Monday 26 October 2009

Sergeant - Sergeant (Shy Recordings)


Sergeant's eponymous debut album sparkles like a new penny and is a welcome sound of summer as autumn turns bitterly to winter. Of course if you missed summer it was a Tuesday in June but this album more than makes up for it, acting as a musical hot water bottle through the dark nights of the year's end. Opening with current single "Sunshine", Sergeant have a swagger reminiscent of The Small Faces and a pop sensibility not seen since the Stones Roses own debut, which is not really surprising considering the involvement of John Leckie as producer.

The band doffs their hats to their musical influences and why shouldn't they? A touch of indie pop, a sprinkle of mod and a generous helping of self-belief help to make this a confident album that stands up against many released this year. It'll certainly be interesting to see and hear them evolve and create their own definitive Sergeant sound over the coming seasons.

You could hang the album on the coat hook marked "jingly-jangly pop" but that really doesn't do it justice. Repeated listening brings out all the subtleties and nuances of a wonderfully-crafted album, which can only bode well for the future. While many young bands peak on their debut and struggle to maintain the spontaneity and energy of their early offerings, Sergeant continue to grow and evolve and it shouldn't be too long before they're troubling the scorers on a national level. Their solid self-titled debut is an excellent platform on which to springboard into the upper echelons of the nation's musical consciousness and life is looking good for Glenrothes' bright young things.

Sunday 25 October 2009

The Cat on "Where The Action Is" Kirkcaldy VRN 1287 AM - Sunday 25 October 2009

Here's the playlist for tonight's Hallowe'en edition of "Where The Action Is".

R Dean Taylor - There's a Ghost In My House (Tamla Motown 1974)
The Quik - Bert's Apple Crumble (Decca 1967) (show theme)
Artistics - Nothing But Heartaches (Keep Haunting Me) (Brunswick 1967)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (Liberty 1969)
Virgil Holmes - Ghost Train (Atlantic 1961)
The Haunted - 1-2-5 (Quality 1966)
The Pathfinders - Pumpkin Lantern (Unreleased 1968)
The Kac-ties - Mr Were-Wolf (Shelley 1962)
October Country - My Girlfriend Is A Witch (Epic 1968) (Connect 3)
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - I'm Your Witchdoctor (Immediate 1965) (Connect 3)
The Rattles - The Witch (Decca 1970) (Connect 3)
The Verdicts - Mummy's Ball (East Coast 1961)
Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes (MGM 1974)
Sounds Incorporated - Order of the Keys (Decca 1963) (Birthday: 25/10/39 Barrie Cameron, keyboards/saxophone)
Round Robin - I'm The Wolfman (Domain 1965)
John Leyton - Voodoo Woman (HMV 1961)
Christine Pilzer - Dracula (Label Unknown 1966) (Foreign Language)
The Fiends - Theme from The Addams Family (Crescendo 1964)
Chris Williams & The Monsters - The Monster (Columbia 1959) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Classics IV - Spooky (Liberty 1968)
The Swinging Phillies - Frankenstein's Party (Deluxe 1958)
Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft (Capitol 1958)
Heinz & The Wild Boys - Big Fat Spider (Columbia 1965)
Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders In the Sky (Columbia 1979)
The Turtles - Grim Reaper of Love (White Whale 1966)
The Spooks - Sally Machine (Egomania 1990) (Under The Influence)
The Nu-Trends - Spooksville (Lawn 1963)
Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans (Epic 1971)
Jackie Morningstar - Rockin' in The Graveyard (Sandy 1959)
The Crystals - Frankenstein Twist (Philles)
The 'N Betweens - Evil Witch Man (Columbia 1966)
Billy Doggett - Monster Party (King 1959) (Connect 3)
Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash (London/Carpax 1962) (Connect 3)
Bo Diddley - Bo Meets The Monster (Checker 1958) (Connect 3)
Alma Cogan - Snakes and Snails (Columbia 1965)
Bobby Please & The Pleasers - The Monster (Jamie 1959)
The Zombies - Care of Cell 44 (CBS 1968) (Two of a Kind)
The Zombies - Tme of the Season (Date 1969) (Two of a Kind)
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Columbia 1976)
The Quik - Bert's Apple Crumble (Decca 1967) (show theme)

This year's Hallowe'en special is pretty much the same as last year's. If you have any suggestions for tracks for next year's show then by all means let me know.

