[peel] Cowcube at Christmas

[Thomas Blatchford]

Hi Roger,

i didn't beieve you were censuring my act of uploading or anything, it's just i am a firm believer in supporting smaller independent artists - and larger ones, really - and would not want to hinder any success on Cowcube's part, so i thought i'd take the opportunity to state that. He does seem a furtive chap, i recently in another attempt at tracking the guy down noticed that he was offered a recording contract but was asked to tone the samples down, which is a bit ridiculous considering his style, even if predictable. i didn't try to get hold of him over Myspace at the time i was writing my zine but i have since had access to a myspace account and become a friend of his, the action on there is reasonably subdued though yes...

i have the ep somewhere as well if you want it. In this time of festive tradition i am visiting various family members and hence, simultaneously, large boxes of cds and cassettes that i left behind. So that may well be a possibility in the coming weeks.

Thanks,
thomas 




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From: Roger Carruthers <roger.carruthers@...>
To: peel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, 22 December, 2008 13:39:34
Subject: Re: [peel] Cowcube at Christmas


Hi Thomas,
  I wasn’t  censuring your posting this, for exactly the reasons you state; far from it, I really appreciate it. I’ve also followed the same wild goose chase trying to locate somewhere to buy his work. 
I think he really is, as Peely said, ‘a furtive sort of a chap’. I notice his album is up on Last.fm, but you can’t actually listen to it until you’ve created a playlist with 14 artists on it, or somesuch stupidity...
 I know I did have a recording of john reading out Cowcube’s address, but now I need it, I can’t find it. Your post cleverly alerted me to an idea fro an xmas present – someone I know who loves exactly this brand of electro-silliness. Did you try mailing him via his Myspace page? I’ve just sent a message, but it doesn’t exactly look like a very active page...
Festive greets,
Roger


On 22/12/2008 13:00, "Thomas Blatchford" <tabdrinkink74@ yahoo.co. uk> wrote:



 

Hi Roger,
 
i do agree in cases of small independent artsists and would not do this if this was still available, but i get the impression this album just simply isn't on sale anymore. i bought the album off of him in 2002 via an email adress that John provided on the show (and also his superlative EP in 2003) but since then attempts to get hold of Cowcube have proved futile. i tried to get hold of him for an interview for my fanzine many moons ago with the email address on the cd but to no avail. His myspace page seems to just be a picture of, cleverly, a cow cube http://profile. myspace.com/ index.cfm? fuseaction= user.viewprofile&friendid=83517557 and otherwise there seems very little chance of buying the album from him nowadays. If anyone can prove me wrong i'll remove the files straight away. 
i guess if you want to get money to the guy your best bet is to try and get the remix he did for Cornershop, to date his only commercially available work, but it doesn't appear to be available on iTunes (although for some reason the Osymyso version is...i've got both those EPs somewhere, i don't know why they've only put one of them up) and the only place i've found so far to buy it is places like this https://secure. legalsounds. com/download- mp3/cornershop/ lessons-learned- from-rocky/ lessons-learned- from-rocky- 1-3(cowcube- mix)/song_ 103194 
 
Again, if there's an outlet to still buy the album, i'll remove the files post haste. Or if we can send him some Christmas cheer perhaps we should.
 
Thanks to Steve and Mark as well, glad you liked it!
 
Merry Chrimble,
thomas

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From:Roger Carruthers <roger.carruthers@ btinternet. com>
To: peel@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Monday, 22 December, 2008 11:42:58
Subject: Re: [peel] Cowcube at Christmas

My thanks too, though I must admit, I feel a little guilty at this one. Wasn’t/isn’t Cowcube one of those small independent artists who needs out support ? I remember Peel describing him as ‘furtive’, which I think may have been my inspiration when I named Thefurtivefifty. Iirc, you could only get his albums by contacting him directly, in which case, perhaps we should all chip in and send him a Christmas bonus...?
Cheers
Roger


On 22/12/2008 10:58, "Mark Whitby" <mark.whitby2@ ntlworld. com> wrote:



 

 
Must admit, I haven't had the time to check out a lot of the stuff made available by members of this group.  Thanks to all of you who are doing it though - extremely valuable work.

I made an exception in this case, though.  Many thanks, Thomas.  I doubt if anyone's going to top this as an xmas present this year.  Great stuff.

Mark W

 


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From:  Thomas Blatchford <mailto:tabdrinkink7 4@.... uk <mailto:tabdrinkink7 4@.... uk> >  
 
To: peel@yahoogroups. com 
 
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 11:54  PM
 
Subject: [peel] Cowcube at Christmas
 

 
 

 

Hi there
 
 
 
Having spent the last few days listening to music from IWICBCE, including  some of the Peel show Christmas specials, one of them includes possibly my  favourite Christmas track, the song that Stowmarket-based beat merchant  Cowcube made especially for the show (i don't think it has a title, if it has  i've spent years wondering what it is).
 
 
 
However it reminded me that i have the original cowcube album including  the festive fifty-featuring The Popping Song, and thought it might be of some  interest to the group. It's zipped in .wma (sorry, i don't know how to convert  ripped files on vista...yeah i know) here:
 
http://www.mediafir e.com/download. php?ey3mrmdnzoy <http://www.mediafir e.com/download. php?ey3mrmdnzoy>  
 
 
 
It's a few years old and i think it might be starting to deteriorate  slightly hence the slightly fuzzy noises in places but it's still pretty good.  Popping Song is the highlight but i've also got a spoft spot for  David & Mary and Do You Like Spiders?
 
 
 
Season's greetings,
 
 
 
thomas xx