http://www.musiclikedirt.com music in all its many forms, mp3\'s, live reviews and photography. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:00:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Its not every month that sees the return of not one, but two of the most off kilter, unique, and in my case favourite artists, namely Grace Jones and Roots Manuva. Manuva's possibly the only rapper alive who when asked to sum up the spirit of his new album would explain ... http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/07/22/make-way-for-the-originals/ Podcast 04: June 08 (1 hour 09mins) - (download MP3) Subscribe itunes Tracklist: Desmond Dekker - "Intensify '68" ??? - "The Kids Back" - who is this... downloaded it but no MP3 tags, any ideas? Plastic Little - "I'm Not A Thug" - how was this not a hit!? - join mailing list ... http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/07/13/mld-radio-episode-04/ This is where a pithy summary of the last month should be but I'm late for my brothers wedding in Manchester. He'd be most upset if he missed the chance to see me in a suit that makes it look like I work in Carphone Warehouse. Massive Attack - "16 Seeter ... http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/07/05/that-was-the-month-that-was-8/ "To the window, to the wall, till the sweat drops down my balls awwww skeet skeet skeet skeet" Opened in 1951 for the Festival of Britain, and recently revamped for a cool 90 million, The Royal Festival Hall can't often have reverberated to the sound of a couple of thousand people bellowing ... http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/06/25/george-clinton-royal-festival-hall-meltdown/ Podcast 03: May 08 (1 hour 18mins) - (download MP3) Subscribe itunes Its getting later by the month but episode three of music like dirt radio is here, with some of the months finest music squeezed into just over an hour. Don't forget to click on the artist names to ... http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/06/17/mld-radio-episode-03/ The glamour and decadence of seventies Disco beats at the very heart of Hercules & Love Affair and the sleazy streets of Soho somehow seem a fitting setting for their London debut. Hurrying through the rain sodden streets, along Old Compton St - the capitals historical home of homosexuality ... http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/06/08/hercules-love-affair-soho-revue-bar/ [youtube bM_Pf7JhKWo] COMPETITION TIME Analogue Bye Bye returns with a rare competition to mark Epic's remastered reissue of seven Sly & The Family Stone albums. They came out last year with 5 or so bonus tracks on each LP, but Amazon just had them on sale at less than a fiver each! ... http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/06/01/analogue-bye-bye-8/ [youtube EA2luBCxZIw] This is probably old to everyone, but I'd not seen "I Met The Walrus", the beautiful Oscar nominated animation of teenagers conversation with John Lennon.  Back in 1969, a tenacious 14 year old from Toronto heard whispers that John Lennon had just flown in, and managed to not only find his hotel, ... http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/05/27/beats-n-pieces-3/ "Think of this MP3 as a first glimpse of a glass dorsal fin approaching in the water, then holler Brody like “We’re gonna need a bigger boat!”." It was late 2006 when Glass Shark first featured on this blog causing me to exhaust all my nautical fish related puns in one ... http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/05/18/glass-shark-tommy-flynns/ A quick post to go with a May mix from music like dirt's sister site, Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This Before (actually my brothers blog, but brother site doesnt sound right). I've a few gig reviews, an Analogue Bye Bye and the return of "Listen To This" coming ... http://www.musiclikedirt.com/2008/05/16/stop-me/