The One Where These Days Are Golden

I'm posting this for you Dad, so pay attention. How good is this?

I only heard it a week ago. It's making the Top 100. No question.

The One With My Top 100 Of All Time (#2)

So you all keep asking...  WHY are Biffy the greatest band of all time?

Well, I've found two reasons.

#2 Folding Stars



It's well documented that's my favourite Biffy song. I'd got it in my head for so long that I would never see it Live. (It's about the lead singers Mum passing away.) Then, in December, they only went and bloody played it.

Something else caught my eye, today. It won't let me embed it, but take a look. Total dudes. Just hit that there picture of Biffy, up top.

The One Where Ledgers, Ledgerettes And Ledger Mascots Do Biffy

As you read this I'll be on my way to foggy London town.

With the Ledgers, and crucially, Ledgerettes.

We see Biffy tonight with some good friends, and no one needs to drive, so we get to have a few beers...

The One With 10/10/10

It's the tenth day, of the tenth month, of the tenth year!

Let's celebrate with Paolo Nutini... seeing 10/10.



I don't get the Paolo Nutini hate. I really don't.

So he's drunk half of the time he plays.

Who cares?

So was Georgie Best. Didn't do him any harm, did it?

The One Where I Sort Of Want Guns N Roses To Play IoW

I don't know why, (because turning up late to your own gig is a dumb thing to do - I get pissed off if they're on time!) - but I really want to see Guns N Roses at the IoW Festival next year.

I know there would be a risk they wouldn't turn up. Or not finish the set.

I totally get it's not the "real" band.

I can't really justify it at all if I'm honest.

I just think they've done enough sing a long tunes to justify The Ledgers© dancing around like mentalists.

Plus I do a mean air guitar to November Rain.



Just me?

How do you want to see at a Festival next year?

And more importantly... will you be joining The Ledgers© at IoW 2011?

The One Where Biffy Nailed It. On A Little Screen.

Tonight I watched a Biffy concert.

Live.

On my iphone. Through the ITunes Festival App.

Technology is a bit cool, sometimes, isn't it?

New single August 23rd.



Beautiful.

The One Where I Think The Rolling Stones Have Always Been The Soundtrack To My Life

I picked up Shine A Light on a 2 for £12 at  Blockbusters. I got it with Nine, for Mrs T. I'm glad one was a success.I can't claim to be a huge Rolling Stones fan. If nothing else because @DiaryOfALedger reads the Blog, and would call me on it.

What I can claim, though, is to have grown up with their music.

And there is a reason for that.

The One Where I'm Outed

This post is (finally) dedicated to Mrs H!

"I Fly Strictly Solo"

I was on a mission to legally find some of Adam Duritz's solo stuff, when I found this... two of my fave bands. Together. Kind of got me thinking... if you could put a "dream team" together... who would it be?





Then, this... Great song.



And finally... Adam Duritz > Pre Counting Crows.



As ever with CC, this post is dedicated to Ricky B and the lovely Mrs Harwood.

"41 Shots... And We'll Take That Ride"

The One Where Springsteen Slides His Groin Into Your Face. Fact.





There are no words. KJ found some, though...


BOSS COCKED! Haha.

"See Her In A Smokey Room..."

The One With The Boss

Not a bad cast, eh?




Thanks to @moviegrrl for bringing it to my attention.

“Elliot… I’ll Be Right Here” (*points at heart, cue man tears*)

The One Where The Stag "Ends"

Stag: Day Seven. Done.

So I’m on the way home.  Everyone in the train keeps looking over when we go through a tunnel, and the Mac backlit keyboard makes me look cooler than I really am. I have a beard. And long hair. Like Nic Cage in Con Air.

I’m not sure what to say, really. I’ve had a brilliant, epic week. My friendship with my three best friends has grown immeasurably. That’s really the message of the week.

I’ve seldom laughed as much as I have over this week. There were times where I had to leave the living room, as I had that thing where I thought I was going to be sick from laughing too much.

I loved London. More than I ever have. I get it now. There is beauty there.

On my last day we ended up in Hyde Park, “playing” Football in the sunshine. Killing time really, building up to Biffy Clyro at Hammersmith Apollo. It was pretty desperate stuff! The highlight was clearly me scoring a left footed goal, albeit on the goal line. Oh… and GC running.

“Looks Like We Made It… I Can Tell That You’ve Been Flying”

The top pic is stolen from GC, and the second from his sister. I make no apologises. They are both class pictures.

Biffy has become a huge part of my life. The sort of band you listen too at least once a day. They have provided the soundtrack to my life over the last 18 months, that they have to be considered in the same breath as the Boss and Counting Crows.

It’s only the second time I’ve seen them, and last night went some way to rectify the Ledgers being unable to see them in June.

What I love about them, and they did this last night, is that they make me actually appreciate the playing of instruments. I’m a lyric person. It goes some to my eclectic taste in music. I’ve had Alicia Keyes and Athlete on whilst in the “quiet section” of this train. Quiet? There’s people talking louder than my music, so “do one” if you try and get me to shut it down. I’d hammer the keys to be louder, but the Mac is too damn beautiful to risk hurting.

Simon Neill is a bit of a hero, though. He really makes that guitar talk. But he does the lyric thing too. My top three Biffy songs all have the sort of depth to lyrics I demand. Just beautiful truth. They really resonate.

I will be going in December, and be the proudest fan there that they are playing to sort of crowd size they deserve.

Even Adam Ricketts beating his girlfriend up last night couldn’t ruin it. (Stag joke).

And so I leave the lads there for one day, one sleep, and a morning. I’m sure they’ll have a class time. I've had an immense week, cheers to everyone for that.  

I can’t say I’m upset to see Mrs T and ET though. I hope they remember my voice. I meant to get a haircut.

"My cars out back if you're ready to take that long walk"

The One With A Man And His Guitar



Take Me Home by SoulIsTheGoal from SoulIsTheGoal on Vimeo.


So the Blog was a week old yesterday. To my surprise, Google Analytics thinks there's been 200 hits. Fantastic if that's the case. Gray had warned me that my own visits would be included, but Portsmouth is way down the list in terms of visits, so thanks very much.

I said I would put a link for @soullsthegoal so you could have a listen to how he got a guitar and learnt how to make it talk.

Enjoy.


http://www.vimeo.com/10999151

"Step out the front door, like a Ghost into the fog, where no one notices the difference between wrong and right"

The One Where Anna Begins To Toss And Turn

So I realised I haven't mentioned Music yet. With good reason, the Ledgers would say. Up until two years ago, it was Springsteen and Counting Crows. Biffy Clyro, (The Official Ledger band), then steam rollered both of them a bit.