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| Thursday, July 24th, 2008 |
sofiaviolet
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5:45p |
1. Hugh got some quotes, and now we have movers for the 4th. \o/ (Definitely not the company mentioned below.) 2. One company gave us a lolariously high estimate. For that price, we could FedEx our stuff across town, give away our furniture, and repurchase the exact same stuff from Ikea. If we managed to sell any of it, we'd come out ahead. 3. I can has Advair. Well, I can has it as soon as I can convince myself to walk to CVS in the rain. 4. I will be interested in seeing if my ultra-jitteriness decreases once I'm not using albuterol every day and sometimes more often than that. Drug interactions FTL. 5. I left my writing notebook at the health center, and realized this just as my train pulled out of Ruggles. Is okay, though. It was right where I left it, once I figured out which room I'd been in. Originally published at The Love Letter Sessions. You can comment here or there. |
dptband
[ yfli ]
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8:00p |
Preston? Had a look at Seetickets, and what do you know? They list another date for the October tour. Haven't heard anything about it, or possibly I've missed it, but according to See it's October 3rd. Preston.If you, like me, have no clue where Preston is, it's here. Current Mood:  cheerful |
my_name_is_anna
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1:28p |
Anyway, who would say that their favourite book is War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, Moby Dick, Les Miserables or Ulysses?
A show off, that's who!
They probably really prefered Harry Potter And The Thingumie Of Whatever but couldn't say. |
my_name_is_anna
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11:32a |
A) What a lovely sunny day!
B) I haven't had any alcoholic drinks for five days. Well done me!
C) Books: A Fine Balance was very good, although quite gruelling. Everyone in it has such a horrible time. I learned about Partition and the caste system and so on in school, but not about how grim it all was. In the book, there's lots of people meeting quite horrible ends just for eg: being involved in a union, spitting at someone, sending their kid off to do another profession rather than their traditional caste one and so on.
Was rather a jump from that to The Horse Whisperer. I was thinking, I don't care about rich American girls getting knocked off their horses, after all that grimness in India! But it is a very good book and I am enjoying it now. It's quite a girly book really, underneath. All horses and high powered, head strong executive women falling in love with strong, gentle, understanding cowboys. No wonder it was the book that got made into a Hollywood film about three years after it was written, and A Fine Balance wasn't. Who cares about Indian beggars when you can see Robert Redford chatting up a horse? |
thehighstreet
[ cherie_xx ]
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11:29a |
'New Look' WISHLIST! The good news about this wishlist is that I can look at the prices and half them because I work there and get an amazing discount. But then I probably wouldn't want any of this stuff if I didn't work there. ♥ ( WISHLIST ) |
thedavidx
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8:37a |
Comprehensive guide to human vices Some of you may dimly recall that Rhodri (my hero) came along to Anna's birthday last month and got surprisingly excited when I told him that Alex James' book includes the shocking revelation that Mike Smith of EMI almost gave his old outfit The Keatons an enormous publishing deal. Without wishing to urinate over Rhodri's metaphorical parade, it has to be said that Mike Smith of EMI almost gave a lot of people enormous publishing deals. I mean he even gave Guernica some free studio time (must dig that tape out to embarrass our guitarist Erol - now an internationally renowned DJ and producer - with some day). But I digress. The conversation sparked a brief but intense bout of nostalgia for The Keatons who I thought were great back in the day. Still do in fact. Rhodri, for his part, posted an exhaustive list of all the band's live dates. I, for mine, phoned up my brother and asked if he could look up the dates of their Scottish gigs in my old diaries and see if I'd mentioned them at all. For younger readers, "diaries" are like the internet but made of paper. All this preamble is in essence a very convoluted way of me saying, "here's some stuff I wrote loosely connected with The Keatons before most of you were born." Many thanks to my little bro for transcribing these ramblings. Hold on to your pants! 23-02-90
Went to see the Keatons (who were completely brilliant) and Thrilled Skinny (who were okayish) at Biancos where Gogs* was making a complete hash of trying to be the DJ, even though the actual records he played were pretty good.*Gogs was the bass player in Pure, a JAMC rip-off act with whom I played guitar. We played our first gig earlier that same evening at Perth Grammar School. Gogs went on to join Pure's arch-rivals Aspidistra who released records on Fierce Panda and got in the NME and were thus, I was sure, the most famous people I would ever meet in my entire life. 06-03-90
Gill* came up to the house at about seven with a large collection of pop discs - some good - House of love, the Keatons, PWEI - and some bad - Prety Boy Floyd ...*Gill Todd was my girlfriend at the time. Rather cruelly known as The Seamonster in later years. She robbed me of my virginity around this time. I was 20. 07-03-90
Tonight has been my first night in alone for ... let me see ... oh ages at least. I decided to type out lots of letters to pop groups but in the event I only managed to type ones for the Keatons, the Librarians and the Beaver Sisters. I asked the Keatons such brilliant questions* as "Who is your favourite Viz character?" and "Can I have a signed photo?"*I believe the answers were "The Pathetic Sharks" and "no" respectively. 02-09-90
Neil phoned up pleading to borrow my microphone as they (ie him + Stuart) were putting on five bands this evening. I kind heartedly submit, warning of the stands tendency to collapse, and the held-together-with-sellotape demeanour of the actual mike itself! [...]