Next week's show will be a normal show and we return to the A to Z of The Beach Boys with the letter F, including the song that was the first dance at my wedding.

Good day and good health.

The Cat
=^..^=

Monday 19 October 2009

Jackie Leven - Gigs

Thurs 22 Oct: Acoustic Music Club, Bennochy House, Forth Park Drive, Kirkcaldy

(Call Sandy and Fiona 01592 653645 for more information)

Sat 24 Oct: Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club, 30 Chamberlain Road, Glasgow G13 1QE. (Tickets £10 from 0141-9591428 or www.myspace.com/soundsinthesuburbs)

Tues 27 Oct: Kilbarchan The Old Library, Kilbarchan. 7.30pm. (Tickets (£12) Box Office: 01505 706070)

Wed 28 Oct: Bogbain Farm, Inshes, Nr Inverness (Box Office: 01463 772800)

Thurs 29 Oct: South Shields Customs House at The Studio (Box Office: 0191-454 1234)

Friday 30 Oct: White Church, Comrie, near Crieff, Perthshire (01764 670196 or rodan@nrodan.plus.com)

Sat 31 Oct: Stirling Tolbooth (Box Office: 01786 274000)


The following Jackie Leven double CDs are currently available:

The Haunted Year - Summer: Barefoot Days/Deep in the Heart of Nowhere
The Haunted Year - Spring: Man Bleeds in Glasgow/Greetings from Milford - Live
The Haunted Year - Winter

Sunday 18 October 2009

The Proclaimers - News

A short message from the proclaimers about upcoming events:

"Hello,

Tuesday 20th October sees Craig and Charlie appearing on BBC 1 TV Breakfast Show for an interview (scheduled for 8.45am), as they nip up to London between gigs on their current UK tour.

NPR radio stations across the USA will be broadcasting Mountain Stage over the weekend of 23-25th October featuring Craig and Charlie's acoustic performance recorded in Charlestown, WV at end of last month www.mountainstage.org/mtnstagebroadcast.aspx A complete list of stations that carry Mountain Stage can be found here:http://www.mountainstage.org/mtnstageaffiliates.aspx

The Proclaimers have added their last gig of 2009 in Dubai on their way back from a month long Australia/New Zealand tour. The show is at The Irish Village on Thursday 17th December, tickets on sale at The Irish Village and the Aviation Club.

All UK, Australian and New Zealand gig info can be found in The Gigs section at www.proclaimers.co.uk. Also, Notes & Rhymes UK Tour T-Shirts and Beanie hats have been added alongside CD's and downloads in The Shop section at www.proclaimers.co.uk

Cheers,

Persevere."

And there you have it...

Aberfeldy - Live Dates

Top Edinburgh folk popsters Aberfeldy play a couple of dates on the East Coast of Scotland very soon.

On Friday 23 October you can catch them with The Hazey Janes and The Recovery Club at the Cupar Arts Festival at the Cupar Corn Exchange (St. Catherine Street, Cupar KY15 4BT). Tickets are £12/£10 (concessions). Doors open at 7.30 pm and, before the bands kick off at 8pm, there will be a one-off screening of Guitar Heroes, three short films.



You can also see the band in the capital on Saturday 21 November at the Roxy Art House with The Real Tuesday Weld, The Parsonage and Withered Hand + more TBC. This Charity Baw in is in aid of Oxjam.

The Cat on "Where The Action Is" Kirkcaldy VRN 1287 AM - Sunday 18 October 2009

Here's the playlist for tonight's edition of "Where The Action Is".

Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step (V-Tone 1961)
The Quik - Bert's Apple Crumble (Decca 1967) (show theme)
The Girls - Chico's Girl (Capitol 1966)
The Rev-lons - Boy Trouble (Garpax 1962)
Elvis Presley - (Marie's the Name of) His Latest Flame (RCA 1961)
Glenda Collins - Find Another Fool (Decca 1961)
The Hollies - You Know He Did (Parlophone 1965)
Mary Saenz - Would She Do That For You (Big Ben 1964)
The Carrolls - The Folk I Love (Polydor 1966) (Connect 3)
Tommy Roe - The Folk Singer (HMV 1963) (Connect 3)
Lulu - My Ain Folk (EMI 1969) (Connect 3)
The Ace of Cups - Music (Unreleased/Year Unknown)
Sandi Shore - I'll Know Better (Next Time) (Gaiety 1966)
Mama Cass - Make Your Own Kind of Music (Dunhill 1969) (Birthday: 18/10/40 Cynthia Weil, Songwriter)
The Monkees - Love Is Only Sleeping (Colgems 1967)
Timi Yuro - That's Right, Walk On By (Liberty 1962)
Severine - Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue (Philips 1971) (Foreign Language)
The Fashionettes - Losin' Control (Unreleased, 1963/1964)
The Flee-Rekkers - Sunburst (Piccadilly 1962) (Half-Time Instrumental)
John Leyton - Son This Is She (HMV 1961)
Scott Walker - Angelica (Philips 1967)
The Beach Boys - Endless Harmony (Capitol 1980) (A to Z of The Beach Boys - E)
The Beach Boys - Everyone's in Love With You (Brother 1967) (A to Z of The Beach Boys - E)
Beatrice Kay - Boy You Better Watch It Girl (Unreleased/Year Unknown)
John Holt - Ali Baba (Trojan 1969)
Sergeant - Sunshine (Shy Recordings 2009) (Under The Influence)
The Surfer Girls - One Boy Tells Another (Columbia 1964)
The Cinderellas - Baby Baby (I Still Love You) (Dimension 1964)
Doris Webb - He's The Most (Unreleased 1963)
Little Eva - The Trouble With Boys (Dimension 1965) (Connect 3)
The Music Explosion - Little Bit O' Soul (Laurie 1967) (Connect 3)
Ways and Means - Make The Radio a Little Louder (Pye 1967) (Connect 3)
Fanny - Charity Ball (Second Version) (Reprise 1971)
Mary Saxton - Big City Guy (Unreleased/Year Unknown)
Doris Day - Oo-Wee Baby (Unreleased 1964) (Two of a Kind)
Doris Day - Let The Little Girl Limbo (Unreleased 1963) (Two of a Kind)
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Just Walk In My Shoes (Motown 1967)
The Animals - We Gotta Get Out of This Place (Columbia 1965)
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Smell of Incense (Reprise 1967)
The Quik - Bert's Apple Crumble (Decca 1967) (show theme)

Next week's show is my Hallowe'en special with plenty of spooky tunes.

If you'd like to suggest a topic for one or both of the Connect 3 features or an artist for the Two of a Kind, Foreign Language, Half-Time Instrumental or Under the Influence features then feel free.

Remember, if you're ever involved in a non-fatal accident in the Kirkcaldy area, do tune in on 1287AM or Channel 3 on the hospital headsets to "Where The Action Is", a blend of mod, soul, Motown, girl groups/singers and alternative pop from the late 50s through to the early 70s.

Feel free to leave a comment or indeed a request or two. I can't promise to play it immediately - the shows are usually done live but prepared two or three weeks in advance - but I'll endeavour to play them within a month.

The Cat
=^..^=

Friday 16 October 2009

Sergeant - Album and Tour Dates

Following the release last week of their excellent eponymous debut album, Sergeant hit the highways and low roads of the UK between now and Christmas. Catch them while you can.

