Wednesday, September 12, 2007

ESG feeling moody

Well here is another example of the divergence in taste between the producer and the consumer in music and film. Producers have stayed eclectic and have pillaged (or just Xeroxed)references that the genre segregated, limited mainstream media ensures regular consumers never see or hear.

ESG were the original early 80s hip as a stack of jeans minimal funkateers. Noticed by the likes of A Certain Ratio and countless hip hop cats - along with the producers of all sorts of pop. As noted elsewhere, they played the Hacienda on opening night and the Paradise Garage on its closing night. Sadly, they seem now to have announced their retirement but here is a vital live performance of 'Moody'.

Friday, September 07, 2007

The Beatles - Improved

Sorry to hear that she split up with Budgie and am not so sure about the new record, but at her peak...damn...