Savage Woundry

And Justice for all...

2009-08-27T00:21:00.004+01:00

Im only going to bang out a short post tonight, or that's what I've told myself so we'll see how it goes.

The wheels are in motion. The last couple of days have been raw admin. I've churned out a respectable CV, applied for a couple of jobs and made plans for moving down south. I'm not going to lie. I'm well fucking excited. I just hope I find a job and it is the solid 9-5. That out the way, I can enjoy the delights of being a semi-student again. Awesome.

Not really anything else to report. Had a good couple of sessions in the rat the last couple of nights, it seems that time with the unit is getting more scarce so i appreciate it more than ever. Me and elteej rattled through the pints on tuesday night too and discussed all things Wycombe, the hype machine ensued.

Anyways, I'll crack out another tune just 'cos I feel I have a lot to share.

Since the purchase of my new tune box, I've been stomping around to "A Cross The Universe", the live album from justice. Its absolutely ridiculous, I crave to see them again. This is one of many tunes that gets me hyped for work/walking into town/anything. Please get the whole thing and listen to it all. (I am aware that even the mention of "Justice" in any blog post is mega uncool but fuck it)

Justice- Phantom 1.5

Good night all.

The blues....

2009-08-25T00:08:00.005+01:00

Evening all.

Tonight was a bit of a disappointment to say the least. Me and Jskillz headed to Harrogate's "finest" blues bar for what was billed "jam night", only to play no part at all (the feeling conveyed by the picture). Given my recent indulgence in the drumming game in the big city, I was well up for it, but the dude running it turned out to be quite the cretin and denied me any/all the fun. Ah well, thats life ennit, really good to catch up with jon dog either way. After semi standing me up we convened for pints and a cheeky meal and further pints. Great crack. Shame @elteej was out with his bus timetabling!

Today also saw the arrival of my first portable tunes for literally years. (lucky i got it really cos the postman arrived and i was still in my jim-jams but thought i could style it out and pretend that was standard day-wear) Its so much better than i even remembered. I now look forward to walking/driving/catching the bus anywhere. I also managed to wangle a bit of video on there so I watched a classic peep show on the way to meet sillers, brilliant. Can't contain my excitement for the megabus on monday, gonna have me a session!

Finally, I probably mentioned earlier that its hard to write about stuff if you arent really doing anything with life, but here is my effort anyways! Also, I get to share with you, my loyal followers, any tunes that seem to be tickling my ears at the moment. Unlike chibe.info, I'm not exactly the "new-music" pioneer and will most likely direct you to songs that have long been in existence, but all the same, are fantastic.

Heres two.

Kings of Convenience-Once around the block (free download kids!) ((couldnt find a youtube!!!))

The Kings of Convenience i've been digging for a while now and I love em. Trojan measure of vibe. They are playing in warwick in october and i really hope i get to see them. Anyone fancy it you know where im at. This is a cover of a Badly Drawn Boy song, the original is good, this is amazing.

And........

Miike Snow- In Search Of

I posted a track by miike snow already but this is such a tune i couldnt resist. Enjoi.

Slip vice on your grind maneuver.

Bon Soir

On I Trundle...

2009-08-21T00:31:00.007+01:00

Its hard to update a blog when there's so little occurring in ones life. That said, i'm going to plough on anyway!

Work, pub, blah, blah..... if you're reading this then you almost definitely know that already.

Had pre-work pints with el-teej today too and caught up somewhat. I've been rapping about a distinct lack of future plans, after all, for the moment it seems i'm wondering into the unknown. Its time to make some decisions. (vague reference to brilliant drawing- definitely go here) All i know is that travelling is on and that somehow i need to obtain all the monies i can before me and jones head out to the big wide world. But as for after/before that, Im at a bit of a loss. The parents-moving-house scenario is all a bit of a pickle, which could actually turn out to be quite an adventure given that i have offers to live in a sunny high wycombe. But i reckon its the uncertainty thats grating my proverbial cheese. I'm also making minor movements into finding proper job, much to teej's dismay, but i won't bore you with the details. Its tough enough trying to digest even a single article from the "FT". (if you've got a second try it- or not)

So days are consumed with finding cures for boredom and making the most minor inroads into planning the rest of my life. Quite a mix. If anyone is on for doing anything that's not that, between 11 and 5 almost any day, let me know.

