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| 10:13am 05/01/2009 |
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(this is gonna be the classic first line of every month entry, yet i already know it's gonna be weak because i've not updated nearly enough, so here goes:)
January: i havent updated in a while.
February: Lately i've been listening to cLOUDDEAD's first album, Mates Of State- My Solo Project,
March: there's something depressing about walking to the shops, buying a load of food for one person, and carrying it home to your flat on your own....
April: exam period
May: The following is an extract from the synopsis of a book, (Life, a users manual) as given by wikipedia. Yet I am still totally and utterly
June:
July: I've been criminally bad at updating of late.
August: wow. i really keep forgetting to use this thing, get dragged into stuff like facebook and myspace, which is all a bit rubbish really.
September: do you ever have those arguements with loved ones where it gets to a point where you can't cope anymore and you just feel like
October:
November: i saw the fall
December:
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In other news it's the new year,
I'm on a Maths Phd, so this year I need to work on that.
I really want to get a band together, like one that plays live, cause I've had/got studio projects but I want to be able to scream IN-FRONT of people.
I have been painting a lot and that is fun.
That's all really... |
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| 10:13am 03/11/2008 |
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i saw the fall
it was interesting
the band was guitar,bass,drum, keys but the keyboard girl was dressed up to look like the token "japanese keyboard player" but she wasn't japanese... the bass and drummer looked kinda from a late-90s metal band, the guitarist stood right at the front looking scared of mark-e-smith.
and then there was mark e smith, looking like a geriatric man lost wondering around the stage. the vocals weren't that audible (they got louder through the set) and i didn't recognise one song (despite having a number of their albums)... it was very strange and totally brilliant....
the girl sang a song in the middle while mark e smith wandered around the stage.
and for the 1st and last song of the main set a different singer came on and sang them instead of mark e smith (although for the last song it sounded more like the fall than it did with mark e smith singing....)
and we even got an encore (2 short tracks)
plus it was in hove town hall which is a horrible 1970s building that really shouldnt hold gigs... |
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| 01:29pm 08/09/2008 |
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do you ever have those arguements with loved ones where it gets to a point where you can't cope anymore and you just feel like melting away or punching the wall or tearing your hair out or rocking back and forth. Or do all of the above.
And you thought you grew out of that years ago.
But maybe you're not as mature as you keep feeling,
or just have mental issues. |
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| 03:51pm 25/08/2008 |
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wow. i really keep forgetting to use this thing, get dragged into stuff like facebook and myspace, which is all a bit rubbish really.
editted together two A band albums. they sound good.
looking for work/ place to live (with chloe)... gonna be great to have our own place.
am listening to Buck 65 - secret house against the world,
such a great album.
am hungover at the moment, drank alot of tequilla and gin last night at adam's party thing, also seemingly drank alot of chlorine as i keep burping chlorine taste.
start my masters in october, which will be fun.
that is all...
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| 09:47am 15/07/2008 |
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I've been criminally bad at updating of late.
so main points:
Finished all my exams at the begining of June.
Got my results in the middle of June.
Overall I got a 1st.
And an average this year of 88% (lowest mark 72%, highest mark 99%)
John and I finally areed that we'd finished We Do What You Say. Our hard-hitting plaintive and psychedelic hip hop record.
I've moved back to Brighton and am staying here, for the forseeable future anyhow.
Did A Band stuff at the weekend (just gone)
On Friday went to Newcastle and played as "Ankle Biter"
it was just Stewart Keith, Myself and Michael Gillam, and it was Brilliant, noisy, chaotic.... and I broke Barbara's head off (that's my guitar) and that was sad.
We wer supporting Kikuri, which is Merzbow and Keiji Haino. They were cool, just a wash of noise, but the soundchecked for 2 hours.
And to add to my rock-n-roll-ness (as if breakin my guitar wasn't enough) they put us up in a hotel.
Next day Stewart and Myself travelled down from Newcastle to Peterborough, whereapon we recorded loads of material At Andrea's Abode. There was:
Neil Lent, Stewart Keith, Andrea Fletcher, Megan Fletcher-Cutts, Rafe Ozimek, Sharen Woodward, Karl M V Waugh, Jasper Harding, Tash Monterisi-Ozimek
Although not all of us were participating at any one point. And Rafe was only 3 years old and Jasper was only 7 months old... but that doesn't stop anyone.
and then on sunday, after a couple more tracks were recorded, I had to head home.
So an overall massive mission of travelling. but a throughly great time.
Ive basically slept the last 2 days....
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| 01:00pm 12/05/2008 |
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yay,
one more exam down.
Number theory.
Went really rather well.
My pc is playing up a bit-
didnt want to start up- had to take a back route in via opening and closing programs! eek...
Anyhows
Spent the weekend with chloe- and her GTA 4 on playstation 3. Which is fun!!!
Now gotta get on with revision for next week.... yipeee....
Not alot else to report so ill stop
Bye
x |
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| 05:41am 08/05/2008 |
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Saw Mortalitech (george's band) last week.
Well.
They were fantastic heavy industrial noise.
Their live show was... well it just was.
