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alexsarllSince last posting, I have:
- Kicked arse at the Man who Fell Asleep's bookshop quiz, then wandered home drunk on victory (and possibly alcohol) singing along to the World/Inferno Friendship Society and not realising it was out loud until I registered the funny looks.
- Seen The Melting Ice Caps' new line-up and Mr Solo at the Library, which has stroboscopic loos that make you feel like you're being hypnotised by the KGB, and light-stands which are uncomfortably close to book burning. Fine shows by both, but while some gigs leave you in the mood for a RAMPAGE, others leave you a bit dreamy and more fitted for a slow wander home through the trees with the closing movement of Promenade on the headphones. So I didn't go on to Nuisance.
- Been to various birthday and engagement celebrations. At one, in the park, we celebrated the miracles that are mobile internet access and Wikipedia by seeing how much of the entry for Uranus is funny if you read it out loud (pretty much all of it, obviously).
- At another we made the sad discovery that you really can't go back; even if Ale Meat Cider has rum cask cider, it may not be the same rum cask cider. Sad times.
- Seen a fan club show by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, whose new logo looks a bit like a cock, but whose new songs include at least one which is fit to stand alongside 'Electricity' and 'Enola Gay', which is handy given they played those two as well.
- Got drenched en route to another birthday which was in fact a pub quiz. So it goes.
- Seen Let The Right One In, which is a charming Swedish film about childhood, being alone and finding someone who understands, and Crank 2: High Voltage, which is none of those things except 'film', and even then you could argue that it has more in common with pop video and computer games. Still, they both have a bit of the old ultraviolence, and that's the main thing, isn't it?
- Kicked arse at the Man who Fell Asleep's bookshop quiz, then wandered home drunk on victory (and possibly alcohol) singing along to the World/Inferno Friendship Society and not realising it was out loud until I registered the funny looks.
- Seen The Melting Ice Caps' new line-up and Mr Solo at the Library, which has stroboscopic loos that make you feel like you're being hypnotised by the KGB, and light-stands which are uncomfortably close to book burning. Fine shows by both, but while some gigs leave you in the mood for a RAMPAGE, others leave you a bit dreamy and more fitted for a slow wander home through the trees with the closing movement of Promenade on the headphones. So I didn't go on to Nuisance.
- Been to various birthday and engagement celebrations. At one, in the park, we celebrated the miracles that are mobile internet access and Wikipedia by seeing how much of the entry for Uranus is funny if you read it out loud (pretty much all of it, obviously).
- At another we made the sad discovery that you really can't go back; even if Ale Meat Cider has rum cask cider, it may not be the same rum cask cider. Sad times.
- Seen a fan club show by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, whose new logo looks a bit like a cock, but whose new songs include at least one which is fit to stand alongside 'Electricity' and 'Enola Gay', which is handy given they played those two as well.
- Got drenched en route to another birthday which was in fact a pub quiz. So it goes.
- Seen Let The Right One In, which is a charming Swedish film about childhood, being alone and finding someone who understands, and Crank 2: High Voltage, which is none of those things except 'film', and even then you could argue that it has more in common with pop video and computer games. Still, they both have a bit of the old ultraviolence, and that's the main thing, isn't it?
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