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- On the plus side, my thighs are now pretty much dead from cycling up and down a hill to a lock. Bought back vegan flapjackesque snacks. 6 hours ago
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Category Archives: Things that make me Smile
The Fountain – I actually felt like I was surrounded in beautiful golden light
Well, not quite, but this film did put me into an almost blissful state. Just warm and happy and at ease with the world. Smiles galore and a feeling like the air was flowing clearer around me. So yeah, I … Continue reading
Posted in Awesome, Death, Enlightenment, Fantasy, Film, life, Meditation, Mythology, SciFi, Surrealism, Swings and Roundabouts, Things that make me Smile
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In, Ex Plicker, Ball
I don’t really get me. Right now I have every reason to be miserable, lack of sleep, long day at work (in media res) to be followed by another, desks to move and people to get over (lots of trouble, … Continue reading
Posted in Things that make me Smile, Thoughts
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Izza Real ‘Ardcore – Me and My Music
So, I spend a lot of time trying to drown my sorrows (and joys) in music. Lots of time. I know things about the music I listen to that man (and woman) was never meant to know. Well, not all … Continue reading
Posted in Breakcore, Call to Arms, DJ, DJing, Electronica, Elegaic, Emotion, Emotional, Events, Me, Mixing, Muscial, Music, Personal, Things that make me Smile, Thoughts, Transcendent, Uncategorized
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Air Brained
I went for a brief bit of an adventure yesterday. Well, strictly speaking it was just a picnic in a park in town I’ve never been to before. It was absolutely beautiful and the most relaxing and centring thing I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Ramble, Things that make me Smile, Thoughts
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Who Loves the Sun? – I did, long before anyone else. Maybe
So, I’ve been reacquainted with the ability of the mind to lie. I was sitting around, minding my business. When out of an orange coloured sky (okay, it was a tv tuned to a ‘chill’ radio station) I heard a … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Warhol, Animation, Music, The Sun, Theft, Things that make me Smile
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Buggered Sore like a Hobo’s Whore
So, yesterday I was slightly rollercoaster. Upset, downset, left, right, unset. I cheered up in the evening but only by the time that I was supposed to be sleeping. This means I’ve shot myself in the foot as far as … Continue reading
Posted in Buggery, Confusion, Elysium, Mild Mania, Mood swings, Moodiness, Music, Rollercoaster, Songs, Things that make me Smile
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Jerky DrumPiano Magic
Go and watch this. Hopefully I’ll be writing a big and fascinating (and intimately personal) post later today…though I don’t know if I’ll have the focus to write it at work. Anyway, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking, and … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Music, Things that make me Smile, Video
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Blue Sky Thinking
Lots of Inspirational things have been driving my way in the last twenty four hours or so. Not least of all is a wonderfully thoughtful webcomic called Copper. Seemingly just about a clever dog and his wise young master and … Continue reading
What the Folk are you on about? – Putting Musical Pigeons in their holes
Music has been treating me grand recently. After a less than satisfying set on Saturday (not enough people there that early, and only about fifteen to twenty minutes of the set really worked….the ending was rushed, I thought it was … Continue reading
Posted in Critique, Culture, Do Make Say Think, Elation, Electronica, Elegaic, Ellis Island Sound, Emotion, Emotional, Empathy, Everything, Folk, Folktronica, Freedom, Genre, Imagery, Imagination, Lost Myself, Mild Mania, Music, Music Theory, Perception, Pigeonholes, Post Folk, Post Rock, Rant, Rock, Self Indulgent, Things that make me Smile, Thoughts, Waves, Weird, Wonderful
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Perchance to Wake? – The Science of Sleep
So, indeed, I did watch the Science of Sleep the night before last. I enjoyed it massively, in fact it was an incredibly personally affective film for me. A little nerve-wracking almost, for all the naive silliness that goes on. … Continue reading