As evening beckoned we went down to Bianco's to witness my microphone being used and abused by ... Aspidistra, who are in the difficult "no bass player" stage ... Pregnant Neck who are almost famous and almost
good ... the Keatons - they were good but not as good as last time (though I still bought a T-shirt) ... and Dawson who sounded a bit on the duff side to my ears but what do I know? The final band, The Ex, were also to use it but we left before they came on!Neil and Stuart were the other members of Aspidistra. This is obviously just before Gogs defected. Pregnant Neck weren't almost famous by any stretch of the imagination but I liked them, especially Lee who did amazing fanzines and became my penpal for a while until he killed himself. I'd never known anybody kill themselves before. I've still got the Keatons t-shirt. 04-11-90
Sunday morning was spent by me and Andrew finishing issue 1 of "Strangetrousers Here We Come" and - phew! - what a corker and no mistake! The Darling Buds, Ralf, Aspidistra, Keatons, Librarians, me and some!
06-11-90
Letter writing frenzy! [...] Then I sent a few copies of Strangetrousers to Biscuit Distribution and also one to Steve Keaton.
04-12-90
[...] And that's not all - I also received an ace letter form Steve Keaton which included such smugness-provoking comments like "excellent fanzine" and "what a witty young chap you are." Yeah! He also included a brill "white puddings of Scotland graph". Hurrah, hurrah and thrice hurrah!I haven't changed much have I? 1990 CAST LIST
STEVE KEATON - Bass-player and driving force of top agit-pop combo The Keatons. Also "penpal" and Strangetrousers interviewee.I may have some of my facts wrong here. I think Rhodri was playing bass for them by now wasn't he? Steve did me a handy family tree, but it looked a bit like a plate of spaghetti. 1991
09-02-91
SONG OF THE DAY: Toys - The Keatons
08-03-91
Got some mail which cheered me up enough to suffer work - a tape from The Keatons and a lyric sheet from the Nivens - and all for free!
SONG OF THE DAY: Real Estate - The KeatonsBless, I was easily impressed in those days. 04-04-91
After tea I went down to Bianco's, supposedly to "help out" Neil + Stuart with their latest promotion, but as it turned out this translated as "hanging out with the in-crowd and getting in for free". I felt a bit guilty about that! The first band, Badgewearer, were slightly crappy but okay. Thrilled Skinny were excellent, much better than last time they played (23/2/90) here. The Keatons were excellent as ever, though I would have liked to have heard some of the old faves like Residivistish or Toys*, oh well...*I am rather giving away the fact here that for all my enthusiasm I only knew the one single. I believe Steve subsequently emigrated to the antipodes. It's remarkable the lengths people will go to to stop me pestering them. Current Mood:  nostalgicCurrent Music: Real Estate - the Keatons |
| Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 |
patrickwolf
[ ohmontreal ]
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11:53p |
sort of new photos here are some new-ish photos taken sometime in april of patrick leaving dolce nightclub courtesy of contactmusic.com. the rolled up pant leg gets me every time, haha. and that jacket, as usual, looks so fabulous on him.  ( + four other images )edit: apparently he was attending the nightclub with lily allen. xxxx. enjoy Current Music: seabear "teenage kicks" |
thehighstreet
[ slidingdoor ]
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9:26p |
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thedavidx
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7:49p |
Wizard Sleeve! Here's a sneak preview of the sleeve of my next vinyl outing, due for release in September. It's a 7" various artists EP featuring 19 bands, so as you can imagine the sound quality is going to be astounding.  Sadly, they've got both the song title and band name wrong. It should of course be "I.W.I.S.H.I.W.A.S.Gay (Beat Me With Your Penis)" by the New Royal Family versus Alexander's Festival Hall featuring Eddie Argos. I mean, what's the point of cajoling a bona fide Top 41 recording star to shout on one of your records if his name's not in big shiny letters on the sleeve, eh? Still, nice pins. Current Mood:  pedanticCurrent Music: This Will Be Our Year - the Zombies |
myska_x
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5:22p |
My darlings 7 Dollar Taxi are on tour this and next month.
