Nowt as good as a free enema

Erm…
I think I’ve ruined this before I’ve started. But this is what happens when I think about something.
I ruin it. (Midas touch in reverse? Fuck 65, don’t you know).
And now I’m distracted.
Anyway, the point is you should go here and listen to this. Free downloads, only three songs, so not a big commitment like that [...]

A Theoretical Upper Limit to the Density of Experience

I bear the emotional, physical and mental scars of a densely packed weekend.
It feels like I squeezed the usual events of a month into about three-four days, to the point where I’m no longer sure how much time has actually elapsed, or is even occurring in the immediate present. My Shatner’s Bassoon is totally [...]

Narcissism and Filthy, Filthy House music - Hangover

I’ve said it before and I say it again.
I love being naked.
No clothes I can wear make me feel as good as I do when I’m naked and happy. Ideally listening to raunchy, filthy house music.
That beat is so fucking versatile, underrated, simplistic and fucking sexy.
Like it’s ridiculous how much filthy, dirty shit you can [...]

Watching Stupidity Strangle Itself

I got this e-mail this morning, and thought I’d share.

hi, it’s Tim,
This is an email I hoped I would never have to send.
As you probably know, in July of 2007 we had to block usage of Pandora outside the U.S. because of the lack of a viable license structure for Internet radio [...]

Comm You Knitty and May King Adiff Rents

So, talk of Quilts the other day.
Additional to yesterday’s Nick Drake fuelled downbeat thoughtfulness.
Anyway, the theme, maybe, is people. Groups, support and how we deal with things.
After I whinged yesterday, I watched the documentary about Drake, including interviews with his family, people who knew him etc.
After having been downified by the liner notes, something came [...]

Melancholy Mood - Don’t read sad things when you’re sad (or do)

So, the festive break back in St Albans was pretty wonderful all round (though I got too drunk on Christmas Eve, and made a dick out of myself, that only partly ruins the feeling because I can’t remember it so it’s hard to feel that bad).
Anyway, family, friends and loved ones abound back there, it’s [...]

Music Soothes the Savage Beast (ie Me)

So,
Massive festive hangover. Unsurprisingly. Bottle of wine from my manager, several ales, including the infamous Imperial Stout. Arriving home to a load of friends, King of the Hill in the small hours of the morning, and the knowledge that right now, as I type, two of my friends are sleeping together in someone elses bed, [...]

Seriously, check out this bag of stuff

An eventful weekend, full of ups and downs. Apparently I’m now the drummer in the band of a guy called Clayton who lives in London. His girlfriend doesn’t want me in the band though, for the entirely justifiable reason that I don’t know how to play the drums (I assured them I can hit things, [...]

Buy Real Estate in Imaginary Places

So, Busdriver’s been inspiring me, but more below than above. I just thought you might want to know why I called the post that.
Also, would anyone who wants to help my creative composting pass comments on yesterday’s post, as I need help.
I also need to know how the hell I can research the spiritual/political aspects [...]

So Very Tired

So, this is mostly just filler because I don’t want to be a liar (it hasn’t been my blog’s birthday since yesterday so I need to get that page off the front page).
Anyway, Matmos are once again making my life seem more full (it’s an illusion though, right now I’m really fucking empty). I found [...]

Alternatively Mainstream - Whatever you do don’t Smash the System

So what am I grumpy about today?
Well……Where to start?
We’ll ignore my immediate physical state, which is one of tiredness in the midst of a thirteen hour day of incredibly busy working. Well….we won’t ignore it, so much as briefly mention it in hopes of a sympathy vote.
Elsewhere in the Alabrain…
I work in the AV section [...]

Palatable - Musical Explorations

This is me…there is no better glimpse of my soul than this.
So, I’m upbeat enough to talk about something that isn’t whinging.
Three Cheers and all that.
So, I find it strange that people don’t like music. And perhaps even stranger that people are so territorial and defensive about their musical tastes. I can’t really delve into [...]

Time Has Told Me

Time has told me
You’re a rare rare find
A troubled cure
For a troubled mind.And time has told me
Not to ask for more
Someday our ocean
Will find its shore.
So I`ll leave the ways that are making me be
What I really don’t want to be
Leave the ways that are making me love
What I really don’t want to love.
Time [...]

The Times of Rupert Continue - Marnie’s Stern

As my blog stats slowly wither and die I remain busy in the real world, stuck far away from the mystical internets.
And I’m hungover and everything.
Anyway, went to see Marnie Stern last night. That chick rocks it hard. I am not quite sure if I can adequately explain what it sounded like without using the [...]

Songs with Words…and Pictures

So last night was in London to see Matmos and Cornelius. Absolutely awesome performance, though due to poor planning I missed half of Matmos, which cuts deep to my soul because I was so excited by them. What I saw was amazing. They really work to get a rich tapestry of sound going in front [...]