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The Go! Team @ Oxford Brookes
I saw The Go! Team at Oxford Brookes last night, and by the time I got out my face ached from the perpetual grinning. Seriously, both the Go! Team and the two support acts (Smoosh and The Grates) were the type of music that you cannot help but smile at. I am stunned to discover that the two girls in Smoosh are literally that, girls - one had their ( Read more... ) -
Fluorescent and starry, some of them lay surprised
Both my housemates are out.
The television is off.
I have cranked up the music.
The walls are trembling.
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Beth Orton @ Shepherds Bush Empire
I saw Beth Orton at Shepherds Bush Empire last night, and I am now absolutely shattered - I didn't get home until about 1:30, then I couldn't sleep, and then I had to get up at 7:40 to come to work. I am a bit of a zombie at the moment, to be honest, but so far I have resisted the urge to tank up on caffeine. It didn't help that I got in to work to ( Read more... ) -
You can see it everywhere you look
Strewth, today was a long day. I spent the day with a client (well, more accurately, another software company who are working for one of our clients) going over that beta product I mentioned before, since it can solve a problem they've been given. This involved much experimenting getting the thing to work, but I managed to sort it all out and they ( Read more... ) -
Interrupting my train of thought, lines of longitude and latitude
I'm listening to random MP3's picked out by iTunes, and a short while ago Michael Stipe's cover of "In The Sun" (by Joseph Arthur) came up. Now, I'm a big fan of R.E.M. and usually like everything that Michael Stipe comes in contact with, but I just don't seem able to summon up any enthusiasm for this track. I think it might be partly down to the ( Read more... ) -
I've sat down, and now I'm not sure if I can get up again
"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door," he used to say. "You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."
With my original plans for today cancelled, and finding myself a little bored and with itchy feet, I headed out earlier for what was going to be a short stroll to ( Read more... ) -
A few random bits and bobs...
I've talked Polly into getting a livejournal at last (it's wetsleeve, don't ask). I even made her an icon of the man called E, since she loves eels, but I am now actually slightly annoyed because her eels icon is much better than mine. Oh well ( Read more... ) -
Comfort of Strangers
I am pleased to report that the new Beth Orton album, "Comfort of Strangers", is very very good. Seriously, from reviews I was expecting it to be okay-to-good, but it grabbed me by the ears and bade me like it on the very first listen. I am very glad I felt flush enough to fork out the extra couple of quid to get the limited edition with the bonus ( Read more... ) -
Stunned
An astonishing thing just happened. My housemate just turned the TV off, and it isn't because he's going to bed. He just... turned it off. This is unprecedented, normally he turns it on as soon as he gets in and then leaves it on until he goes to bed - every day. I'm not entirely sure how to interpret this... is he ill? -
Not an everyday thing...
Well, christ. Vicky's just had to witness someone giving a statement to the police after some woman waved a knife around at the store she works at. No-one was hurt, but some of the staff were a bit shaken up (unsurprisingly). Things could have been a lot worse - anything can happen if there's a knife being waved about. Vicky seemed pretty unphased ( Read more... )