Baron Farkoff

^^Nice one Ghostrider: Coffee/monitor.

Minor rant coming on.... 1. The braying idiots on the review show. Everything is "incredibly" and "absolutely" and so... caffeinated..and aware of having to be vibrant and interesting coz 'm on tele and I get paid for this, so I have to be good or they won't have me back on. I just cannot bear to listen to these twunts waffle on about the latest cheeseburger of a harry potter fillum, or indeed anything else. They so dilute the power of any good art by their babbling,giggling self-importance that they should be taken away and dumped in the middle of nowhere so that they can feeel how "incredible" the real life is which inspires the art they so carelessly feed on. The way they were talking about the exhibition of dead Mexican women just left me open mouthed.Ghouls and farking vampires.Grrrr. 2. Cretins who change the setttings on the toaster. Nuff said.

OOH I like that "Heartbeats". Something about it was bugging me about it, tho, and then it hit me: Take my breath away. Berlin. That bass synth. Christos Olmighty. Some more: 1) The Jim Jones revue. That there is some scorching rock and roll."The princess and the frog". Quite a good drinking song. 2) The Brian Jonestown massacre. Anton is an absolute legend. Anyone seen the film "Dig"? 3) Sweden is fairly local, I reckon, so Jose Gonzales is my man.

^Just watched that Fever Ray vid while waking up, and it scared the bejesus oot of me, for some reason. Theres a comment below it which states that people who listen to this or the knife have mental issues,apparently. Now then, where's this knife...?

^I'm not sure but I had to change the time myself in profile, Mattie.

Nelly is good, isn't she? I used to get her confused with Nerina Pallot, but then I once thought that Ian Dury and Mike Reid(eastenders, not the bespectacled DJ!)were the same person. When I was much younger, I must say. Never heard of soshy, but I'll be giving her a spin once my Brian Eno albgum finishes, if it ever does. Ta! Diamanda Galas has quite a good attempt at ripping Timbaland to shreds on her website. Mustabeen summat he said.... very funny, to me at least. Thanks for the help wiv linkage.

Oh man, I've just been firmly embracing my dadrock. Ahem. What I mean is I've just been listening to Peter Gabriel in milan in 2003. On youtube.Now I want to get him here AT ANY COST. What a show. If any of you shetlinkers are bass players, or people who like loud low lovely things-isTony Levin not a godlike genius? And what a selection of stage capes! One of the tunes, Mercy Street, was inspired by a poem someone wrote about a boat.At this gig he has the boat in question onstage,and is singing to it. Most excited I've ever been about a boat, apart from a trip aboard Capt. Dave Hammonds' Zealander.And when I got drunk on the ferry in a force ten. And there was this one time, at band camp... Anyway, great sound quality for youtube. I dinna ken how to post links coz I is a muppet, but I would strongly urge all people who aren't in my band to listen to this. Good job one of my spawn has got a work experience placement at his realworld studios: now to download the shetland dialect mind control program onto his mainframe. Or something.

Nice one,MJ! Doesn't it seem like Shetters is a million miles away from anywhere sometimes? cumbawumba? 'kinnell.

^Intrigued by yer choices,MJ. Of what spotify will let me get at, Emile Sande sounds funky! Although a bitter lowkey might be interesting too...

Righto, I'll gie him a bell. Shame tho , coz it looks like a damn fine evening. Damn fine.

What lineup for NCF,mate? I'm in the ness that night with the Loveshack, you see.

Oh, I forgot. The chairman of the bored: Iggy Pop. And the incredible Jim Noir. Loveshack to support.

Top pop picks there, Justme and spinner! That Lenny C, he does a MotherTheresa-mungously large amount of work for charidee. But he doesn't like to talk about it. Some more: 1) Fountains of Wayne,George Benson+Al Jarreau, Doves,Stanton Moore trio. 2) Joanna Newsom. And Iknow it's impossible but Morphine.Bless you Mr. Sandman. 3) Um... do the red vans count as locals?

^Looks like I'll be glued to the computer until her music runs out. I love that some of your other choices have defeated the mighty spotify. The hunt is on! Thankyou, by the way.

^Just listened to Anais Mitchell for the first time, Miss K, and I sure am glad I did. "The Belly and the Beast". What a chune! Thankyou so much!

^It's the CPO bit that gets me too. Trump (he surely must have been picked on for having a name which is a euphemism for "fart") is just a bully, and the councillors, well they just do what they do ie:hide behind a tie and bend over backwards to get that all-important "inward investment". Smiling as the fat yank insults one of their countrymen and his way of life right in front of them. If I was the fellow who had been forced out of his home by this bunch I would probably burn the golf couse to the ground, and the homes of each of my opponents in the council, just for kicks. And then go looking for Donald. How can they get away with this?

Diamanda Galas, Miranda sex garden,swans,cows, oxxes,otters.

I'm not sure what Mareel has to do with this, but I will deffo volunteer to cook some grub for the old 'uns. I would agree that with the amount spent on council jollies, It is bad form to make the pensioners do without.

I am still getting over the awesome depth and complexity of the last JLS release. Phew!

Some more. 1)Dr John 2) Super Furry Animals 3)Whatever the mighty Jack Sandison is up to!

^^comedians, never thought of that. Excellent! Thin Lizzy, Maiden,-Lita Ford,Wow! Thanks,all. keep 'em coming!

okay then, here's mine 1) Willie Nelson 2)Swell 3)Aafrugg Nice!

Go on then, pop pickers, give us a list of some performers who you would go and see in the new Mareel. I would like to know: 1) Your favourite Famous international act working today -be that Springsteen or Santana, Bela Fleck or Beck, Lady Gaga or the kings of leon. Whatever firm family favourite with all the family, however potentially impossible, pin your vote HERE! 2) Your favourite Personal Choice. Obscure late night classics which leave you weeping into your Highland Park, or the only toe-tapper to make Monday morning like Midnight Friday!Fantasy Bands, who may or not be together still. Judges we need YOUR VOTE! 3) Sensationally slam-dunkin' into the Top Three would be yun best local act de would be blydoit if ... sorry.... your fave local act,du kens?Dat'll be fine. But hey, there are no real rules here, go list -crazy if you feel the cofeee kicking in, and remember- we'll have a shiny new venue soon in the most special place in Britain for Music. Let us Kick Oot Da Jams, Spreehunters!

Oh well done!

We need to develop a {'f' it was funny in Father Ted 'eck'}-o-meter!