WHY DO YOU ONLY SEE GREAT THINGS WHEN YOU'RE SKINT?

I WANT...

A RUSSIAN GOTH DOLL NECKLACE

ALABAMA WORLEY SUNGLASSES

THE NEW WAVVES ALBUM

AND AN AFRICAN PRINT TEE 

my birthday is coming up soon, any or all would be appreciated ; )

NYC TAPER

this website is awesome check it out, friends.x

LA BELLE ET LA BETE

LOVING.

smashing pumpkins

high fidelity

wavves

old southpark

blazin

my new red coat, it's well seventies and a bit scrotty but i love it

jammy dodgers

this news story

HATING.

uni -

contextual studies

magazine shit

not doing any uni work, instead worrying and therefore feel like im taking a separate course in stress, whilst really taking a full time doss session

being totally fucking skint. bye bye fun, it was great while it lasted

everyone thinking it's just fine to go see the macabees. i might actually end up watching them play tonight because everyone else does. where did quality of music go? why does no one have taste anymore?!

generally hating everyone i come into contact with, living in a pigsty with 2 meatheads and one dandy wanker (although all are somewhat adored) and missing any kind of interesting places, people, fun and social life i once had. 

shit, i think it's gonna be a bad day. 

I JUST WATCHED AN ENTIRE FOOTBALL GAME.

It was Chelsea vs. Juventus (sp?).

It was kind of fun apart from the dickheads in the pub, who were lame 30something grunty types. It's to be expected, I'm proud to be working class but hell, when we get together it doesn't half look like the dole queue. Poshos just have a generally more appealing aura. Actually no scrap that, fuck the rich. (Or Kill The Poor, musn't also forget my punk roots).

SO. This week I've been enjoying... (click for download).

WAVVES-WAVVES

Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits

Grateful Dead - American Beauty 

Wavves are new, fucking trendy, but fucking great. The other two are obvious classics you shouldn't forget about. 

Wavves and Crystal Stiltd are playing tomorrow night in London, be there or be fucking square. I'm too skint to make it. BooHoo. 

DROP-OUT

I spent the past week at home and had a strange weekend. Now I'm back in London-ish, and trying to catch up on all the stuff I've ignored for the past few days. I like escaping life and just turning off my phone and disappearing sometimes, and sometimes you just have to. My Mother is always telling me to avoid stress 'for my health' but I swear if my life was any more relaxed it would be horizontal.

Musically I have just purchased the new Blank Dogs EP and am about to consume it. I suggest you do the same, friends. It's available from Rough Trade and if you talk to the cute brunette behind the counter she will profess that she loves it as much as I. 

Other than that my BIG NEWS is that I TOUCHED BRODY DALLE'S KNOCKER at the Spinerette gig @ Islington Academy. It was an awesome gig apart from the French idiots who stood at the front of the gig and refused to fucking move, dance, or show any signs of enjoyment. Urgh how very french of them. It was a good show and they were very competent musically. Brody seemed to enjoy herself and her crowd jump was pretty funny, everyone just kind of grabbed a piece (hence my contact with her breast). She looks mega sexy with a little extra weight on her too. My 13 year old self was pretty much in total awe standing so close to her. 

That's my round up. I'm sure i'll be back with more musical tidbits once I'm used to having the net again and have lost my distrust of it. 

TWO SUNS

ok, so i don't want my blog to get deleted but if you like BAT FOR LASHES and want a cheeky leaky click HERE.

MIXTAPES SAY I LOVE YOU

THIS WEBSITE IS REALLY COOL. THEY RECORD GIGS AND THEN LET YOU DOWNLOAD LIVE MATERIAL FOR FREE STRAIGHT OFF THE WEBSITE. IT'S ACE CAUSE A LOT OF THE BANDS THEY FEATURE ARE HARD TO DOWNLOAD OR BUY IN ENGLAND OR BASICALLY ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE AMERICAS. 

Right now hey have awesome stuff from a WAVVES w/ BLANK DOGS gig. DEFINITELY check it out and download both sets. 

WHAT THE FUCK IS NOW-WAVE?

CHECK OUT THIS COOL VIDEO FROM 'COOLHUNTER' ABOUT.... PONYTAIL!

ps. I STILL THINK COOLHUNTER IS WANK.

YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ME TALKING ABOUT THIS BAND, YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS BAND.

