In this edition of my occasional review of wonderful things Twitter has brought to my attention, we have a corrector, a carbie, and the meaning of “no.”
The always entertaining Andy Partridge is on Twitter @xtcfans. I’ve really enjoyed his series of tweets that start with “THE CORRECTOR” where he goes on to share interesting XTC tidbits or to clear up misconceptions about the band that have filtered into the world. He also gives some fun “inside info” with his HTSXTC (How To Speak XTC) tweets. For example:
| XTC @xtcfans THE CORRECTOR-Lemmy changed a string for me whilst we ‘played on’ at an early London show,{roadie didn’t know how to do it} |
| XTC @xtcfans HTSXTC-Reggie Sounds=Bands name for any reggae artist,after actual roadie requesting naively to know who this “Reggie Sounds” was. |
Love it, but Wikipedia beware.
If you want something musical for your eyes, check out Australian photographer Carbie Warbie. He specializes in photographing musicians and captures lots of great live concert pics of bands visiting Down Under. He regularly tweets out his latest work and has quite an archive on his website. I like repeatedly clicking on the “random” button and seeing who pops up.
Finally, for this entry, we have Puppet Rebellion. They formed a little over a year and a half ago in Manchester. Their “No Means Yes” EP was released in March of this year, and it’s quite good. In their edgy post-punk sound I can hear hints of Interpol and maybe some of the atmospherics of Coldplay too. Meanwhile, the fourth track on the EP (called “Green Eyed Monster”) really rocks; I bet it’s a show stopper live. And it looks like some of you lucky people in the UK can catch them live in October.
And aside from the music, I learned a handy tip at their website about cooling beer. Cheers.