Category Archives: music

up and atom

Posted on April 12, 2013 by seashells

This is quite possibly the most embarrassing song that I actually really like: Fall Out Boy may have reunited with a frankly astonishing level of success but is it ever going to be cool to like any of their side … Continue reading →

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pimp your ride

Posted on March 19, 2013 by seashells

Kesey gave the word and the Pranksters set upon it one afternoon. They started painting it and wiring it for sound and cutting a hole in the roof and fixing up the top of the bus so you could sit … Continue reading →

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questions about evolution

Posted on February 23, 2013 by seashells

Don’t judge me… BUT I’m considering buying this: I got my first ever CD player as a gift on my thirteenth birthday. I received two CDs (one of them was Green Day’s Nimrod) and listened to them non-stop on a … Continue reading →

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“Ya gotta get rid of my guilt, God.”

Posted on February 19, 2013 by seashells

Did you know that Jeff Rosenstock released a solo album, and that it’s absolutely GREAT? DOWNLOAD IT HERE AND NEVER REGRET IT I’m completely obsessed! Except for the final track, a cover of a Japanese song that is just not … Continue reading →

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compare and contrast

Posted on January 14, 2013 by seashells

We’re only now coming out of the fug of End Of Year Lists that haunt the otherwise-brilliant period between Christmas and the start of the new year. It’s a weird time when everyone and their mother thinks the world wants … Continue reading →

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7 inch

Posted on November 23, 2012 by seashells

Do you like Atom & His Package? I found this single for just 50p in the bizarro Bristol record shop “Head” yesterday. It’s not a split per se, it’s just Atom & His Package and Har Mar Superstar each recording … Continue reading →

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cold weather, hot water

Posted on October 9, 2012 by seashells

I can’t name, but I can emphatically shame the person who donated not one, not two, but SIX Hot Water Music albums to a certain Bristol charity shop. What were you thinking, random stranger? I bought three! (Finding The Rhythms, … Continue reading →

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i’m still reading this book, i haven’t made it To The End yet…

Posted on May 2, 2012 by seashells

I’m getting a little bit sick of this: I’m on page 231 out of 274 and losing interest fast. I know the difference between an autobiography and a memoir and I had already adjusted my expectations accordingly, but at this … Continue reading →

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lets talk festivals

Posted on June 23, 2011 by seashells

So tomorrow I’ll be leaving the comforts of my home life to go hang out in a big muddy field until 3 in the morning. Ha, no of course I’m not going to Glastonbury! It’s a Work Thing and I’m … Continue reading →

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Paul Simon and Disillusionment

Posted on June 9, 2011 by seashells

Maybe I first made the association between Paul Simon and wholesomeness wen I was a child because that’s when I first heard his music, due to my parents. Maybe his big dark eyes, soft voice and diminutive stature still remind … Continue reading →

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