Sweet mother of Bowie

About Brian Molko

He currently is not speaking to Nicky Wire, as the dress wearing, shark-grinned Manic Street Preacher refused his offer of a 'quick one backstage' and called him a shirtlifter before tossing his feather boa around his shoulders and flouncing off with a bottle of Babycham.

Am vrea noi... am vrea noi

The Neverending Why

Beibi, Wire... eu pot sa iti iert multe... palariutele de ealderly citizen, the yellow eyeshadow, haina de hamster urias, Pumele alea oribile din care ai 5,982,714 de perechi, the pink-all-over-the-place look, fata aia de emo girl meets Brian Molko, faptul ca tii sa iti arati chilotii (care's vesnic de trei feluri: albi, tartan and animal print. Stiind in ce formatie esti - a se vedea singurul sailor suit al lui james si singurul tricou pe care la purtat in perioada turneului Send Away - tiind sa cred ca ai doar 3 perechi de chiloti). Iti iert si the shite home bleech job si faptul ca pe zi ce trece semeni din ce in ce mai mult cu o femeie de 70 de ani (nu cu domna ma-ta...ea se tine bine pentru 71 de ani). Sa nu uit de the mid-life crisses pe care le aia de 3 ori pe saptamana. Ba mai mult, ca sa vezi (si tu si Sean...care zice pe Forever Delayed ca us fans bitching about Manics should die) cat te iubi , iti iert si versurile de la Autumnsong... Dar.. this, this is too much....

*bine,still, nimic nu se compara cu Brian Ioana Maria Vlas 'I've never touched a man's penis' Molko.. mai ai de muncit la asta, bai, Uaiăre

Pig.pig.piggy

Ou em giii

Also...

Fuck Button went all bonkers on us.. eh,eh

Kiss and swallow

And I who thought only bands like Strokes or Horrors got asked such question... Alas, I was mistaken!

How many members of the Manic Street Preachers have you kissed?

Sean: One. Richey. Larking - it wasn’t on the mouth. On the cheek. I think it was one of his drunken malaises, helping him stand up in a friendly way. It was a very stubbly sort of affair. A brotherly thing.

James: None. I can’t even think of kissing Sean when I was young. I’d need a couple of telephone directories to get to Nick’s level, and to kiss Sean would be incest. I saw Richey kissing a bloke once. Not one of the band. I think it was an experiment.

Nicky: I haven’t kissed any on the lips. I kissed Richey on the cheek. We’re a very touchy band but not a kissy band. Very touchy. I mean, I slept with Richey for six months, in the same bed, when we used to live with Philip [their manager]. Downstairs was the couch and the floor, which everyone wanted, and James and Sean, and me and Richey, would swap alternatively. Upstairs was a double bed, which was a bit planes trains and automobiles sometimes: ‘That’s a really soft pillow my hand’s in’ ‘That’s not a pillow!’ Richey would just get blotto and pass out, really. So it’d be an incredible smell of vodka in the morning. You know the way it kind of pours out of your skin?

And Wire wants us to believe him... as if!

I am just a patsy

Now, excuse me, I'll be off to watching this on repeat

Talkshows on mute

Sincer, cred ca Molko si Osdal should do the exact same thing la gigu din Bucuresti... las la alegerea lor which one will flash us and which one will carry the flasher ...


OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGeightpoundjesusonapogostick! a new placebo song i actually lurve...

Parklife

We love reminiscing about the 90s.* Mai ales noi cei ce nu stiam ce sunt alea cosuri pe atunci. Noi cei ce eram too young to fully realise pe ce lume traim si totusi old enough sa ne prindem ca there was something going on somewhere in the world (mai ales in UK). Ne ia cu oftat, cu fraze de gen ‘MTV was cool back then’. Ne entuziasmam la gandul ca Manics erau patru, ca Liam si Noel isi vorbeau, ca Oasis si Blur nu isi vorbeau, ca Damon avea un dintisor de gangsta, ca Suede mergeau in turneu cu Manics, ca Damon si Justine Frischmann erau mai ceva ca Britney si Justin, ca Jarvis was mooning Jacko, ca Placebo si Soundgarden faceau vids cu Chris Cunningham si ca people gave a fuck about Mansun. Noua ne este dedicata inregistrarea de mai jos. Cine s-ar mai gandi acum ca cele trei formatii prezente in filmulet vor mai urca pe scena in cadrul aceleiasi festivitati de premiere, beti ranga si se vor injura ca chiorii?** Not the people who are buying cheese de la Alex James, no.

