What a Cnut.

With this small playlist of songs... The Smiths - What diference does it make . Fishbone - Lemon Meringue . Johnny Cash (ft U2) - The Wanderer . The Art of Noise - Moments in Love . the Foo Fighters (Live in Hollywood) - Everlong . Have a Happy Monday.

But the music itself is the thing. Ladies and Gentlemen, Abdel Hadi Halo and the El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers performing "Win Saadi" (Recorded Live on Jools Holland.)

This is possibly one of the most heartwrenching songs I've ever heard. I've heard it so many times in my life that I could sing along if it wasn't for the fact that I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket but never realised what it's about. Now that I know it's about child abuse it breaks my heart listening to it. But listen to it I will. And so can you... Ladies and Gentlemen, Suzanne Vega - Luka (Recorded live at Abbey Road studios).

If upbeat and catchy pop is your bag you should check out The Ting Tings album "We started Nothing" as it's as upbeat and catchy as you can get without stepping over the, very fine, line between good music and aural torture. If you're anything like me the first song on an album can make or break it and in this respect The Ting Tings do not fall short. The first song, Great DJ, is possibly the catchiest song I've heard since The Farm released Groovy Train . Great DJ is followed by That's not my name , a tune that defies even my jaded old pop pallate and manages to make me join in on the chorus. From then on in The Ting Tings manage to produce a finely honed album that does what all good pop music should do, make you tap your feet, and does so with a touch rarely seen these days when music is churned out through a giant music mincer in a factory where Simon Cowell is the head slaughterman. More often than not the second and third album are what a band ends u...

That no matter how hard you wish and plead to the fairies, or kiss a lucky cloverleaf, or click your heels together and recite "There's no place like home... There's no place like home... There's no place like home..." or pray to the very Gods themselves... You cannot transport yourself through the sub ether (Or whatever the correct terminology is) and materialise on a beach in Mozambique. This was not an easy thing to accept at the time, as I was standing behind a bar trying not to scream in someones face "YOU'RE AS INTERESTING AS A SECOND HAND TEABAG! GET OUT MY SIGHT BEFORE I STAB YOU IN THE HEAD WITH A PEN!" , so I focused my concentration and tried for somewhere closer to home... Specifically, Wales. Don't ask why my mind chose Wales, because I don't know. Of all the places I could have chosen that are closer to my house than Mozambique, which is six thousand and forty three miles away, at the time Wales seemed as good a place as any. D...

Whack these tunes on and chill out. William Orbit - Adagio for strings .* Sigur Ros - Milano . Groove Armada - At the River . Jimi Hendrix - Little Miss Strange . REM - All the Right Friends . Elliot Smith - Because . Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah . Foo Fighters - Aurora . * Mum, download that and let Dad hear it. It's a piece of music I said was brilliant and he got Stuart to get him a copy of it. Sadly it was being played on the bagpipes. This is the version that doesn't make you want to shove freshly sharpened pencils in your ears.

Rach for pointing me in the direction of playlist.com . My playlist page can be seen by clicking here .

In the spirit of open communication without borders or boundaries I give to you a small sample of music that floats my boat, rocks my world and makes me shake my tailfeathers. The Stone Roses - Shoot You Down (Soul Hooligan remix) The Foo Fighters - Aurora . Groove Armada - At the River . Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin . ( Live at Sin-é ) Jimi Hendrix - Little Miss Strange . The Pixies - Where is My Mind . Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig . REM - All the Right Friends . *Disclaimer* All music linked to from this site is provided for review purposes only. Should you wish to own any of the tracks listed above please support the artist in question and buy a copy.

I thought I'd take the opportunity to list the music currently knocking my hearing into the dirt. So here we go... Brian Wilson - Smile. Fear and Loathing - Official soundtrack. Foo Fighters - There is nothing left to lose. Groove Armada - Soundboy Rock. Groove Armada - The Best Of. H G Wells - The Time Machine (Audiobook) Happy Mondays - Bummed. Happy Mondays - Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches. Jeff Buckley - Live at Sin e. Jeff Buckley - Sketches for (my sweetheart the drunk) Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland. Monty Python - Greatest hits. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Various. Orbital - Various. Pearl Jam - Ten. Pearl Jam - MTV Unplugged. Pearl Jam - Live in Salt Lake City. Peter Sellers - 20th Century Genius. Nick Drake - Pink Moon. Placebo - Meds. Prince - Sign O The Times. Radiohead - Kid A. Ramones - Greatest Hits. REM - Eponymous. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun. Sigur Ros - Takk. Sigur Ros - Von. The American Ch...

For life is but a fleeting thing. However there are things which make it more bearable. Like Music, books, the beauty of the sunrise and the most precious of them all, Love. Music like the album "Sketches for (my sweetheart the drunk" by Jeff Buckley. [ CD 1 CD2 ] [1] Books like " Alice in Wonderland " by Lewis Carrol. And sunrises like these . [3] [1] Courtesy of Anon. [2] Courtesy of Project Gutenburg. [3] Google image search. Enjoy.

This week has been a hodgepodge of different musical tastes. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Facing Future. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Alone In IZ World. The Hours - Narcissus Road. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans. Radiohead - Live! (bootleg) Van Morrison - Astral Weeks. Prince - The Black Album. Fishbone - Truth and Soul. Fishbone - Give A Monkey A Brain And He'll Swear He's The Center Of The Universe. Fishbone - The Essential Fishbone. Led Zeppelin - Early Days & Latter Days 1+2. Prince - Purple Rain. Carl Cox - F.A.C.T. John Mayer - Continuum. Fats Domino - They Call me the Fat Man. The Legendary Imperial Recordings. I'm sure there has been more but I'm fucked if I can remember them.

Today was a day when mood music was not the thing I needed. Today I needed music that wouldn't distract me from my task in hand. Editing the Memoirs of a drunken romantic tale needed concentration so I delved into my CD collection and rooted out a few of the old classics. Led Zeppelin - Coda. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy. Led Zeppelin - Presence. For the Led Zeppelin website click here. Neil Young - Freedom. Neil Young - Harvest. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night. Neil Young - Harvest Moon. For the Neil Young website click here.

Has mostly been comedy. Amongst the comedic geniuses I've listened to have been... Bill Hicks - Revelations - Relentless - One Night Stand - I'm Sorry Folks - Salvation. Richard Pryor - That Nigger's Crazy - Live on Sunset. George Carlin - Life is Worth Losing - Jammin in New York - You're All Diseased. John Pinette - I'm Starvin . There has been the occasional music included but they're mostly the same as the last time I listed my musical listenings .