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 guess I liked it.
It is indeed fairly baffling. I think I got more of the [...]

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, can’t talk about it…bugger), and a lovely sunny day outside that I get to take no [...]

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 the music, but I spend a lot of time reading and looking things up.
I don’t just [...]

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 done for a long time. Lovely food (steamed butternut squash and asparagus, caramelised onion humous,  bread, [...]

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 cover of the popular song ‘Who loves the sun?’. It was all sun drenched acoustic guitars [...]

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 today is concerned. Today I’m working for about ten hours of the day, until ten, [...]

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 I need to say somethings.
But first go up to that link and watch it. Seriously incredible idea [...]

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 their path through life. I’ve never seen anything so cute that manages to be as [...]

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 getting better but I tried to squeeze too many songs into the end of my set…they [...]

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. I’ll explain in a moment.
First off let me mention that the french title is shown [...]

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 at best hungover. This was good in a way, but in fact I think I would’ve preferred [...]

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 I can see or smell or am remembering. Poor Mr Subliminal had to put up with me [...]

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 so damn good. Before I start talking about the music though..a bit of background.
Here’s what the [...]

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 and starts. I need to figure out a good way of forcing myself to sleep…but forcing [...]

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 like music so much, and some of the kind of processual analysis of music that [...]