Using other peoples ideas is ok providing you correctly cite where and when those ideas originated from. It's a contradiction inherent with higher education. Its systematic rigidity soon beats out any creativity in writing style that may have found its way into an academic essay.
But for those who are already knee deep in the deluge of the spring semester, there are a multitude of wondrous upcoming events to keep the academic induced blues at bay.
The Swn promotion team, never ones to rest on their laurels, have quite an exciting week coming up;
Monday 7th will see The Globe play host to Australia's finest (and possibly only) proponent of 'Jungle Blues', the quite magnificent CW Stoneking. upon listening you'd be forgiven for thinking Mr Stoneking to be some ancient, grizzled monolith from the Mississippi delta, tobacco charred vocal chords singing of inequality and injustice. He is in fact a skinny white boy from a Melbourne suburb. Where his bourbon soaked swagger originated from is probably a question best left unanswered, but if you like your music with an undeniably sepia tint to it, CW Stoneking will not leave you disappointed.
CW Stoneking- Jungle Blues
Fans of Euros Childs and Teenage Fanclub will be treated to something really special on Tuesday as they bring their JONNY project to Womanby Street. Following the release of their self-titled debut, JONNY will surely delight fans of both the 'Fanclub and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci respectively.
JONNY- Do the Cave Dance
Sadly, for those who have not already got tickets for JONNY, it is already sold out. However, four EP tracks can be downloaded, for free, (yeh, that's right; free! Fuck you, austerity!) from the following site;
http://www.turnstilemusic.net/euros-childs-and-norman-blake-aka-jonny-announce-debut-album-details/
Hopefully this musical partnership will last sometime yet.
Former SFA frontman, Gruff Rhys will continue to confirm his musical pedigree (as if it were necessary) over the next two weeks with a dyad of releases. 'Sensations in the Dark' and 'Hotel Shampoo' will be released on the 7th and the 14th respectively. The physical manifestation of the latter can be seen below.
Gruff Rhys- Hotel Shampoo, currently awaiting an appearance on The Hotel Inspector
Finally, Cardiff based film maker Matt Callanan won international recognition this week for a video he produced for Royksopp. The video follows the urban adventures of Royksopp's 'Forsaken Cowboy'. The video came in ahead of international competition and will be the official promo for the forthcoming track. The cowboy in the video has been seen throughout Cardiff looking somewhat delirious and generally dishevelled. rumour has it that he will undertake all manner of sexual sordidness for the right price. He will do things that would make Jon Voight's Midnight Cowboy blush. Approach with caution.
Roksopp- Forsaken Cowboy