NOVEMBER
13 - Edinburgh, The GRV
20 - Bathgate, Room at the Top
21 - Crewe, The Box
22 - Kidderminster, The Tap House
23 - Cardiff, 10 Feet Tall
24 - Bristol, The Cooler
26 - London, The Fly
28 - Glasgow, King Tuts

DECEMBER
02 - Liverpool, Ink @ Masque
03 - Preston, 53 Degrees
04 - Manchester, Moho Live - (Indigo Xmas Party)
11 - Montrose, Ash Bar
12 - Aberdeen, Drummonds
19 - Dunfermline, Alhambra Theatre (with The Charlatans)
28 - Dundee, Doghouse

Trashcan Sinatras/Camera Obscura - News

Some news from the Trashcan Sinatras:

"hi everyone. if you haven't checked out the trashcans on the web lately, here is the latest news:

record releases:
* "in the music" was released in the uk on september 14
* "people" is being released as a single in the uk on november 9
* a video for "people" is available on youtube
* "in the music" release in the usa and canada in feb/march 2010
* back catalogue re-release still planned...now early 2010

touring:
* a few uk tour dates are finalised:

nov 12, glasgow, oran mor
nov 13, kelso, tait hall
nov 14, edinburgh, cabaret voltaire
nov 16, aberdeen, the warehouse
nov 18, nottingham, rescue rooms
nov 19, london, bloomsbury ballroom

tickets are on sale now. a few more uk/ireland dates still to come.

* japanese tour dates:

feb 16, osaka, club quattro
feb 17, tokyo, club quattro

also possibly australia around then.

* usa/canada around march 2010

other news:
* the band filmed a session in new york for aol, which you can view at spinner.com
* the trashcansinatras website shop now has:

- new t-shirts
- a new radio sessions cd
- trashcan sinatras branded usb sticks with live shows from the 2009 usa tour

* "in the music" lyrics and guitar tabs are now available at trashcansinatras.com
* "in the music" reviews are on the website

you can find more details at trashcansinatras.com. don't forget to check out the band's message board, facebook, myspace, twitter, ilike and reverbnation. thanks for listening."

And from Camera Obscura:

"Camera Obscura release their new single "The Sweetest Thing" on Nov 2nd, 2009 on digital and 7" vinyl. The B-side is a beautiful cover of "Tougher Than The Rest" by Bruce Springsteen. New video features cameos from 'Simon & Garfunkel' and 'Kate Bush'...ahem...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSanTYPm2g

Camera Obscura On Tour:

OCTOBER
12 59to1, Munich, GER
Buy - http://bit.ly/48xPQ
13 Abart, Zurich, SWZ
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14 Casa 139, Milan, ITA
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16 La Maroquinerie, Paris, FRA
Buy - http://bit.ly/HOaZ4
18 Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FRA
Buy - http://bit.ly/jPVZH
19 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, BEL
Buy - http://bit.ly/VdgjH
20 Paradiso, Amsterdam, NED
Buy - http://bit.ly/16RbkM
22 The Waterfront, Norwich, UK
Buy - http://bit.ly/ze9OC
23 Komedia, Brighton, UK
Buy - http://bit.ly/19jiVb
24 Phoenix, Exeter, UK
Buy - http://bit.ly/ztRkr
25 Thelka, Bristol, UK
Buy - http://bit.ly/UlGFY
26 Library, Morecambe, UK
Buy - http://bit.ly/bk14Y
27 Cockpit, Leeds, UK
Buy - http://bit.ly/1AZy6s
29 Barrowlands, Glasgow, UK
Buy - http://bit.ly/aNwjS

NOVEMBER
3 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK
Buy - http://bit.ly/1DqaRd
5 Casa Del Loco, Zaragoza, SPA
Buy - http://bit.ly/3b38EE
6 Multiusos Sanchez Paraiso, Salamanca, SPA
Buy - http://bit.ly/cxibO
7 Fair, Valladolid, SPA
8 Heineken Theatre, Madrid, SPA
Buy - http://bit.ly/qPrfq - and - http://bit.ly/4hs5YZ
9 Sala Apolo, Barcelona, SPA
Buy - http://bit.ly/3ZU4gy
18 Tipitinas, New Orleans, LA, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/ltj7T
19 Bottletree, Birmingham, AL, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/HnuRf
20 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/ZimZv
21 Attucks Theatre, Norfolk, VA, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/qDC6e
22 Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/KZI5A
24 Pearl Street Ballroom, Northampton, MA, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/2gLs49
25 The German House, Rochester, NY, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/n83y7
26 Phoenix, Toronto, ON, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/GMeOA
27 Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac, MI, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/IQ7Lc
28 Turner Hall, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/18i1b7
30 Bluebird, Bloomington, IN, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/RxZEi