Certainly something to see, don't ask me if it's entertaining though.
First exam.
was horrible.
As in it was completely different to the past papers.
And i think he was planning to be nice, but it didn't come across like that.
So afterwards we went for a pint.
And somehow Tymek and I stayed in the pub til closing time, which was never meant to happen but was rather enjoyable.
So I was hungover today.
Then went to johns and finished the album.
Came home, went to sleep.
And now i've woken up in the middle of the night with a horrible pain in my head, i keep getting a dry throat and a blocked nose and i feel STRANGE AS FUCK!
I'll be alright (I hope), but its just annoying as fuck.
In other news everything with Chloe is fantastic, I just can't wait to finish off here and move in with her. :) |
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| 09:07pm 02/05/2008 |
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The following is an extract from the synopsis of a book, (Life, a users manual) as given by wikipedia. Yet I am still totally and utterly amazed by it- plus the book as a weird structure as well (read the rest of the article) but yeah-
Between World War I and II, a tremendously wealthy Englishman, Bartlebooth devises a plan that will both occupy the remainder of his life and spend his entire fortune. First, he spends 10 years learning to paint watercolors under the tutelage of Valene, who also becomes a resident of 11 Rue Simon-Crubellier. Then, he embarks on a 20-year trip around the world with his loyal servant Smautf (also a resident of 11 Rue Simon-Crubellier), painting a watercolor of a different port roughly every two weeks for a total of 500 watercolors.
Bartlebooth then sends each painting back to France, where the paper is glued to a support board, and a carefully selected craftsman named Gaspard Winckler (also a resident of 11 Rue Simon-Crubellier) cuts it into a jigsaw puzzle. Upon his return, Bartlebooth spends his time solving each jigsaw, re-creating the scene.
Each finished puzzle is treated to re-bind the paper with a special solution invented by Georges Morellet, another resident of 11 Rue Simon-Crubellier. After the solution is applied, the wooden support is removed, and the painting is sent to the port where it was painted. Exactly 20 years to the day after it was painted, the painting is placed in the seawater until the colors dissolve, and the paper, blank except for the faint marks where it was cut and re-joined, is returned to Bartlebooth.
Ultimately, there would be nothing to show for 50 years of work: the project would leave absolutely no mark on the world. Unfortunately for Bartlebooth, Winckler's puzzles become increasingly difficult and Bartlebooth himself becomes blind. A crazed art fanatic also intervenes in an attempt to stop Bartlebooth from destroying his art. By 1975, Bartlebooth is 16 months behind in his plans, and he dies while working on his 439th puzzle.
How good does that sound???
the rest is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life:_A_User%27s_Manual |
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| 11:57pm 25/04/2008 |
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exam period
fun
well they haven't started yet but its the count down.
been listening to the bedlam in goliath- is a fantastic album...
john and i should/could/might have finished our album "we do what you say"
13 tracks
looking good....
not to say it hasnt been hard-work and a little battle between ourselves
otherwise im alright i spose |
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| 09:41pm 07/03/2008 |
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I feel happy.
I have a great girlfriend, I do a degree in pure mathematics, a subject i love, and i'm doing well in it. and i live in london, and i can only name 3 places i've been that are cooler than london, namely brighton, amsterdamn and sydney. if i lived in amsterdamn i'd be too fucked too often- sydney is too far away from friends/family and i'm moving back to brighton soon anyhow so yeah.
I went for a walk through the backstreets of bethnal green and all this occured to me. |
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| 07:30pm 04/03/2008 |
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there's something depressing about walking to the shops, buying a load of food for one person, and carrying it home to your flat on your own.... |
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| 02:09pm 23/02/2008 |
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yo
i'm good.
been on reading week, havent read much but hey.
made beats, wrote words. listening to other music.
everyone should listen to chelsea marie- she is the best music i've ever come across on myspace- unsigned- unheard of- but beautiful
http://www.myspace.com/thechelseamarieband
chloe is the best girl ever, i'm really happy with her...
and since im all happy theres not alot to say on here.
piece out
karl
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| 10:01am 06/02/2008 |
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music: my lightbulbs gone grey, something, something
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Lately i've been listening to cLOUDDEAD's first album, Mates Of State- My Solo Project, LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver, Ikara Colt - Chat and Business, Supertramp - Breakfast In America and Simon And Garfunkle - Sound Of Silence
John and I (as Anywhere) have made some new hip-hop stuff, is pretty nice... check out www.myspace.com/anywheremusic
there's at least one of the hip hop songs up there, there may be more at some point.
I've been doing some mental maths, and i made my first exploration into filming... via a phone and windows movie maker: (let me know your opinions)
(note: the music's mine as well)
I'm really happy with Chloe, although kinda poor in london.
Am applying to sussex for a masters in maths- trying to write personal statement and get all those niggly things done.
Thats all folks
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| 12:46pm 24/01/2008 |
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totally forgot to do the end of year round up- so here goes, a bit belatedly
(first sentence of every month is:
January: What explodes like a fractal
Febuary: It Ain't Me Babe
March: been floating, richard came down and we drank.... visited art... drank...
