ENGLANDE

BACK FROM LA

DOING HARDTALK FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 5 YEARS TOMORROW I NEVER KNEW I WAS THAT INTERESTING ALSO DOING NEWS 24 AND THE NEWS ON BBC NO DOUBT ABOUT THE DOWNFALL OF MAJOR'S TO HEDGE FUNDS I.E EMI.IT'S ALL A PROCESS OF GETTING BETTER.THE MAJORS ARE JADED AND FUCKED AND WE NEED RID OF THEM SO TO BE HONEST THE SMART MOVES ARE BY THE BANKS WAITING FOR THE IDIOTS AT THE MAJORS TO WORK OUT HOW THEY GET PAID IN THE DIGITAL WORLD DON'T HOLD YOU'RE BREATH IN THE MEANTIME THEY ARE BUYING UP THE MAJOR'S I LOVE IT.THE ONLY WAY FORWARD FOR MUSIC IS DIY WHICH UNBELIEVABLY THE INDIE THING WAS ALL ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO.AS MUCH AS THIS STICKS IN MY THROAT RESPECT TO GEOFF TRAVIS FOR BEING AHEAD OF THE GAME WITH ROUGH TRADE DISTRIBUTION 30 YEARS AGO.HE GAVE ME MY FIRST BREAK WE JUST PERSONALLY DON'T GET ON.WE NEVER REALLY DID BUT MANAGING THE LIBERTINES WAS THE WORST TIME IN MY MUSIC LIFE EMOTIONALLY AND PERSONALLY AND DESTROYED ANY PATHETIC RELATIONSHIP ME AND TRAVIS EVER HAD IF THERE WAS EVER ONE THERE ANYWAY WE HAD THE ONLY GOOD THING OUT OF IT WAS I MET GARY AND CARL AND WENT ON TO WORK WITH BOTH TO THIS DAY.LA WAS A GAS AND THE ALBUM ME AND BURGESS ARE WORKING ON IS BRILLIANT I CAN'T SAY ANYMORE AS THEY ARE BOTH MY FRIENDS WHO ARE MAKING IT. I MEET CARL'S ACCOUNTANT ON FRIDAY AS WE CHANGED THE MANGEMENT SET UP TIME FOR A CHANGE FOR ALL CONCERNED AS I WANT A SMALLER BAND ROSTER MANAGEMENT WISE AS MY REAL FINANCIAL BUSINESS IN THE LAST DECADE IS PROPERTY,ART AND SHARES BUT MUSIC WILL ALWAYS BE MY FIRST LOVE SO I WILL NOW START ALAN MCGEE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED WITH THE CHARLATANS/DIRTY PRETTY THINGS AND BLACK AFFAIR STEVE MASON'S[ MY MISSION IN LIFE IS TO GET HIM A BIG AUDIENCE THE BETA BAND SHOULD HAVE BEEN MASSIVE HIS NEW BAND ARE SUPERB WE ARE SIGNING HIM TO V2] I ALSO AM DUE TO WORK WITH ONE OF MY FAVOURITE EVER AMERICAN ARTISTS ON THE BEGINNING OF HIS 3RD ALBUM IF HE ACTUALLY STILL WANTS A MANAGER WE HAVE TO GET INTO THE LEGALS FIRST BEFORE IT'S OFFICIAL BUT HE'S A GENIUS AND I BADLY WANT TO WORK WITH HIM.THE LA ALBUM ME AND TIM ARE WORKING ON IS GENIUS IF THEY WANT ME MORE INVOLVED IN A MANAGEMENT CAPACITY I WILL DO IT AS I LOVE THOSE CATS IT'S THERE CALL I LOVE THEM BUT NO MORE ARTISTS AFTER THAT FOR OUR NEW COMPANY AS 5 ARTISTS IS AS MANY AS WE CAN EVER NEED AS WE WILL ONLY WORK WITH GENIUS NOT 20% MONEY CERTS.QUALITY NOT QUANTITY.ALSO I HAVE TAKEN ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE I HAVE COME ACROSS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WORKING IN MUSIC SOME OF THEM FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS AT CREATION MANAGEMENT ALONG TO THE NEW MANAGEMENT COMPANY SO THE RETURN OF MY MAIN MAN RICHIE FOULKES ON TOUR LOGISTICS IS NOW BACK IN THE FOLD CREATION MANAGEMENT FOR ME LOST IT'S SOUL THE DAY HE WAS MADE ''REDUNDANT''.AS FOR A 50% BUISNESS PARTNER I DON'T WANT ONE I DON'T NEED ANYBODY ELSE TELLING ME THERE OPINION ON A CHARLATANS DEMO SORRY BUT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU'RE MUSICAL OPINION AS I DON'T WANT TO KNOW IT ANYMORE.I HAVE RUSELL'S FOR LEGALS AND WILLOTT KINGSTON SMITH FOR ACCOUNTANCY.ALSO STARTING THE BRITISH''VERSION'' OF PITCHFORK INDIE INTERNET MAGAZINE WITH PAUL MY FRIEND AND A@R DUDE FOR POPTONES THESE LAST 2 YEARS. I AM NOW RUNNING DOWN POPTONES OVERALL IN 2007 IT WAS ACTUALLY MUSICALLY FUN IN THE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH PAUL PITY ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE I FEEL RECORD COMPANIES ARE THE MOST BORING THING IN THE WORLD TO OWN SO AT 46 LET MY KID RUN ONE..ONWARDS WAKS RECORDS I THINK HE GAVE ME A SHARE IF 1% OF WAKS!!????.I AM SELLING THE OFFICE BLOCK OUR NEW MANAGEMENT COMPANY WILL BE RUN BY MOBILES AND LAPTOPS SO WE WILL SPEND