Tim Booth

[iainjclark]

I always knew George W Bush was only joking about being President...

Well, it amused me anyway. (I found it on author Peter David's weblog.)

In other news, I ordered the new solo album by Tim Booth, former James frontman, today. James somehow passed me by in their heyday, but I've got really into them recently - mainly the classic albums Laid and Seven, which have some outstandingly good tracks on them. Hope his solo stuff is, well, any good.

I'm very bad at buying new albums, and especially at buying artists I haven't tried before. For some reason I have a near pathological fear that I won't like them, and will therefore end up with a crap CD in my collection. No idea why this should be an issue - half my collection is crap already. :-)

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[mattia.livejournal.com]

Eesh.

Alternately, check out archive.org, see if there be any artists that grab you there. Free and legal live show downloads. I reccomend Jason Mraz, personally. Look for the highest rated show you can find, and give it a try. Big files, but legal. Has made me go buy albums, it has.

[iainjclark.livejournal.com]

Promising site, thanks. I think I tried a bit of Jason Mraz but I can't remember much about it! I might give him another go.

I did try sampling some Damien Rice via download. However, my efforts
were totally undermined when I promptly forgot I'd ever tried him, and bought the album based on the reviews on the cover thinking I was being marvelously spontaneous. Maybe it worked on a subconscious level. :-)

I also bought some Matt Nathanson stuff based on downloading a few tracks. His early stuff is great and he's very funny live, but he's increasingly producing tracks that wouldn't sound out of place on Smallville.

[mattia.livejournal.com]

I also bought some Matt Nathanson stuff based on downloading a few tracks. His early stuff is great and he's very funny live, but he's increasingly producing tracks that wouldn't sound out of place on Smallville.

He too is available for download. Who else can get a crowd to chant 'Mullett', eh? And I find that's a problem I have with a lot of artists' albums; the latest John Mayer pales in comparison to his underproduced pre-label release, and definitely compared to his Live stuff. Mraz Live is better than Mraz in the studio as well.

I mean, occassionally I'm in the mood for some very slick, produced stuff. But I prefer it a little more on the raw side.