BAIBS Friday 26/04/13

Busked at again today. That bleeding piper. Turned my ipod up full but I could still hear the mournful drone. Thanks to Spector for trying to drown him out though. Never Fade Away has never seemed so apt. Further down and the standard young-lad-with-acoustic-guitar-and-Gallagher-haircut. Turned Fred and the boys off to have a listen and expecting Wonderwall was pleasantly surprised to hear him singing Matt Monro's On Days Like These. The word tunage sprang to mind. As did sunglasses, Italian Alps, red Lamborghini Miuras and bulldozers.

A busy weekend beckons but it's the best kind of busy. Behind the bar upstairs at The Leopard. Getting paid to watch live music. Perfect. Last night it was the brilliant Get Cubs. 5 young lads from Burton-on-Trent who are definitely going places. Radio 1 and 6music have already picked up on them. Think Dexters meets Little Comets and you're almost there. Tonight it's two of Donny's finest, local legend Frank Carline and the best rhythm and blues band around, The Avit Blues Band. And then tomorrow the award winning Hail To The Eskimo and all the way from Cornwall Auction For The Promise Club who apparently are sleeping on The First 45's sofa. It's rough with the smooth though. As excited as I am about these gigs The Leopard have just book The Defiled. My screamo days started and ended with Napalm Death's You Suffer. All 2 seconds of it. Still, each to their own.

And there's a small matter of Rovers final league game of the season away at Brentford tomorrow. A draw sees Rovers up. A defeat means the nerve shattering play off experience again. Two for two in play offs but I really don't fancy that route. I don't know whether to cling to a radio tomorrow afternoon are escape to the country between 3pm and 5.45pm. I'm also attending the Rovers end of season soiree at The Dome Sunday night which could be a muted affair or a glorious, messy party.

Sticking with sport local boy Jamie McDonnell fights Julio Ceja at The Keepmoat on May 11th for the IBF Bantamweight Championship Of The World. It's huge for the town and I've just found out I've two £175 tickets plus VIP passes to give away on the show. Seriously exciting times.

Well I've waffled enough and need to get my standard pre work nap in somewhere.

Laters

SS

Playlist Friday 26/04/13

Tom Hark - The Piranhas

The Dancing Song - Little Comets

Hold The Magic - Officer Kicks

The Passenger - Iggy Pop

Let's Dance To Joy Division - The Wombats

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

Given To Fly - Pearl Jam

Biblical - Biffy Clyro

Everything - The Darlingtons

Driving Away from Home - It's Immaterial

Talk Tonight - Oasis

Ho Hey - The Lumineers

In The City - The Jam

Talking Woman Blues - The Avit Blues Band

Old Yellow Bricks - Arctic Monkeys

Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits

Red Red Wine - UB40

Plastic Parade - Get Cubs

It Is Only You - Sunshine Underground

Carnival - The Cardigans

Ripples - The Coopers

It's Alright, It's OK - Primal Scream

Save A Prayer - Duran Duran

Nothing Our Way - Frankie And The Heartstrings 

Reputation - Section 60

Days Are Forgotten - Kasabian

Monkey Man - Toots And The Maytals

You And Your Ego - Hail To The Eskimo

Diane Young - Vampire Weekend

Special Brew - Bad Manners

Hold Me - Tom Odell

Not Too Young - The Tricks

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

You Have Placed A Chill - The Eurythmics

Peter Gunn - Art Of Noise ft Duane Eddy

Spread Your Love - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Start To Run - Dexters

Recovery - Frank Turner

Sound Of The Suburbs - The Members

Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers