Sunday, December 30, 2007

He didn’t marry you for your sparkling wit



All advice to spice up your sex life in family-friendly magazines is going to be lame, almost by definition. It will fail you. This isn’t nearly as bad as suggesting that you add food to the mix, but it has the same potential for backfiring on you, especially if you have a bad back. But I do understand that they can’t exactly put in advice like, “Anal beads are a cheap form of entertainment,” or “Have you ever considered teabagging?” in this article.

Do It Like A Dog -Dean Milan
Peanut Duck - Marsha Gee
Your Love - Lime

This article is bullshit.

Friday, December 28, 2007

Sugar and Lemon any one?



I love the line in my sum up of last year "I don't think I want a girlfriend" hmm this year saw me labelling two girls my girlfriends, and well muchos fun in between.

Jimbo and the Jetsets never formed - I'm such a lazy twat - but I reckon I shall work on my voice and become a solo artist - hmmm, lol.

I ended 2006 in Leeds partying with Irfan, was ace!

Synposis One: In The Ghetto, God Save The World - 24 Carat
Blackwater Side - Anne Briggs

This year has seen the introduction of many friends - though some of those friendships were short lived:

Susannah - met her through a one night stand she had with one of my friends. We fell out after James and I stole a stuffed toy from her flat when we were drunk. We gave it her back, but it got stolen again - she never forgave me. Hmmm.

Amy - though an ex girlfriend, she was also a friend. Our friendship came to an end when I slept with her friend after we had broken up. Though we have just started talking again.

Theme Music (Sad) - Kalyanji Anandji

Paul and Richard. Well, Paul used to work with Molly in Terminal 1. We started hanging out, and on a night out I introduced him to one of Amy's friends, Richard. They got together and became a couple and Richard moved in with Molly in the new apartment. Paul also moved in for the summer. These friendships ended when they both moved to uni in Edinburgh, and left Molly in debt with a lot of money that they should have paid her

In My Spaceship - Jan Turkenburg and his pupils of the Geert Grote School

I established our status as "sisters"

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Another option is WARBREAKER



I have been getting a lot of email--a LOT--these last few weeks. As I've said, I really appreciate it when people write me, and the overwhelming majority of it has been positive. I've been getting a number of questions over and over, however, and thought I'd better begin a FAQ to go in hand with the interview over at Dragonmount.

1,2,3,No Gravity - Closer Musik
Give Me Your Money - D'Boys

I'll will probably expand this as the months pass. I've answered some of these already, and others are obvious. My goal is to make this comprehensive (eventually). Once I have time, I will try to put this in html with all the questions at the top linked to answers below.

I'm A Fool For Love - Prince Charles & The City Band

Q: What is A MEMORY OF LIGHT?

Melting Pot - Blue Mink

A: A MEMORY OF LIGHT is the twelfth and final volume of Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Mr. Jordan passed away earlier this year, but left notes and instructions regarding the completion of this final volume.

Roof Sweep - Richard Youngs & Simon Wickham-Smith

He shaped the heart of the violin

Monday, December 24, 2007

Still dreaming about explodin’, are you?



Laughter rings uncomfortable, suffocates in the unexpected darkness. Limbs twist around each other, sliding, shifting contact and hot, wet breaths across his neck.

Bracing, bruising pressure on his hip and a harsh, erratic rhythm that he can’t quite get used to and can’t quite enjoy.

Fast Cars (SFX Version) - Z Factor
Ringo For President - The Young World Singers

Heated, filthy words rush past his cheek and he tries to turn his head to meet them, tries to steal some bitterness from that rough, vicious mouth but he can’t reach.

Can’t stifle the cry, as careless, imprecise teeth sink into shoulder, probably break skin, and one last, brutal thrust seems to rip him apart and he doesn’t think he’ll ever be able to breath again.

And then he can, as the hold on his hip loosens and the weight on his back disappears, almost immediately, and he’s alone, exhausted, and not exactly done.

Which, really, perfect, and he sighs, stares at the ceiling.

There’s another sigh, soft exasperation, murmurs of “You’d just have to go and be difficult, wouldn’t you?” and a kiss that’s all feigned tenderness and mocking tongue but he plays along, is used enough to patronizing to enjoy it.

Lighthouse Dream - Smackos

The quick, steady, and ultimately effective strokes of fingers rougher and longer than his own, not quite better, just different, help a bit.

He wakes up alone in the morning, a bit sore, and among bed sheets that seriously need to be washed, and none of that is exactly surprising.

Spends the day irritable, awkward, strangely angry and if Claude notices, he just ignores the sudden fits of temper.

Three Ships - Andrew Paine

That is, until he manages, in a fortuitous combination of frustration and lack of control, to hurl the man telekinetically against the pigeon coop, along with the utterly brilliant “You bitter, homeless jerk. ”

Merry Xmas - Sleepy Township

No, that comes later, when he’s wiping off the last smear of blood from his lip

Friday, December 21, 2007

it's as big it's as big as it's as common



They have been altered and misunderstood many times over. Even the original recording was altered to change the meaning of the song along with the lyrics but the Institute has the original so there is no conspiracy going on here Nobody Knows It But Me Lyrics AND now she writes poetry and song lyrics as well? I was very excited to hear from her, because a) she is awesome, and b) she helps me remember what it’s like to be a teenager, which is very helpful when you’re writing YA novels but .

Waiting Room - Fugazi
The Ladies Bra's - Jonny Trunk & Wisbey

I was going to upload a strange cabaret song I found by Maltese singer Amadeo Carmel called My London when it suddenly occurred to me just how many odd/quirky London-themed singles and album tracks I had in my collection Nobody Knows It But Me Lyrics Babyface uhmm,,i think my friends doesn't like me anymore..sounds awkward right?!but..i really can't explain this feeling.

Undertaker's Burial - The Crystalites

I tried to ignore things out but it really hurts me inside. I feel like I'm torned. They already like someone.who's . tony rich project tony rich project guitar tabs tony rich project lyric tony rich project lyrics tony rich project lyrics nobody knows tony rich project lyrics nobody knows it but me tony rich project mp3 tony rich project nobody tony .

Bing Hoff/ Bing Hoff Aquatic - Merzbow

its as easy as buying a car bush

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

take a dump in the woods



I completely forgot to mention of the air today about my 1,000th post. That's a crazy amount of writing. I started this contraption in March 2005 and look at me now. I have to scratch my head on the hours I pour into this thing and still have to plenty of time to be a productive member of society.

Come On Closer - Pineapples feat Douglas Roop
Outta Space - Jimi Tenor
The Jewel Thief - Badly Drawn Boy

I would like to thank the mainstream media outlets for not doing their job on reporting on good music. That's why blogs exists, because there's opinion and bands not being written about. I would like to thank the countless bands and artists making great music in an industry that's destroying creativity. I would like to thank Google for driving traffic to my site. Finally, I would like to thank you, because you have good taste in music.

Tristan's Magic Garden - Sky
Radar Love - Golden Earring

It's an ode to the Laurel Canyon sound

Sunday, December 16, 2007

The hostess was not impressed.



Ike is going home this week. So is Miss Kitty. Eddy is going to a foster home where he will be the only dog. Jasper and I are headed on an twelve hour drive to be with family over Christmas. When I get back, my house is going to be so quiet. Probably not for long. There will be another stray to take in. I have a new dog who will be staying for me for a month. I made another small pie. This time the dog were placed in their kennel, Ike locked into his cage, the bedroom door shut on kitty. The pie turned out well. This time, made with human tastes in mind.

Go Go Go - Chris Haas & Bartel Beate
Emergency - Motorhead

I didn't know cats could do that.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

the urge to beat the crowds



BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH SYMPHONY concluded the program at Saturday night’s opening of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra’s 63rd season, its 16th in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium and its first alongside a Masonic Temple resplendent in its newly useful life. The Providence Renaissance Hotel, which opened in June, adds a new dimension to the VMA experience.

Black Quarter (Gematria) - Double Leopards
Do You Dream In Colour? - Bill Nelson

A night at the symphony has always been, for me, as much about architecture as about music. An auditorium of such grandeur as the Vets blends aural and visual art in a realm that transcends both. Year after year, the virtuosity of the Philharmonic rises to new heights. You are lifted by the music onto a spiritual Cloud Nine that transports you from the standing ovation in the auditorium to one that awaits you outside as you turn to see that symphony of architecture, the Rhode Island State House.

Hashis Vers - Sebastien Tellier/Mr.Ozio/Sebastian

Goethe called architecture “frozen music” — “the tone of mind produced by architecture,” he added, “approaches the effect of music.” If our State House is the fourth movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, you could say that the first movement of the Fifth Symphony is the Masonic Temple.

