Hi all a belated happy new year,

Sorry for the lack of messages on here for a few months, I feel
somewhat responsible! Anyway hope youre all keeping well.

Well if we believe the media and the govt we are in the middle of a
recession, which is nice. I do wonder sometimes how do 'recessions
start? Im no financial expert and dont want to be, but i get the
impression that if a load of people start predicting its gonna happen
then everyone believes them and it does! Or is it due to some greedy
men in business? Bit of both probably.

On to cheerier topics and that is the hope for some new EBB material
this year and hopefully a new UK tour. Rob has updated his blog today
which is good to see, he says there should be some dates at the end
of the year. Good to see there are quite a few hits on the EBB on
youtube these days and comments from other fans.

Thanks to the person, sorry I forgot who posted it, the link to the
live concerts website, great stuff. Been listening to Floyd at the
Fillmore 1970.

Carrying on the CD/DVD topics;

CD's

Kate Bush - Aerial and Hounds of Love
Best of Buffalo Springfield
The Aliens - Luna and Astronomy for Dogs - good psychedelic rock
albums by ex Beta band members.

Ben, would be interested in the Chinese Dub stuff from Jah, tell us
whats its like?

DVD's

Joy Division documentary
Operation Good Guys
Fifteen Storeys High - little known BBC3 comedy that lasted for 2
series starring comedian Sean Lock.
Saxondale - Series 2
peep Show - series 5

Would quite like to get hold of the 60s B&W Twilight Zones as well.

Tickets - The Specials reunion tour - Brixton Academy in May,
unfortunately not including Jerry Dammers but all the other
originals.

Anyone, was looking to get a couple Pete Brown/Piblokto albums, as
ive heard good things? Any good?

Cheers

Neil


--- In edgarbroughtonband@..., Ben Waters
<gbwaters@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all, happy new year (let's hope)
>
> little bit of politics...
> Anyone hear Tony Benn on the BBC Today programme the other day? He
was great, he basically ignored the questions and just kept repeating
the contact details for the Gaza appeal that the BBC are refusing to
air.
> Go Tony!
>
> my birthday is Jan 21st so I get loads of cd's and dvd's this time
of year..
> Here's this years bumper crop.
>
> CD's
> Sonny Boy Williamson - The Essential Recordings
> #1 natch, murdered 1948, not the name stealing usurper #2 of the
50's - 60's. Such a joyful sound - He's basically only got 1 lick but
it's a great one...9/10
>
> Stones - 12x5 (remastered)
> sounded better in mono to be honest...7/10
>
> Stones - Decembers Children (and Everybodys) Remastered
> Better material than 12x5, still prefer the original mono sound tho
8/10
>
> Ramones - 1st 4 studio albums, remastered with bonus tracks
> Brilliant of course...Remastering is done well, improved sound. The
Leave Home bonus tracks is a complete gig in LA 1976, their 1st gig
on the west coast. The crowd is enthusiastic at the start and
delerious by the end...the sound of history being made.
> All 4 10/10
>
> Abdel Ali Slimani - Mraya
> Basically a Jah Wobble album feauturing vocalist and percussionist
Abdel.
> Not the best Wob but some good grooves. 6/10
>
> Where Africa Meets the Orient - Noor Shimaal
> like an acoustic minimalist 3 Mustaphas 3...not surprising as it's
a side project of Mustaphas percussionist Salah Dawson Miller 8/10
>
> Roots of Reggae - Various Artists
> 3 disc box set. Live recordings from the 1993 reggae sunfest in
Jamaica.
> Deep dub grooves overlaid with largely incomprehensible
toasting...has it's moments 5/10
>
> NOT RECIEVED YET
> Chinese Dub - Jah Wobble
> Trad Chinese musicians get wobbled
>
> Cabaret Voltaire - Live at the Lyceum
> Recorded 1981 on cassette.
>
>
> DVD's
> Legends of Bottleneck Blues Guitar - Various artists
> Includes 2 stunning performances by Son House, which get 10/10.
> The rest 7/10
>
> Return to the Batcave
> Adam West and Burt Ward ham it up reminiscing and re enacting the
making of the 60's show 7/10
>
> The Outer Limits
> Complete Series 1 and 2 from the 60's. 49 b&w episodes on 13 discs,
some naff but many gems... e.g. talking alien rocks, what more do you
want? How about talking alien rocks that mutate into lobster like
creatures and take over your brain? Or the alien that's lived in a
box in a woman's bedroom for 20 years? Or this, (from the DVD
booklet) ' ..a drifter wanders into an ominous mansion looking for
help following a road accident. Confirming his unsettling suspicions
are the houses eccentric occupants: a shady finacier and his shrewish
wife, a faded silent movie queen, and a sad wispy young woman. Oh
yes, let us not forget the pulsating alien brain in the attic...' 9/10
>
> Ramones - It's Alive 1974 - 1996
> 5 hours of live performances
> drool, slobber 10/10
>
>
>
> Benjamin Horrendous
>
> visit my website
> http://www.benjaminhorrendous.co.uk
>