Saturday Covers #31/Happy New Year!
on Jan 1, 2009 in Guy Lobardo And The Royal Canadians Me First And The Gimme Gimmes The Beach Boys Barenaked Ladies Jon Saturday Covers Boney M I'll admit, posting has been slightly relaxed in the past week, but what with holidays, Christmas, families, and a million other things more important than blogging, I just really haven't had the time (nor could I justify spending my time bloggi

Christmas mixtape - it had to be done
on Dec 23, 2008 in The Yobs The Wombles The Who Jon Goldfinger Squeeze The Ramones It's now or never for this year. With tomorrow being Christmas Eve and all that jazz, I wouldn't be expecting another post until Saturday.So here it is - the Repeat, repeat. ultimate Christmas mixtape.The Yobs - Another Christmas (mp3, 2.5mb)Gol

Saturday Covers #30
on Dec 20, 2008 in Jon Saturday Covers Bon Jovi Jeff Buckley Alexandra Burke Bono Leonard Cohen Rufus Wainwright Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Could there be a more obvious choice for this week's Saturday Covers song? With practically the whole of Britain chanting the song after its phenomenal promotion through the evil that is The X Factor, the winner Alexa

Saturday Covers #29
on Dec 13, 2008 in Jon Rolf Harris Queen Saturday Covers After a fun-filled week which sadly involved no posting at all, it's time for what I predict to be one of the most popular Saturday Covers so far.So what have I been doing all week that's taken up all the free time I would otherwise have for pos

Saturday Covers #28
on Dec 6, 2008 in Jon Saturday Covers Bruce Springsteen Manfred Mann's Earth Band Bruce Springsteen hasn't done too badly for himself, has he? A holder of eighteen Grammy Awards, which is, umm... more than I can say I have. With songs like Born To Run and Born In The U.S.A. (yeah, OK, we get it, you've been born. So have most

No swearing!
on Dec 4, 2008 in Jon Simple Plan Oasis I actually complained to Channel 4 yesterday. That's right, I wrote an official letter (or rather, email) of complaint to a television channel regarding one of their shows. I'm getting old.Here's my original email:"Dear Channel 4,I was

Saturday Covers #27
on Nov 29, 2008 in Jon Saturday Covers Weather Report Maynard Ferguson Oh, I'm so in love with today's song. So in love.Birdland was composed by Joe Zawinul for Weather Report. Of course, we all know Weather Report, they're legends in jazz fusion. Combining funk, rock and art music with the all important eleme