Anyway, having read that back to myself I'm bored, who knows what my loyal fanbase think!?

To make up for it, here's a tune which i liked the first time i heard it and never stopped liking.

Perhaps a bit downbeat but, in my humble opinion, practically flawless.. and it was a b-side!

Radiohead- Talk Show Host

Good night

This weekend....

2009-08-19T12:34:00.006+01:00

Apologies for lack of update of late but its all with good reason.

A long weekend with Imo in the big city being the main one. :)

Saturday night saw me attending a pool party with Imo's old drum teacher and his unit. It'd be hard to describe these dudes without you actually seeing them, but essentially a mix of really cool, old (55-65) folk, who played some easy going jazz, drank suspiciously brown ale and created 3d art. The mention of my drumming ability meant that i was lured into playing for a bit and it was even more fun than i remembered. I left pining for the old band days. Maybe the amsterdam dream isn't over yet!?

Sunday saw trips to the ominously named Richmond. (the one in london being far better than the one my parents so desperately want to move to.) Had some serious chill on the riverside in the sun with a soundtrack of brazillian/salsa/bollywood. Fuelled by a few drinkies we headed out on the river for a spot of cut price boating and meandered (no boating/river pun intended) home as the sun went down.

Monday we shook off sundays excesses and headed to the Tate Britain. Im well not good at the arts and tend to like stuff cos it looks cool/weird/good rather than whatever its meant to be but fuck it, i always enjoy it. I also saw this! Cheers Damien. Rest of Monday we pottered about, went past parliament and ended the day eating in a quality restaurant with champagne and cheezburgers. Perfect.

Tuesday i came home and worked.

Right, thats more than enough for now. Tune of the week(end): may i?!

DJ Mujava- Township Funk (Sinden Remix)

Love love

Oh.. and....

2009-08-14T14:30:00.003+01:00

Not wanting to over-do it on the blog front but i could't not draw your attention to this. Genuine legend.

Now playing.......

2009-08-14T14:01:00.004+01:00

Finally got round to getting Miike Snow's album and this is my pick. Catchy easy listening. Enjoi

Edit: Fuck knows what the deal is with that video. Completely unrelated in my mind.

What Happened?!

2009-08-13T13:08:00.002+01:00

Yikes, who knew graduating would be so heavy. Tuesday night was intense, really intense. I recall little from the night except the actual ceremony (brilliant! Cheers mr and mrs j) and being massively disappointed with the tunes in Moko. I dont know what i was hoping for but it was shite. Maybe time for somewhere else?! Meh. So tuesday night consumed me all of yesterday. 4od, comfort food and sleep aided my efforts to make it to work. Which went suprisingly well to say i was not really feeling being nice to complaining old women. Talking of which, im sure Prima is beginning to test me. A lady rang up a few nights ago to tell me that she'd been in about 3 hours previous and had the monkfish.

"I just got home and realised there was no monkfish in my monkfish".

Eh?! I had to wrangle out all my compassion to assure she had had monkfish and not simply say "what the fuck". And how did it take 3 hours after leaving to realise?

"can i have a gift voucher to make up for it?"

"no, bye"

anyway, enough rambling for now. If anyone fancies anything tonight im not at work.

jingle those digits.

2009-08-10T23:38:00.002+01:00

So, another night on the work grind. That aside, a day of nothingness really. Put money in the bank which always excites me, only to be immediately put back in my place by the scale of balance negativity. Meh. Work turned into chill turned into pints with teej. The result: ripon may be a sinking ship. Lets hope Im a woman or a child and that my life boat is made from a large market town 29 miles west-north-west of london. If you don't know what I mean, then hopefully you will soon. Pipe dreams on the not-so-savage future.

Bon soiree

2009-08-10T01:49:00.001+01:00

A weekly(ish) feature: Tune of the week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfhg6ELJIOM

this is probably mine.

Bah humbug

2009-08-10T01:35:00.001+01:00

So today begins my first real blog. I anticipate it being a mindless and rather dull affair but if you are reading this you probably have as much time on your hands as i do and therefore its relatively entertaining. Today saw sunday lunch with the grandparents, work (standard) and a couple of bottles of wine with none other than davey jones in his back garden. Good times.

Happy reading, i hope

TORD

2009-07-25T15:05:00.000+01:00

And so it begins....