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Bido Lito! <strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong> 3 Editorial We’ve all had those powerful moments of expectant reflection, the quiet before the storm. The young first-year professional sat in the stand of an empty football ground the night before his debut with the floodlights blazing: just him, an empty stadium and his thoughts. The cavernous music hall before doors. The empty examination hall. Well, I had one of those moments this week, at Arrowe Park Hospital Maternity Unit. All the obvious labour concerns aside - Cerys seems to have that all pretty much in the can - our little daytrip to the delivery suite brought with it one stark pressure, something that had until this point slipped me by. The phenomenon that is the delivery playlist, or what has now become the delivery DJ set. After I’d run through the logistics of bringing a pair of Technics 1210s, a Numark mixer and a disappointingly modest pair of powered speakers (space is a bit of an issue) into the delivery suite with the incredibly accommodating midwife, I was left with one question: how on earth do you soundtrack the arrival of a new-born baby? Now, I’ve DJ’d at many pretty important occasions: weddings, funerals, birthdays and all that jazz, but this takes things to a whole new level. Talk about pressure. I’d take the pushing over this any day. My initial thought was to go with Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica, from start to finish, throughout the later stages of the birth. As an introduction to planet earth, I thought this would make an interesting first impression on young Buzz (that’s the name my mum has given to our unborn child and for ease I’ll use it here, but don’t worry it won’t stick). Cerys didn’t agree. Can’s Tago Mago and Country Joe And The Fish’s Electric Music For Mind And Body were Spiritualized perhaps? met with a similar fate. So, I’ve decided to break things down a little, and try to select a series of records to soundtrack key junctures in the labour. Rest assured, Europe’s The Final Countdown has been loaded up on the car stereo for the ride into the hospital, when that moment comes. Inner Circle’s Sweat is a dead cert as the contractions really start to take hold. I’m leaning towards Spiritualized’s Stop Your Crying for the Simba-held-aloft-by-Rafiki moment after the birth. This will be closely followed by Beastie Boys (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!), as my post-birth realisation of impending incarceration kicks in. Admittedly there are a few holes there in terms of what I have on 7”, so I’m feeling a final spree may well be in order. But, I’m also looking for some help and guidance. We won’t be doing the whole constant-flow-of-baby-pictures-on-facebook thing, principally because I know how annoying it is (they all do kind of look the same, don’t they?), yet I’m openly encouraging some input into the delivery DJ set. Hell, we may even stream it from the labour ward (I’ll drop the guys at Arrowe Park a line and see what the wi-fi is like). So, I’d like your suggestions via Twitter @BidoLito on the hashtag #BirthBeats. If you were to be born to one tune what would it be? What song would you have had kick in just as you emerged into the world? The best suggestions may well make the cut... Personally speaking, and I’m not really a fan per se, but I think REM’s It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine), may do the trick nicely. Craig G Pennington / @BidoLito Editor Features 6 8 AMIQUE WHEN LAURA MET LAURA 10 CHEWING ON POP MUSIC’S CUD 12 TWO SUNSETS 14 SUGARMEN 16 THE PHARCYDE Regulars 4 NEWS 18 PREVIEWS/SHORTS 20 REVIEWS Bido Lito! <strong>Issue</strong> Thirty Five / <strong>July</strong> <strong>2013</strong> bidolito.co.uk 4th Floor, Mello Mello 40-42 Slater St Liverpool L1 4BX Editor Craig G Pennington - info@bidolito.co.uk Assistant Editor Christopher Torpey - reviews@bidolito.co.uk Assistant Reviews Editor Naters Philip - live@bidolito.co.uk Online Editor Natalie Williams - online@bidolito.co.uk Designer Luke Avery - info@luke-avery.com Proofreading Debra Williams - debra@wordsanddeeds.co.uk Intern Joshua Potts Words Craig G Pennington, Christopher Torpey, Mike Townsend, Amy Minshull, Phil Gwyn, Steven Aston, Maurice Stewart, Jessie Main, Joshua Potts, Richard Lewis, Alex Holbourn, Jack Graysmark, Clarry M., Sam Turner, Gary Caldwell, Kev McCready, Joshua Nevett Photography, Illustration and Layout Luke Avery, Robin Clewley, Keith Ainsworth, Michael Sheerin, Jennifer Pellegrini, Amée Christian, Garreth Gibson, Matt Ball, Aaron McManus, Darren Aston, Chris Hindle Adverts To advertise please contact ads@bidolito.co.uk The T views expressed in Bido Lito! are those of the respective contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the magazine, its staff or the publishers. All rights reserved.
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