TheNoiseThatWeMade

After another record store day back in April this year down at Rough Trade London and actually being elbowed out of the way by record hungry vinyl lovers...it made me wonder if vinyl ever really died; like we seem to be told by many a paper and global music label. I know, I know, digital music downloads are the future, so I keep hearing, but to me it's a bit like smelling the cake, but never taking a bite and getting the full flavour. When you check out  Eilon's site called Dust & Grooves you smell the cake, taste it and you get the recipe to make your own when you get home. I nearly had cake kittens reading the Bill Adler feature (head publicist of Def Jam Records in the 80's) and it reminded me of the wonder I felt folding out the inlay from Madlib's Beat Konducta series which shows photographs of his boxed vinly collection and studio space. The reason I'm writing this is so as many people out there support Eilon's photography and interview project docu

Turntable Lab always provide the upfront & good choices in their email updates.....I've been a bit slow on reading them recently but glad I've kept them... had to mention this; J Dilla, sorely missed but his beats are still filtering out & making his presence known. 'Let's Pray Together' & 'Possible' are soulful goodies amongst the tracklisting...have a listen & switch off for a few moments....or tune in....whatever you do it's time well spent. http://turntablelab.com/collections/daily-arrivals/products/j-dilla-dillatroit-ep http://mahoganimusic.com/ http://officialjdilla.com/ http://turntablelabradio.tumblr.com/

Reading about a half barrel brewery plant set up in someone's home which produces the likes of a smoked Marzen style, double IPAs and oak conditioned beer sounded like a launch worthy of a Saturday's morning stroll. On the Edge Brewery had put on their very own beer festival at the old junior school off London Road to celebrate their launch and after only an hour of opening, there looked to be numerous people with the same idea as me. With 8 beers available and only pocket change I had to be selective over what to try and stumped for the Citradel at 5.5 per cent first; which was a nice pale tropical hoppy beer using Citra hops. A popular American hop and Oakham brewery do my favourite using this hop for their wonderful Citra. Another I sampled on the day was the smoked Marzen....I think you have to really like malty smoky flavours to dig this, which to be honest isn't really me. I keep trying, the most expensive try to date being the Norwegian brewery Nogne 's 'H

The Sheffield Tap, which is a resplendent tiled restored pub at Sheffield train station (and a Thornbridge foray), has a huge bottled beer selection; it’s also one of my new locals. If you perch over the bar you can count at least 8 fridges holding the shiny, welcoming bottles. I thought it would be a bit of a challenge to work through the list, in no particular order, just to add some element of surprise and worked out it may take just over one year (if you do it sensibly)! There are 205 beers on the current list and it's subject to change, so strike while the iron’s hot, as they say. I picked up this handy pocket sized book recently called ’33 Bottles of Beer’ and it’s a perfect little beer journal, too be honest that’s 100% what it was made for. Or as the website states a companion and memory guide, which after a few pints it’s definitely a useful tool. The beer journal was developed by an American home-brewer called Dave and you’ve guessed it, he’s from Portland, Oreg