DECEMBER
1 Off Broadway, St Louis, MO, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/OUBNj
2 The Lyric Oxford, Oxford, MS, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/Rgt9F
3 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, USA
Buy - http://bit.ly/2bKGc3


To visit the the newly-opened Camera Obscura shop click -
http://www.camera-obscura-shop.net

Website - www.camera-obscura.net
Twitter - http://twitter.com/camera_obscura_
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/CameraObscuraMusic
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/cameraobscuraband"


Sunday 11 October 2009

The Cat on "Where The Action Is" Kirkcaldy VRN 1287 AM - Sunday 11 October 2009

Here's the playlist for tonight's Beatles edition of "Where The Action Is", featuring covers and novelty Beatles records, including a couple of tracks by the band themselves and one by birthday boy John Lennon.

The Beatles - Birthday (Parlophone 1968)
The Quik - Bert's Apple Crumble (Decca 1967) (show theme)
The Dowlands - All My Loving (Oriole 1963)
Nancy Sinatra - Day Tripper (Reprise 1966)
Sonny Curtis - A Beatle I Want To Be (Colpix 1964)
Madeline Bell - You Won't See Me (Philips 1966)
The Fondettes - The Beatles Are In Town (Arhoolie 1964)
The Supremes - A Hard Day's Night (Motown 1964)
Dori Peyton - Ringo Boy (Margo/Ottie Year Unknown) (Connect 3)
The Bon Bons - What's Wrong With Ringo (Coral 1964) (Connect 3)
Bonnie Jo Mason - Ringo I Love You (Annette 1964) (Connect 3)
R Dean Taylor - Two of Us (Motown 1971)
The Twiliters - My Beatle Haircut (Label Unknown 1964)
John Lennon - Woman (Geffen 1981) (Birthday: 9/10/40)
The Four Preps - A Letter To The Beatles (Capitol 1964)
Amen Corner - Get Back (Immediate 1969)
The Beatles - Kimm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Wanna Hold Your Hand) (EMI 1964) (Foreign Language)
The Vernons Girls - We Love The Beatles (Label Unknown 1963)
The Beatles - Flying (Parlophone 1967) (Half-Time Instrumental)
The Temptations - Hey Jude (Motown 1969)
Dick Lord - Like Ringo (Label Unknown 1964)
Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out (Motown 1970)
Nilsson - You Can't Do That (RCA Victor 1967)
Joe Cocker - I'll Cry Instead (Decca 1964)
Bill Clifton - Beatle Crazy (Decca 1963)
The Las - There She Goes (Go! Discs 1988)) (Under The Influence)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - And I Love Her (Motown 1970)
Mamas and the Papas - I Call Your Name (Dunhill 1966)
The Bulldogs - John, Paul, George and Ringo (Mercury 1964)
Vikki Carr - Nowhere Man (Liberty 1966) (Connect 3)
Link Wray & The Linkmen - Please Please Me (Take 1) (Unreleased) (Connect 3)
The Frugal Sound - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Pye 1966) (Connect 3)
The Beatle-ettes - Only Seventeen (EMI 1964)
Badfinger - Come and Get It (Apple 1969)
The Four Tops - Eleanor Rigby (Motown 1969) (Two of a Kind)
The Four Tops - Fool On The Hill (Motown 1969) (Two of a Kind)
Rainbo - John You Went Too Far This Time (Tomorrow's Production 1968)
The Beatles - I Feel Fine (Parlophone 1964)
The Beatles - Good Night (Apple 1968)
The Quik - Bert's Apple Crumble (Decca 1967) (show theme)

If you'd like to suggest a topic for one or both of the Connect 3 features or an artist for the Two of a Kind, Foreign Language, Half-Time Instrumental or Under the Influence features then feel free.

Remember, if you're ever involved in a non-fatal accident in the Kirkcaldy area, do tune in on 1287AM or Channel 3 on the hospital headsets to "Where The Action Is", a blend of mod, soul, Motown, girl groups/singers and alternative pop from the late 50s through to the early 70s.

