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No Morning Jacket
ARGHHH!!!!!!!! Gig of the year is postponed!
"hey everybody...thanks so much for wanting to come to the shows in ye olde london town. we were really looking forward to coming over again and kickin it old school style, but unfortunately for health reasons we are simply unable to come-we've looked at all the options, and just cant find any way to make it possible right now. we feel strongly about this because we want to do it right or not do it at all-and right now it just cant come together.
so anyways, sorry about the inconvenience and we hope to see you again real soon.
thankyins, yer pals mmj."
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2nd Sep 2005 - 3 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
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Bonus Jacket
CAN YOU DANCE?
DJ NIGHT WITH JIM JAMES (LEAD SINGER OF MY MORNING JACKET) BEHIND THE TURNTABLES ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH.
Wash Your Hands @ The Social
5 Little Portland Street, London W1.
Nearest tube station: Oxford Circus.
7 - Midnight. Free entry before 11pm.
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www.mymorningjacket.com
www.thesocial.com
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15th Aug 2005 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
MMJ
News just in.... My Morning Jacket are playing a London show on September 6th at the Scala. See you down the front.
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2nd Aug 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
jim aparo r.i.p.
always enjoyed this guy's run on batman in the 1980s, just read an obit this morning…
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21st Jul 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
Wolfmother
Enjoying the debut EP from Australia's Wolfmother this morning. Their proto-rock is sounding a bit more proto-proto than it does live, but things pick up nicely with tracks 3 & 4.
21st Jul 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
Song Of The Day
So London is back in business today after yesterday's bombings, and all the chimp family seems to be safe and accounted for.
There's a few more police around at the tube stations and a lot more people on bikes, but the general vibe seems to be 'business as usual'.
I suppose we could pick Beautiful Day or even Velvet Morning for Song Of The Day, but that's not really our style:
We Float by PJ Harvey makes the cut.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news
www.guardian.co.uk
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8th Jul 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
wired mpfree
interesting selection of "creative use" mp3s from a Wired issue, including the beasties, cornelius and my morning jacket
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15th Jun 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
Song of the Day
X-Mas Curtain by My Morning Jacket. Love it.
26th May 2005 - 1 comments - Add Comment - Tweet
Short Film Screening
Recent short film "Waiting for Movement" is going to be screened on Thursday May 5th, at The Fleapit cinema on Columbia Road, alongside another Film London commission "Peace & Quiet" and some other shorts.
The film program will be screened twice: at 6.30 and 7.30
The Fleapit
49 Columbia Road
London E2 7RG
Don't forget to vote in the morning.
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4th May 2005 - Add Comment - Tweet
Best Of 2004
in the spirit of the year of the chimp drawing to a close, here's the first annual instalment of the chimpomatic best albums of the year poll, an extensively researched, highly scientific endeavour…
Chimpomatic's Albums Of 2004
Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
as a tribute to ozzy's recent bravery
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
one of those albums you can come back to year after year and still hear something new; this year, it's the production and lyrics that's doing it
The Cure: The Cure
Had almost given up on these guys. Produced by the guy that produces Korn etc… (sketchy data - this might not be an official chart show fact)
UPDATE: Fact verified. He also produced At The Drive In.
TV On The Radio: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
didn't quite live up to the black cocteau twins hype, but still cool to hear someone doing something new
Dani Siciliano: Likes…
insider trading maybe, but this is just awesome
Mara Carlyle: The Lovely
ditto.
GBV: Human Amusements At Hourly Rates
the best of the best ofs since decade. sorts out the patchiness.
Led Zeppelin: Houses Of The Holy
some of the best getting ready to go out rock ever
My Morning Jacket: It Still Moves
thanks to ian c for making us persevere with this one…
Cat Stevens: Mona Bone Jakon
one of those albums you come back to and realise it's even better than you remember.
Bob Dylan: Desire
with some live bob sightings fitted in this year thanks to dr b, this has been a constant in 2004. just edging out love and theft; sugar baby's got to be one of the best things he's ever done... (ie, it makes it into the dylan alltime top 100)
Tindersticks: Donkeys 92-97
anyone that does a good Pavement cover is alright in our book
Hall & Oates: The Very Best Of
great drum machines, surprising to find how many are etched in your brain
John Martyn: Solid Air
one of those classics you must buy that we finally got round to buying.
28th Dec 2004 - Add Comment - Tweet
Gonzo
Finally caught up with Human Nature (thanks to my VHS dealer Ian C) and then Eternal Sunshine dropped through the mailbox this morning. Had a quick peek though the DVD over breakfast and ended up watching a good hour or so....
4th Oct 2004 - Add Comment - Tweet
Tron
Got sent this outstanding Tron tribute from big e this morning. superb
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11th May 2004 - Add Comment - Tweet
GBV and The Rovers of Mars
Just in from GBV.com:
As part of NASA's history, each morning's mission begins with a wake up song that gets beamed up to the apporpriate unit. On March 6th, Mars rover Spirit had the pleasure of having GBV's Motor Away beamed up to start the day.
11th Mar 2004 - Add Comment - Tweet
Kings Of Leon
Youth And Young Manhood
3 brothers and a cousin - sons of a preacher man (Leon) who spent their formative years living in the back of a car as Leon spread the word of the Lord around the southern states - or so the story goes.... whether the story goes true or not is of minor importance - what is of major importance is that this is a great great rock and roll album, as if the Strokes stole the White Stripes instruments and took a road trip down to Dazed and Confused (film, not style mag). This is a record of good times and wanting to do what you want to do, wanting to get loaded.
It kicks off with Red Morning Light - a perfect singalong tune, in that the lyrics are hell catchy yet completely indecipherable. The album continues in the same vein throughout as Caleb (Followill - vocals/guitars) screams and yelps his way across tight and crisp seventies riffs - with some sweet licks for axe fanatics. Standout tracks (that is: really fucking good) have to be: Joeís Head, California Waiting and Mollyís Chamber - about some accommodating gal, whoíll take your voice and leave you howling at the moon. Amen. Maybe the power behind this record comes from a Samson style rock 'n' roll strength emanating from four sets of very big hair. Watch the streets this summer, as Fashionistas hurry to grow huge head and facial hair combos. Thank god such cuts canít be ordered on demand - or weíd surely have a wave of stylish casualties in this heatwave, passed out from exhaustion under a Nashville Thatch.
Dream scenario aside, this is a rocking good album, which will sound as fresh in a decade as it would have done 30 years ago. Kings of Leon thank God on their liner notes, I'd like to thank Him too - if He keeps inspiring 40 minutes of sounds like this, then the fight is well and truly on for the best tunes. Watch your back Satan!!!!
Alternatively:
Crazed drummer Animal emerges from years of therapy - folowing the success and excess of the Muppets - to produce a Lynyrd Skynyrd tinged masterpiece.
29th Sep 2003 - Add Comment - Tweet
Read more 4 star reviewsInterview: Mike Watt
Back in the early days of Chimpomatic, we had big ambitions for the site and got off to a great start by securing this 2001 interview with the bass king, Mike Watt. It's taken 3 1/2 years to get the interview together and online, but surprisingly little has changed. Bush has just been voted in (again) and Watt has just released his long planned third album - "The Secondman's Middle ... read article
1st Jun 2001 - Add Comment