Jed Hallam

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25 steps to aural bliss

Sally has tagged me in this bloody awesome meme.

New music? Check. Sharing? Check. Getting to tweak a playlist for hours on end? Check. The only way the meme could be improved would be if it came with free beer, and I can’t criticise Sally for that. It’s not her fault the technology doesn’t allow liquid transportation via Twitter now is it. Those boys at Twitter should pull their fingers out though, how long must we wait for beer delivery by tweet?! I digress…

So last Friday Katie Moffat was looking for new music and Sally helpfully shared her Spotify playlist (if Spotify were a woman, I would marry her) and then Adam from Realwire got involved and shared his (awesome) list too. And the meme was born.

Sally has tagged Louise (whose ‘puter doesn’t like Spotify), Anne (who shared here), Chris (who’s been a bit busy of late) and myself to hand over our playlists so keep your ears peeled and your eyes to the ground.

(Drum roll please….)

My Playlist (available here!)

  • White Denim – Shake Shake Shake
  • Kings of Leon – Spiral Staircase
  • The Kills – Fried My Little Brains
  • Young Heart Attack – El Camino
  • The Strokes – New York City Cops
  • The Fall – Totally Wired
  • Young Marble Giants – Choci Loni
  • Patrick Wolf – Underworld
  • Portishead – Roads
  • The Velvet Underground – Heroin
  • The Stranglers – Golden Brown
  • The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black
  • The Cure – 10:15 Saturday Night
  • Gang of Four – Guns Before Butter
  • TV On The Radio – Halfway Home
  • Justice – Stress
  • Death From Above 1979 – Little Girl
  • The Chemical Brothers – It Doesn’t Matter
  • The Whip – Trash
  • Late of the Pier – The Bears are Coming
  • You Love Her Coz Shes Dead – Blood Lust
  • La Roux – Quicksand
  • Esser – I Love You
  • David Bowie – Oh! You Pretty Things
  • The Smiths – William It Was Really Nothing

Notable absentees include; Mistabishi – Printer Jam, Double 99 – RIP Groove, and an old track that has a sample of the cookie monster in it that I’ve been looking for for around ten years – any help?!

I’d like to pass the meme on to Robin, Matt and Bryony. And you’d all better do it. Or else.

EDIT.

I’m also going to tag up Mr Brown and Mr Lewis. For I love those guys and don’t fancy upsetting them with nonclusion in such a wonderous musical me-me.

  • Jed
    Bryony,
    I'm so glad you've done yours! The first (and only, sadly) time I met you we spoke loads about the no wave scene and so I was really looking forward to your mixtape!

    Sally,
    Obviously the crushes were rubbish - anyone worth it would love a bit of 'Lions...'!
  • Hi

    Loving the playlist - am listening to it right now, in fact. This really is like making mixtapes for your unrequited crush only better, isn't it? (my crushes never appreciated the lyrical genius of Prefab Sprout, for some reason)
  • OOH ta Jed, its gonna take all my willpower not to spend the morning doing this!

    PROPS on Young Marble Giants and Gang of Four! Two bands I can't stop listening to at the moment. Collosal Youth is intense. Interviewing the bassist from Gang of Four (he is @pampelmoose) for a fanzine soon, I will republish on tinterwebs for sure!

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