Plastic Berk-Fans

So there we have it. We've done it.

Wales are going to the finals of a major tournament for the first time since the 1958 World Cup in Sweden... and yet some idiots still aren't happy.

I heard several people complaining about how Wales were playing last night, how they weren't hammering Andorra. The same players that qualified for Euro 2016 three days previous, the same players that mean I get to watch my country on the biggest stage for the first time in not only my lifetime, but my father's lifetime.

Some people are idiots.

And you can add most of the Andorra team to that category. As I posted on Facebook during the game...

If the population of Andorra is anything like their football team then the country must be a sausage fest of colossal dicks. I love a plucky underdog but these guys play the game in the wrong spirit. Fuck you and fuck off.

Still, we won and we're off to France. How did the FAW celebrate? Some utter genius but Plastic Bertrand on....



We like to sing, we like to dance, we've got our passports and we're off to France!

Twin Perks

Last week was my 2nd wedding anniversary and I got a shout out on BBC Radio 6 Music.

A pretty damn good week you could say and these two events weren't mutually exclusive either...





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Bonobo? Boyesbo!

I've been firing up my iTunes a lot more in the past week-or-so, simply because I've been using my laptop to do some stuff instead of my phone.

So I've been going through my **** and ***** rated tracks (as well as playing the Russian roulette that is shuffle, what with the large amounts of guff I've downloaded over the years) and one of the first to pop up was this simply lovely track.

Bonobo twists, strips and rebuilds Pilote's Turtle into a downtempo classic. I first came across it in 2001 when Chris Coco included it on Ibiza By Day, a cover mount CD for MUZIK, a mix I still return to to this day and which was surprisingly important in my musical education.



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On This Day, The Champions League & 8-Bit Versions

I'm a huge fan of looking back.

I like to keep receipts for albums, so I know exactly when I bought them. I organise my MPFrees in monthly folders, so I know roughly when I downloaded them.

So when Facebook started pumping out its On This Day app, I was caught hook, line and sinker. So two years ago today, I shared this video, an 8-bit version of the Champions League theme tune. Well done past Sam...

Darkstar Dummy Mix

Darkstar did Dummy's 269th mix back in August but it's been on serious rotation this week at work.

There's ambient stuff, a bit of hip-hop, some rub-a-dub-dub, film dialogue and plenty of intrigue. It's a fantastic 45 minutes. Enjoy...



Tracklisting:

Mad Rush - Phillip Glass
After Soaking Two Years And Then Lying High Six Months It Was Perfectly Sound Through Waterlogged Past Dying - Shane Carruth
Chez Le Commandeur - Hector Zazou
Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am - Fela Kuti
Monijitas - Soul Keita
In Principio - Ludovico Einaudi
Africa Dub - Augustus Pablo
Listening Wind - Talking Heads
Fabulous Paris - Trevor Wishart
Comin' For Datazz - Gang Starr
Subterraneans - David Bowie
Institutionalized - Kendrick Lamar
Yayla - Rezzet
Memories Of Green - Vangelis
Through The Motions - Darkstar
midipipe1csds3timecube-klonedrm - AFX
Day In Day Out - XTC
The Last Human Exist Dance - Tylervision
Breathless - Gwilym Gold
I want you - Eyrkah Badu
Interplanetary Music - Mickey Moonlight
The Hours - Phillip Glass
Opera - Daniel Lanois