If you have the chance, do go and see them. They're well good.
24 Jul 2008 20:00 "Do The Robot Tour" @ Heebie Jeebies @ Liverpool
25 Jul 2008 20:00 "Do The Robot Tour" @ Native Tongue @ Epsom
27 Jul 2008 20:00 "Do The Robot Tour" @ The Croft @ Bristol
28 Jul 2008 20:00 "Do The Robot Tour" @ The Hope And Anchor @ Islington
31 Jul 2008 20:00 "Do The Robot Tour" @ Liar Liar - The George Tavern @ London
1 Aug 2008 20:00 "Do The Robot Tour" @ The Albany @ London
2 Aug 2008 20:00 "Do The Robot Tour" @ The Park @ Peterborough
4 Aug 2008 20:00 Album Launch Party @ Audio Brighton @ Brighton |
patrickwolf
[ faux_redhead ]
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5:02a |
Out of curiousity...
Does anyone have any of Patrick's random doodles they'd like to share? I'm quite a fan of them. |
| Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 |
murderbirds
[ hydragenic ]
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10:04p |
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thehighstreet
[ harrietthespyyy ]
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7:42p |
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thehighstreet
[ loobyk11 ]
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7:12p |
Here's to car boots! Car boots and a good old weekend shopping...
Current Mood:  satisfied |
dptband
[ ourferocity ]
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1:41p |
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my_name_is_anna
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3:57p |
EMERGENCY!
Does anyone have a copy of The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera that they can lend me?
My council's libraries have one copy, which is on loan and already has two reservations on it.
I am currently reading (very good!) A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry). Next ones are The War of the Worlds (HG Wells) and The Truth (Terry Pratchett again. He has a lot in the list) which will take me a couple of weeks but then I'll run out of books and I don't want to read the next one up the BIg Read 2003 list as then the WHOLE SYSTEM will be RUINED! |
thedavidx
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7:54a |
24 0800 Woke up, went to the lav, fed the cat, went back to bed 0900 Went to the lav again, went back to bed again 1000 Went to the lav again, probably fed the cat again, went back to bed, said bye to Anna 1100 Had "wankquilizer" in failed attempt to get back to sleep 1200 Finally got up, had some breakfast, did dishes 1300 Phoned London Cycle Campaign and GLA 1400 Bashed together stunning new article for Global Cool 1500 Farted about on internet a bit more 1700 Set off for Highbury 1745 Swam/swum/swimmed 20 lengths 1830 Caught bus back to Archway 1900 Picked up prescription, bought some fruit and sundries 1930 Phoned Auntie, phoned Mum 2000 Made tea, ate tea 2030 Did dishes, checked email/livejournal/myspace for millionth time 2130 Set off for work 2230 Arrived at work, read some papers, drank coffee, bought Twix, farted about on internet some more 0000 Made cup of tea, ate Twix, emailed Anna a bit 0100 Googled "New Royal Family" - 15,200,000 results 0200 Ate packed lunch (spag with mushrooms/courgette/garlic) 0400 Inserted Grocer's Apostrophe into one of Rory's summaries to check he was paying attention. 0500 Did Daily Express "brain workout" (2 out of 3 correct - strangely intermediate level was 1 digit out) 0600 Emailed Jeremy (who sits about 20 feet away) about Human League / Frank Sidebottom 0630 Left work, walked along Thames Path 0700 Caught bus at London Bridge 0730 Arrived home, fed cat, did massive "sitdowner" 0800 Wrote riveting blow by blow account of past 24 hours' thrilling activities, felt a bit sleepy, went to bed. Current Mood: poopedCurrent Music: Eddie Cochran medley by Frank Sidebottom |
sofiaviolet
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1:30a |
... no, not for the moving woes. If there are one or more people on your friends list who make your world a better place just because they exist, and who you would not have met (in real life or not) without the Internet, then post this same sentence in your journal. Relatedly, that meme, where you paste your friendslist into a post and bold everyone you've met in person. Correct as far as I know; poke me if I messed up in either direction. (One username per person; art/fic/non-fandom journals removed from the list.) ( my flist is kinda long )*** I am at that point in packing where my room is a mess (well, even more of a mess than usual) and I can find ten thousand things I forgot I owned, but nothing I will need within the next two weeks. /o\ |
