5 For Friday

1. The Children of The Revolution - T.REX
2. Quiet Life - Japan
3. Over & Over Again - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
4. The Beautiful Ones - Suede
5. This Is Pop - XTC

Tex

J Z @ T

Jay Z has just announced that he will play T in the Park 2010. Some of you might remember the minor uproar when it was announced that he would play 'Glastonberry 08'. But as Jay Z said at the time;

"It's ridiculous, if we don't embrace what is new, then how do we progress?

Bit like life really that one I think. As much as we are creatures of habit there is, in my opinion, an underlying need for us all to do/try something new.
When was the last time you woke up and said I'm going to try something different. It could be as simple as trying the small sandwich shop or deli across the road rather than McDonalds. Maybe even buy a different newspaper. Or is that too scary? Try it for a week, you never know by next Friday you could be ready to do that bungee jump!

Talk soon.

SDM

5 For Friday

1. Let's Make Love - CSS
2. Hate To Say I Told You So - The Hives
3. Radiation Vibe - Fountains Of Wayne
4. Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
5. Spanish Stroll - The Modern Lovers

A Bicycle Made For Blues...

Sitting behind a large beaten up truck on M8 – looked like it spent it’s days cargoing crap back and forth from dump sites. On the back it said in large block letters ‘Metal Only’… Without getting all Jeremy Clarkson about it I started to think wouldn’t it be interesting if all vehicles were marked on the back with a specific taste in music suitable to the model?

Range Rover – Classical

Mondeo – Soft Rock

VW Golf – TECHNO

Toyota – Death Metal

Mini Cooper – Mod/Ska

BMW – ipod-TOUCH ONLY (darling!!)

The Pope-mobile – VARIOUS (a very ‘catholic’ taste – gettit?!!!)

Any thoughts?

Tex

Danger - Dog - May Bite!

Did you read the report that slippery cobbles are stopping the postmen delivering their mail on a street in Devon?

I assume other folk walk about on these cobbles? Dogs? Pizza Delivery Guys? What happened to the spirit of the Pony Express? The mail must get through! The mail must get through…as long as your path’s not like a skating rink.

Often wonder about national outcries around stories like this one. Some poor guy falls on his bahoochy, complains to his gaffer, his gaffer says we’ll look into it and suddenly news at ten are interviewing Mr. Angry at No.25 Doddery Lane who says ‘It’s a disgrace!!’

Slow news days perhaps?

Tex

Job Swap

Since I was about 16 and heard that some crazy organisation paid 150k for the 're-development' of a college logo I've been intrigued with 'graphic design' (get used to the inverted commas folks :) as a career. Having now had what most would call the luck to be able to make a living from it, I'm still amazed at the amount of mystery that most attach to it.

It's pretty much accepted that most 'creative' or right brain folk would be happy to turn their hand to designing what could be called a logo. In return, it's fair to say that most 'left brainers' would rather 'add some sums' or 'solve a case'.

In a general disagreement I believe that I can teach anyone the rules of 'graphic design' in less than 14 days.

I'm pretty sure there is some sheep shearer or 'Glesga Fluffer' in Scotland up for the challenge :
Nite Nite – talk soon.

SDM

5 for Friday

1. This is Radio Clash - The Clash
2. When Dolphins Were Monkeys - Ian Brown
3. Hey Bulldog - The Beatles
4. I Can't Believe You're Gone - The Web Brothers
5. New Rose - The Damned

Tex

You need hands...

It's nice to be nice.

I was reading the other night about the hand signal language used by the scientist at the end of 'Close Encounters' to 'talk' to the aliens. This is a real language - the Curwen Hand Sign language - which describes different musical notes by holding your hand in a different position for each note. This seemed to me like a nice idea and in fact I think I might try to learn it.

How come the hand signs you learn by accident are far from musical?

Tex

Five for Friday

1. Of One Skin - The Skids
2. I Feel Love - Donna Summer
3. Rock Is Not Your Enemy - The Radars
4. TVC 15 - David Bowie
5. Devil's Haircut - Beck

Tex

Give, give, give, me, more, more, more...

Heard a great idea and thought it was worth sharing.

After all the banks fiasco and the extreme bonuses etc would a basic MAXIMUM wage not be a good idea? What if the maximum anyone could earn was 10 times the maximum average wage? Right so, lets say the average wage in the UK is £25,000 per annum. The most anyone in the UK could earn in a year would therefore be £250,000. If the boss guys earning the £250k salaries wanted to earn more they would need to RAISE the salary of the junior workforce therefore raising the average national wage...

It could make for some interesting wage negotiations...

Tex

Too much of a bad thing...

Radio 4 on Monday there was a programme on new monastic living - people living in communes, monk-like living sort of thing. The contributors at one point had a long talk about renunciation - giving up things that could be seen as indulgent or selfish. The final word on the subject went to one scholar who remind us that too much renunciation could in fact be seen as a selfish act...It reminded me of that Monty Python sketch where four rich guys sit after dinner describing their poor beginnings 'We were so poor we ate gravel for breakfast' - trying to out do each other by exaggerating their deprived beginnings.

Maybe all the monks go about telling each other 'I've given up eating' 'Well I've given up using my eyes to see' 'Well see me I'm giving up breathing' 'How can I 'see you?! I've given up the use of my eyes...' etc etc etc

Bravely I've decided to avoid the risk of being selfish. I'm giving up nowt.

Tex