Thursday, 25 March 2010
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
INTERVIEW!
Well thank fug for that. I've been working my arse off for most of the year, with the end of the academic year hurtling towards me like a dead end wall in a car where the brakes aren't working. The reason for that being I hadn't managed to get myself a work placement for the third year. Now, a placement in my eyes is indispensible. If I had managed to get one during my first degree I may actually have some form of a career now (although I doubt it, my heart wasn't in it).
A big company has asked me to their offices for an interview next Wednesday, I'm peeing my pants! I'm working very very hard this week everyday to get ready and will be wearing the smartest suit in my arsenal!
Wish me luck!
Monday, 22 March 2010
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Triple Thrash Treat Talita/Earache edition
Long time friend and french-speaker Talita Militia from Earache records chooses this week's trio of thrashing goodness with a (un)surprisingly modern era Earache influence so watch and enjoy!
Evile - 'Infected Nations'
Municipal Waste - 'Wrong Answer'
Gama Bomb - 'Slam Anthem'
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
So Over it
Some people really aren't all that cool when you get to know them a bit better...
I'm so over it
Monday, 15 March 2010
Louise Brown's Triple Thrash Treat
This week I'm very pleased and honoured to bring you a trio of videos chosen by Miss Louise Brown, the editor of Terrorizer. She obviously knows her stuff, if you haven't heard of Terrorizer magazine for whatever reason, please take a gander here : http://www.terrorizer.com/frontpage_mmx
Anyway Lousie is a professional writer, and I'm not. So I'll let her introduce the videos herself!
Thanks again Louise x
I've decided to base my three videos around women who seriously kick ass. None of this corset warbling bullshit (which I must admit I'm slightly partial too) and definitely reinforcing the belief that women have positive role models in this very male-centred world. Certainly beats that Fuel Girl/Steel Panther groupie bullshit that seems to be infiltrating every facet of my beloved music scene at the moment. Let's start with Tam Simpson from Sacrilege. Basically Birmingham in the late '80s must have been a seriously exciting place to live in you were into heavy metal. Look! This is a Candlemass show. Fuck! And Sacrilege are opening. If I'd lived there Tam would have been my hero. She is anyway. Xtreem Records just put out a compilation of their demos - get it!
Arkona - Pokrovi Nebesnogo Startsa
I grew up with folk music so as you can imagine I'm pretty much at my happiest around folk metal. I was raised on a heady diet of strong, female voices from Sandy Denny, Melanie, Maddy Prior, Jacqui McShee and folk metal seems to be the one sub-genre of metal where women are most accepted. From the more acoustic fare of Jex Thoth through to this blackened outpouring of menstual mayhem courtesy of Russia's Arkona. Vocalist Masha Scream is a true matriarch - I can imagine her ancestral sisters ruling the tribe and putting the warrior men firmly in their place.
The Runaways - Rock N Roll
I can't fucking wait for the biopic based on the lives of Joan Jett, Cherrie Currie, Sandy West, Micky Steele, Lita Ford and Jackie Fox. The Runaways did what they wanted. They were punk rock incarnate. The boys wanted to be with them and the girls wanted to be them. They paved the way and girls, we love you for it.
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