Spitfire Parade - Swell Maps
Mrs. Blucher - Alastair Galbraith

you are stuck in your seat for a quarter of an hour that feels like many hours in a dentist’s chair

Friday, December 14, 2007

They could die in childbirth



When I was in college, there was a hypothetical question that made the rounds -- would you rather live in a developing civilization, or in a decadent one? How you answered was supposed to reflect significantly on your essential character, or something.

Jane B. Ertrinkt Mit Den Pfeiden - Felix Kubin
Adventure - Eleanor

You wouldn't see a question like that going around on MySpace today, mostly because hardly anyone under the age of 30 understands what the word 'decadent' means any more. Which is regrettable and ironic simultaneously, because, well, it's pretty much the best word the English language has for describing our current culture... such as it is.

Untitled - Bumrocks

Why? Because we're bored. And this is what we do when we're bored.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

and a spot of red lipstick



Massive Headache - Lick My Spot

He likes guns. Is all for the war. Works way too much...in fact, he says that he goes into work 7 days a week at times. We butted heads on this -- me stating that I feel the USofA peeps are workaholics, don't take their vacations and that it's good to be away from work and enjoy life. He countered that it's just in people's wiring to work a lot and look at me -- how I do the full time gig and then go off to rehearsal or performance or whatnot and I do that on the weekends...and I countered with that it's something I enjoy doing --

Pocahontas - Lick My Spot

Ugh. Bad feeling.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

the anti-growth



Every newborn baby in Australia represents a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions for an average of 80 years, not simply by breathing but by the profligate consumption of resources typical of our society.

The Disintegration Loops 1.1 - William Basinski

Monday, December 10, 2007

At the risk of boring you all



Venues and cities unlock at a brisk pace and opportunities such as winning a tour van or stealing roadies are part of set list selections. After playing through a little while, we gave ourselves a rest and hit the store to kit ourselves out. Squid found a nice steampunk ensemble while the Lemur decked herself in electric lime green.

Chupa Chups - Mainpal

Over the course of the night, I came to understand a few things:

1. We all liked how the crowd would start singing along if we were really nailing the song.

Gween-Kong-Zee - Ex-Girl

2. Squid preferred the new guitar over the old one. After experimenting between the two, I had come to the same conclusion.

Psychic Hitlist Victim No.8 - Honolulu Mountain Daffodils

3. My left foot has a better sense of rhythm when using the bass pedal of the drum kit.

Sex-O-Matic - Bar-Kays

4. Lemur really likes the Pixies.

Cuffs - Ali Renault

5. General consensus was that we could easily tune out the noise from striking the drum kit. We had the sound up on the television but it wasn't too loud, I thought.

Storm In A Teacup - Lyndesy De Paul

In my hubris, I jacked up

Sunday, December 09, 2007

if I were locked in a cage



Never stand next to a sneezing bear. On Friday (or Saturday), we pulled into Mitchell, Or. As far as I could tell, the only reason Mitchell exists is because it’s the only gas stop in a 100 mile stretch. As we were filling our tanks, we noticed a big cage with people standing next to it. Turns out they have Henry the bear in the cage.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - The Space Negros

He was a black bear and weighed 725 pounds (significant to me only because it’s the same weight as my Harley). Anyway I heard a commotion in the cage and the people jump back startled. I thought maybe Henry had lunged at them inside his cage. Nope! Henry had sneezed. And when this poor woman wearing a nice white blouse turned around, her blouse was covered in snot. She didn’t look happy. We went over to look at Henry, but we kept a respectful distance.

Muzak - Terre Thaemlitz
The Spooks Walk - The Spooks

and fingers and foreheads hurt the worse if you are wondering.

Saturday, December 08, 2007

Bleed well, the soul you're about to sell, for passion deranged



So it was uncle Kevin, and at first, he sounded very very wary of me. Probably because I sound so much like my mum, and he and her hate each other. He was saying how he hadn't heard from Dad and Zak in a while, and I was saying "Oh, you know, they've had to come back and go straight back to work and college, they've probably just been very busy." (This was odd, actually, because Dad later told me he had actually emailed Kevin earlier in the week).

