The money is less, the job more tedious; I’m not sleeping and I drink every evening. It seems also, judging by my lack of activity online, that I am too down even to put my experiences into words. For me to write a blog, I must...
I hope everyone had a good bonfire night. I spent the evening peering out of the window into a thick smog, feeling the minimal heat from my house escaping out the sash-window as I did so. I should have stopped and pulled the...
Vampire Weekend Academy, Bristol Friday 31st October 2008 It’s Halloween and they’re called VAMPIRE Weekend. Audience and band alike are in ghoulish fancy-dress. There’s a spooky synergy to tonight’s...
My situation has become desperate. I am sick and I am tired of the string of ridiculous employment assignments that make up my life. I endure lengthy commutes through grotty West Country ghettos only to arrive at some...
Metronomy Gig Review Bristol Start the Bus, Bristol Thursday 23rd October 2008 Recession looming. Clocks soon to go back. Winter fast approaching. People too depressed to party? Hell no! Joseph Mount’s Metronomy possess tunes...
I’ve started working in the post room of a company that manufactures parts for military ships and aeroplanes. I weigh packages. Some of these parcels contain vital components of engines that will eventually end up inside...
It’s been on my mind for a while. When I’m gazing off into the middle distance or turning a record over, I think it. Today, when I had a day off work, I ate bad food and it was with me. In between dipping pieces of...
A Visit to the Dentist I had toothache. It hurt. I had a weekend of drinking pints – bucketfuls of cider with only estimated percentages and ingredients that would make McDonalds turn away in disgust. The toothache got...
More abstract thoughts on the latest Bum Tapes release from Zach Kouns. ZACK KOUNS – Network and Circuitry of Nettles C34 Dark post-modern murder ballads and avant-garde pop are played out in a jumble of bongo-rhythms...
That’s it – I’m outta here. My job in Keynsham has ended and I am leaving. Here are a few thoughts on my time in this little patch of West Country Wild West:- Ugly Keynsham Most of the people in Keynsham are...