NOBRA has new tracks from her forthcoming album on her MySpace for your pre-enjoyment. She sounds like Jo Brand doing a Lou Reed impersonation on Super Subway Comedian, but it's pretty enjoyable and I'm sure the cool kids who aren't over her yet (are there any left?) will lap it up. The aptly named 'Minger' is a fairly interesting Pussycat Dolls/Avril Lavigne-esque tale of boyfriend stealing. However NoBra sounds more like Miss Haversham drawling her way through the monotonous lyrics. I might not make it obvious, but i really enjoyed both tracks. I worry that means I'm a wanker. 

CH-eck em out for yourself. 

LAST NIGHT A DJ DIDN'T SAVE MY LIFE

26TH FEB AT 8pm

BARDEN'S BOUDOIR 

WAVVES

&

 CRYSTAL STILTS 

TWO FUCKIN AWESOME BANDS PLAYING IN LONDON FOR UNDER A TENNER. AN ABSOLUTE MUST SEE!

YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ME TALKING ABOUT THIS BAND, YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS BAND.

people really fucking hate the Grateful Dead. 

listen to this song, listen to it again, and listen to it again. if you're over 25 you don't have much chance of changing your opinions on the dead (and i doubt you'd wanna) but if you have some kind of youthful trust in musicians and a dreamy nature then imagine you're at some filthy dead head gathering covered in mud loved up on drugs about to do some grody hippie. if this is your idea of hell i apologize and suggest you try WAVES instead who are really fucking cool and not in anyway linked to a fat psycho called Jerry Garcia. 

GRATEFUL DEAD

WAVES

YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ME TALKING ABOUT THIS BAND, YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS BAND.

I have decided i hate journalists. I hate music mags in general and fashion mags are becoming more and more dull and passe and trendy mags are basically just a pastiche of themselves. As much effort is put in they're still always covering things that you're already aware of or are likely to be over by the time the next issue emerges. Listen to music, find it for yourself, don't just read long boring wank describing the fucking sound when you could be enjoying it for yourself. 

This band are called Blank Dogs, they're really cool and you can check em out here

STEER CLEAR.

YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO...

HIGH PLACES - HIGH PLACES

RUSSIAN RED - I LOVE YOUR GLASSES

PONYTAIL - ICE CREAM SPIRITUAL

CRYSTAL STILTS - ALIGHT OF NIGHT

.......... I SHOULD BE DOING UNI WORK. FFS I HATE BEING PUT IN GROUPS, YOU END UP WITH THE WORST PEOPLE AND NO ONE GETS EACH OTHER. WE'RE ALL MAKING COLLAGES TO SHOW EACH OTHER. CHRRRRIIIIIIST. 

THAT DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAY CAUSE ILL FIND A BRAND NEW FRIEND SOME DAY, ME AND HER WILL KICK YOUR ASS WE'LL WAIT WITH KNIVES AFTER CLASS !

I LOVE 'BECKY' BY BE YOUR OWN PET. IT'S SUCH A FUN CHIRPY SONG. 

It was actually BANNED in the U.S. just because it mentions a mentions a teenage homicide, well it tells the story of a girl who stabs her old best friend, but in the cutest way possible, honest.

ch-eck it out for yourself.

2 PONYTAIL TICKETS FOR SALE

SEE THE RADDDD PONYTAIL IN CARDIFF MARCH 9TH FOR EXTRA CHEAP CAUSE I BOUGHT TICKETS BY MISTAKE (WANTED THEM FOR LONDON). BEST NEW BAND ABOUT AND DEFFO GONNA BE HOT STUFF FOR '09. BUY EM ! BUY EM ! CHECK IT OUT.

EBAY LISTING HERE!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110347328900

PEANUT BUTTTER MOTHER FUCKER PEANUT BUDDDERRR MUTHAFUCKARRR

I'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF LUCK DOWNLOADING COOL SHIT THIS MORNING. 

HOWEVER i can't seem to download any PONYTAIL anywhere! Anyone with any links please comment me : ) 

some music you should listen to:

Black Pus (more genius from Brian Chippendale)

Deerhoof (i know theyre popular in mainstream presses, dont let that put you off)

Lightning Bolt (obviously but don't forget!)

Pitchfork's top 100 of 2008 (a good mix if youre having a party with something for everyone even the hipster kids and ditzy girls)

PS. you can download THE POWER OF SALAD AND MILKSHAKES dvd from lightning bolt HERE.