MORE TIME MANAGING NOT FEELING IMPORTANT AT BIG DESKS IN BUILDINGS THAT DON'T EVEN BELONG TO PARTICULAR INDIVIDUUALS I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF BUYING A RANCH IN ARIZONA AMERICA IS GREAT 2.18 DOLLARS TO THE POUND AND IN HAVE FRIENDS IN LA WHO ALL OWN PLACES IN ARIZONA AND NEVADA WHICH ARE BOTH ONE HOUR FLYING TIME AWAY AWAY FROM LA SO BUSINESS IS UNAFFECTED AND A GLASWEGIAN WITH A RANCH SORRY BUT EVEN I KNOW THAT'S FUCKING MENTAL.I WILL LIVE BETWEEN THE 2 LOCATIONS LA AND LONDON FROM NOW ON I DO ANYWAY HAVE DONE FOR 6 MONTHS WITH ARIZONA FOR AN ENCORE.MY FAMILY WILL GET BROUGHT UP IN THE UK AS AMERICA IS TO INSANE MY 18 YEAR OLD LOVES LONDON AND IS OBSESSED BY HIS BAND THE HATCHEM SOCIAL AND THE SIX YEAR OLD LOVES HER SCHOOL IN LONDON SO LONDON WILL ALWAYS BE THE BASE OF MCGEE OPERATIONS BUT IN THE NEW DIGITAL WORLD YOU HAVE TO HAVE AMERICA AND EUROPE IN FIGHTING DISTANCE TO COMPETE IN MUSIC. THE SYNCH PEOPLE LIVE IN LA AND THESE PEOPLE ARE THE NEW A&R PEOPLE THEY BREAK BANDS IN 2007 NOT RECORD COMPANIES.THE CHARLATANS MADE 50KUS LAST WEEK IN TV AND GAME SYNCHS SO YOU HAVE TO BE THERE.FILMS AND TV SHOWS BREAK ARTISTS.DEATH DISCO TV WILL START IN JULY ON ROCKWORLD ON SKY DIGITAL AND MY FRIENDS ANNALISA AND ADAM DINEEN WILL FRONT IT FOR ME I WOULD DIE OF FRIGHT IF I HAD TO PRESENT IT.LIFE IS ABOUT CHANGE AND BEING CREATIVE I AM 46 I HAVE ABOUT 14 YEARS LEFT BEING WEST OF SCOTLAND BORN ON THE HEALTH METRE BEFORE I CROAK IT SO I MAY AS WELL LIVE IT TO THE FULL MY OLD MUM WENT AT 54.REALLY PLEASED AT MY NEW TEAM OF MUSIC FANATICS[THEY ARE ALL 24/7 FULL ON BAND PEOPLE AS AM I MY MOBILE IS OFF 5 HOURS A DAY AS I SLEEP OTHERWISE YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT ME] ALEX ANDREWS/JAMES FERN/VANESSA BUDDINGER/RICHIE FOULKES AND DOMINIQUE CROWE WITH MY LAWYER AND ACCOUNTANT AS MY LEGAL AND FINANCIAL PEOPLE MAKE IT BULLETPROOF.KEEP IT SMALL ALAN MCGEE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED WILL ALWAYS BE ABOUT THE MUSIC LUCKILY FOR ME I CAN LIVE THIS IDEOLOGY AFTER THE SUCESS OF THE NINETIES WITH OASIS SELLING 50 MILLION RECORDS AND STILL SELLING AND ALSO CREATION SONGS PUBLISHING THEM AND ME PERSONALLY INVESTING WISELY WHICH IS WEIRD I GOT IT RIGHT.CREATION MANAGEMENT AFTER RICHIE FOLKES WENT IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR I FELT NO EMPATHY WITH THE CREATION MANAGEMENT I WENT IN ONCE BEAUSE I NEEDED A PISS AFTER HE LEFT[BY MISTAKE] AND I NOW FEEL REINVIGORATED ABOUT MUSIC AGAIN AS I HAVE PEOPLE I LOVE AROUND ME AGAIN WORKING WITH ME AND WE FEEL LIKE A GANG OF PIRATES ALREADY GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE PEOPLE I NEVER CONNECTED WITH AT CREATION MANAGEMENT BUT I KNOW THEY TRIED THERE BEST JUST NOT MY KIND OF PEOPLE BUT SHIT HAPPENS AND WE ALL MOVE ON.THANK FUCK FOR MUSIC IT GOT ME OUT OF GLASGOW..MCGEE

SOMETIMES.

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Actually they're in Wales.

Funny, we were clearing out or old car just before it got towed off for scrap, yesterday.

Found a copy of "ILX has a bucket" and relived this track.

And here are the words to it!

how many more fucking times are they gonna do a broken_britan story based on these photos which are now about five years old

Every time it wins a photojournalism award.

Haha yeah, this was the project I referred to upthread, read this and figured it had to be immortalized.

In a fine way, too.

i thought i recognized those photos! so weird that they just run them over and over

wales was a medeving place

Fancy 'doing' Wales, Ned?

Only if the magic of TIM creates it.

MADE OF WOOD made of wood MADE OF WOOD made of wood MADE OF WOOD made of wood MADE OF WOOD made of wood MADE OF WOOD made of wood MADE OF WOOD made of wood MADE OF WOOD made of wood MADE OF WOOD made of wood

made of orleans

ENGLANDE de doodle-de doo