4 Ever Delayed (3:38)
3. Manic Street Preachers - 4st 7lb (5:05)
4. Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life (4:16)
5. Manic Street Preachers - A Song for Departure (4:20)
6. Manic Street Preachers - Archives Of Pain (5:29)
7. Manic Street Preachers - Australia (4:04)
8. Manic Street Preachers - Black holes for the young (4:11)
9. Manic Street Preachers - Donkeys (3:13)
10. Manic Street Preachers - Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier (3:29)
11. Manic Street Preachers - Empty Souls (4:05)
12. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (3:41)
13. Manic Street Preachers - Faster (3:55)
14. Manic Street Preachers - From Despair to Where (3:34)
15. Manic Street Preachers - Further Away (3:38)
16. Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (4:51)
17. Manic Street Preachers - ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart (3:40)
18. Manic Street Preachers - Indian Summer (3:54)
19. Manic Street Preachers - Judge Yr'self (3:03)
20. Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter (3:24)
21. Manic Street Preachers - La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) (4:13)
22. Manic Street Preachers - Let Robeson Sing (3:46)
23. Manic Street Preachers - Life Becoming a Landslide (4:15)
24. Manic Street Preachers - Little Baby Nothing (4:59)
25. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness (6:08)
26. Manic Street Preachers - Motown Junk (3:59)
27. Manic Street Preachers - No Surface All Feeling (4:14)
28. Manic Street Preachers - Of Walking Abortion (4:01)
29. Manic Street Preachers - P.C.P. (3:55)
30. Manic Street Preachers - Prologue To History (4:47)
31. Manic Street Preachers - Ready For Drowning (4:32)
32. Manic Street Preachers - Repeat (UK) (3:09)
33. Manic Street Preachers - Revol (3:04)
34. Manic Street Preachers - Roses in the Hospital (5:02)
35. Manic Street Preachers - She Is Suffering (4:43)
36. Manic Street Preachers - Slash N' Burn (3:59)
37. Manic Street Preachers - Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky (3:02)
38. Manic Street Preachers - So Why So Sad (4:02)
39. Manic Street Preachers - Socialist Serenade (4:15)
40. Manic Street Preachers - Suicide Is Painless (Theme From MASH) (3:29)
41. Manic Street Preachers - The Everlasting (6:09)
42. Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against The Classes (3:24)
43. Manic Street Preachers - There By The Grace Of God (3:48)
44. Manic Street Preachers - This is Yesterday (3:57)
45. Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami (3:51)
46. Manic Street Preachers - Yes (5:00)
47. Manic Street Preachers - You Love Us (4:18)
48. Manic Street Preachers - You Stole The Sun From My Heart (4:20)
49. Manic Street Preachers - Your Love Alone Is Not Enough (3:55)
50. Manic Street Preachers - Yourself (4:11)

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Saturday 21st April 07, 11.07 pm

Ello fuckors!

For shits n giggles, I thought I'd compile a list of me fifty favourite Oasis tunes. There's no real reason for this mind, I'm just tonked on Voddy & Coke and I can't wank as my banjo-string is destroyed.

All the best!

(In alphabetical order, innit)

1. Oasis - (It's Good) To Be Free (4:18)
2. Oasis - Acquiesce (4:24)
3. Oasis - All Around The World (9:20)
4. Oasis - Bring It On Down (4:17)
5. Oasis - Cast No Shadow (4:51)
6. Oasis - Champagne Supernova (7:30)
7. Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol (4:49)
8. Oasis - Columbia (6:17)
9. Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean? (7:42)
10. Oasis - Don't Go Away (4:48)
11. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger (4:47)
12. Oasis - Fade Away (Warchild Version) (4:08)
13. Oasis - Fade In-out (6:52)
14. Oasis - Fuckin' In The Bushes (3:18)
15. Oasis - Gas Panic! (6:08)
16. Oasis - Go Let It Out (4:38)
17. Oasis - Half The World Away (4:25)
18. Oasis - Headshrinker (4:38)
19. Oasis - Hello (3:22)
20. Oasis - It's Getting Better (Man!!) (7:00)
21. Oasis - Let's All Make Believe (3:53)
22. Oasis - Listen Up (6:21)
23. Oasis - Live Forever.mp3
24. Oasis - Lyla.mp3
25. Oasis - Married With Children.mp3
26. Oasis - Morning Glory.mp3
27. Oasis - Rock 'N' Roll Star.mp3
28. Oasis - Rockin' Chair.mp3
29. Oasis - Roll It Over (6:31)
30. Oasis - Roll With It (3:59)
31. Oasis - Round Are Way (5:42)
32. Oasis - Sad Song (4:16)
33. Oasis - Slide Away (6:32)
34. Oasis - Some Might Say (5:28)
35. oasis - Songbird (2:07)
36. Oasis - Stand By Me (5:56)
37. Oasis - Stay Young (5:06)
38. Oasis - Step Out (3:40)
39. oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out (5:03)
40. Oasis - Supersonic (4:43)
41. Oasis - Talk Tonight (4:21)
42. oasis - The Hindu Times (3:46)
43. Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle (3:39)
44. Oasis - The Masterplan (5:23)
45. Oasis - Underneath The Sky (3:20)
46. Oasis - Up In The Sky (4:28)
47. Oasis - Whatever (6:21)
48. Oasis - Where Did It All Go Wrong? (4:26)
49. Oasis - Who Put the Weight of the World On My Shoulders (4:07)
50. Oasis - Wonderwall (4:18)

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Saturday 16th March 07, 11.57 am

The first evorrrrr Buffet compilation is ready, me luvlies!

