Four jobs I've had:
data inputter, shop assitant, data inputter, data inputter.
Four places I've lived:
didsbury, durham, brighton. currently i'm not living anywhere.
Four places I'd like to be right now:
whally range, brighton, edinburgh, er.. i'm not so interested in places as situations.
Four things I've done to impress a member of my preferred sex:
smiled and nodded, drawn a flower in paint and emailed it, given her a copy of one of my cds or mixtapes, hmm, in terms of conciously doing, i'm not sure, but most things i probably do are driven by the subconscious desire to impress.
Four things I'm on the verge of learning:
php, how to not destroy a relationship, what is wrong with life, what i'm going to do in april.
Four nationalities I've been mistaken for:
english, greek, welsh, jewish.
Total volume of music files on my computer:
over twenty gigs now, largely at 192kbp.smp3, which i think is about ten days of music. i'm planning a cull.
The last four musics I bought:
euros childs, 'chops', brilliant. not quite gorky's but highly reccomended.
(ordered) zan lyons, 'desolate' i've not picked it up yet, but it's clearly going to be the greatest album of our age.
fantomas/melt banana: split 2" cd. the most expensive cd per minute i've ever bought - seven pounds for under three minutes (even beating gorky's 'tatay', which i spent forty quid on. it was worth it for the three years before the re-release)
alun tan lan, 'y distawrwydd'. this is gorgeous, and not just because i can't understand the (welsh) lyrics. he was supporting and playing with euros (he's supported gruff rhys too) and probably will again. it's really delicate, sensitive music. when i saw him he'd brought six guitars to get through both sets with, which seems a bit excessive, but saves on embarresing re-tuning.
artists i never leave home without (and this is definitive):
gorky's
super furries
zabrinski
dillinger escape plan
ephel duath
cult of luna
that seem's like it, although i always carry round a stack of stuff done by my freinds and i too.
songs to play at my funeral:
heron, 'lord and master' from 'gather in the mushrooms (various). if there is a god, i really hope it's the one in this song, and the quietly glorious music is well-fit to the subject matter.
cult of luna, 'crossing over' from 'salvation'. so post-metal it's just 'post'.
gorky's zygotic mynci, 'the blue trees' from 'the blue trees'. simply delightful.
simian, 'into the ground' from 'mr. crow'. "without even six friends who could carry you by six cold handles into the ground": the best song about being buried (literally, as metaphorical burial of 'i know it's over).
the smiths, 'i know it's over' from 'the queen is dead'. the best song ever about wanting to be buried.
grilly - 'theme from woman's hour (end credits mix)' from 'womansour'. surely this is the music i should be cremated to?
radiohead, 'true love waits (synth version)', unreleased.
Five people to whom I'm passing the baton:
no-one, THE MEME MUST DIE (and i don't use capials lightly)
although everyone who reads this, please tell us all what songs YOU want played at your funeral. that's a meme worth spreading.
7 comments:
- Verdi's Requiem
- Springsteen
'i know its over' is a joke by the way. couldn't possibly have that played at a funeral.
well it sounds like your asking for a mix tape jas, which i'd be very happy to supply you with. just drop me your adress. do you want any of my records too? i like it when people want my stuff at cd quality.
'pushing a hash brown up my arse' refers to to doing something that takes a lot of internal effort for no great gain, namely, making music, where 'the scum floats to the top'. 'gold top' was meant to be a huge song, an indie anthem. i couldn't be bothered, and what results is the core seed of the song, the absolute minimum required to put the song across.
i have 39 songs on soundclick, but when you download them, they won't have any media info on them. it woun't be the same as actually having one of my collectable cds with a hand-crafted sleeve. on the other hand, it'll save me the effort of putting it all together. also you'll get bits of 'on benefit' that i've not finished yet.
go here for a run down of my albums.
the main thing is not to give you too many cds at once - you must cherish every one you get. i will send you a mixtape (on cd) and one of my cds. which one would you like?
maybe this would better be conducted over email.
'gold top' will be a sub-track on the forthcoming album 'on benefit'. you can have it then. andy is remixing it into a longer version, which will probably come out as a b-side (IN MY HEAD).
now that the lost e.p., 'cloaca', is finished, i'm happy to send you my '3 e.p.s' disc/box set (not sure which yet - reactions? [dan reacts]) which will nicely summarise the last few years, and lay the ground for 'on benefit' pompously.
we could actually meet for saturday/sunday lunch this weekend, since i'm in newcastle. email me for telephone number, or something.
i'm not in newcastle regularly. i don't know when the next time will be, but i have saved your number just in very case i need it. i haven't sent your cd yet because i am STILL deliberating over the 3cd or one cd e.p.s collection to send you. but get it soon you will. patience.
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