http://www.karinski.net Karinski.net - music, radio, london and lots of fun. trixie@karinski.net Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:50:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's no secret that I like a girl in a band. I like it even more if they're the only girl, and even, even, even more if they're the drummer. Although role of favourite girl drummer in the world falls to Cherisse Osei, there's a new challenger in the form ... http://www.karinski.net/2010/02/10/new-from-xenomania-florrie/ Ever since meeting Simon Hobart, getting involved with Ghetto and hearing his stories of the club scene of the 80s, I've had fascination with the decade. Ashes to Ashes helped bring that along even further and I've loved delving back in time and so far merely scraping the surface ... http://www.karinski.net/2010/02/07/worried-about-the-boy/ Sometimes you hear a song and you're not entirely sure what it is. You're aware it's a classic and asking would make you look a bit daft. Shazam has gone some way to solve these issues and I have an almightily brilliant Spotify playlist that I keep up to date ... http://www.karinski.net/2010/02/03/scream-s-for-streisand/ And so Ellie Goulding is the Sound of 2010. I like Ellie but not enough to really care much at the moment - she seems nice enough. Both Ellie and Marina were always going to come at the top of the poll having been knocking about since the beginning of ... http://www.karinski.net/2010/01/12/eliza-doolittle/ In my mind I've dramatically taken against Roisin Murphy for getting pregnant and having a baby. It just seemed like a weird thing to do at this time, but whatevs. Who cares when it's made her throw out this banging new track. Previous leak 'Orally Fixated' was a bit rubbish ... http://www.karinski.net/2010/01/04/mommas-place/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlU5Qk9w0u4[/youtube] http://www.karinski.net/2010/01/04/number-one-enemy/ I'd love to have the energy to make end of year lists as wonderfully detailed as the mighty XO London. Unfortunately I'm full of a stinker of a cold and generally distracted by everything else. This year I've been a little rubbish at listening to as much music as I ... http://www.karinski.net/2010/01/02/2009-songs-of-the-year-2/ I've mentioned it before, but Bug is a brilliant event at the BFI Southbank every month which showcases the very best in music videos under the comedic gaze of Adam Buxton. This video for Cinnamon Chasers' 'Luv Deluxe' was my favourite from the November event. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Y1MalRrDc[/youtube] It's like (500) Days of ... http://www.karinski.net/2009/12/08/cinnamon-chasers-luv-deluxe/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSdeDJUxF-0[/youtube] (Is there a bit remix / cover (whatever it is) in the world than the Aeroplane remix of Friendly Fires 'Paris'?) I've been to Paris a couple of times most noticeably once to interview Daft Punk and then once to see them. The first of these was an 8 hour trip ... http://www.karinski.net/2009/12/06/on-paris/ From her website 10/10 http://www.karinski.net/2009/11/29/i-blame-coco-update/