April: "without a universal law this is no gravity
May: i stole this off someone but its funny so thats ok:
June: my granma's 77th birthday barbeque on saturday
July: good weekened.
August: yip yip yip
September: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdmoZyyWLww
October: the a band gig was awesome:
November: Its that time of year again kiddies....
Decemeber:
January 08: i havent updated in a while.
.... yeah that sums up the year...
(note: the "good weekend" was the weekend i met chloe.... yay)
(note: i post alot of song lyrics) |
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| 12:25am 11/01/2008 |
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i havent updated in a while.
been kinda busy in a "nothing to report" kinda way.
winter-holidays were good.
saw old friends and spent alot of time with my wonderful girlfriend.
back at uni- got alot of work already.
thats why im updating to put off writing my project, or to pause or what not.
anyway
need to play more music,
been doing some kinda hip-hop stuff with john, originally under the moniker "We Do What You Say" but i think we're just defaulting to "anywhere"
Its on the galapogos myspace, which is just john's fake new rave project:
http://www.myspace.com/galapogosnewrave
TV WAVES is john on his own, i'm gonna edit and fuck it up...
Family Fun is the one i'm on out the the ones up there...
the others are just john, in either new rave mode (You're An Artist)
or acoustic covers (dark globe)
anyway
thats all i have to say
peace out mofo's
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| 01:50am 27/11/2007 |
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You can not beat a platonian ideal
into any shape that you choose
you can't serve me, my last meal
if i know i'm gonna get loose
my bone frame and geek eyes are
stronger than your mirrored fist
you can hide inside your credit card
and one-day you'll complete the list
but wishing wells are full of change
not cheques guaranteed not to bounce
the world refocuses with age
you don't escape by the ounce
so where's the path that's written here
this map i drew in my sleep
i wish it was all crystal clear
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| 10:11am 07/11/2007 |
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Its that time of year again kiddies....
That time of year when you find your budget is about as red as the bad guys in old bond films.
Good old familiar money problems, and to add to that, christmas is coming so you must SPEND MORE SPEND MORE SPEND MORE CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME!
Although this is a good excuse for me to sit in and do my maths work...
Which, surprise surprise I'm not doing that much of- yipyee
I have been reading the complete winnie the pooh though- which is fabulous. Kinda absurdest in a kinda childlike way.
And John and I need to send around copies of Anywhere's Anonymous. Which is a brilliant half-an-hour of peaced out psychedelic soundscapes. "Sigur Ros in technicolour done by the flaming lips" ... maybe...
This album needs to get reviewed, it needs to get heard, the word must be spread, it is by far the best thing i've ever recorded/finished.
If anyone knows any good magazines that would review it let me know?
And if anyone knows good ways to make money, short of prostituting myself, let me know as well.
Peace out
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| 07:23pm 30/10/2007 |
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did my first day as a teaching assistant. for 2 hrs today.
ok so i fucked up turning up on time- cause i mean i looked at tfl- added 15 mins to my time, and then was still 15 mins late. half an hr my ass.
anyway, it went quite well, we were only giving them a test to see their abilitys but its quite nice. although i do seem to be teaching lady sovreign and co.
apart from that ive got a loads of work to do for tomorrow- inc a worksheet for the useless teacher that i have teaching algebraic structures, who is rude when you ask questions- who teachs as quickly as he can write up the text book on the board and generally doesnt engage with the students in any way what so ever.
its gonna be one of those days.
hey ho.
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| 09:19pm 26/10/2007 |
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Poster of a girl- metric
Can't stand by myself
Hate to sleep alone
Surprises always help
So I take somebody home
To find out how I feel
Feel like just a baby
Portrait of a lady
Poster of a girl
Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Tu sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Tu sais que je n'aime pas ma réalité
Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Tu sais que je n'aime pas ma réalité
On ne peut pas fabriquer la vérité
Tu sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Satisfy myself
Avoid beginners
Who long to shut my mouth
Till I take one of them home
'Cause I know how it feels
Filling in the blanks
Looking on the bright side
When there is no bright side
Cumming in your pants
For the off chance
With a...
poster of a girl
poster of a girl
poster of a girl
poster of a girl
poster of a girl
poster of... a girl
poster of a girl
poster of a girl
Je déteste dormir sans une présence
Les surprises semblent alléger ma solitude
Alors je ramène quelqu'un dans mon lit
Afin de découvrir comment je me sens
Comme un bébé
Portrait d'une femme
Affiche d'une fille
Portrait d'une femme
Affiche d'une fille
Me satisfaire
Eviter les novices
Ceux qui cherchent à me faire taire
Jusqu'à ce que je rentre avec l'un d'eux
Car je connais la sensation
De chercher le fil d'or
Et de ne jamais le trouver
Coming in your pants
Qui ne pense qu'à coucher avec une
fille d'affiche
Affiche d'une fille
Une fille d'affiche
Portrait d'une femme
Affiche d'une fille
Tu sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
On ne peut pas fabriquer la vérité
Je sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité
Tu sais que tu n'aimes pas ta réalité |
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