The Gutless Wonder

JFPL came second in a poll for the best album artwork of 2009. Congrats to Jenny Saville and MSP! :D

If you'd like me to get you the albums that you are missing and post them over to you I'd be more than happy to do that. Don'y worry about payment or anything cos it would get a bit complicated converting Canadian Dollars into British Sterling. PM me back if you are interested anyway.

Manic Street Preachers The Clash ELO = Echo & The Bunnymen REM

Second part of making of JFPL now up. The energy that James puts into his singing just astounds me to be honest. He belts it out then says he's still not happy with it! Perfectionist! :lol:

Today I have just discovered a brilliant band from Cardiff/Pontypridd way called Milano and they are very good! :D

He! He! Where have you been Vibrant? Did you go to any of the Manics US gigs?

A 'Making Of Journal For Plague Lovers' vid (first part of four) is up on http://www.manics.co.uk right now! :D Also, as a side comment, some of us are trying to get a FB campaign up and running to get Masses Against The Classes to the first No 1 of 2010 slot. 10 years after it did it in 2000! (Hey, if RATM can do it!) Think the FB page is called Masses Against The Classes For First No 1 Of 2010 or something similar. Come on fellow Manics fans! Help us out! :D

Well done Rage! Chuffed to bits! :D

Boards Of Canada for me. Should check out more electronica really!

I shall attempt 25 but I can't promise! 1 - Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers 2 - Post Electric Blues - Idlewild 3 - The Fountain - Echo & The Bunnymen 4 - Embryonic - The Flaming Lips 5 - Ellipse - Imogen Heap 6 - The Performance - Dame Shirley Bassey I'll add more to this later! Need to get my brain in gear first! :)

Ah, there you are Rick! Where did you disappear to? :P :lol: Well get thee listening to them again then! :) Hope they will do some sort of tour next year. Some more solo records would be great too but have to wait and see!

New album may not be out until 2011 apparently. :( But hopefully the No Manifesto's documentary should be released soon! :)

I've never been into boybands at all but it's still a shock to hear of Stephen's sudden unexpected death. He came across as a nice, pleasant guy.

Some of mine are (cos I'd be here all night listing them all!) Journal For Plague Lovers, Lifeblood, Send Away The Tigers, Know Your Enemy - Manic Street Preachers The Great Western - James Dean Bradfield Post Electric Blues, Make Another World - Idlewild My Secret Is My Silence - Roddy Woomble Glasvegas - Glasvegas The Trials Of Van Occupanther - Midlake At War With The Mystics - The Flaming Lips Icky Thump - The White Stripes Do You Like Rock Music? - British Sea Power Accelerate - REM Tanglewood Numbers - Silver Jews The Campfire Headphase - Boards Of Canada Spirit Of The Glen - The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Elliott Smith - New Moon (And loads more probably!)

Gorgeous song and video!

The Bunnymen are like my third fave band so I really love them! Can't wait for the new album!

This should be the same picture but it's smaller. Hopefully it will be allowed to be shown! No rude words this time! :D

Oh dear. The picture isn't showing, possibly because a rude word has been used in the image code. Darn! Oh well, you can find it on FD if you're interested but you'll have to sign up first, sorry! (I'll try and find another pic with a more suitable image code!)

James relaxing before soundchecking. So they tell us! :D

Listened to the new album today. Really brilliant with that definite Idlewild sound to it with a nod to Roddy's solo album on a couple of the tracks.

Sounds like the gig in Seattle was a barnstormer, apart from a slightly out of tune guitar at the beginnng of Your Love Alone! Next up is Vancouver in Canada. You lucky Canadians! Have fun! :D

Sean Moore, obviously! *runs away*

Mr James Dean Bradfield.

James Dean Bradfield trumps all three of them in my opinion! :D

Manics US tour kicks off tomorrow! Hold on to your hats! Where have Rick and Vibrant got to? I miss them!