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
Apologies for the extreme lack of updates in the last month, it's not like i've got absolutely nothing to write, just that i've got out of the habit of blogging really. My new year's resolution however is to kick a bit more ass in all areas of life, and although it's showing signs of waning here and there, i do fully intend to start wibbling on here again.
Having said that, i can't do much now, as i've got to start getting ready to go Snowboarding on Sunday (Hard life, eh?), for instance my salopettes need the crotch sewing back together (They saw some hard action last year, and no mistake) and obviously i need to start compiling new cd's for the journey out there too.
So for now i'll just mention my utter bemusement at the fact that Belle and Sebastian's new single, "I'm a Cuckoo" is single of the week on Ken Bruce's Radio 2 show, and that Grandaddy's single "I'm On Standby" is high on their playlist. Essentially i only listen to Radio 2 (The station of choice for the Daily Mail reading, Conservative voting, coffin dodgers, if you didn't already know) as it was always on in the mornings at work and i have little choice. But, gradually Ken Bruce's amiable grumpiness has grown on me, and now they're actually playing some bearable music (at least two good songs a morning) it goes some way to making up for all the hours of brain searing agony caused by their repeated playing of "Mandy" by Westlife, as well as the Alzheimers inducing inanity of Steve "The world's biggest C*nt" Wright in the afternoon.
As you can tell, i do still have some issues with Radio 2, but anyone who plays Belle and Sebastian and Grandaddy records is probably worth sparing come the revolution. (An indie music based revolution? Sounds improbable i know, but Stuart Murdoch was talking about starting a new 'Project' in his web diary the other day, in between listening to Ladybug Transistor records, and nipping down the caff anyway....)
Belle and Sebastian pictured listening to the Ken Bruce show recently
