Archive for the ‘1994’ Category
- Movietone sessions:1994 – 1997
Ostensibly an ongoing concern, no new album has appeared since 2003′s ‘The Sand and the Stars’, which was recorded, as all albums should be, almost entirely live on a beach.
The band’s three sessions come from the mid 90s…
Movietone’s first session, recorded on 12th May, 1994.
TRACKLIST
-Heatwave Pavement
-Darkness Blue Glow
-Stone
-Mono Valley
LINE UP
Kate Wright (Guitar, Vocals)
Rachel Brook (Bass)
Ros Walford (Clarinet, Perc)
Matt Elliot (Guitar, Percussion, Piano)
Matt Jones (Drums)
10th February, 1996
Movietone’s second session, recorded on 28th January, 1996.
TRACKLIST
-The Voice Came Out Of The Box And Dropped
-Blank Like Snow
-Summer
-Chocolate Grinder
LINE UP
Kate Wright (Guitar, Vocals)
Matt Elliott (Guitar, Noise)
Rachel Brook (Bass, Xylophone)
Matt Jones (Drums)
20th September, 1997
Movietone’s third session, recorded on 31st August, 1997
TRACKLIST
-The Blossom Filled Streets
-Hydra
-Facing West From California’s Shores
LINE UP
Kate Wright (Guitar, Vocals)
Matt Elliott (Guitar, Noise)
Rachel Brook (Bass, Xylophone)
Matt Jones (Drums)
- Countdown to Festive Season #6: 1994
Famous slaphead Telly Savalas died this year, as did Richard Nixon, A-Team legend George Peppard and East German bastard Erich Honecker. Newt Gingrich led the United States Republican Party in taking control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in midterm congressional elections, the first time in 40 years the Republicans secured control of both houses of U.S. Congress. George W. Bush was elected Governor of Texas. Russia and the People’s Republic of China finally agreed to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other. Michael Schumacher cheated his way to his first Formula 1 World Championship and Colombian footballer Andrés Escobar was shot dead in Bogotá. His murder is commonly attributed as retaliation for the own goal Escobar scored in the 1994 FIFA World Cup against the United States.
The Festive Fifty for this year, given my student status at the time, remains one of my favourites. It was broadcast on 17th and 23rd December. Anybody who doesn’t think the #25 isn’t just wonderful is in big trouble…
Mazzy Star’s Fade Into You
Hope you weren’t as freaked out by Tarantino’s sudden appearance at the end of that clip as I was. this was, of course, the year of Pulp Fiction. It’s almost impossible to choose a definitive clip so here’s the trailer to the film with the best soundtrack ever.
Travolta was well and truly back
It’s the middle of December and it’s a balmy 20 degrees C here in Istanbul. Listening to all these Festive charts is the only thing keeping me in the Christmas mood, I’m telling you. To enjoy the many delights of the 1994 chart, click here, here, here, here and here.
