sure i am leaving out some stuf, for fill in later, but heres a bit. no down time. lots of play time, lots of new stuff in class with guests from all over talking all kinds of stuff. reps from the olimpic committee, groups taking on the fcc and clear channel. really cool stuff.
made it to brighton, hung with the mods and the rockers, met wilco zeff on a the castle mound, crackers goat cheeze, wine, hummus, crackers and some dope madrass. chillen by the river. good stuff all around. saw tim burtons new pupets and and chilled with big al's kids in london town. even caught the man with the golden teeth. but gerard was a tad bit funkier.
all in all good good stuff. ht on her way in today. so off to heathrow. more later.
word, yeah?
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Saturday, July 24, 2004
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Sorry my bad (the redux)
hey sorry i have not been posting. heres the quick detail to follow. sweden, dope, denmark dope. going back to both!!!
missing person report, but all is well.
week of work and beyond rediculousness with kids that think buying the bottles is a good idea.
next off to london town. brit mus, discussions of morals, ethics, art collections and imperialism wit the curators and lawyers at da joint! wikkid but tedious. bit defensive for my taste. next off to see the sphinx and the rosseta!!! yeah, key to cross lang understanding wikkid!!!
then off to cnn. nice bloke runnin could not have been more than 34. my bad what have i been resting on my laurals for. novelty man. waste. also realized merican kid and brit slang = funny combo. next met head council for cnn int, talked pvr or as americans say dvr and in streeam revs, interactive ads, etc.
off to last min follow of nice girls who took good care to make sure i safely went to liverrpool without plans, saw the cavern, with covers of the stones, rod, and the beatles. oh yeah and sabath. no joke it rocked. next the most comfortable hostile on earth.
next morn off to see paul and johns houses. wierd. i mean really so. like modern music culture built in four walls. best part was johns porch hearing the reverb. few words don't do justice, so if curios ask!!! it was truely unbelievable!!!
next ran to manchester, to meet some friends and well, see mecca!!! missed friends, but saw mecca!!! drybar, g-mex, and hacienda in 3 hrs. time too leave sincer cant find girls, oh wait theres a train leaving now? wikkkid! story of the trip. next back to cam to hang.
everything on the money, all worked out, literallly magic within secs. spot on!
oh yeah big ups to collin for kicking the dope shirt, kim and kristen for the care, and too all thoes that i saw in mecca, thanks! especially to the old bloke talking cod shit about the latest paul weller, saying give it up for the jam!!!
i love the north!!!
my bad for taking a decade plus to make it!!! i wish you were all here with it! and for thoes who did not catch it and especial for my man sanjay who did, oh yeah me and bez grooven down at turnmills in 2 weeks!!!! i'm sorry is this my life?
oh one other on the 31 and other good days. big up to all who gave up, and big up to all else, you were thought of and remembered fondly, including dog! i wish you were here for the party which included irish bombs, absyth and old hen, and crazy connections to daven the mad, and shamous, wreck, markman, jenn, dev, tree, william, travis, and all the other kids, seems its become a 6 degress of mark deal.
anyway love and all from the cold and dreary gb.
talk soon!!! wikkid!!!
missing person report, but all is well.
week of work and beyond rediculousness with kids that think buying the bottles is a good idea.
next off to london town. brit mus, discussions of morals, ethics, art collections and imperialism wit the curators and lawyers at da joint! wikkid but tedious. bit defensive for my taste. next off to see the sphinx and the rosseta!!! yeah, key to cross lang understanding wikkid!!!
then off to cnn. nice bloke runnin could not have been more than 34. my bad what have i been resting on my laurals for. novelty man. waste. also realized merican kid and brit slang = funny combo. next met head council for cnn int, talked pvr or as americans say dvr and in streeam revs, interactive ads, etc.
off to last min follow of nice girls who took good care to make sure i safely went to liverrpool without plans, saw the cavern, with covers of the stones, rod, and the beatles. oh yeah and sabath. no joke it rocked. next the most comfortable hostile on earth.
next morn off to see paul and johns houses. wierd. i mean really so. like modern music culture built in four walls. best part was johns porch hearing the reverb. few words don't do justice, so if curios ask!!! it was truely unbelievable!!!
next ran to manchester, to meet some friends and well, see mecca!!! missed friends, but saw mecca!!! drybar, g-mex, and hacienda in 3 hrs. time too leave sincer cant find girls, oh wait theres a train leaving now? wikkkid! story of the trip. next back to cam to hang.
everything on the money, all worked out, literallly magic within secs. spot on!
oh yeah big ups to collin for kicking the dope shirt, kim and kristen for the care, and too all thoes that i saw in mecca, thanks! especially to the old bloke talking cod shit about the latest paul weller, saying give it up for the jam!!!
i love the north!!!
my bad for taking a decade plus to make it!!! i wish you were all here with it! and for thoes who did not catch it and especial for my man sanjay who did, oh yeah me and bez grooven down at turnmills in 2 weeks!!!! i'm sorry is this my life?
oh one other on the 31 and other good days. big up to all who gave up, and big up to all else, you were thought of and remembered fondly, including dog! i wish you were here for the party which included irish bombs, absyth and old hen, and crazy connections to daven the mad, and shamous, wreck, markman, jenn, dev, tree, william, travis, and all the other kids, seems its become a 6 degress of mark deal.
anyway love and all from the cold and dreary gb.
talk soon!!! wikkid!!!
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Saturday, July 10, 2004
oi! from 4 countries in 24 hours!!!
heads up posted on monday, but the quick, gb, gmbh, sweden and denmark in 24! nice one brother!!!
Monday, July 05, 2004
the next stop london
headed out to london. checked the new dave mammet, with stiles and eckart. quite good writing and i thought very good acting, but it seams reasonable minds differ. but i'm right and they are not. next wikkid noodle shop! incredible rammen, crazy ginger tomato peper sause. fish and chips. my first time. malt vinigar and everything. warm pint from the caste on the side. saw the memorial to diana, it was off. strange. saw hyde park, palament and ben again. buckingham, and a weird statue of abe lincoln. not sure how that got in there. walked about all day. so much walking. its increadible! then headed out side town to a more suburban neighborhood. it was cool to see where the people live. went to a pub there andf met just the nicest people. they kept feeding us and playing us beautiful baleric beats. first time i think i have really heard them proper and not in the context of a set dedicated mostely to something eles. next most of our crew was getting tired, so we shed some kids and the hard core headed to turnmills. we caught groove armada! oh shit did they rock it too!!! crowd was insane, whisles, yelling hands in the air, soul clap, the whole fucking lot!!! highlights of the night: random blond grabbing me to make out on the dance floor, pints of red stripe free flowing, wheres your head at baging up the place, super styling making the floor bounce, cece peniston, and born slippy literally making about a thousand kids sing in harmony and making your truely cry! it was absolutely phenominal. met some kids with zef in line, nice enough to give us the heads up on some doggy fuckers about. next it was back to the hotel, but on arival we realized, oh shit its moring and time to head back. problem was tubes not running yet, so wanding the street we meat a few nice british girls also stranded from a lat night partying at covent gardens. so we wandered the city together for the next three hours, culminating it the most amazing mcmuffing i have ever tasted. trip back listening to some heavenly and valentines on the train looking out at country houses and fields of flowers. remeinded me of the art work on the some friendly singles and stuff.
next crashed out listening to eno. after a bit of a rest 4th of j party at the row house of the program dirrector. he and his wife are the shit. very cool, very brilliant. nice party, lots of wine, and headed to kings college the oldest of all to listen to their 500 year old choir sing lennon covers while floating on punt baots. wikkid!!! sandwiched between the river and gothic cathedral listing to the choirs leenon reditions. wow!!! next off to a pub from the 1500's drank something called desil. pretty cool. jsut kickin with some cool kids getting loaded, dancing and talking cod shit about law till 2 in the am.
i like it here!!!
oh in case i didn't mention before the dopest hotest curry i have ever had, phall its called. blinding wikkid, between that and the kababs i could be very very happy!!!
i'm off for a pint!!!
next crashed out listening to eno. after a bit of a rest 4th of j party at the row house of the program dirrector. he and his wife are the shit. very cool, very brilliant. nice party, lots of wine, and headed to kings college the oldest of all to listen to their 500 year old choir sing lennon covers while floating on punt baots. wikkid!!! sandwiched between the river and gothic cathedral listing to the choirs leenon reditions. wow!!! next off to a pub from the 1500's drank something called desil. pretty cool. jsut kickin with some cool kids getting loaded, dancing and talking cod shit about law till 2 in the am.
i like it here!!!
oh in case i didn't mention before the dopest hotest curry i have ever had, phall its called. blinding wikkid, between that and the kababs i could be very very happy!!!
i'm off for a pint!!!
KLF
KLF,art terrorist BILL DRUMMOND is to make a rare live appearance in LONDON.
The star will be appearing at this year’s Clerkenwell Literary Festivalon July 14, where he will be launching his new website youwhores.com and asking ‘How much are you worth?’.
