Gentle Genie - Daevid Allen

Advantages: Occational Touch of Greatness
Disadvantages: A Load of Hippy Nonsence (Sorry Hippies)

...Way back and the early nineties I was dragged kicking and screaming to one of Daevid Allen's acoustic shows, "He was in Gong, a load of whimsical hippie nonsense" was roughly my expressed opinion. That night however my thought changes albeit on a temporary basis, I was knocked back by the mans charisma and the music that night was superb. The album starts off innocuously enough with "Flamenco Zero" an acoustic number with some very nice guitar playing on it, and I am a happy Champ about this as I like the sound of a well played acoustic guitar. "Why Do We Treat Ourselves Like We Do?" again continues the theme of exceptionally well played guitar and some Hawkwind esque vocals but the general hippyness of the lyric puts me off and soon it disapears off into some whimsical land. The third track "Tally and Orlando Meet the Cockpit... Read review

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Advantages: Summer beats and witty lyrics
Disadvantages: The 'Mockney' vocals can be a bit irritating

...Lily Allen is the daughter on comedian Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. She has had small parts in films her mother has produced, notably Elizabeth with Cate Blanchett where she played a Lady in Waiting. 21 year old Lily was signed to Parlaphone late last year, in response to her popular My Space music profile (see link below). It has been widely reported that she was being expelled from a dozen or so different schools as well as experimenting with drugs in her teens, although it doesn't seem to have done her any harm, as she has managed to produce a number one single with her debut single, and a top five album. The album, 'Alright, Still' refers to a slang saying of her brother's which means 'Cool'. The first track on the CD is the number one single Smile and has some very interesting lyrics and a Dance Hall... Read review

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Advantages: easy to use, fun
Disadvantages: can be really slowwwwwwwwwwww!

...Its fun its free- its pure Genie! Welcome to Genie! Genie is one of the most useful, but also the most frustrating, websites around. I have been a faithful Genie user for a couple of years now. My e-mail address is with them, I constantly use their WAP service on my mobile. I've even ordered a mobile phone from them in the past. So why did I choose Genie? Initially I was made aware of this website by a friend, as most recommendations these days appear to come from. Having never had an e-mail address before, it was about time I got up to date with the times, therefore Genie was my choice. Powered by BT Cellnet, and as a BT Cellnet customer I decided to give it a go. The first noticeable thing was the ease of registration. Very, very straightforward and easy to complete. Upon completing this an SMS message was sent to my mobile... Read review

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