After his Schmercury playlist triumph, Brian is taking another mixtape-making breather, but that’s not to say you’re missing out on a playlist of treats, oh no. Even though his usual meal of choice would be acorn wine and some barbecued…
Category: Playlists
Brian’s Mixtape #41: Pick of the Schmercuries 2010
This weekend we launched our Schmercury Poll – FFS’s best album award, in which we’re asking you to vote for your favourite of 12 albums released in the past year. While the FFS editors were tearing our hair out, trying…
Brian’s Mixtape #40: New York, New York
Brian’s recently gotten to thinking about how much of the music he loves is about the cities, suburbs and plains of the U S of A. He was going to do you a playlist about the whole darn country, but…
Brian’s Mixtape #39: The Middleclass Myth of Love and Marriage
Brian’s an enlightened sort of owl, and this week he’s taken it upon himself to learn about Feminism. He’s realised it’s a rather complicated subject – probably because it tries to cater for the needs of over half of the…
Brian’s Mixtape#38: School’s Out for Summer
This is a time of year that Brian always anticipates with dread. At the end of the week, all the schools will spew out their charges onto British summertime and there will be no peace in the daytime for self-respecting…
Brian’s Mixtape #37: Let The Sun Shine
Brian’s been having a lovely time at festivals over the past few weeks, and basking in the baking hot sun. Now the weather’s turned and he’s staying in to nurse his burnt feathers (not one for the factor 50, our…
Brian’s Mixtape #36: Brian’s been to Glasto
Brian’s been a bit quiet of late, largely because when he gets really excited his wings start quivering and he can’t type. What happened was, he realised it was June and that it was about to be Glastonbury, and his…
Brian’s Mixtape #35: Leave the Animals Out of It
Following a delectable week of Joni Mitchell, Brian’s allowed his hippy side out of the oak tree for a pad around the forest floor. Now, don’t get Brian wrong: he’s not about to give up his beloved dormouse suppers. He…
Brian’s mixtape #34: We Love You Joni
Brian noticed Joni Mitchell’s recent comments about Bob Dylan and he thinks he’s worked it out. Poor Joni is sad because she’s not getting enough attention. And she really isn’t Bob, Neil Young and Johnny Cash get plaudits aplenty but…
Brian’s Mixtape #33: Tales for the Children
Brian’s very much enjoyed his bank holiday weekend, which he (rather lazily) decided to extend until Tuesday evening. He’s indulged himself in an abundance of childish pursuits, including watching cartoons in his moleskine pyjamas, baking squirrel-flavoured biscuits and icing them…