A Boy Like That - The Young World Singers
Good Morning - Vogel feat Ivor Cutler

As I was saying this, Zak walked silently into the room holding a peice of paper on which he had written "I'm not here". I nodded and smiled, and he turned and went back out as silently as possible XD

Memories - Amadeo

I could kinda see what they meant by how Kevin gets annoying pretty fast. He's a bit of a one-trick pony, sometimes, he will wear the same joke out to death. He sounded wary talking to me at first, until he realsied I have my dad's sense of humour, and then seemed to assume I'm probably appreciate of his too. To an extent yes, but only to an extent XD He was saying how I sound "very english" and that he found that odd (and the fact I had answered the phone) because he had thought I was living in America. He then encouraged me to hold onto my English accent and never let it go XD

T.S.O.B. - Master Jay & Michael Dee

He was impressed when I told him I've gotten Harry using British slang (although we can thank Pirates of the Caribbean for encouraging him to say "'Ello Poppet").

Black Hanna - Wooden Wand & The Omen Bones Band

dad take a couple of shots of me in Rocks amd corset

Friday, December 07, 2007

Poor Madia is still bleeding



This whole week, I've been dealing with some pretty bad chest pains. I let my nurse know when she was listening to my heart. Breathing deep and releaseing. Doing that made my chest hurt. It seems to hurt more when I'm exhaling. She called me after a few hours to let me know that she had called my nurse practitioner and told her about it. She said that she didn't know if they would call in a script for me or not, since I'm already on those antibiotics. I have another week and a half of those. So, who knows what is going to happen.

Start To Dreaming - Wooden Shjips
Crazy Man Pt 1 - Five Letters

My best friend and her daughter came over last night! :o) It was so nice to see her. :o) She's on cructhes because she had another accident at her work. I worry so much about her.

Sukiyaki - Kyu Sakamoto
Neon - Michael Bundt
A Woman's Story - Marc Almond

We were told that she was fixed when we got her, I guess not.

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

But I’m still ashamed.



Yesterday, I had the mother of all emotional explosions. I’m not proud of it. In fact, I hate myself a little bit for it, especially because it happened in front of Gabe.

Television Train - Cage & Aviary

Mike and I were arguing. It started out innocently enough, as these things tend to do, a discussion about something that’s always a bit of a hot topic with us, and most of the time, we can talk about it, even if we get heated now and then. I don’t know what it was about yesterday that made it so bad, but it was bad.

The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song - Jeffrey Lewis
I Feel Good, Put Your Pants On (Pilooski Edit) - Jackson Jones

If we’re having a heated discussion, usually Mike’s the one to say, “Let’s just drop it.” I don’t “drop” things well. I try, I wish I could, but often times, I don’t feel better about a bad set of circumstances until I’ve worked it out completely, either by talking about it or by writing about it. Mike is my go-to friend when I need to talk about stuff, and yet he often tells me to drop it. It’s one of the things about him that I am a little in awe of, that he can let things go if they get too uncomfortable for him to face anymore. Sometimes, it’s a blessing that he can do that. Sometimes, I wish he would give a little more of a hoot to stick with something. Sometimes, I think he’s in a bit of denial about facing things that really should be faced.

Glitter Pills - Health
Crazy About Your Woman - Rednose Distrikt feat. Rafaela
Replay Version - Ujama Productions

Plus, I’m emotional all the time, but especially when pregnant, so the waterworks were almost automatic.

Monday, December 03, 2007

Happy bastards



I've discovered that being single and sick can cause one to feel quite sorry for herself. Sick and pathetic - not a winning combo. First, let me say that I'm usually pretty happy in my singleness, enjoying my freedom and where my life is at right now. While of course I ultimately want to find a true partner in crime to live happily ever after with (ha ha - no really!), and I will continue looking for him, my dating adventures over the last year or two have proven educational but have also either ended painfully or with a dud.

Contact - Stereolab
Gypsy Theatre - Axolotl

So, I'm not really in a rush. I'm hopeful for the future, though, and that one day soon I will get it right. In the meantime, I enjoy being with my fabulous self and all my wonderful friends and family. Yet I have my moments--for example, when sick--where I feel very woe-is-me for not having someone who is obligated to be at my bossy beck and call (I mean, who loves me so much he can't wait to come running) when I need tea, soup, and cold-relieving drugs, as well as conversation and tlc on my lonely little island.

What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
Good Newz Coming - The Jungle Brothers

In other news, Kitty really hates her ear gel.