As I'd hoped/suspected Rough Trade Shops: Indiepop Vol 1 (I finally bought it...horror of horrors from the HMV at Victoria Station) is brilliantly put together with admirable care and love. Sean (from Rough Trade) has compiled just the right set of songs. In my haste I did compile a list of all the stuff missed out only to discover (of course) that he'd been unable to get any of em (that’s you Girls At Our Best). But its full of the bankers (Pristine Christine, All Fall Down, Pooh Sticks), some recent in the spirit ofs (Camera Obscura, Modesty Blaise) and a few didn't feel right until I listened to em again (Lush, A.R Kane, Groove Farm). Although Everett True sums it up with Pop Will Eat itself "I should fucking coco"....
He's tasked the right duo (fighting talk manifestos from The Legend! and Matt Haynes) and a comprehensive supporting cast (Stephen Pastel, Clare Wadd, Steve Drew) to do 32 pages of ludicrously exaggerated sleevenotes claims, name checked the best sources (Twee net, the colossal "Great Indie Discography Vol 2) and written nearly 35 anecdotes himself all better than I 've tried to come up with..
The cd pamphlet *design* is also note perfect. You know the thing. Bad dark photocopies of (mostly old Sarah inner sleeves/fanzines) overlaid by blotchy typewriter type cut out by scissors, stuck on by a Jumbo Pritt stick and scribbled felt tip clarificiations.
For many years I was hoping that someone one would go to the effort of doing this. Thank you very much to all of you from this very old indie boy who cos of listening to and reading this sort of nonsense got out of my bed and actually did stuff. It also made me wander round with that get up over there (see left) for many a year. Ho Ho.
Fuck me! That's a haircut. I only knew Jemblog in his Oasis phase.
Posted by: paul | October 11, 2004 at 10:40 PM
I also had a go at full dougal cut for a fair bit. Went annoyingly fluffy if i washed it. Will post that pic next.
Posted by: jem | October 11, 2004 at 10:47 PM