Saturday 22 July 2017

The Bawley 100 - 10 Years of The Bawley 100, New Years Eve 2007/2017


The Bawley 100 was born from boredom and an idea that we could catalogue the best songs of the year and play them back over the fast approaching new years party. 10 years and 1000 songs later, Marty McFly goes Bawley to the Future...
After being sent 10 years into the past in a time-travelling DeLorean, Marty McFly has to find the 100 best songs from his Bawley past. Do it right and his will parents fall in love, find a campground and ensure Bawley's existence...

100 Silverchair  - Straight Lines (2007, 58)

99 Brendan Maclean  - Stupid (2013, 29)

98 Silversun Pickups  - Lazy Eye (2007, 39)

97 Christine and the Queens  - Tilted (2016, 7)

96 Massive Attack  - Girl I Love You (2010, 33)

95 Beck  - Waking Light (2014, 9)

94 Dirty Projectors  - Gun Has No Trigger (2012, 22)

93 Tame Impala  - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (2012, 55)

92 Frank Turner  - Get Better (2015, 48)

91 The Presets  - My People (2007, 33)

90 Middle Kids  - Edge of Town (2016, 6)

89 Amy Winehouse  - Rehab (2007, 99)

88 Grinderman  - Mickey Mouse And The Goodbye Man (2010, 53)

87 Frightened Rabbit  - The Woodpile (2013, 51)

86 Natalie Prass  - Bird Of Prey (2015, 45)

85 Architecture In Helsinki  - That Beep (2008, 29)

84 The Drones  - How To See Through Fog (2013, 22)

83 CSS  - Fuck Everything (2011, 80)

82 Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross  - Hand Covers Bruise (2010, 11)

81 Elbow  - Grounds For Divorce (2008, 59)

80 Sigur Rós  - Gobbledigook (2008, 86)

79 Kanye West  - Runaway (2010, 100)

78 My Morning Jacket  - Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt 2 (2008, 39)

77 Young Fathers  - Shame (2015, 85)

76 Nine Inch Nails  - Copy Of A (2013, 2)

75 Alt-J (∆) - Breezeblocks (2012, 29)

74 Roots Manuva  - Don't Breathe Out (2015, 28)

73 Solange  - Cranes in the Sky (2016, 48)

72 Cut Copy  - Lights & Music (2008, 36)

71 Arcade Fire  - Here Comes The Night Time (2013, 77)

70 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds  - We No Who U R (2012, 37)

69 The National  - I Should Live In Salt (2013, 9)

68 TV On The Radio  - Will Do (2011, 1)

67 Arcade Fire  - Ready To Start (2010, 13)

66 Deftones  - Leathers (2012, 30)

65 The Good The Bad and The Queen  - Kingdom Of Doom (2007, 36)

64 Darren Hayman (feat. Elizabeth Morris)  - I Know I Fucked Up (2011, 24)

63 PJ Harvey  - The Words That Maketh Murder (2011, 4)

62 Editors  - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors (2007, 42)

61 Bloc Party  - I Still Remember (2007, 80)

60 Kishi Bashi  - Bright Whites (2012, 18)

59 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds  - Lie Down Here (And Be My Girl) (2008, 28)

