It’s been an unfortunate week on the domestic front. Water continues to leak. Holes have been dug. In the right place and deep enough, who knows? If it carries on much longer I may jump in too. I wish Colin from Thames Water would understand that I simply don’t understand the mechanics and really have no desire to do the wrong thing.
And football. I wish some one would bump off Agent Bruce, Smiley styley. I await tomorrow’s horrors with bated breath (and glass at the ready).
Well enough whingeing for one Friday. Here’s a song. MM has already posted this, but he forgets my rock chick gene, and was a little surprised by my enthusiasm. Me and Joe Sprat think this is fantastic. A great bass line and a little bit Butthole Surfers in the guitar riff can only be a good thing. Top ten contender all sides: “your actions are infectious” . I should say so.
And let’s find another. Life is changing. Which way is it turning this time?
It’s been a hot week and tomorrow my eldest boy will be half the age I was when I had him. How good is your maths?! Happy birthday my big lanky lad.
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Gospel Music are purveyors of fine, lo-fi indie pop in the vein of Jonathan Richman or the Magnetic Fields. The excellent This Town Doesn’t Have Enough Bars For Both Of Us comes from forthcoming album How To Get To Heaven From Jacksonville, FL.
The Animal Of Choice is a new track from The Daredevil Christopher Wright. It comes from their new, recently released EP, The Longsuffering Song and is six minutes of folk goodness that travels from a gentle acoustic start to a full-on stomp and then back again, and all the while offering up lyrics like these:
Really enjoying the new single of fuzzed out garage goodness from Bleached. You Take Time is the ultra-catchy b-side to their Carter 7″.
No need to say anything – just get this.
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We posted last month about Sick Figures new album – a morbid tale of two lovers, titled Two Ghosts.
Hot on the heels of the superb 
