archive for... December, 2009
Q) How much can you milk the system in 40 years with 3 chords?
1:55 pm on 31 December, 2009
A) Two OBEs
Yes, it’s that time of the year again where our beloved Queen decides to throw some knighthoods at some actors, give an MBE to whichever plucky Brit actually made it in a sport this year and reward another band of musicians with OBEs for not giving up on it all. Congratulations are in order for our touraholic friends of Status Quo who have earnt themselves the latter honour in the year’s royal new year welcoming. It was inevitable really that sacrificing their groin comfort for tight trademark denims would one day reap its rewards, and thus our hats are tipped to Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi for defying absolutely nothing and perfecting the Rock n Roll protocol to a nanometer.
Top Spotify Tracks of 2009 Announced – Let’s Unite and Scrobble
7:05 pm on 30 December, 2009
Spotify may well have turned out to be the best thing to happen to music for a good few years in the digital world, but a recent blog post from the company itself has exposed the abuse and untold suffering many users are putting the software through for their own evil pleasures.
Best Of The Rest 2009
7:20 pm on 29 December, 2009
Whilst we at The Counterfit drove ourselves to tedious levels of debate, bitter infighting and editorial perfection to produce our compilations celebrating 2009’s best songs and albums, as well as berating the worst, there were always going to be a few that got away. We can’t vouch for whether 2009 was a great year for wine, but it was certainly a great one for music and provided enough decent tunes to warrant a run-down showing some love to the dregs of the best-of lists. Here’s mine…
A Very Counterfit Panto
6:57 pm on 27 December, 2009
Having seen the original Huggy Bear from Starsky & Hutch yesterday make an emotional plea to his ‘wonderful UK audience’ at the Poole Lighthouse Theatre, this half of The Counterfit was reminded exactly how traumatically brilliant pantomimes can be. In this spirit we set forth to cast our own from music’s already colourful realm.
A Christmas Gift To You
11:26 am on 24 December, 2009
Well we’ve jotted up the results of our latest poll to find your favourite Christmas track and that yuletide classic ‘Fairytale Of New York’ by The Pogues and Kirsty McColl was the runaway winner.
We’ll be taking a brief break over the holiday season to enjoy some hearty portions eggnog and Citizen Kane but have no fear, we’ll return before the new year better than ever. Until then we have a small gift for you all to enjoy in the meantime.