Also appearing on the same bill are Adam Buxton (of 'Adam And Joe' fame), Giro Playboy and MC Jock Scot.
The Clerkenwell Literary Festival runs from July 9-14.
The star will be appearing at this year’s Clerkenwell Literary Festivalon July 14, where he will be launching his new website youwhores.com and asking ‘How much are you worth?’.
Also appearing on the same bill are Adam Buxton (of 'Adam And Joe' fame), Giro Playboy and MC Jock Scot.
The Clerkenwell Literary Festival runs from July 9-14.
Ms. Donelly
TANYA DONELLY releases a new album next month. !!!
Donelly was a major player in the 1990s US indie dynasty which revolved around the 4AD label, currently back in the headlines following the Pixies reunion.
A founding member of the seminal Throwing Muses with her stepsister Kristen Hersh, Donelly went on to form The Breeders with Pixies bassist Kim Deal before leaving after one album to enjoy mainstream success with Belly.
'Whiskey Tango Ghosts' is her third solo album, and is released by 4AD on July 26.
She plays two UK shows at London's Bush Hall on July 27-28. For ticket availability, click here or call the NME Ticketline on 0870 1 663 663.
Donelly was a major player in the 1990s US indie dynasty which revolved around the 4AD label, currently back in the headlines following the Pixies reunion.
A founding member of the seminal Throwing Muses with her stepsister Kristen Hersh, Donelly went on to form The Breeders with Pixies bassist Kim Deal before leaving after one album to enjoy mainstream success with Belly.
'Whiskey Tango Ghosts' is her third solo album, and is released by 4AD on July 26.
She plays two UK shows at London's Bush Hall on July 27-28. For ticket availability, click here or call the NME Ticketline on 0870 1 663 663.
Razor light show on the 15th
RAZORLIGHT, have lined up a tiny showcase gig in LONDON later this month.
The band, currently expecting a top ten entry for their debut album 'Up All Night' this Sunday, headline the latest in the series of Carling Live Sessions at the Camden Barfly on July 15.
Also playing are Yorkshire punks The Cribs and blues rock three-piece The Archie Bronson Outfit.
Tickets are available through the Carling website carlinglive.com.!!!
The band, currently expecting a top ten entry for their debut album 'Up All Night' this Sunday, headline the latest in the series of Carling Live Sessions at the Camden Barfly on July 15.
Also playing are Yorkshire punks The Cribs and blues rock three-piece The Archie Bronson Outfit.
Tickets are available through the Carling website carlinglive.com.!!!
Friday, July 02, 2004
chapter 2
stuff here is just absolutely wikkid. saw a decendant of newtons apple tree, hung at a pub where the raf, usaf, aus aaf and can af hung durring ww2. they had their names on the joint. good proper writers.
been meeting tons of cool kids including a bunch of philosophers and mathmaticians here for a conference. sat up drinking pints under a tree till 4 am with em. 4 countries represented discussing bether methodologies for natural language prossesing, the finer points of lsd, k, glastonbury, the concept of oneness and the cognative construction of numbers.
watching euro 2004, drinking spekled hen, reading some interesting cases for the 4th and 5th time, beeing quoted in class from arguments made in previous semesters that seem to have had some impact (hey maybe i'm on to something). haven't been writing like i should be, but there has been so little time. have however been thinking a great deal, and reading tons.
strange walking around this city, some much history, saw a building from the dark ages yesterday. tomorrow off to london for new david mammet with julia styles and arron ekart. hear its bad, but i like mammet.
anyway, lots of reading, talking, walking, drinking! and thinking! i like it hear makes sence why some much great shits been discovered here. its kindof scary. think i'll be comming back.
out
been meeting tons of cool kids including a bunch of philosophers and mathmaticians here for a conference. sat up drinking pints under a tree till 4 am with em. 4 countries represented discussing bether methodologies for natural language prossesing, the finer points of lsd, k, glastonbury, the concept of oneness and the cognative construction of numbers.
watching euro 2004, drinking spekled hen, reading some interesting cases for the 4th and 5th time, beeing quoted in class from arguments made in previous semesters that seem to have had some impact (hey maybe i'm on to something). haven't been writing like i should be, but there has been so little time. have however been thinking a great deal, and reading tons.
strange walking around this city, some much history, saw a building from the dark ages yesterday. tomorrow off to london for new david mammet with julia styles and arron ekart. hear its bad, but i like mammet.
anyway, lots of reading, talking, walking, drinking! and thinking! i like it hear makes sence why some much great shits been discovered here. its kindof scary. think i'll be comming back.
out
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