Ranking The Fast & Furious films
If, like us at somethingyousaid.com, you’re a fan of film or pop-culture in general, then you’ve obviously heard of the tragic death of actor Paul Walker in November. Just 40 years old, the actor… Read More
Music: Emily & The Woods, Helios
It’s refreshing to have a very palatable folk-indie act drop into the Something You Said inbox on a dreary weekday afternoon. Not least because London-based musicmaker, Emily & The Woods, offers relief from the… Read More
Le Guess Who? Days Three and Four
Somethingyousaid.com’s Carol Bowditch concludes her time in Utrecht with bloody feet: After a lengthy visit to a ‘very nice’ ‘coffee shop’ I stopped by Kapitaal, a gallery space/retailer of art nick-nacks and one… Read More
Skateboarding’s Identity Crisis
Ever since the birth of skateboarding in the ʻ60s, the now trendy bastard-child of surf(board?)ing has been riddled with the notion of identity and has escalated into a full-blown identity crisis faced by… Read More
How to survive Winter Wonderland
When Dean Martin sang ‘Walking in a Winter Wonderland’ all those years ago, I’m 100% certain he did not have the annual Hyde Park festivities in mind; hundreds of overpriced Bratwurst stalls, stands… Read More
Arcade Fire, They Kind of Matter… A Lot
Claire Little makes her Somethingyousaid.com debut with some reflections on musical figureheads, Arcade Fire: David Bowie – an early fan of the band – saw it. Their third studio album The Suburbs confirmed it. Now… Read More
Christmas gift ideas #1: Jack Daniel’s
December. That magical time of the year where you’re obliged to spend countless hours in a heaving mall, battling against fellow mega-stressed consumers in a bid to complete your Christmas shopping in as… Read More
Music Video: Traams in session
Somethingyousaid.com caught Brighton lads Traams playing a neat afternoon set at Le Guess Who? festival in The Netherlands. We were suitably impressed by their heavily distorted, playful show. With the recent release of… Read More
Great films you might have missed in 2013
If you’re putting together your Best Movies list for the year, then STOP! You might wanna see these suggestions from Somethingyousaid.com’s resident film buff, Neil Martin, first: My mission to watch more and… Read More
Interview: Abbe May is a Perth Girl
Melissa Oey chats to Australian musician Abbe May: Firstly, congratulations on the amazing clip for ‘Perth Girls’. Objectively speaking, those models and the subject of the song seemed ‘simply irresistible’ but what (else) led… Read More
Le Guess Who? Days one and two
My ignorance had me disappointed that Le Guess Who?, a psychedelic rock festival, was based in the sleepy university town of Utrecht rather than its gaudy, neon littered close neighbour – Amsterdam. However,… Read More