THE  BLACK  TULIPS

12 October 05                              [this week index]

Heidi

Highs:

Belfast was a gas...highlights included a traditional Norn-Irish pub brawl ("OI'LL KICK YEHR COHNT IN!!!" etcetera), The Utopians being interviewed on local radio with The Vichy Government, watching Black Wire (albeit briefly) and playing to a heaving venue. Hurrah!

Lows:

Tenterhooks, nervous energy, no appetite, insomnia, frustration and far, far too many text messages. Hurrumph.

Listening to:

Big Black - Songs About Fucking (lp)
Liars - They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top (lp)
The Fall - I Can Hear The Grass Grow
Gang of Four - To Hell With Poverty

Drinking:

Buckfast

Watching:

Porn

Issuing a Fatwa upon:

whoever keeps stealing my post.

Things I have learnt this week:

The man who wrote 'You Just Keep Me Hanging On' also designed NEU!'s logo.

Sid James was South African.

 

earlier posts

10 October 05 Repopulated by a bunch of unpalatable goths...
5 October 05 I didn't know eyes could bear such sadness...
4 October 05 Nostalgic-optimistic-romantic tragical-comical-...

27 September 05 Peach schnapps/morse code machine...
19 September 05 Extra-head paranoic engine drives fallacy...
14 September 05 Buggery in oil, magician's box, foreign gent...
12 September 05 Soul-sapping image capture, DJ Scotch Egg...
1 September 05 'Rhinoceros', Camber Sands, vain hope...

26 August 05 Valpolicella-quaffing Satanic Barbie, scones...
22 August 05 Fine lines, icy bruises, Chris Isaak, absence...
18 August 05 Bruises of a sick canary hue. And Soft Cell...
14 August 05 Bile, breakdancing, barely controlled rage...
6 August 05 Moss-moist eyes, Roman Holiday and ringing...

27 July 05 Begging, borrowing and stealing. And gowns...
22 July 05 Tris's "You're Generally Indie" quiz result...
21 July 05 Test-Icicles, overeducated rightwing baboon...
20 July 05 Buffalo 66, red shoes and a new frock...
12 July 05 Diversions, hair conditioner, pots of tea and idiots...
1 July 05 Angela Carter, exotic fruits and pink person-stripes...

29 June 05 Dresden Dolls, Tori Amos, enticing flatmate...
28 June 05 Welly welding, ghost trains, vaginas, bitching...
16 June 05 Posh biscuits; the courting potential of the library...
15 June 05 Martin Amis, chicklit and money problems...
8 June 05
Rabies jabs and the History of Western Philosophy...

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