I need a new girl-shaped distraction. I just keep on reverting back to what I know. It was ill-fated the first time and a disaster the second. Why do I keep telling myself it'll be different if we try again? If you see me soon, remind me to TAKE MY HEAD OUT OF THE SAND.

The new Beck album comes out on my birthday. The Hard-Fi concert is that night too. If good things come in threes, I wonder what else is on its way ( Read more... )

Okay so the Strokes were pretty good. Twice.

Nick needs a haircut and Nikolai still needs to discover conditioner. But still, a good live set. Hard to Explain will always be the highlight. We should smell our reeeeeears...

In other news, 78 Records' internet connection is about to get a lot faster.

Ever come to the shocking realisation that what you've been looking for was right underneath your nose the whole time?

Had a disgustingly massive cooked breakfast with Amy!

Bought some new shoes!

Went shopping and had beers with lipstickkleenex!

Got hideously drunk while watching Bob Evans!

Met goodnight_bill!

Caught up with Stef at Ding Dong!

Passed out!

Discussed politics, religion and punctuation with her_radicalness!

Played Guitar Hero in JB with dismalstarsSaw the Strokes at Festival Hall ( Read more... )

How did I manage to get myself into this mess?

Hi kids, miss me ( Read more... )

Okay, a band update - because you all care so much. We picked the CDs up yesterday. They look awesome. We only got 500 done because we're about to go away and ditch every single song we've got. We might keep one or two of the good ones but the rough plan is to spend a good while working on brand new stuff. Synth, sampler, drum loops and all that ( Read more... )

Okay so contrary to all my expectations, Coldplay were very good last night. They stuck mainly to material from their pants new(ish) album but it was done really well nonetheless. Chris Martin had good stage presence (yes, a bit wanky at times but give him a break) and they had a lot of rough edges that make their live show a little more organic ( ( Read more... )

Okay, so England, Holland, Argentina, the Czech Republic, the USA and Spain (the countries I had money on) are all out. There isn't one team I like that's made the final four. In fact, my four most disliked European nations/sides are the final four. So who do I support now?

GermanyReasons to hate ( Read more... )