Do Make Say Think

I used to listen to this band a lot in a another phase of life, in the past, when I was younger greener and not so wise. Perhaps it is time I revisited this era. I fear some of my memories have become entwined there. Or maybe it's just that my mouth is too small for my wisdom teeth.

Opeth

Toady's top-tip: Listen to Opeth and look at pictures of Uzbekistan.

Daisies of the Galaxy

Just as someone bursts your bubble

Fills you with dread

And kills your dream

There will always be someone there

To help rebuild it

And give you ice cream.

The Mantra Above The Spotless Meltmoon

This was a band that I saw last night at Soyo bar. Maybe it was just the raspberry martini going to my head but I really enjoyed this band. I had forgotten that it was possible to dance on a Monday night and I didn't just head-bob; I was dancing like a crazy twat.

The drummer was very understated and groovy. Not something you often see in a four-piece indie band. Actually it's unfair to use the term 'indie'. There was a certain moodiness there that was reminiscent of Tomassi-esque grindcore though it wasn't heavy enough to be so. Actually the souring vocals made it sound more like a Sinead O'Connor tribute being ambushed by a bus full of Mars Volta fans.

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

What is art?

This isn't an entirely random question, as I've just been watching this - http://iai.tv/

Something beautiful? Something extraordinary? Or is it just what happens when someone with a lot of ideas and (probably) too much time on their hands, decides to do something with one of those ideas?

Fatboy Slim, Moby and Radiohead

Oh well.

Moldy Peaches

Wednesday 21/09/11

09.40am - Went into jobcentre for interview. Woman commented that I had been signed on a while. I said yes indeed. She asked me about community project X. I told her a long endless story of picking litter in church yards and cleaning toilets until she gave in and enrolled my details with a catering course. I feel this was a moderate success.

11.30am - Read about conscientious objectors on wiki. A bad move? I suppose I see my move out of teaching and into cookery as a little bit like being a tiny conscientious objector taking a big lunge for freedom. There's only so much a little worker ant can do in a colony of army ants that have been fed too many e numbers.

17.11pm - Time for executive decision: belly dancing or dinner party?