WE PLAYED A GIG TODAY. We were offered it yesterday afternoon; we were utterly unprepared; we hadn't even finished writing any of our songs (at least 75% of the lyrics were made up on the spot off the top of my head). But goddamn it as a lot of fun and not nearly as disastrous as I envisaged it being. Get ready for The Quarry, people. We're going ( Read more... )

In that Carlsberg 'best nightclub' advert, when that geezer orders his drinks, he simply demands 'three pints of Carlsberg'. Not the slightest hint of a please, despite the fact that the various denizens of the nightclub are bending over backwards to make sure he has a good night. What a rude little bastard. He deserves to choke on his shitty lager

I've just been offered a job. At bloody last. Looks like quite a good one, too. I start on Monday.

Had a job interview last week. It went kinda well - possibly too well, given that they expressed concern that I was overqualified for the role. Should hear back this week. So fingers crossed ( Read more... )

Story of the Year - In the Wake of DeterminationI'd have to describe this as 'pop hardcore metal rock'. It veers between furious riffage that wouldn't be out of place on an early 'tallica album, and the sort of big, melodic choruses and ludicrous lead guitars reminiscent of Bon Jovi at their best. Even the obligatory 'wussy slow song near the ( Read more... )

... but I've decided to try to start updating it again now and then. Not to detail the tedious minutiae of my everyday life, but just to jot down the odd bits of thoughts or observations that occur to me and don't have anywhere else to go. Maybe it'll get interesting again, maybe it won't. Let's see, shall we?

So yeah, I started a new LJ account, with a view to making myself do some arty-type work. It's so much more fun than writing things. The plan is to put up a drawing, painting, or other thing I've done EVERY DAY. Think I can do it? You'll just have to keep popping over to http://1day1drawing.livejournal.com/ to see, won't you? The first picture's up

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