A Bit of News Here
Hey ho Coolrrreaders.
Whattup?!
I emerge from my catatonia with little exciting news. Sad but true!!
It was my birthday on March 9th, as a dreamy, romantic Piscean I was surprised to end up below the tables in my much loved (if a little ikky) favourite pub, The Shakespears Head. One too many Chocolate Orange cocktails, a simple but lethal concoction of Tia Maria and Orange Juice. So sickly sweet that you don’t realise you’re drunk until you’re slipping into a coma!!
So it’s March already and spring approaches
Searching for my new summer identity I discover as well as the Chundermonkey I am also the following!!
I am the flavour Sugar
 I am sweet, like Sugar.
I am all sweetness and light; fluffy bunnies and dancing fairies; happiness and joy. Too much of me will make you sick. What Flavour Are You? |
I am a girlie duck!
Very cute, very pink, and very feminine. That’s you.
Find your inner rubber ducky.
GIGS I HAVE BEEN TO LATELY!!
I went to my first ever neu emo gig the other night. (Funny how they are all just reinventing what bands like Fugazi did). I saw the band Douglas www.douglas-online.co.uk – visually an incredibly exciting band to watch, lots of jumping (phat airs!!) and a very physical performance. I had never heard Douglas before, but they have powerful tunes and an amazing stage presence. Recommended!!
The next show I went to was The Pin Ups. www.thepinups.co.uk They played the famous Dublin Castle in Camden – the last time I saw these boy was YEARS ago. They hail from the same home town as me Reading and in fact even wrote an album called Made In Tilehurst which is the part of Reading where I went to school. The boys were in fine form with a set lasting twenty minutes and some great tracks it was a euphoric evening. One of the best bands in the world and always wicked fun to watch. Special mention has to made of Jackie the drummer. He’s a babe ladies! When I first knew him he was a pre-pubescent longhaired oik, and now, well – see for yourselves!! Unfortunately for us womenfolk, Jackie is 100% attached and in lurve. Well I’m happy for him….no really!!
Anyways – back to the music, the Pin Ups didn’t play the single that broke them Robbie Left Take That, but considering that that song was written six years ago now I don’t blame them. Best song of the set was undoubtedly 12 Year Old Tart (well I think it’s called that). A condemning statement about the youth of today and their moral ambiguity…or simply a fucking good tune.
Another track to mention is It Wont Happen. A rollicking bittersweet sing-a-long track. I was so impressed I bought their CD, The Telesales E. P. – this is available from Velocity Recordings www.velocityrecordings.com. What a record label. They only sign records of the bands that they 100% believe in and are prepared to die for – what a cool music policy! We love indies!!!
BITS AND PIECES!!!
CLUB of the moment is Collide-A-Scope www.collide-a-scope.com. I spend a lot of time on the messageboard of this site chatting shit and getting the local gossip – try it you might like it!!
THEME of the moment is Hawaiian!! Check out this pic of me visiting my girlfriends at Lush www.lush.co.uk on their Hawaiian Day. They raffled off a whole wheel of pineapple soap and served tropical drinks to the customers with Hawaiian music playing all day long…what a day J
LOOK of the moment is the Lord Of The Rings inspired Hobbit Look. Check out the two boys in the picture.
LOOKY-LIKEY of the moment is Marco aka Liam Gallagher. Marco recently appeared in the new Pulp video starring as Liam. (Check it out if you can, Jarvis from Pulp dresses up as Bryan May!!)
Well kids, that’s your style and sound guide from me. As always I promise to try and make my next update soon!!
Been nice chatting!
Manga xxx
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