OTA: Wordless Wednesday

Boat of Garten Station, Scotland, June 2006

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Flammenkuchen

I'm wondering where the tarte flambée went this evening? One minute it was in the kitchen, the next time I looked there were just a few crumbs.

mix

More of an observation than a post. I help out Christina Nott with her blog and web site hosting and see her latest post has TWO great French bootleg tracks on it.

More than that, if you set them playing together and then pause them and wind them back alternately, they make a bangin club mix. Best to jump to her site for the full story, but I've added them here as well...

DJM j'adore katerine, jacksons and chilis
DJM hendrix, jamiroquai, red hot chilis and bikini machine

da Vinci clothes

I think doing the laundry would be a close run thing to watching the da Vinci Code this evening. I enjoyed the book which I will review in three words as "entertaining religious mystery" but to use three words on the film I'm saying "creaky, melodramatic disappointment". Anyone got change for the fabric conditioner? Oh, and more London laundry here.

paper

Reality bites. I need to respond to most of this. Fortunately, the Americans have a simple suggestion to assist this.

invent yourself a shortcake

I know this is a totally obscure post...A surprise package arrived this morning, containing a little book to accompany a strangely great album called 'Aeroplane over the Sea' by 'Neutral Milk Hotel'.

What, you say? I have never heard of this? No surprise really.

The little book is from the 33 1/3 Press and contains the equivalent of extra sleeve notes for this 1990s composition. Occasionally an album is so intriguing that it is quite fun to get further into the head of the performer and like many (OK a few thousand) I have puzzled through the lyrics on many occasion.

Jeff Mangum composed these lyrics partly about Anne Frank but mixed with circus imagery and other wild thoughts from an intense and creative mind. Some parts are simple to interpret and the recording flows like a single live set to be run chronologically. Neutral Milk Hotel was originally a name for the various cassette recordings of Jeff, but became the 'band' name for this and a prior record. Also, tucked into the book was a plastic bagged CD of Jeff live at Jittery Joe's. I shall enjoy a listen in this strange semi-private world.

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
What a beautiful dream
That could flash on the screen
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
Soft and sweet
Let me hold it close and keep it here with me

quantum glue

Like reading the cornflakes packet during breakfast, when unwrapping dishwasher tablets I've wondered why they don't just make the outer wrappers degradeable?

Well, Finish solved it and their 'Quantum' have this feature. I discovered, however, when I accidentally got water into the box, they all stick together into one big blob and now I have to cut them apart with a kitchen knife.

Oh well.

hot aire

Excellent dawn experiment today in Stratford-upon-Avon with five hot-air balloons broadcasting ambient music and sound bites from A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest.

The idea is to see whether it affects the dreams of the residents. Luke Jerram is the person behind this with music from the Sky Orchestra. The Shakesperian extracts are read by the actors Patrick Stewart and Janet Suzman.

Dreamy.

Thursday Thirteen (V24)

Tonight's Thursday Thirteen is a bumper bundle. You have a choice of two versions - SPORT or LIES.

sport

OK - I lied with the SPORT one slightly, its Thursday Thixteen instead of Thursday Thirteen. And why? Because these are probably going to be the final 16 teams. From the original 32, I picked 11 of the 16 winners but in a couple of groups there were surprises, meaning that a few lower ranked teams seem to have hopped into the last 16. The green ones are my predictions and the reds are the surprises!
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lies

Not telling the truth is not good. But I think I might have used these at some point. Have you?
1) The train was late.
2) I'm stuck in traffic.
3) It was on special offer.
4) I posted it yesterday.
5) There was no signal.
6) They didn't have any.
7) I didn't get it.
8) I've never seen it.
10) I must have been out.
11) I couldn't find one.
12) It was already cracked.
13) They didnt give me the receipt.

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Solstice at Stonehenge


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long day and long game

The M25 sign tonight said beware of delays on 20th and 21st June around Stonehenge. Tomorrow is the longest day so we can expect the sun worshippers to be out in force. Indeed rashbre central usually shows Stonehenge as its logo.

Its a shame we couldn't move a minute out of today into tomorrow. When Sweden equalised in the last minute creating a 2:2 draw against England it was a remarkable turnaround. But now England is still top of the group and get to play Ecuador(!) in the next round whereas Sweden play Germany(!)

kooky

I spent part of yesterday evening listening to The Kooks. They are an indie-esque electric guitar band but with added acoustic guitars providing some light and shade to their performance. They've got a radio play at the moment with 'Naive' but have several other very listenable tracks.

I also checked out their fun to explore web site, which is clickable. Interesting to note that bands like this and also Dirty Pretty Things are almost mainstream in the UK.