Hello… I am Andy
I'm the editor of CMU. This blog is where I put stuff that I find and thoughts that I have. You can also use it to find out how to contact me about writing, talking, dancing (not dancing) and suchlike. Clever, huh?-
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- I talked all over the @CMU podcast again. Have a listen: http://t.co/zfmKnDHI 56 minutes ago
- Concert footage is so often underwhelming, but Depeche Mode at the Pasadena Rose Bowl there... Fucking hell. 10 hours ago
- Depeche Mode documentary on BBC Four now is pretty amazing. 12 hours ago
- RT @joeparry: Facebook Timeline is great because you can 'like' when ur best buds are born. 14 hours ago
- Trying out herd.fm. It's very good. http://t.co/L1S64oZL 15 hours ago
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Category Archives: Playlist
Story songs for Story Whores
This week the Southwark Playhouse is being turned into a brothel. Not, thankfully, because of the governments cuts to the arts (not yet, anyway), but for Story Whores, a theatrical event which will see tales doled from behind the bar, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Playlist, Theatre
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Powers Of Ten
Back in January, we at CMU launched a new feature in CMU Weekly called Powers Of Ten. Each week we ask a different music-related (or not, as you will see in the near-ish future) person to select ten songs they … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Playlist, Streaming audio
Tagged Arab Strap, Busdriver, Faith No More, Kelly Clarkson, Latyrx, MC 900 Ft Jesus, Mew, Mommy And Daddy, Plans & Apologies, Scot Walker
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Albums Of The Year 2009
It is the law that all music journalists must come up with at least one end-of-year list come December. And I do not want to go to journalist prison. Not after last time. So, here are the ten albums I … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Playlist, Streaming audio
Tagged 80kidz, Bat For Lashes, Converge, Grizzly Bear, Jeffrey Lewis, King Cannibal, Mew, Patrick Wolf, The Big Pink, Tyondai Braxton
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Today, I let my brain be the DJ
So, this morning I woke up with Happy Birthday Ralph by Atom And His Package in my head. Who knows why. It’s possibly that I was thinking about what to get my girlfriend for her birthday. Though I should point … Continue reading
Twitter Picks – Achingly Beautiful
This week I found myself with five tracks available in my monthly allowance on eMusic and no idea what to download. This is something that happens a lot. Under pressure to choose something, I experience the same thing that generally … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Playlist, Streaming audio
Tagged Airiel, Alison Krauss, Andrew Bird, Beck, Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, Catherine AD, Clem Snide, Coldplay, David Berkeley, Death Cab For Cutie, Des'Ree, Doves, Elbow, Elliott Smith, Fionn Regan, Great Lake Swimmers, Hot Chip, Interpol, Iron & Wine, Jacques Brel, Jenniferever, Joanna Newsom, Joni Mitchell, Joseph Arthur, King Creosote, M. Ward, M83, Manchester Orchestra, Maria Mena, Mew, Michel Polnareff, Nick Drake, Nine Black Alps, Oceansize, Pete Doherty, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, Richard Buckner, Sigur Ros, Smashing Pumpkins, Sufjan Stevens, The Beatles, The Cinematic Orchestra, The Cure, The Magnetic Fields, The Mountain Goats, The Postal Service, The Reindeer Section, Tunng, TV On The Radio, Union Station, Wolfman
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