Feel free to leave a comment or indeed a request or two. I can't promise to play it immediately - the shows are usually done live but prepared two or three weeks in advance - but I'll endeavour to play them within a month.

The Cat
=^..^=

Tuesday 6 October 2009

Grace Maxwell - Never Met a Girl Like You Before

The issue of file-sharing continue as Grace Maxwell, Edwyn Collins wife and manager, once again waxes lyrical on the problems of record companies making and breaking their own rules and stealing from artists they claim to be fighting for.

On the techdirt.com website Grace's recent comments have been repeated with more comment from the lady herself and Brendan Brown from Wheatus.

With many posters urging Grace to seek legal redress on Edwyn's behalf, and, at the very least issue, a cease and desist letter to Warners, so beloved of the RIAA, Grace said:

"Good evening folks, I'm the author of this post. It's true we could sue and it may have to come to that. I wouldn't spend a penny on it. Edwyn (who had a stroke in 2005 and has some speech and language issues) could authorise me to bring a case on his behalf as litigant in person in the British courts. The last time I had to threaten a major with this, in 1994, after six fruitless years of correspondence exchange/stalling, they admitted liability and settled in full. In that case, as I believe in this, the company was not malicious, just rubbish at knowing what it does and doesn't own. They own so much, you see, they assume they own everything and attach ISRC codes will nilly. This particular infringement comes from our having licensed the track on a non exclusive basis to be used on a Charlie's Angels soundtrack. Even the business affairs guy at Warner UK whom I have been dealing with seems powerless to wrest the track from the system. Like I say, not evil, just slack and hidebound. We're not bitter or furious, we know our industry well. Edwyn's career spans thirty years. It simply amuses me to hear them wail about copyright theft. I think the word is hubris.

Edwyn is hail and hearty and after four years hard graft, performing and recording again. These days we don't much sweat the small stuff. And small stuff is an increasingly accurate description of the old behemoth record companies as they flail around desperately trying to protect their "property.""

One poster "Anonymous Coward" asked where Warners came into the equation and Grace clarified things for him/her:

"Hi there Coward...to satiate your curiosity, a little background. Edwyn was the main man in an eighties band called Orange Juice who never troubled the charts in the US but did rather well here in the UK. He nonetheless has some very loyal followers over your way, partly because in addition to being a rather glorious songwriter (biased) he was something of a trail blazer, forming an influential and truly independent label with others in 1979 called Postcard Records of Scotland. This spirit has informed his career throughout; unwilling to sign his life away, he now owns most of his copyrights. We're not that territorial about them. Enthusiastic admirers spreading the word? We're all for it. Grist to the mill."

Brendan from Wheatus: "As an former major label artist, this fish flopping just gets more embarrassing with every cheese lip lame ass "statement".

Dear Other Artists,

If you don't want your music leaked then don't give it to anyone you think might leak it. If your "record deal" stipulates you must then grow a pair and try to get out of it...you are in the life you chose and chastising the working people who made it all possible for you is some spoiled brat bullshit.

Home taping didn't kill music in the late 70'early 80's, it helped it. So does piracy help the cream rise to the top today. The artificial market place you were used to is being replaced by a real one.

Dear Techdirt Thinkers,

Making music and selling it for a REASONABLE profit on the internet are not as complicated as my defunct 78 page agreement with a certain Major Label or the RIAA would have you believe. Licensing IP to outlets who seek to profit from it is even easier. Any ML artists who talk down to you are trying to protect an unsustainable and corrupt system that has failed upward for decades and can no longer afford to hold up the weight at the top. The plan, as always, is to make you pay more for less. Resist!

Go True Indie Music Only,
brendan b brown
wheatus.com"

He continued: "Some of us have managed to pry our revenue streams from the white knuckled hands of the titans in the towers. Your taste not withstanding, at wheatus.com we are doing exactly what you would love to see your favorite artists doing (donwnload free or donate). It's not hard it's not expensive, and it IS equitable.

Hang in there...these Majors will be gone soon and when they finally give up the ghost new musical and youth culture movements will be born."

To which Grace replied: "Dear Brendan from Wheatus, good points well made......go true indie now..."

