January 08, 2004

fitter, happier

My new year's resolutions:

Fitter, happier, more productive,
comfortable,
not drinking too much,
regular exercise at the gym
(3 days a week),
getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries,
at ease,
eating well
(no more microwave dinners and saturated fats),
a patient better driver,
a safer car
(baby smiling in back seat),
sleeping well
(no bad dreams),
no paranoia,
careful to all animals
(never washing spiders down the plughole),
keep in contact with old friends
(enjoy a drink now and then),
will frequently check credit at (moral) bank (hole in the wall),
favors for favors,
fond but not in love,
charity standing orders,
on Sundays ring road supermarket
(no killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants),
car wash
(also on Sundays),
no longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows
nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate,
nothing so childish - at a better pace,
slower and more calculated,
no chance of escape,
now self-employed,
concerned (but powerless),
an empowered and informed member of society
(pragmatism not idealism),
will not cry in public,
less chance of illness,
tires that grip in the wet
(shot of baby strapped in back seat),
a good memory,
still cries at a good film,
still kisses with saliva,
no longer empty and frantic like a cat tied to a stick,
that's driven into frozen winter shit
(the ability to laugh at weakness),
calm,
fitter,
healthier and more productive
a pig in a cage on antibiotics.


Ok fine, my page looked too blank and empty, so i had to put something in there. Fuck resolutions.


January 06, 2004

you are the quarry

It's been very quiet since new year's eve, which by the way was a lot of fun. Big ups to electrogreg for a fabulous Fatherfucker pre-party, and Ultragrrrl for spinning a great set at Trash!

An interesting update from the DFA:
"The DFA have interviewed Morrissey for a February/March cover story for Index Magazine. The interview took place at Sarm Hookend Studio in Oxfordshire England, where Morrissey is recording his new LP."

This week's pretty empty on my gig calendar, but should pick up over the weekend with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and other good shows coming up.

Is there anything else coming out in january that i forgot to put in the upcoming releases?


Check out photos of Ben Kweller at the Bowery Ballroom.