*nu zic ca nu facem la fel si cu the 60s,70s,80s. Stiu doar de cate ori m-am gandit ca ar fi fost uber-uber sa stand in line in front of CBGB’s waiting for that gig with Blondie, Television, Bad Brains, Richard Hell si Ramones on the bill. Also, nu zic ca prezentul o suge. I am too much of a Klaxons and Horrors whore ca sa zic asa ceva.

** nu e endearing cum Oasis tot incearca sa ii injure pe Manics si Blur si tot ei si-o iau in freza?

Someone somewhere soon will take care of you

Din seria 'songs that give you chills'... desi, fata de Follow The Cops, melodia asta brings me to tears si in varianta de pe album... in orice varianta de fapt.

Also... bai, sunteti pe real?

No, no blood just liquid from you

Am o problema cu Placebo. Aveam o problema cu Placebo in sensul bun al cuvantului. Ca multi altii de altfel. Acum am o problema cu ei in sensul ca, daca s-ar putea, as ingropa noul album. Revin. Ca multi altii. It fails in ways unknown to mankind. Hence, one must not be amazed ca la concert voi sta degeaba. Sau poate la o barfa cu mah group. Cam cat dureaza noul album. (De cat era mizeria? Ah, de o ora… Hopa, cam mult.). Revin la Molko (si Osdal si noul baterist… si tunsorile lor). Nu, nu cred ca mizeria scoasa in urma celei mai recente vizite la un studio de inregistrari exista din cauza varstei lui Molko (Manics au cu vreo 5 ani in plus si uite ce bine o duc… muzical vorbind, evident…). Cred totusi ca parte a vinei trebuie luata de turneul jointuit cu Linkin Park si MCR (mama, mama, ma simt ca un urban care abreviaza vreo denumire de muzeu din Bucuresti). Noile melodii suna la fel de generic si au aceleasi shitty chord changes ca noua melodie LP. Also, alta bucata de vina apartine botoxului injectat de Molko in creier de frica ridurilor (everything must look like a baby’s bum). Nu voi prezenta in detaliu albumul (oricum, ce as putea sa spun? Besides ‘crap, crap, crappy’?). Nu de asta suntem aici. Suntem aici pentru a ne pregati ca stam o ora cu our arms crossed pe 21 iunie. Si, eventual, sa facem pronosticuri cam cat le va lua lui Molko si lui Osdal sa il cheme pe Hewitt inapoi in formatie (you were right all along, our ideas were bad). Iar Hewitt, ca un mesia ce e el, va accepta (mai exista si varianta cu scuipatu’ in cap.. dar o vom ignora).

Simt nevoia sa va povestesc de mah weekend so far. Care fu incredibil de prolific. On a manic level. Adica, ieri seara s-a deschis this new record store* in mah lovely city. Odata cu deschiderea cu pricina, a avut loc si lansarea in Romania (nu credeam ca voi zice asta vreodata) a noului album Manic Street Preachers, Journal For Plague Lovers. Mega-blana, ar spune unii. Da, cititi randurile scrise de the proud owner of the following …erm…stuff: JFPL si Everything Must Go in original, un poster de la lansare (‘ce tre sa fac pentru un poster?’ ‘uite, il dezlipesti pe ala de acolo’), un NME si un Q Magazine cu ze Preacherz (bine, Qu’ e sharuit, ca nu mai aveam bani de el intreg). Stam bine, nu zic nu. Va zic all this cu one hand on mah feather boa, cu un ranjet mai ceva ca al lui Wire si cu un ego mai mare ca al manicsilor in 91 pe care stiu ca il simtiti cum va inteapa indiferent de zona in care stati. Acum, mai sper doar ca va fi prolific weekendul si din punct de vedere al eseului meu la materia sublima numita semiotica...care, incidentally, e despre Manics. Problema e ca tre sa am o problematica sau o ipoteza and besides 'Nicky is top not Richey' sau 'Is it really James+Richey=OTP not Nicky+Richey?' nu prea imi trec prin cap idei (ca sa fac o gluma proasta...ele probabil imi trec, dar nu imi raman)

*se cheama Off The Record the record store (see what they did there? Eh, eh?) si e chiar langa Club A. Evident, ma voi muta acolo. Mai ales ca am ochit si un vinil cu Manics dar care nu e for sale (poate, poate..sper…). Ah, si o sa fie si lansare a noului Placebo(acum realizez ca nu i-am spus numele.. e irelevant... oricum, va fi uitat soon.sper). Merg doar pentru ca’s Placebo si fara ei a mea adolescenta ar fi fost (si mai) trista.

