I've made no secret of the fact that next week's Tom Waits gig in Paris has put me in a state of perpetual chomping-at-the-bit excitement. What I've now found out, however, is that this manic enthusiasm seems to be rubbing off on my nearest and dearest, too. I was driving my car to someplace or other this evening with Clare and her astonishingly-bright four year-old daughter, Lily, as passengers. On the car stereo was Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man album, which Lily took a strong disliking to. Fair enough, I though: Leonard Cohen is a bit of an acquired taste. [...]
I'll be going to the Latitude Festival on Thursday where I plan to see, hear and experience Grinderman, Breeders, Foals, Franz Ferdinand, Bill Bailey, Death Cab For Cutie, Julian Cope, Guillemots, Rich Hall, Jeremy Hardy, The Coral, Patrick Marber, Seasick Steve, Interpol, Simon Armitage, Joanna Newsom, The Mars Volta, 'Just a Minute' with Nicholas Parsons, Stewart Lee, Mark Thomas, Mark Steel, Blondie, Buzzcocks, Michael Nyman, 'Broadcasting House', Tindersticks, Micah P Hinson, Catherine O'Flynn and Irvine Welsh.That's assuming they don't all clash.
I heard from Jude today, one of my best friends ever. We haven't been in contact with each other for a while, but she sent me a text because she's off to see Duran Duran tonight. We've been friends for a l-o-n-g time: she knows that I understand and appreciate what going to see Duran Duran tonight means to her. What follows is a cover version of the Bouffanted Brummies' 80s hit 'Hungry Like The Wolf' as performed by one of my all-time personal heroes, the American actor Bruce Campbell. You might recognise him as the star of the Evil [...]
Here's a movie meme from Avitable, via the ever-dependable Rol:Entertainment Weekly came up with a list of the top 100 movies of the last 25 years. I thought I'd start a meme, much like that one going around where you highlight the books that you've read or tried to read. The ones in bold are ones I've watched.The ones in bold and italics are ones I've enjoyed and have watched (or plan to watch) more than once.If it's not in bold but has a pair of bold stars after the title then it's a film I plan to see soon.If [...]
As I've mentioned elsewhere, I'm into neologisms in a big way. When I get bored, I make up new words. I got bored this week, so I made up a new word. If you want it you can have it. VEXICON (vek-sə-kän), noun,A collection of words, phrases and expressions that I find deeply annoying.
After all that trouble I went to last night writing a fairly lengthy post about the late anti-Establishment comic George Carlin and his Supreme Court-baiting Seven Forbidden Words, I actually committed a hideous typo and missed one out. I know this because I received a text message this afternoon from my pal, the macaroon-chomping Friend of Garfield Jez Higgins. It read:"You missed a word, you cocksucker!"Thanks for that, Jez. I'll amend it accordingly.Nice of you to include the missing word, too.
