i swear everyday i think about how great this band was and could have been.  surprisingly i don't actually have this album, afraid it will be one of those never-meet-your-heroes situations, four good songs but the rest turn out to be completely awful.

the singles though are fantastic and still give me a buzz 3,4 years on.

the upper room :
All Over This Town
 Black and White
 Combination

ah man, i've gotta get this album. modern classic, definitely.

i like this one

life in technicolor ii

i'm pretty sure quakers invented rocknroll.  almost positive.


check this out

The Racket 
Girls and football and rock'n'roll

And if you do
baby give up
About a girl i know
brown eyes and a bottle of gin
Even if you go you'll never really leave
On the pier
Helpless man
I like the sad scenes
The fighter
Keep the fires burning
the boy who fought the war


La Raquette!
Filles et football et rock' ; n' ; pain.

Et si vous faites.
Le bébé abandonnent.
Au sujet d'une fille je sais.
Yeux bruns et une bouteille de genièvre.
Même si vous allez you' ; le ll partent jamais vraiment.
Sur le pilier.
Homme délaissé.
J'aime les scènes tristes.
Le combattant.
Gardez la combustion des feux.
Le garçon qui a combattu la guerre.

i'm not sure why, but the name needs an exclamation mark when translated into french.

can't believe it's april 14th already. i should do my taxes i suppose...after wasting a few hours with pointless ramblings.
1st: Benjammin' - james dean was rock n roll and he didn't even play music. and he were that way from day one, even before he was famous.  live long and prosper in you new home on the west coast.

2nd: really disappointed with the new 16oz coke bottles.  not at all in keeping with the classic greek philosophy of designed proportion.  I think they've deliberately skewered the dimensions to make it appear bigger.  It's all a bit cack handed.  Maybe if they bring out a 12oz bottle i'll start drinking soda again.  coz if you've ever cared to notice every single 12oz beer bottle is brilliantly balanced visually.  I've yet to see a bad one -even the funky red stripe is alright.

3rd: which is the most rocknroll football club in the world?  I was going to write down a detailed list but i can't be bothered and we already know that it is man united.  Off the top of my head: ian brown, mani, herman's hermits, davey jones, courteeners, happy monday's, morrissey (actually, i'll have to double check that one, might be arsenal) that opera singer guy, richard ashcroft and everyone else in the world.  at least leicester city have kasabian!

As much as i enjoy my time off i'll be glad to get back into my usual routine.  For some reason I can't get to sleep at night and end up missing half the day at the expense of all the important things i could (should) be doing.  With all that extra time i somehow end up accomplishing less than usual.

On a side note: tearing out the living room ceiling today.  started it yesterday.  it's even less fun than it sounds.  Once i've got that done and finished studying for tomorrow, i think i'll see if anyone wants to get the scooters out.  Or i could do the same as i have done for the past two weeks and take out the old Rough Trade collection and muck about on the guitar for hours on end.

these photos are almost to blurry to be of any use, but there they are all the same.

very nice jacket


moz


a blurry photo of mickey dolenz, i mean michael courteener.


moz


moz and his gang of lumberjacks, apparently.

what can i say about last nights courteeners/morrissey concert?  great show but the afterparty was unbelievable.  Singing morrissey songs with the courteeners is a fairly rare experience and one to remember for a long long time.  on the downside i think my shoes have been murdered and covered with about 7 diseases.


showtime

this is the band i came to see

liam, he is a charming friendly guy.  and not a half bad songwriter either.

only about two photos turned out....should've invested in a proper camera. doh!

no, i don't know who the big fella with the cap is either.