Him Indoors and The Boy are sulking because ungrateful me has failed to show sufficient chirpiness when openting my present... some new lights for the bike. It's not their fault really. Him Indoors had been so good at Christmas that he had ran out of ideas. He only got them because I am using his lights at the moment and he wants them back (I can't recall the last time he has been on his bike at dawn or dusk so I can't think why he is missing them). Well at least it wasn't a helmet (I don't do helmets despite the constant nagging of the men in my life - I'll wear the fluorescent tabard but don't try and strap polystyrene to my head). Having a birthday so close to Christmas and New Year is a bit rubbish. Everybody is partied out (even me), broke and still working hard on keeping New Year resolutions of healthy living going. How old. Older than you probably. You could try and guess. I have a theory that nothing dates people like their taste in music. Here are some clues: The first LP (yes it was vinyl) I ever chose and bought for myself was Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. The last CD I bought was Revolution in me by Siobhan Donaghy (and if it had been out 10 years ago I would never had admitted to listening to it). I think I only bought 3 CDs last year and my want list contains more old favourites than new stuff (tape copies age badly). I have put some CDs back in the displays in the shop after working out I would hardly get a chance to listen to them and it did not seem worth it (Feeder for example... no chance of listening to it at adequate volume - misses the point then). One of the 3 CDs was The Mabuses, bought 2nd hand on Amazon, only to find out the seller was my next door neighbour's son. Favourite track on the CD Kicking a pigeon of course. I still recoil at the idea of buying compilation CDs but I have not made a compilation tape for 6 years. Anybody else out there has spent too many hours carefully selecting songs and then cutting out pictures and reproducing the fonts used by their favourite artists to write out track lists to give out to friends in the hope to convert them/impress them/ as a token of your undying love... I have not been to a gig for nearly 6 years (the last time I was not long after the birth of The Boy) and my groupie days have been over for a very long time. The Boy's paternal grandmother had a job in the music industry during the 60's. She once told The Boy's Father "I kissed George Harrison once you know. And I also went backstage with The Rolling Stones. And then I met your father (wistful sight)". I hope I never tell the Boy anything that will make him feel I could have had a better life had I not met his father and had him - then again I don't really do regrets. I found the last compilation tape I made the other day when Him Indoors was going through a Big Tidy Up. It was recorded while the relationship with The Boy's father was crumbling, it flaunts most of "the compilation tape rules" but certainly captures the feelings of the time. It was not recorded to give to somebody but for my me to listen to so it probably says quite a lot about what I like and when I stopped buying records in a serious way. Heres' the tracklist - you are welcome to snigger and advise how you would improve it (my best friend Lila would point to quite a few of the songs and say: "tu as vraiment des goûts de chiottes ma grande - presque que de la daube"). A Side: 1) Bluetones - Slight Return. 2) Ash - Goldfinger. 3) Manic Street Preachers - La Tristesse Durera (scream to a sigh). 4) Charlatans - Just lookin'. 5) Longpigs - She Said. 6) Shed Seven - Where have you been tonight ? 7) Blameless - Breathe (a little deeper). 8) Ash - Girl from Mars. 9) Lush - Ladykillers. 10) Cast - Alright. 11) Garbage - Milk. 12) Sinead O'Connor - Ode to Billy Joe. B Side: 1) Charlatans - Just when you're thinkin' things over. 2) Manic Street Preachers - A design for life. 3) PJ Harvey - C'mon Billy. 4) Radiohead - High & Dry. 5) Gene - Sleep well tonight. 6) Garbage - Stupid Girl. 7) Ash - Angel Interceptor. 8) Sleeper - What do I do now. 9) McAlmont & Butler - Yes. 10) Manic Street Preachers - Raindrops keep falling on my head. 11) Bluetones - Nae Hair On't.
Happy Birthday to me...
