Saturday November 02, 2002ASCII stuffChickenman has been on hold for a while, but I've started a new Ascii art comic called Entrance.I've also kicked off a proposal for a Text Art webzine. Kepa JunkeraMy girlfriend bought me Kepa Junkera's 00:00h which is very good, though my favourite track is still Bok Espok, the first one I heard. Then a few weeks ago while I was working in Bilbao, I told our Spanish colleagues that I liked Kepa. One of them knew him and arranged to get a signed copy of his latest CD Maren! Which has a remix of Bok Espok (so I'm happy) and some other great tracks.DionysosThe greatest French rock band in the world? Well, we could debate how much competition they've got, but Dionysos, on the basis of Western sous le neige are fantastic. Sounding a little like the Pixies, with great, off-beat melodies and very silly lyrics, I like them a lot.My name is John McEnroe Do you know my poetry? It will be written in blood in the blood of the bad referees Other new releasesVery excited about Tori Amos's new album, which on the first few listens seems a great improvement on her more disappointing recent albums.Liked Peter Gabriel's Up. Don't really know him, though my beloved rates him a lot. "Growing Up" is an excellent track, very dark. Looking forward to Badly Drawn Boy's new album. Today's Guardian had a CD with some of his songs in it so that'll do until it gets released. |