happy new year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
get mashed, smile, take lots of pictures and feel gooooood!

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best wishes and all that jazz!

tuesday

clap your hands say yeah, yet another band to decide one or two words just don't cut it for the name of their musical collective, have never really struck a chord in my mind. that was until i listened to their song 'love song no. 7' off their latest album 'some loud thunder'. it's pretty haunting, a wee bit cold and absolutely fab.

QI christmas special!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! steven fry is a legend, even if his autobiography is a bit hard going. have you ever wondered what your really saying when you're waving a fan? and do you like ice? do you like air craft carriers? then you will love this special tv program for the festive season. oh and remember, it isn't fire that kills you, it's the smoke.

facebook... wow! i made one today and besides being surprisingly different from myspace, it's not all bad! the search function is massively entertaining!!! apart from that though, it doesn't seem like the revolutionary new site the internet needs to liven itself up. or maybe i'm just looking in the wrong places.

flamboyant bella...


making happy synth-pop with lovely harmonies, meaningful lyrics and generally just a bouncy sound, flamboyant bella are the kind of kids who will fill you up with warm bubbles of happiness on these rainy winter afternoons. with singers both sides of the gender line, the usual complement of drummer/bass/guitar and a space-age synth section, are these chirpy youngsters the future of music? i hope so! darkwave, you can suck their poppy arses.


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black balloon by the kills is such a good song! anyone who was smart enough to go to their gig (i did, and the man bumped into me ;)) will probably remember it as the one with the clapping in it, but whatever you remember it as it's GOOD.

Black Balloon - The Kills



"reads like scrubs: the blog . . . funny and awful in equal measure" the observer
now this is a verrrry verrry very good book! it is pretty much like scrubs, only for the nhs. it's interesting, down to earth, comical in places, depressing in others, and trust me, you'll treat a junior doctor with respect next time you meet them. either that, or you'll laugh in their face and feel really glad you chose to be a secretary.

freddie robins....http://www.freddierobins.com/
using sh*tloads of machine-knitting, mrs robins creates bizarre, twisted, thought provoking and, errr, interesting pieces of 3d knitting. interesting as they are, i don't think your going to want one of these for your new sweater.

'craft kills' and 'headcase' respectively, both by freddie robins

copycats are in supersuper!
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7 days til christmas

in the words of sam, braw crimbo! are your presents wrapped? is your tree up? are you buying alexandra's single to get her to christmas no. 1? (i hope not)... whichever way you point your eyesies at it, christmas is round the corner, and everyone loves the good old festive season! so what do youuu think the best part of christmas is??? don't you just love stockings though! my uber-darned pre-WW1 (probably) stocking will stay with me forever... but what is your favvy bit?





has anyone else had that horrible 'safe drive, stay alive' presentation?? isn't it horrific! we had a different drama production on safe driving a while ago which was dreadful enough, but this new one today had a proper reinactment! gosh it was traumatic. but it makes you think, i'm not a fan of cars anyway but when you see what car crashes do to people it makes the cons of driving seem massive. one of the people who talked to us about crashes was a fireman; one time, he went to the scene of where a car had collided with a train, and they had to collect up the body pieces left on the track. he found an ear, attached to a piece of skull. and what is really amazing is how these people seem to love their jobs! i can see the appeal, horrible as it must be you're saving lives and the feelings you must get from that must be amazing, but at the same time you're experiencing such harrowing circumstances. at any rate, really, do not drive if one of the 'fatal four' applies to you! and remember people, safe drive, stay alive!

Discover Guillemots!

yes, guillemots do actually have some good new songs after the disastrous 'get over it'!



apparently hope is back in! take it or leave it, seeing the silver lining is now unavoidable! so next time you're feeling a wee bit iffy, say thanks to your bus driver, wish the cashier a merry christmas, or go all out and buy someone some flowers. is this the best trend evaaaa? i think so.


you gotta love her. channel number 3 has never done better! rosemary shrager, we looove you


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don't you just love that? it almost looks like a tapestry, though you'd have to be pretty driven/organised to sew that. try doing applique and embroidery on an a1-size very detailed drawing. textiles will be the death of me, i swear.

jeremy warmsley offers us a shocker of a debut album! i don't know about you guyz out there with your cassette players/cd whatevers, but i certainly never expected mr. warmsley's folky toes to dabble in the altogether different streams of electronically powered instruments but the man has, and what a magnificent swim it must have been! drifting away from his earlier and decidedly more acoustic starting, his new-found love of all things electric while keeping his beloved guitar close at heart can only be a good thing, judging from the little .mp3 babies of this unlikely marraige! 'how we became', as unlikely as it may seem from such a bizarre match (especially when you listen to 'i believe in the way you move') of mr acoustic and her ladyship electronica will be one of the best albums you will hear in a long while. give something back to your christmas tree this year. put this album under it!

i recommend sins (i try), lose my cool, if he breaks your heart and dancing with the enemy... and craneflies has some really beautiful piano in it too!

what an odd thing to have for coat hangers! jesus' no. 1 fan? or satans? wuteva, these things are pretty cool even though they are just a little bit more weird and, i hate to say it, freaky. i certainly would not hang my parka on these things. though they might look quite nice as lights...


if you haven't listened to 'to lose my life' (white lies' latest single) then either read decembers issue (when it's finally finished), burn your hair or PANIC. and whatever you decide on doing, listen to it now! plus the video is greaaaaaaaaaaaaat, period.
they're playing the underage christmas gig which is this saturday. which i can't go to, but christmas family times must come first, i suppose. for all you super lucky people with tickets, they're also playing the NME tour in january or february or whenever at the dome.
if you can, do see them live, it's worth forking out on travel costs because they're a bloody ace performance



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