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(8.1.04 17:10) HAPPY BIRTHDAY........ Please can we know what your friend says in English (I don't do written French) |
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(8.1.04 17:27) loosely, that I have crappy taste and it's all rubbish... but she loves me really. |
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christine (8.1.04 20:20) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! |
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steve (8.1.04 20:33) My mums birthday is on New Years Day so Auld Lang Syne always goes into Happy Birthday when the clan is together! Happy Birthday to you. |
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Jiiiiiiim!!! (9.1.04 01:16) Belated Happy Birthday. You're obviously younger than me (who isn't?) as the first LP I ever bought for myself was by ELO.... Hey, somebody had to and, in my defence I was only fourteen. Ironically that was also the same year I first got served in a pub - the start of a life-long love affair..... |
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(9.1.04 10:02) Yhank you all Steve: New Year's day for a birthday ! At least it makes it easy to remember, but I bet she also gets rubbish presents because people have used all their imagination/money for Christmas. Then again it must be nice to think that all the revellers are out there celebrating your mum's birthday, cool. Jiiiiiiim!!! Never renegade on a record. ELO is nothing to be ashamed of. There is no way I could have been served in a pub when I was 14 - how did you manage it ? Was the landlord completely age unaware ? |
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(9.1.04 18:48) the first Album I bought was the Osmonds. (yes middle aged old bag here) My first single was long haired lover from liverpool By Jimmy Osmond. |
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Jiiiiim!!! (9.1.04 22:24) It might be hard to believe, but I was already 5' 10 by the time I was 14 - I'd done most of my growing up by then (sadly, I'm still growing out). And the pub was THE place in town to get served under-age. Friday night was known as Nappy Night, unsurprisingly. Mind you , it was another couple of years before I started going to the pub on a regular basis. |
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(9.1.04 23:40) Princess. Admit it though, you were 6 1/2 then and you had saved up all you sweeties money. Jiiiiiim!!! How I wish I reached 5'10 (up, not out that is). What's your tipple ? |
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jack (10.1.04 18:06) Helmets are a matter of personal preference, but I'd seriously recommend them. Mind you, the most important piece of protective kit on the bike is easily a good pair of gloves. I've fallen off a number of times, including being hit once, and I've never banged me head - but my gloves have saved the skin on my palms more than I'd like to think. Though, frankly, I'd wear a helmet before one of those bloody tabards. I happen to know for a fact that Jiiiiiiiiim's tipple is Stella. But not the domestically brewed rubbish if possible, of course. |
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fluffy (10.1.04 18:29) happy birthday !!!! |
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(10.1.04 23:38) Jack. One of my numerous pet peeves when I drive is cyclists all clad in black and with no lights on at dawn or dusk. I go for the do not do onto others approach and make myself visible. The gloves I agree are an essential. One fall without them was enough for me (not to mention the chill factor). The helmet I can't do - but I make The Boy wear one (parenting by example hurmmm). It's not just a vanity thing, I just find them uncomfortable. To be effective they have to be well strapped and I hate the feeling of the strap under the chin. + the feeling of the fresh air in the hair is quite nice. Then again if I cycled as much as you I might reconsider. Jiiiiim - Stella ? More of a London Pride girl myself but if we have to go continental I'll have a Leffe. fluffy- thank you |
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jack (11.1.04 11:50) Helmets are a matter of personal preference, but I'd seriously recommend them. Mind you, the most important piece of protective kit on the bike is easily a good pair of gloves. I've fallen off a number of times, including being hit once, and I've never banged me head - but my gloves have saved the skin on my palms more than I'd like to think. Though, frankly, I'd wear a helmet before one of those bloody tabards. I happen to know for a fact that Jiiiiiiiiim's tipple is Stella. But not the domestically brewed rubbish if possible, of course. |
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(12.1.04 21:59) I read 'High Fidelity' in one sitting last night so your talk of compilation tapes and their rules was v topical for me! By the way - you are a complete mentalist for not wearing a helmet on your bike!!! |
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(12.1.04 22:23) r-a I just like to live dangerously. What was your first record ? |
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Jiiiiim!!! (13.1.04 13:49) Favourite tipple? Yep, Stella but only the imported stuff you get from the less reputable supermarkets, not the terrible, canned piss brewed in the UK. Actually, I prefer any lager not brewed in the UK (except Sam Smith's). When I worked in Birmingham I sadly became known as Mr Becks in my local due to my habit of consuming large quantities of the stuff (and not due to my passing resemblance to a certain famous footballer....) |
