Monday 19 January 2009

MTV Cribs with lmm

Okay, so not really. It's shows like this that have destroyed MTV. The channel became famous for bringing the music video to viewers and now it doesn't even play music videos! But rather, to keep it still music related, plays shows that have musicians and rappers as the main focus; MTV Cribs, Meet The Barkers, The Osbournes... etc etc...
I went to see a house in Fenham on Saturday for when I get into Uni, and we're going to get it! At the moment it looks like typical student accomodation; dirty kitchen utensils all around the sink, rubbish all over the floors... well, what can you expect from a load of lads really? Okay, so I'll be the only girl living there (although maybe not the only female presence) but I'll make them all keep it clean. How do students make so much mess? If they are supposed to be working then all they'd need out really is books and a computer. Anyway, I'm losing focus. Maybe it's just easy to live in a mess...
(I just looked at the screen of my phone... it's filthy and scratched)

WAKEFIELD CRIBS WITH SOME FANS
The Cribs Live at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds - 3 Cribsmas shows in December 2007 to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis. Fans were also encouraged to make a donation for the cause. Each night had a different set list, made up from the track listing for each of The Cribs albums and also included a support set from the band themselves playing the relevant b-sides. The same equipment and clothes from each Cribs era was also used.
Last night I spent with The Cribs, the fairly unknown (by newer fans) first album. The crowd's reaction to it was amazing, especially with songs such as Another Number (in which the crowd started singing the riff to directly at the end of Things You Should Be Knowing). The DVD had been put together brilliantly. I liked the idea of showing two live songs, then backstage footage which included interviews as well as special Cribs bingo and Jarman vs Barman (exactly what it says on the tin). Each album's era was discussed backstage, from clothes to the record label who released their early records.
Support for night one came from The Cribs and Franz Ferdinand (how Franz did I've no idea but saying that, last time they played here too many people turned up and that was when they played under a different name!).

"Why are they shouting 'Yorkshire' when we're in Leeds?"

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