BETAMAXNOMATES

Oh, what an exhausting few days it's been. Too exhausted to go into details really - you'd surely be exhausted just by reading them. Suffice to say I've had it up to here - that is, a very high place - with my part-time job pretending to be an estate agent. 'And over here we have the door with durable moulded hand-grip knob to allow ease of access to and from the room. And here we have the bed - fully furnished - situated just above carpet level, And you'll notice, of course, the rear window just behind you, complete with fitted, matching curtains and a scenic view of next-door's boiler'. And don't even mention the ghoulish parade of wastrels, out-patients, and just-plain-freaks that we've had come through our door looking to rent the place. Truly terrifying.
So, anyway, in liue of a proper update with, y'know, words and stuff, I figure I'll just stick up a few videos I took at Electric Picnic over the weekend. Heaven knows, one can never have enough choppy, low-resolution, shakey-cam shots of the backs of peoples heads. First up, DJ Shadow - actually the first act we got around to seeing, despite him being on Saturday evening (the festival itself having started on Friday). Here he is performing with Lateef and some too-tight-leather-jacket-wearing guy who really wishes he was Richard Ashcroft.







Next, it's a bunch of old blokes playing those songs you like - 'I Don't Like Mondays', that song from the Heineken ad etc.







And here's a short blurry one of the (always excellent) Basement Jaxx, taken not by me but by the girl sitting on my shoulders at the time. Listen closely for the sound of my spine slowly collapsing on itself.



Finally, the highlight of the festival IMO WTF OMG!!!1LEVEN: The Pet Shop Boys. Seriously, they totally pwned. Check it:







I also uploaded a couple of videos from the Daft Punk gig I went to a while back. You can watch them here. They're slightly longer but poxy quality. And some medium pimpin' before I go: new mix is online - Electromicide #1. Still haven't sorted out the podcasting thing yet so here's the tracklisting - it's a big 'un (insert 'that's what she said last night', 'as an actress said to a bishop', 'yer ma' etc. where appropriate):

The Come On's - I Feel Love (Michael Ivin's Flaming Lips Remix)
Daft Punk - Alive (Album Version)
The Futureheads - Skip To The End (Digitalism Remix)
Matias Aguayo - Are You Really Lost?
Pet Shop Boys - Minimal (Tiga's M-I-N-I-M-A-L Remix)
The Knife - We Share Our Mother's Health (Trentemoller Remix)
Daft Punk - Prime Time Of You Life (Para One Remix)
MSTRKRFT - She's Good For Business
Cut Copy - Going Nowhere (Sebastian Remix)
Kid606 - T.Y.T.R.
Services - Element Of Danger (ATOC Remix)
M.I.A. - URAQT (Acapella)
Spank Rock - Top Billin' From Far Left
Diplo - Egg Foo Remix
Spank Rock - Chilly Will
Deejay Punk Roc - Busted Speaker
Plastic Little - The Jump Off (Acapella)
The Egyptian Lover - Egypt Egypt
Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
Spank Rock - Sweet Talk (Kalbata Remix)
Cassius - Toop Toop (Olivier Koletski Remix)
CSS - Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above (Diplo Remix)
The Come On's - I Feel Love (Michael Ivin's Flaming Lips Remix)
Daft Punk - Alive