| Monday, July 21st, 2008 |
dptband
[ ourferocity ]
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10:17p |
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patrickwolf
[ ryana_lunarian ]
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9:23p |
video I've just found a fan made video of Patrick for Magpie. i kinda liked it, thought i share... I haven't made this one... Enjoy: Current Mood:  okay |
murderbirds
[ hydragenic ]
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8:04p |
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thehighstreet
[ touchedarling ]
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4:09p |
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babyshambles
[ myska_x ]
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2:15p |
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my_name_is_anna
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12:35p |
On Saturday I went to see Frank Sidebottom at the Bull and Gate. It was a strange experience.
I remember seeing him on telly years ago (in the early 90s? Or earlier?) and also I think he was in a comic strip in Oink. This was a kid's version of Viz which was published in the 80s and which I really liked.
But then on Saturday, it was really odd because I didn't 'get' any of it, didn't find anything funny and couldn't understand the audience. They were very scary! It was Frank Sidebottom's night, with other acts chosen by him, and when these poor sods were on, there were scary blokes shouting stuff like 'F*****g get Frank back on you c***s!'. Which I thought seemed A) a bit heavy for a comedy night and B) hard to understand as Frank didn't seem any funnier than the other people.
I kept asking people to explain what was funny. The bloke on the merchandise stall said it was funny because it was silly. 'But I like Vic and Bob', I said, 'Why don't I understand this?'
I suggested maybe it was because I'm not from oop North, there was a joke I was missing. But then, I like John Shuttleworth, and he's got that whimsical Northern thing down pat, and I understand that.
Normally I think I've got quite a good sense of humour. It is very strange to be in a room of people baying for a comic who gives you no idea why they are doing that! |
patrickwolf
[ ohmontreal ]
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1:34a |
patrick videos hello my dears. i've noticed this community has been somewhat defunct recently due to little news on patrick's current ventures. hopefully this entry will help keep things alive. i've got some interesting videos (and an mp3 of a strange toy patrick picked up at shepherds bush market) that feature patrick that i'm not sure have been posted. this first one is of patrick during the lycanthropy phase. he is knitting a jumper while on the london tube with some of his friends. you can see him randomly throughout the clip. he's the one with the short blonde hair with a black layer of hair underneath. i'm sure you won't miss his appearance. about eleven seconds into the clip, you can already spot him in the far right. you can see what he's knitting about five and a half minutes into the clip. and i adore his silly little impersonation near the end of the clip when he's sitting by his sister jo. ;) and here is a video from that fuji film thing that he did. it's a video of him and his time with lightspeed champion at manchester radio station, as well as them singing together a rendition of "souvenirs" while also having a bit of fun. before the manchester radio station performance, he had picked up a toy at shepherds bush market which he was convinced of it being a terrorism tool as each button says something else and one says "war" repeatedly while another says "new york, new york". i found it rather hilarious when listening to it despite the fact that i could barely understand a good majority of what the toy was saying, check out the mp3 of the toy here. enjoy. Current Music: lykke li "little bit" |
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