Alan McGee's Greatest Crime

Are you talking about the dance act Gareth? Possibly not, they had to change their name to Medicine8 this week after someone threatened action. Apparently they've an album out this summer which should be fantastic judging by "Capital Rocka" and "Ape Can't Kill Ape", er.....proceed with the discussion.

gareth do you have any links to brad laner's new stuff?

he dug adorable more than suede. that is the mark of a madman. then, the rest of it is sony history, re promotion....but that is from articles and such. i never was a big fan of adorable.

gareth, what do you make of boobytrap?

I have a copy of it somewhere, it was pretty good.

i'm just wondering what to investigate on tiger beat.

what shitty timing....

Adorable's first album is better than anything Suede could ever and will ever put out. The second one, however, is not.

Boobytrap is an ace Welsh label.

and, by his own admission, "73 in 83"

'God Bless Momus/BP FALLON/The Cult/DEEP PURPLE/Tony Visconti/Dirty Harry/Dr Matt Destruction/Lemmy/Mani and John Zimmerman x'

Of course, he only put Momus in there because I dared him to. But God Bless McGee for having the guts to, er, stand by his mistakes!

Wichita also put out the last Elastica single...

course then they did about a year after.

ace though that ad was.

more like, momus.

must admit, i understand and dig your sound more since hearing the el records comp.

alan mcgee = stan lee mike alway = jack kirby momus = steve ditko

discuss.

listen, i could response but i only have to say one thing, stan lee is god. stan lee did the silver surfer. 'nuff said.

he's quit, apparently: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1796266.ece

Knowing his laser sharp instinct for the next big thing I'd imagine he'll seek out a career in an industry that he sees going places - investment banking or real estate for example.

As for the original question, the only crime I can think of Alan McGee doing is that Poptones didn't use the original covers on their reissues of 60s classics.

With his track record, he truly is a legend.

A NEWSPAPER NOT A 'VIEWS-PAPER', GORDON SMART

His only "crime" I can think of is his recent haphazard revisionism regarding My Bloody Valentine.

His only "crime" I can think of s those many, many times he broke the law.

^lol

el vez was kind of a hoot live. i had fun anyway.

How can crossing Public Image with Jose Felianco be a crime?

this column is easily the best thing on the guardian music section right now.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/apr/21/charlotte-church-kevin-shields
i dont know whats going on but i hope it continues like this.

why is this asshole still alive while tony wilson is dead?

titchy you have such weird taste in journalists

As an exercise in satire it is pretty mid ranking but the clueless fucktards who comment underneath each week render it worthwhile

my understanding was that ilxor of yore and upthread lickspittling 'doomie' actually writes these columns tho

iirc titchy dislikes marina hyde's writing but likes this? i don't get how someone can have those opinions

who is he satirising, himself? who cares?

my understanding was that ilxor of yore and upthread lickspittling 'doomie' actually writes these columns tho

doomie was barely literate iirc, also article not "enthusiastic" enough

apparently this is what doomie does these days http://toocooltodie.com/

Um

The first official leak from the forthcoming MIA is called ‘Born Free’, a cool drunk punk and semi-rave track, which has MIA snarling over what has to be the most audacious sampling move, ever - she samples ‘Ghostrider’ by Suicide.

in that this seems like the sort of idiotic thing he would say, this checks out

My Bloody Valentine.

And his rude comments about Coldplay.

Seriously, what the fuck does he have to complain about regarding Kevin Shields & MBV when he signed the-ultimate-jesus-fuck-of-all-rock-bands, oasis? why does he continue to care? you're not bankrupt anymore (?!?!?)

That column just looked like it was written to make Kevin laugh.

In my case I would say signing MBV was his biggest mistake.

oh yeah, massive mistake - what a failure.

they can't all be ed ball/hurricane #1/some other shit creation band i've forgotten oh no i mean teenage fanclub

the twitter account was good

In my case I would say signing MBV was his biggest mistake.

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Monday, 26 April 2010 14:48 (19 minutes ago) Bookmark

Musically, I totally disagree. but, as a business decision you're probably right.

charming

http://themusic.com.au/newsletter/alan-mcgee-i-laughed-at-warehouse-fire

Alan McGee's two greatest crimes to my mind are Mishka (I mean, what was going on there) and putting out that Kevin Rowland covers album where Mr. Rowland is wearing all that women's get-up.

My Bloody Valentine aren't to my taste, but I definitely wouldn't call it Alan McGee's biggest crime. Didn't he hate MBV and the Boo Radleys at the time, anyhow?

McGee's big masterstroke in my eyes was signing Super Furry Animals, who have had a life-span far exceeding pretty much everybody's expectations.

xpost To be fair, someone who works for one of the labels affected by the warehouse fire told me it had enabled them to get rid of loads of unsold stock that was never going to sell, for which they'd finally get some money in ...

interestingly enough I recently followed Alan McGee into a cafe in St Johns Wood while he was talking on his mobile. I kid you not he spoke the words 'it's like a greek jazz band but heavier'. pray for the children.
― Barnaby, Sunday, 12 May 2002 00:00 (9 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

And yet, we are all looking for 'greek jazz bands but heavier'

I missed a "now" out there (after the first comma, it's not the Daily Express innit?)

Fear.

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/alan_mcgee_talks_magick_music_and_his_new_movie_kubricks

‘For the last 5 years, I have been studying Crowley / Osman Spare and the Chaos Magickians. I got into Crowley because everybody told me not to go there so, of course, I did and ended up at Chaos Magick.

‘I 100% love Aleister Crowley. The Book of the Law is my Bible. I love him. Anybody that is still demonised by the media seventy years later had to be on it and he was. He was the ultimate libertarian.

‘I believe in the power of will. If I want something to happen it does. It always has and that was before I read Pete J Carroll. I really wanted Creation Records to become massive and to get the biggest band in the world and I did.

‘I wanted to become rich and I did, which sounds crass but I come from Glasgow we had fuck all, so having money interested me and still does.

‘If I really want something it comes to me. That was before I learned you can do it with technique, we all can read the right books and be very accurate in what I want to achieve.'

"the biggest band in the world"

Its good to be able to look back and decide that what you got was exactly all you wanted.

Shaved head and soul