58 Cold War Kids  - Hang Me Out To Dry (2007, 41)

57 Lambchop  - If Not I'll Just Die (2011, 48)

56 The National  - Don't Swallow the Cap (2013, 3)

55 Cloud Control  - Dojo Rising (2013, 36)

54 Laura Marling  - Goodbye England (Covered In Snow) (2010, 62)

53 Phoenix  - Lisztomania (2009, 3)

52 The Presets  - This Boy's In Love (2008, 2)

51 The National  - Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks (2010, 76)

50 MGMT  - Time To Pretend (2008, 1)

49 Sufjan Stevens  - Should Have Known Better (2015, 12)

48 TV On The Radio  - Careful You (2014, 50)

47 The Jezabels  - Mace Spray (2010, 8)

46 Queens Of The Stone Age  - I Appear Missing (2013, 23)

45 Camera Obscura  - Away With Murder (2009, 4)

44 The Panics  - Don't Fight It (2007, 48)

43 Cut Copy  - So Haunted (2007, 10)

42 The Decemberists  - The Singer Addresses His Audience (2015, 20)

41 LCD Soundsystem  - Someone Great (2007, 27)

40 Belle & Sebastian  - Nobody's Empire (2015, 4)

39 Grinderman  - When My Baby Comes (2010, 34)

38 David Bowie  - Where Are We Now? (2013, 8)

37 Regina Spektor  - All The Rowboats (2012, 23)

36 Yeah Yeah Yeahs  - Down Boy (2007, 17)

35 Future Islands  - Seasons (Waiting On You) (2014, 6)

34 TV On The Radio  - Golden Age (2008, 4)

33 Neko Case  - Man (2013, 20)

32 Lambchop  - Mr. Met (2012, 5)

31 LCD Soundsystem  - Home (2010, 5)

30 The National  - Graceless (2013, 62)

29 Bon Iver  - Holocene (2011, 22)

28 Elbow  - One Day Like This (2008, 3)

27 The Burley Griffin  - Die Alone (2015, 10)

26 Courtney Barnett  - Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party (2015, 1)

25 Janelle Monáe - Tightrope (2010, 26)

24 Cracked Actor  - Long Road (2012, 11)

23 British Sea Power  - Waving Flags (2008, 8)

22 Nine Inch Nails  - 1,000,000 (2008, 33)

21 Frightened Rabbit  - Backyard Skulls (2013, 7)

20 Dinosaur Jr.  - Goin Down (2016, 2)

19 Radiohead  - Ceremony (2007, 6)

18 Portishead  - Machine Gun (2008, 20)

17 Radiohead  - All I Need (2007, 1)

16 Radiohead  - 15 Step (2007, 7)

15 Arcade Fire  - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) (2010, 4)

14 Typhoon  - Young Fathers (2013, 10)

13 Cracked Actor  - Funerals (2015, 2)

12 Courtney Barnett  - Avant Gardener (2013, 54)

11 M83  - Midnight City (2011, 11)

10 M.I.A.  - Paper Planes (2007, 77)

9 TV On The Radio  - Halfway Home (2008, 19)

8 Courtney Barnett  - Depreston (2015, 18)

7 Hot Chip  - Ready For The Floor (2007, 63)

6 Arcade Fire  - Reflektor (2013, 1)

5 The National  - Fake Empire (2008, 52)

4 Radiohead  - Burn the Witch (2016, 1)

3 The Xx  - Crystallised (2009, 1)

2 The National  - Bloodbuzz Ohio (2010, 2)

1 LCD Soundsystem  - All My Friends (2007, 2)


Great Scott!

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Saturday 1 July 2017

10 years of Bawley Memes

A Bawley meme is an activity, concept, catchphrase, dodgy photoshop or piece of text which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the Bawley 100 list.  The original Bawley meme was constructed from with a notepad and camera, the 2016 version involved an augmented reality game and "Get Off Ma Lawn!!" hysteria.


2007: The Notepad

Armed with one notepad, one pen, plenty of beers and a few G&T's the Bawley 100 and the Bawley meme was born... (more)

2008: The Bawley Financial Crisis


Stocks rise... (more)

2009: BawleyFlu


When you or someone in your family suddenly begins to experience the symptoms – fever, blandness, aches, chills, tiredness, miley cirrhosis, u2-itis – you have just moments to take action. Trust BAWLEY FLU... (more)

2010: Bawley Leaks


The world of end-of-year lists has been thrown into disarray by the release of several private files stolen from deep within the usually secretive Bawley community, available to view on the notorious website BawleyLeaks... (more)


2011: Occupy Bawley


Global civil society is being threatened by an end of year list system based on power and not on human values. Year after year, best-of lists are published that repress basic freedoms and consistently favour the greed of the few over the needs of the many... (more)

2012: 50 Shades of Bawley


The iPod in his pocket is pressing hard against my belly he whispers What was your favourite song of 2012...(more)

2013: Breaking Bawley


A pair of everyday radio listeners are diagnosed with inoperable, advanced end of year list monotony. On a summer road trip they hear a Hottest 100 promo and devise a scheme to become partners, combine their skills and manufacture their own end of year list... (more)

2014: The Bawley Games


In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Bawley is divided between the districts and the Capitol... (more)

2015: Orange is the new Bawley


In 2015 they were sentenced to spend a year in a minimum-security prison, punished for their 10 year old association with a known pan pipe player. Forced to trade headphones for handcuffs, soundcloud for shared showers, and band t-shirts for boiler-suits... (more)

2016: Bawléymon Go


Bawléymon Go listeners claim they have been moved on by police and threatened with fines, after a large crowd flocked to an otherwise quiet South Coast beach. Racecourse Beach at Bawley Point has attracted listeners in great numbers, with three Bawléystops intersecting at the location... (more)


10 years of Bawley: Bawley To The Future


Taking you back in time. Coming Soon... (more)

Get on twitter to vote for your favourite Bawley meme. https://twitter.com/hashtag/bawleymeme












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