A happy-go-lucky English rambler dude goes to New Zealand for a year. Here he interfaces with some of those he left behind and details his nefarious activities. Or summat.
Recently clicked on MP3s - 7th June 2005 The Lucksmiths - Warmer Corners
Jens Lekman - When i said i wanted to be your dog
The Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting
Teenage Fanclub - Man Made
Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The Eels - Blinking Lights
Friday, January 31, 2003
It´s been snowing in Pas de la Casa for 4 days.
It´s forecast to snow for 4 more days.
The access roads are closed.
I´ve learnt to snowboard.
You may never see me again.
Woooooooooooooooooooh!!!
11:18 pm Sunday, January 26, 2003
Ted In NZ is closed for Snowboarding
Please forward all enquiries regarding Ted products and services to your regional branch of Ted Industries, for the next week as head office has gone to Pas de la Casa in Andorra to "bust" some "gnarly" "aerials" and "go sick" in some "phat powder", n' stuff.
Pas de la Casa - woo
3:37 am Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Genius is a very over-used adjective these days, but i suspect that Wayne Coyne, lead singer of the Flaming Lips is indeed a genius of some kind. I've just got back from seeing them play at Rock City, and my face is still hurting from the stupid grin that i've been wearing all night.
I would write more about them now, but i can't remember the last time i had more that 5 hours sleep before going to work, so i really must go to bed asap.
The Flaming Lips recently. Yes that is a dry ice machine he's wielding. And yes that is a megaphone he's singing through. And yes that is fake blood and confetti he's covered in.
I'll just leave you with the Band Line up from tonights gig, to give you a flavour of what was going on on-stage:
Wayne Coyne - Lead vocals, Nun puppet operator, Balloon distributor, Confetti thrower, Lamp twirler, Dry ice sprayer, Fake blood squirter and back-up hand held spotlight operator.
Pink Rabbit 1 - Drums, Backing Balloon distribution
Pink Rabbit 2 - Lead guitar, Backing Vocals & Balloon distribution
White Rabbits 1 & 2 - Lead Hand held spotlight operators
Zebra - Bass
Santa Claus - Keyboards
Tiger - Dancing & vibes
2:57 am Monday, January 20, 2003
Has anyone else, approaching the age of 29, noticed that their eyebrow hairs are getting annoyingly long?
I suppose it'll be unsightly nose & ear hair next. Time to invest in a Remington FuzzAway or something i suppose, sigh....
Happily the annoyance of annoying hair is offset by the fact that i'm going to see the Flaming Lips at Rock city tomorrow night with Pablo, and also that i bought the extended version of the Fellowship of the Ring on DVD at the weekend. How much better does that extra half and hour make it?? (Rhetorical - a LOT better).
Two of the better things in life. Certainly better than unsightly eyebrow hair anyway
3:11 am Tuesday, January 07, 2003
Do you ever worry that technology is slowly taking over the world? That computers have pervaded every aspect of our lives, and their evil AI is plotting to turn human kind into a race of brainless slaves, merely existing to wind up their batteries?
I do. And I have the proof that their dastardly war on human kind has already begun.
There is something in my sister's bedroom that goes beep every hour. And despite 7 months of searching, she still has no idea what it is.
Although on second thoughts, this could just mean that my sister needs to tidy up her room, and start making changes! And not that a devious CPU is attempting to drive her mental.
12:33 am
