I'd rather take my pleasures when and how I will, be they disgraceful or distasteful or distilled.

[alexsarll]

What a deeply peculiar Love Your Enemies that was. Realising that my drink - Olde English Gaymer - was also a self-description. Being used as an exemplar for miss_newham's education in DJing (poor girl). The amazing katstevens Pedal, capable of turning any music into BOSH except if you play Pulp's Mile End, where you'll instead get the Local History Mix. And to cap it all, Steve Lamacq, who so far as I can work out was present by mistake but seemed rather taken with it nonetheless.

Christian Dior - Adam & the Ants
Neato - Baxendale
Cloudbusting - Swimmer One
The One - Menswear
Lenny Valentino - The Auteurs
When You Were Mine - Prince
Born To Be Adored - Momus
Bedsitter - Soft Cell
The Excitement Is Over At Last - Martin White
Lightning Strikes Twice - Saint Etienne
Don't Look Down - The Divine Comedy
Creep - TLC
For Tomorrow - Blur
Teenage Wristband - Twilight Singers
(Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country - Sparks
I'm A Vampire - Future Bible Heroes
Song From Under The Floorboards - Magazine
Jealous Of Your Cigarette - Hawksley Workman
Picture This - Blondie
Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode
You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve - Johnny Boy

Reason Number 6,412 Why Frank Miller Rocks: "Continuity is the hobgoblin of small minds. But Elektra is still dead."

Thanks to darkmarcpi for this: it turns out that one reason Iran et al are convinced Zionists control the media is that they need Israeli technology to propagate their own vile anti-Semitism. 'pwned!', as I believe the young folk say.

What are the odds of reviewing two books in a row, in completely different genres, and having them both contain quotes from obscure singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock?

In my dream last night, someone not unlike hoshuteki tried to convince me that China was actually no bigger than Wales - just very crowded.

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Was Steve Lamacq there?

I missed that completely.

[darkmarcpi.livejournal.com]

Whilst there's something undeniably funny about the Iran printing thing, part of me finds a parallel with e.g. Nazis getting Jews to herd other Jews into the gas chambers. I know it's not exactly like that, but my amusement at the story is tempered by a slight unease nonetheless.

Still...it'd be a great question to put to the Iran PM on their equivalent of Newsnight or Question Time, if there is such a thing.

[judge-death.livejournal.com]

That Frank Miller interview is great. I still can't get my head around his All Star Batman And Robin though. I think it may be the worst thing he's ever done.

[kiss-me-quick.livejournal.com]

Six!

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I didn't notice the Future Bible Heroes song! It was probably playing while I was too busy grumbling "I can't believe he hasn't played any Magnetic Fields!". And I apologise for accidentally throwing your martylog CD cover to the floor.

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

In small world syndrome, Nur Macroprinters were one of our clients, in my call centre. I did quite a lot of work for them.

[lnr]

Steve Lamacq> just mentioned the club on the radio: arriving, standing around, buying a drink, standing around some more, asking the DJ when the band was on, and being told it was the previous night :)

[charlybubbles.livejournal.com]

Lamacq just mentioned his hilarious turning-up-on-the-wrong-night adventure on 6Music. Irritatingly, he didn't have the good grace to give LYE a plug, mind...