**

I surrender, mah vision has blurred

Horrors+ Manics = HEARTSHEARTSHEARTS!!!


Sa o luam pe bucati...

1. Remixu facut de Horrors pentru melodia Manics 'Doors Slowly Closing'... de fapt, mai degraba (cred... asta imi indica simtul de fan) remixul facut de Tom si Rhys aka Spider And The Flies...not a conventional little one at all...basic idea: take one element of the song and use it to create a completely different song... Adica, baietii nostrii au preluat un element din the background of the original instrumental si l-au bagat in loop si prin toate nebuniile analogice cu care se joaca ei cand o pun de-o electronica experimentala, au (cam) ignorat tobele grand de pe original, au dissed the vocals, the little sweet distort si hopa a iesit 'DSC Part II' as seen by two extremely creative biatchs.... intra! intra!

2. Coveru' Manics dupa o melodia not-yet-realease 'Vision Blurred'... reactia initiala a yrs fatihfully: sa imi bag pula, ce misto suna!!! ce voce are James!!! (mentionez pe aceasta cale ca nu stiu originalul..yes, i'm a bad Horrors fan) precis o fi ceva pa sistem Killing Joke in original... reactia dupa vreo ora de repeat (adica momentul in care ajungi sa mai descifrezi ceva din ce mormaie James...daca ai noroc...): FARIS E UN GENIU!!! ce versuri...sa imi bag pula, e genial!!!! Sure,varianta Manics suna ca a big hard-rocking sonicly-mindblowing song... that is a lost gem from THB. cum am zis mai devreme, probabil originalul e this Killing Joke based song... sau poate vreo nebunie cu versuri spoken a la Shangri Las (introul din cover ma face sa ma gandesc la cum ar suna Shangri Las as played by JDB, nu ma-ntrebati de ce... )

All wrapped up in a 'Gime moar, gime moar'




kthxbai!

What The Actual Fuck?

Domnul Steve Albini probabil mi-a citit statusurile disperate de pe Facebook si a hotarat sa scoata din seif singura copie a noului album Manics (sunt ferm convinsa ca Albini era ultimul care mai avea grija de copia aia, cause the Manics are a bunch of culture sluts). Bref, albumul a leak-uit luni seara, marti de dimineata... cu 15 minute inainte de a pleca de acasa, am dat si eu de el (ce ziceam de statusurile alea that reeked desperation?). What followed? Pai, am plecat cu 20 de min mai tarziu decat ar fi trebuit, mi-am uitat portofelul si am intarziat la ore. Ah, si era sa ma calce o masina in timp ce ascultam Journal For Plague Lovers la player. Azi, a doua masina.. am ajuns la timp la seminar, but hey! Era sa ma uit pe acasa.

Problema e ca nu inteleg ..DE CE??? Adica, albumul e sublim, superb, divin ... Peeled Apples si Jackie Collins Exsitential Question Time deja le stiu pe dinafara (Jackie are vreo 500 de palys pe mah Latsfm...pfooooa). This Joke Sport Severed e perfetion (those chords, those drums, the way the voice blends in perfectly... aaaa...m-au omorat). Marlon JD are un beat demential... and I feel like dancing whenever I hear it. Wiliam's Last Words makes me weep like a little kid watching Bambi's mom get killed... Pe sistem: AAAA!! RICHEY BEING EMOTIONAL ABOUT... STUFF!!! AND WIRE SINGING A SONG WITH RICHEY'S LYRICS!!! OMG, WIRE'S VOICE!!! AND IT READS LIKE A POTENTIAL SUICIDE NOTE!!BAAAAAAAAW. (acum mi-am dat seama, melodia care urmaeaza incepe cu 'I am not dead' - *start freaky fan mode*Richey, guys, ce vreti sa ne spuneti???*end freaky fan mode*). Dar la o adica, it's still what Bradfield would write... si pe acoluri sunt asemanari intre melodii de pe Know Yr Enemy (care a fost un album foarte bun, stfu Wire!) sau baaaw... melodii mai vechi, u get the point. And yet, here I am... Going completely mental about this album...

