Saturday, December 06, 2003
The main problem is that I'm not sure I can be bothered.
12/06/2003 11:09:00 am
Thursday, December 04, 2003
It was... weird.
Did you enjoy it?
Some of it...
Such as?
The mad bits. The bits when things were on fire. The bits when I felt like I was about to die. Of course, those bits were only really good in retrospect.
The course?
Yeah, some of it...
That’s almost invariably the type of response you get if you should deign to ask me about my experiences at university. Where did you go? What did you do? Why did you go there? Did you like it? Did you make many good friends? Northampton. Popular Culture & Philosophy. Because I thought it was near Southampton and I could do Popular Culture & Philosophy. Some of it. Three.
If you know me well then you know I found the university experience… traumatic… You’ll know my oft-repeated claim to have “essentially functioned as an alcoholic” for a year. You’ll know I treated a lot of people like shit. That I thought I was going to die on numerous occasions. That I thought I was going to kill on various others. That James & Olly [who are both linked on the left there] were equally traumatised, in different ways. That Olly and I hated each other for a time. That James is on the other side of the world (I’m still reading, James, and it’s still wonderful). That I’m really shit at keeping in touch. And that I’m not sure why that is. That I never feel guilty and that I never miss anyone.
I’ve been meaning to write about my life between September 1998 and July 2001 since… July 2001. Earlier, even. I think writing about it will help me get a grip on what actually happened and what it means to me, who I am, why I am, etcetera. Plus, quite simply, some of it makes for a good story. So, over the course of the next… however long… I intend to try and make sense of it by recounting it on here. Of course, whether I get around to doing so is another matter entirely…
12/04/2003 07:20:00 pm
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Gimme some new shit...
12/03/2003 11:59:00 pm
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Scrap "Lose Yourself". It's 2002. Substitute "The Jump Off" by Lil Kim.
12/02/2003 02:07:00 pm
Sunday, November 30, 2003
My fragmentory Bubba Sparxxx review...
"postmodernism... self-referential... country-hop... as if Bubba had swalled Timbaland's entire ouvre whole and then regurgitated choice cuts back up into the midst of some sociopathic hoedown... pretty wicked, really..."
11/30/2003 11:05:00 pm
Fuck that list.
Top 20 albums and top 20 singles of 2003 (REDUX)
Albums (artist – title – score)
1. Manitoba – Up In Flames
2. Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
3. Dave Douglas – Freak In
4. Four Tet – Rounds
5. Elbow – Cast Of Thousands
6. Sugababes – Three
7. Missy Elliott – This Is Not A Test!
8. The Clientele – The Violet Hour
9. British Sea Power – The Decline Of
10. Alexander Kowalski – Response
11. Gillian Welch – Soul Journey
12. M83 – Dead Cities, Red Seas And Lost Ghosts
13. Radiohead – Hail To The Thief
14. Basement Jaxx – Kish Kash
15. Dizzee Rascal – Boy In Da Corner
16. Loose Fur – Loose Fur
17. Mogwai – Happy Songs For Happy People
18. DM & Jemini – Ghetto Pop Life
19. The Cooper Temple Clause – Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose
20. Susumu Yokota – Laputa
Singles (artist – title)
1. Lumidee – Never Leave You (Uh-Oh)
2. !!! – Me & Giuliani Down By The School Yard (A True Story)
3. Justin Timberlake – Cry Me A River
4. Outkast – Hey Ya
5. Sugababes – Hole In The Head
6. The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
7. Outkast – Ghettomusick
8. Kelis – Milkshake
9. Eminem – Lose Yourself
10. Snoop Dogg – Beautiful
11. Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground
12. Missy Elliott – Pass That Dutch
13. Beyonce – Crazy In Love
14. British Sea Power – Remember Me
15. Richard X vs Liberty X – Being Nobody
16. Siobhan Donaghy – Overrated
17. Basement Jaxx – Lucky Star
18. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
19. Dizzee Rascal – I Luv U
20. Elephant Man – Fuck You Sign
I fucking hate lists. I hate my crap memory.
11/30/2003 08:20:00 pm
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