BEST OF 2003 @laurahird.com
Over the coming weeks I will be inviting my favourite writers, artists and human beings to look back on 2003 and tell us what they liked best about it. First up is Falkirk's finest, Gordon Legge.
2. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
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4. . Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
5. . The Strokes - Room On Fire
6. . Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place
7. . Junior Senior - d-d-Don't Stop That Beat
9. . Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
10. . Pitman - It Takes A Nation Of Tossers
2. R. Kelly - Ignition Remix
3. Kid 606 - The Illness 4. Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch
5. 50 Cent - In Da Club
7. Chingy - Right Thurr
8. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
9. Blu Cantrell - Breathe
10. Stereolab - Instant O In The Universe EP
12. Benny Benassi - Satisfaction
13. The Rapture - House Of Jealous Lovers
14. Richard X feat. Kelis - Finest Dreams
16. Pharrell Williams - Frontin'
17. Arab Strap - The Shy Retirer E.P.
19. Zoot Woman - Grey Day
20. !!! - Me & Giulani Down By The School Yard (A True
Story)
2. . The Vooredoms/Boredoms @ The Arches
3. . Bobby Conn @ The Venue
4. . N*E*R*D w/ J. Timberlake, S.Paul, BE Peas @ The Corn Exchange
5. . Venetian Snares @ Camber
6. . The Sadies @ The Venue
7. . Manitoba @ The Venue
8. . The Magic Band @ Camber
9. . Marlena Shaw @ The Liquid Rooms
10. . Little Roy @ The Liquid Rooms
2. Peanut Butter Wolf's Jukebox 45's 5. Lenny Kaye's Mojo Jukebox (Homemade)
6. Don Letts Presents 'The Mighty Trojan Sound'
9. Neptunes Present The Clones
2. "The Rumsfeld Moment"
4. Big Brother
5. Falkirk v. Hearts Scottish Cup Highlights
6. Bloke pissing on picture of Saddam live on News 24
7. The Art Show
8. Poets Team getting humped on University Challenge
9. BBC 2's Series About Country Music
10. C5 Programme about "The Mechanical Vibrator"
2. So Close
3. 8 Mile
5. Wild Style +
7. The Man With A Movie Camera
2. Jet
3. Kings of Leon aren't that great
4. The White Stripes's I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
7. Erykah Badu's Worldwide Underground
10. C4's 100 Great Sexy Moments
2. David Bowie. Young Americans LP cover
3. Chris Lowe. West End Girls video
4. Black and white Japanese film with the woman shagging the tree
5. Songs of Praise from Grangemouth circa 1971. My woman was in it.
6. Helen Baxendale. That "drama" with John Hannah.
7. Edinburgh bus stops between 8 and 9 in the morning
8. Peak time commuter trains
9. First jobs
10. The sound of high heels behind you, the smell of petrol, Debbie Harry,
Kate Bush etc, etc ...
2. Amp Fiddler
4. Mos Def LP
8. 40ths for Wee Al, Marga, Neil + Andrew
9. The return of The Avalanches
10. Everybody gets what they want
Gordon Legge was brought up in Grangemouth and now lives and works in Edinburgh. Author of two novels, and two short story collections - 'Near Neighbours' and the SAC award-winning collection, 'In Between Talking about the Football.' Inspired many of the new wave of Scottish writers to start writing with his first novel 'The Shoe.' Described as "pop writer extraordinaire"
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