mixtape | love is in the air

yes it's valentine's day, so here's a bunch of songs with love in the title:

::: saint etienne - only love can break your heart
::: the house of love - love in a car (peel session)
::: ac/dc - let me put my love in
::: the beatles - all you need is love ("love" album version)
::: bjork - all is full of love (live at the royal opera house)
::: sebadoh - brand new love ("freed weed" version)
::: cicero blake - a woman needs to be loved
::: air - playground love (vibraphone version)
::: paul anka - love cats
::: bis - love will tear us apart
::: angelo badalamenti - love theme from twin peaks
::: jimi hendrix - love or confusion
::: whitesnake - is this love
::: the source ft. candi staton - you got the love
::: lil' kim - she don't love you
::: power of dreams - 100 ways to kill a love
::: keith john adams - in love
::: neil young - only love can break your heart

zzzipped.

moose setlist

aaah, those were the days.

this set list was swiped from the stage of the town & country club (now the forum) in london after the house of love had left the stage. the gig was number 2 in hol's 3x set of gigs. the line up at the t&c was the cranberries, moose then hol. sadly we missed the cranberries and half of moose's set, having been at the first gig at ulu. but it was worth it to see guy and co at ulu.

check this scan of a review of the gig from select magazine - check page 2 for a photo of me grinning like a loon as i got off the bus (note the inspirals "joe" tshirt). it was an awesome night.

flip the plate over and you've got autographs from everyone in the house of love. my friend pete got these for me at the boston arms - i was too much of a whimp to ask.


::: moose - boy

guy chadwick | lazy, soft & slow

the house of love will always be one of my favourite bands, but this album will always be a disappointment - some nice moments but overall guy just sounds tired. and he looks bloody awful in the sleeve photos.

released by setanta in 1998.

it's risotto.

various | select 12

in my formative indie years, i.e. ca. 1990, i was short of money and long on a thirst for this new music called indie. before then i had never really concerned myself particularly with genres and record labels and all that stuff. no, i was too busy listening to queen, eurythmics and def leppard to care about that. but then the stone roses and ride came along and kicked the shit out of all that. and suddenly i was wide awake, eyes wide open, legs spread, arms outstretched (you get the idea) for more.

so being a skint schoolboy, freebie cover-mounted compilations became a godsend. two in particular really hit the spot, both courtesy of now defunct select magazine. the first came with the launch issue in 1990, and i can still remember the particular shopping trip, or at least the fact that i picked up this magazine with a picture of prince on the cover (or rather an impersonator) and one of my first cds ever: "come home" by james. good times.

anyway, i listened to that tape over and over. i still have it somewhere i think, or hope. but rather than hunt it down i figured it was easier just to recreate it. so here it is. a bit of an odd mix perhaps but some real gems in there.

the house of love obviously come out on top, one of those perfectly produced, perfectly played songs that constantly revolves around my head. almost no one outside australia knows about the hummingbirds, but they really should. 'whoops' provides a snapshot of pre chart-fame james. "talkin' with myself" is a classic. and i'm not really sure what cameo is doing on there.

there's one song missing: ruby blue. if anyone has it i'd love to hear it again.

1. the house of love - se dest
2. james - whoops
3. yello - angel no
4. electribe 101 - talkin' with myself
5. the walker brothers - my ship is coming in
6. the hummingbirds - house taken over
7. ruby blue - quiet mind
8. the lilac time - fields
9. dusty springfield - breakfast in bed
10. tom verlaine - cooleridge
11. the fall - i'm frank
12. cameo - i want it now

released by select magazine in october 1990.

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