What the actual fuck?

oh, wait

o.O




I think I see what Wire did there cu that 'It's The Holy Bible pt.2'. DAMN YOU, WIRE!! (desi nu e, nici ca versuri... *thinks of William's, stars crying like the obsessed bitch she is* si nici ca instrumental... ar fi si stupid)

Ca bonus, I even love the devil blabla *starts crying*

I have this essay something-something for tomorrow... and I HAVE to do it... and yet, I'm just listening to Journal... they've ruined mah life

Beautiful, Dirty, Rich

This is a masterpiece... Sublime indeed. And Primary Colours is beautiful. Everything NME said in that preview and more. It ain't the old Horrors. It's all the blablabla about evolving as a band... and it's so frickin' great. And when i think they're what? 22-23 years old... Heck, and they've done this... Pfooooa, forget 'i'm drepressed I'm 21 and have done nothing with mah life'... This is instant suicide for yrs truly in MPEG format... aw, pretty babies!!!

In Horrors related news...it seems them ho's and the big old fat culture ho's of Manics have done something together... A sex tape? kekeke

Oh mommy, what's a Sex Pistol?

This is so much better than Chomsky's Camelot... ah swearz

MSP - Jackie Collins Existential Question Time (XFM rip... no Zane in the background to annoy us...)

OU EM GIIIIIIIIII

Refuz, dar refuz...sa zic ceva intelingent... OU EM GI OU EM GI .... Chomsky's Camelot 4REAL!

Manics - Peeled Apples (rippuit de pe Radio 1, cu Zane Lowe mancand cacat in background... )

Pretentious Overdose

Journal For Plague Lovers

Peeled Apples
Jackie Collins' Existential Question Time
Me and Stephen Hawking
This Joke Sport Severed
Journal For Plague Lovers
She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach
Facing Page: Top Left
Marlon JD
Doors Slowly Closing
All Is Vanity
Pretension/Repulsion
Virginia State Epileptic Colony
William's last Words

Coming from any other band, I'd consider these songtitles utter shit... but hey...these lads do have a certain background, don't they?

Oh, the rock'n'roll life...

Pe langa the really important info this little gem has for us (so, Wire likes getting weed on? 4REAL!), raspunsul la prima intrebare mi se pare de-a dreptul glorios. Da, my winamp is still stuck on some manic street preachers.

Everything Must Go

Poate ca duminica zambeam ca o idioata, dar de abia acum imi dau seama ca au fost in fata mea. Ascult 'The Everlasting' si imi zic 'Am auzit-o live, l-am vazut pe Bradfield cantant-o'. Nu am patit asta cu nici o formatie. Ba nu, mint. Dupa Rapture era la fel. Dar imi amintesc clar ca dupa concertul Placebo nu i-am ascultat mult timp (whatever happened there? Cause I know for sure I loved that gig...poate ei au venit prea tarziu. Si Manics? Ti se pare putin din 1999 pana acum?). Dupa Klaxons, desi i-am ascultat pana la refuz, nu simteam aceasi bucurie. Nu era nici un sentiment de genul 'Ba, asta stiu cum suna live'. Si, daca la unele formatii as fi vrut sa cante o melodie sau alta, acum sunt multumita cu ce mi-au oferit ei. Poate as fi preferat sa mai cante vreo 5 ore, dar cred ca asta vrei de la any of yr fave bands.

.......

Peste vreo saptamana revin cu detalii despre cum se simte un om care si-a dat seama ca i-a vazut pe Stereophonics.

You Love Us!

Ieri....ieri am stat la o coada pentru autografe de la James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire si Sean Moore. Ieri am stat mai mult de o ora lipita de un gard in fata scenei asteptandu-i pe cei trei. Ieri am urlat cat am putut de tare 'Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicky' pana cand, intr-un final, domnul Nicholas Jones s-a uitat in directia mea si a zambit. Ieri am cantat cu alti oameni 'If you tolerate this'... pretty big step de la zilele cand o cantam in fata teveului din sufrageria bunicii dat pe MTV. Ieri... ei, de ieri zambesc intr-una ca o idioata....