Posted in Blurs, Boundaries, Creativity, Critique, Curioisity, Diary?, Dreams, Elegaic, Emotional, Emotions, Everything, Experience, Fantasy, Fear, Film, Fucked up, Gah, Heart, Honest, How to think, Identity, Imagination, Incoherent, Learning, life, Madness, Mania, Me, Memories, Mental, Michel Gondry, Mild Mania, Mind, Observations, Personal, Ramble, Reality, Schizophrenia, Security, Self, Silliness, Strange, Stupid, Swings and Roundabouts, The Science of Sleep, Things that make me Smile, Thoughts, Tired, Weird, Weirdness, Werid, Wonderful
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Slow Painful Progress – Moods and Trolls
So, I am still maintaining some kind of forward motion on the nano. I finally got the ball rolling again. Only problem is it’s going incredibly slowly. I kinda took the weekend off and spent most of it absolutely bladdered…or … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, boredom, Creativity, Detachment, Diary?, Drinking, Emotions, Energy, Feeling Rough, Film, Frost Troll, Gah, Hope, Imagination, Incoherent, life, Looking forward, Lovely, Mild Mania, Music, Nanowrimo, Nonsense, Novel, Personal, Personal Growth, Ramble, Swings and Roundabouts, Things that make me Smile, Thoughts, Tired, Tiredness, Vikings, Violence, Werid, Writing
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Conflusion
So, it’s miles off from the full moon and everything’s gone a little weird. I think I’m having fun. In principle at least. I keep on not thinking about what I’m saying and just splurging random sentences based on things … Continue reading
Posted in Abnormality, Apathetic Fallacy, Beer, Broken, Creativity, Culture, Curioisity, Day, Debate, Diary?, Dirty Snake, DJ, Dreams, Drill 'n' Bass, Drinking, Elation, Electronica, Elegaic, Emotional, Emotions, Empathy, Energy, Events, Everything, Experience, Lovely, Lovely Strangers, Mania, Meaning, Media, Memories, Mental, Mild Mania, Mind, Music, Naive, Nonsense, Nostalgia, Observations, Optimism, Paranoia, Perception, Personal, Philosophy, Ramble, Reality, Sea, Self, Self Indulgent, Self-Identity, Silliness, Silly, Simplicity, Storytelling, Strange, Stupid, Swings and Roundabouts, Things that make me Smile, Thoughts, Weirdness, Werid, Wonderful
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Yield To Total Elation
Indeed I will, I shall and I have been for the last hour. The track (YTTE by Matmos) is only 9 minutes and seven seconds long. It is rare that I repeat a track this many times. But it’s just … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artistry, Creativity, Drill 'n' Bass, Elation, Electronica, Elegaic, Emotional, Everything, Experiment, Fun, Imagination, Incoherent, Internal Organs, Le Petit Mort, Lovely, Matmos, Mild Mania, Mood swings, Music, Nonsense, Observations, Optimism, Orgasm, Pain, Perception, Personal, Personal Growth, Poo, Propaganda, Ramble, Rant, Real-Time, Revolution, Scientific Endeavour, Storytelling, Thanks, Things that make me Smile, Track Review, Unconfined Joy, Vaguely Postmodern, Violence, Wonderful
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Day…Today…Indeed
I had a day today. Not quite finished it yet, but I thought I’d jot some thoughts down as I’ve been quiet for a coupla days. I got practically no sleep, with what I did get performed entirely in stops … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artistry, Brighton, Comics, Creativity, Critique, Culture, Curioisity, Day, De Old and De New, Diary?, Dreams, Education, Electronica, Emotional, Environment, Everything, Evolution, Fashion, Friends, Fun, Games, History, I am an Artist, I'm a Hippy, Identity, Imagination, Incoherent, Investigation, Learning, Literature, Looking forward, Matmos, Media, Mild Mania, Money, Mood swings, Motivation, Music, Observations, Optimism, Perception, Personal, Personal Growth, Philosophy, Punk, Ramble, Rant, Reality, Stereotypes, Storytelling, Stupid, Swings and Roundabouts, Talentless, Thanks, Things that make me Smile, Vaguely Postmodern, Want want want, Weird, Weirdness, Werid
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It’s all in your head – Ways of Listening
So, this is about a lot of discussions I have with people. It’s about music, but it’s not going to be just like my random reviews of music. I want to look in a bit more depth at why I … Continue reading
Posted in Accordians, Apathetic Fallacy, Creativity, Critique, Culture, Curioisity, Dancing, De Old and De New, Debate, Emotional, Experiment, Herbert, Ill, Matmos, Mild Mania, Music, Music Theory, Nonsense, Nostalgia, Observations, Perception, Ramble, Sickypoo, Swings and Roundabouts, Things that make me Smile, Weirdness
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