We're a bit thin on the ground here, guys. Nobody coming to the matches anymore?
Before we get going, big shout-out to
Goofle, whose update I missed right at the end of the year. His list of AOTY for 2016 in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...63-2016-a.html include Lemon Demon, Carly Rae and Xiu Xiu. Sorry we missed ya out Goof! I'll be using
Trucker's Choice stay-awake pills in future!
Those who did turn up this week lined out as follows:
Most gurus specialise in one thing that they've become very good at, which is why they're the guru of whatever, but
innerspaceboy is no ordinary guru. Now adding the ability to spot an ambient record at 350 feet to his already considerable list of powers, he's revealing the fact that he's also a musician, and is dispensing advice on how to set up a recording studio in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...nnerspace.html. Oh, and hopefully he's also getting into the podcast business. Plenty of willing and interested listeners here, dude!
Having been absent for the last update,
Ki is back and he's defending Travis Scott to the death in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...usic-hall.html while there's a list of anticipated releases in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...is-arcade.html including
Ghost Recon: Wildlands and
Outlast 2. There's finally some closure in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...iii-story.html, which I think we're all happy for him about.
Seems
Mondo Bungle hates the title
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-my-life.html, but until he gets a mod to change it this is how it remains I guess. Talking about the Kinks and Megadeth this week.
A year after his last post
Neapolitan is back exploring
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...dern-rock.html where he's looking at Model Citizens, Suburban Lawns and Lora Logic while
we're finishing off (for now) Robert Wyatt with his third album in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-journal.html, catching up with Strontium Dog in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-2000-ad.html, checking out Mondo's opus in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...-showroom.html and returning to the world of the Moody Blues in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...-showroom.html
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...gy-legend.html makes a return after an extended hiatus, with Sir Gawain, Zeus and the big guy himself, Satan.
This week's award can only go to
Neapolitan, for his return to his journal after a full year. Hopefully it won't be another twelve months before we hear from him again!
And equally there could only be one recipient of this week's award for
and it is of course
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...nnerspace.html where there are so many and varied entries it's hard to keep up with them. And so helpful, too. If I decide to set up a Music Banter Philantrophy Award, man, you'll be the first one up on stage, no doubt about that.
Okay, despite the “threat” I made to
YorkeDaddy last week, I note that his journal promises to update in early January (which is now) as soon as he has finished his new album, so I'll refrain from berating him over the lack of updates to
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...tasy-epic.html, and instead will ask when we will see the return of yet another of the
and it's by this man:
How long must we wait for a new chapter in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...sible-man.html
is what I want to know? One of the finest pieces of writing on this site, with interesting music (not to me but certainly to others) and a narrative that takes a special kind of talent to produce and keep going in concert with the musical sections. The last time Jansz properly updated this was in 2015, so I think we're about due. What about it Jansz? You see my point? (Pun definitely intended).
That's it for this week, bitches! See you all in seven!
Toodles!