What's new at FireboxI was lucky enough to get to see Clutch play at the Zodiac@Oxford Academy on the 18th. Was also a good excuse to try out my new Flip Ultra video camera. Was a good venue to test it out in as I could get near the front and the sound was superb. If I’d known how well the Flip was going to perform I’d have taken much more footage! As it is, here’s 50-odd seconds of Burning Beard.
So, another festival is over. Not a great one this year in all fairness.
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Went to exchange my ticket for a wristband on the Thursday and found the signs for the exchange were absolutely dire. In fact we only saw one and the only place you could see it was AFTER you’d been through the exchange tent. Not good enough…
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First off, against all the odds I survived. I’m here to tell the tale. I’ve been ill though, with festival germs so it’s taken a while for me to get around to this.
I’ve been playing Rock Band a fair bit since I got it a few weeks ago and… I LOVE IT! The Guitar controller is a MUCH better shape for me and although the strumbar having no clicky sound throws me a bit I think it’s probably better and wish I’d started out with a silent strumbar so I’d be used to it.
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This is absolutely outstanding! I am a lover of Theremins anyway (I have a Moog EtherWave - woo!), this is just awesome 
FINALLY got hold of a digital version of “I’m in Love” by Kingmaker. I have it on vinyl & tape, and after many years of searching it turns up on the iTunes store of all places! This song has been personal to me since I was a teenager. I love it. Miss you Loz.
I felt bad for putting up a post about Hadouken! and only showing a below par song. So even though I still know most people who read this will hate them, here’s a better one of their songs:
I don’t know why, but after having my rib-cage smooshed to bits by an insanity of bass in a small tent at Reading this year I’ve had a real soft-spot for Hadouken! They are so young and really seem to be doing something a bit different. Some of their tracks are insanely catchy too. I know a lot of my friends won’t like this, but I likes what I likes, and I likes Hadouken!
It’s not exactly the Hadouken! I’ve come to love. It’s far less in-your-face bassy and a little bit, well… emo sadly. I still like it once you get past the first minute or so, but it’s no ‘Liquid Lives’ or ‘That Boy That Girl’.