The tracks picked were picked cos, I erm, like them, like. Seriously though, get it downlooted you cunts, there's some fucking tunes 'ere!

Musak Volume 1

1. Band Of Horses - The Funeral (5:22)
2. Bubblegum Lemonade - Tyler (2:34)
3. Carpark North - Human (2:30)
4. Death From Above 1979 - Black History Month (Alan Braxe and Fred Falke Remix) (4:33)
5. Delays - Valentine (4:52)
6. Ex-Girl - Pretty You Ugly (3:58)
7. Frou Frou - Let Go (4:13)
8. Giant Drag - Kevin is Gay (3:03)
9. IV Thieves - You Can't Love What You Can't Understand (3:03)
10. Kings Of Convenience - I Don't Know What I Can Save You From (Royksopp Remix) (4:18)
11. Loney, Dear - Saturday Waits (3:39)
12. Loveninjas - Keep Your Love (3:35)
13. Metric - Dead Disco (3:25)
14. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (3:22)
15. New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream (3:25)
16. The Aliens - SETTING SUN (5:12)
17. The Early Years - All Ones And Zeros (4:10)
18. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights (4:26)

Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/sr06rd

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Monday 12th March 07, 6.50 pm

So went to Chicagos in S(l)utton on Saturday night. It’s basically a free-for-all cheesy club, and the atmosphere is always great. Plus you’d have to be the Elephant Man not to pull in there. Not that I indulged, of course!

Hadn’t been for about a year, so really enjoyed me ol self. Went with me mates Disco, Wayne, Matt, Lee, Charlotte, Tash, and Tay. Was a cracking night and it was great seeing you all. Oh, and attempting to dance with you. Really badly. We all need to get together more often. “Get it pumped!”

Tay, Matt, Tash during boozier times, Saturday

In other news, I’m working really hard at the moment cos my work-place is moving to a higher-level in the building, so I’m constantly carrying ridiculously heavy shit up three flights of stairs. Pain in the arse. Pays the bills though. Just. Today I was painting some walls. Do I look like fucking Rolf Harris, you spunkers?! My mate Lee does though. Just joshing, mate. Get involved!

Me mate Sonia is coming to stay at my gaff over the Easter weekend next month, along with her daughter, Chloe. We get on great and have a laugh together, so I’m looking forward to it. Gonna show them my area n that. So they’ll be off after a day, probably!

By the way, does anyone know where I can nab a black 80GB Ipod and pay for it in a few months? I sold me 30GB one a few weeks back to fund getting the new one, but I had to spend the money on other frivolous items, like trifle. So now I’ve either gotta save up for ages or get it on tick somewhere, so if you have any ideas, please let me know. I miss having tuneage banging away whilst I’m slaving away at work. A bit of Billy Ray Cyrus makes the day fly, telling ya.

Anyway, I gotta fuck orf now. Pancakes are a-calling. Take care y’all, and talk soon.

PS Hoping to add some galleries n that to the site over the next few days. Got loads of pics of mates & family n that that I’d like to put up, as well as some old & new writings, a couple new reviews, & maybe a cheeky compilation album for y'all. So much like your Mum in Chicagos on a Saturday night, I shall get onto that ASAP.

Love yas!

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Monday 5th March 07, 3.47 pm

Ello peeps. Here's some pics I nabbed with me mobile back in October at a (great) solo gig by Mr James Dean Bradfield.

Completely forgot to up them, so here we gan!

http://www.fingerbuffet.org/bradders.htm

Been pretty fucking busy lately, and just come back from a 4-day weekend at my mate Sonia's flat in Dorset, so haven't really had time to update this here site lately, but yeah, I will be doing so much, much more over the coming days & weeks, so yeah, stick aboot please, cuntos!

Luv yas really. (INSERT GRINNING FACE HERE ETC).

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Friday 9th February 07, 9.35 pm

Ello peeps.

Right, enough fucking small-talk, on with the singles list!

Gonna blast through these from now on. No, really.

23.

The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun

I fucking loved The Libs. They were the first band since Oasis who really seemed to have it all. The passion, the drive, the charisma, the utter unshakeable belief in what they were doing and why, and most importantly, the tunes.

As with Oasis’ debut album, it took a while for “Up The Bracket” (The Libs’ first) to really click with me. But once it did, it really did. I played it every day, almost religiously. It struck a chord just when I really needed something, anything to inspire & excite me. I was having a hard time personally, and a morning spin of The Libs' ragged opus seemed to wash all my worries away. It really grabbed me and hasn’t let go since.

This tune was released as a stop-gap single between “…Bracket” and their much anticipated follow-up album “The Libertines”, yet for me it really stands out as their greatest, most definitive moment.

Shuffling drum intro, uptempo licks from geetar-heaven, Messrs Barat & Doherty sharing vocal-duties as only they could, and a tune bigger than that bloke who sells the Big Issue in Kingston. And twice as sexy.

The biggest compliment I can give The Libs, is to mention the time when I went to see ‘em at Brixton, 3 or 4 years ago.

I went with my mate Wayne, and despite him never hearing their music before, we had an amazing time. We jumped up and down, threw our fists in the air, nodded our drunken heads with the excitement & passion only great music can bring, and went home with grins as wide as your Mum's thighs on our faces. I still regard it as one of the nights of my life, and I cherish the memory.

A great single by a sorely-missed, once-in-a-lifetime band.

http://download.yousendit.com/3C64725B53E0BD80

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