Would you donate money to help Grace take on the majors on Edwyn's behalf? In the RIAA trial versus Jammie Thomas-Rasset the RIAA charged each illegal download at the rate of $80,000 each, which, in her case, totalled $1.92million. With a song as popular as "A Girl Like You" Edwyn/Grace would stand to make a pretty penny although, I imagine, they'd give some of it away to good causes. I'm surprised lawyers aren't banging down their door to help out.

Sunday 4 October 2009

The Cat on "Where The Action Is" Kirkcaldy VRN 1287 AM - Sunday 4 October 2009

Here's the playlist for tonight's edition of "Where The Action Is".

The Settlers - Major To Minor (Pye 1967)
The Quik - Bert's Apple Crumble (Decca 1967) (show theme)
The Small Faces - (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me (Immediate 1976)
Scott Walker - Jackie (Philips 1967)
Jenny Wren - Chasing My Dream All Over Town (Fontana 1964)
Peanut - Home of the Brave (Pye 1965)
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run (Gordy 1965)
Pattie Lane - Paper Dreams (Polydor 1968)
The Merry-Go-Round - A Clown's No Good (A&M 1967) (Connect 3)
Jackie Lee - Lonely Clown (Columbia 1965) (Connect 3)
The Scots of St. James - Eiderdown Clown (Spot 1967) (Connect 3)
Lesley Dawson - Run For Shelter (Mercury 1967)
Arthur Alexander - Where Have You Been (London 1962)
Big Star - Daisy Glaze (Ardent 1974) (Birthday: 4/10/52 Jody Stephens, Drummer)
The Searchers - Popcorn Double Feature (Pye 1967)
Linda Kendrick - When Your Love Is Warm (Polydor 1966)
Petula Clark - Entre Nous Il Est Fou (She's A Fool) (Vogue 1963) (Foreign Language)
The Soul Survivors - Look At Me (Dot 1965)
Jimmy Smith - The Cat (Verve 1964) (Half-Time Instrumental)
Lesley Duncan - See That Guy (Mercury 1965)
The Wedgewoods - Summer Love (Pye 1965)
The Beach Boys - Darlin' (Capitol 1968) (A to Z of The Beach Boys - D)
Dennis Wilson - River Song (Caribou 1977) (A to Z of The Beach Boys - D)
Diane Lancaster - How I Need Him (Polydor 1966)
Boyce and Hart - Out and About (A&M 1967)
The BMX Bandits - Come Clean (Vinyl Japan 1991) (Under The Influence)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - I Gotta Dance To Keep From Crying (Motown 1966)
Val McKenna - Now That You've Made Up Your Mind (Piccadilly 1965)
Tracy Rogers - Baby (Polydor 1966)
Dee King - Sally Go Round the Roses (Pye 1966) (Connect 3)
Michelle - Sally Fool (Polydor 1966) (Connect 3)
The Utopias - Sally Bad (Fortune 1965) (Connect 3)
Bobby Hebb - Love Love Love (Philips 1967)
The Bystanders - Make Up Your Mind (Pye 1967)
Kiki Dee - Miracles (Fontana 1964) (Two of a Kind)
Kiki Dee - Put A Little Love In Your Heart (Tamla Motown 1970) (Two of a Kind)
The Marvelettes - I'll Keep Holding On (Tamla Motown 1965)
Lori Balmer - Four Faces West (Polydor 1968)
The Honeys - Goodnight My Love (Capitol 1969)
The Quik - Bert's Apple Crumble (Decca 1967) (show theme)

If you'd like to suggest a topic for one or both of the Connect 3 features or an artist for the Two of a Kind, Foreign Language, Half-Time Instrumental or Under the Influence features then feel free.

Remember, if you're ever involved in a non-fatal accident in the Kirkcaldy area, do tune in on 1287AM or Channel 3 on the hospital headsets to "Where The Action Is", a blend of mod, soul, Motown, girl groups/singers and alternative pop from the late 50s through to the early 70s.

Feel free to leave a comment or indeed a request or two. I can't promise to play it immediately - the shows are usually done live but prepared two or three weeks in advance - but I'll endeavour to play them within a month.

The Cat
=^..^=