Five Meeeeellion Pounds
Apparently Brazil’s President or PM or whoever the fuck is in charge has recently gone on record as stating that the global financial crisis was caused by people with ‘white skin and blue eyes’. Whilst a little bitter racism does tend to amuse me in the morning, I think he is only half right. White men, perhaps, but actually I think you’ll find it was green eyes that were the problem.
Sometime this week I published my official thousandth post, which was cause for not all that much rejoicing at all really. It looked cool on the stats page but, actually, it wasn’t my thousandth post at all. I started this blog in November 2006, but an IT disaster a couple of years ago led to me losing the first five months of posts, so now it looks like the site only started in April 2007, which is a bit of a shame. So my actual one thousandth post was probably written some time in December, I would imagine, but erm, Yay! Me anyway I suppose.
I am going down to London on Monday to interview Jason Lytle, of ex-Grandaddy fame. He has a new album coming out on ANTI pretty soon, and Grandaddy were one of my favourite bands, so I am pretty excited about this. Because the interview is for most reputable local organ The Skinny it’s all being funded by the label too, which is rather nice. They’ve allowed me to publish it here as well, which is rather nice of them, so you’ll get to read it within the month.
So, er, as I head off to the King’s Wark for my weekly two-pint lunch with fucking fantastic fresh fish, please finish your British Rail sandwiches at your desk, and take the time to delurk and fill in this week’s Five Friday Favourites, as stolen shamelessly from the pages of GUT. It’s always nice to see some fresh faces on the fives. Frankly my regular commenters bore me to tears, and I secretly long for someone new and interesting to talk to (tee hee). And nothing too vulgar, or I’ll tell my Mum on you.
And congratulations to Shonagh of the King’s Wark (and most importantly of the Song, by Toad comments section) for her weekend breakfast concoctions being named the best in Scotland by the Guardian. Fucking brilliant. I’ve never had breakfast there, but if her eggs are as good as her company then you can’t possibly go wrong. Awww, wasn’t that sweet. Quite uncomfortably so, in fact. I’d better swear about something, just to get the right mood back.
Oh, and thanks to Dylan for accidentally supplying this week’s five. You may have to be a little creative in your interpretations, but I figured that they were funny enough that they had to go up anyway.
1. When were you last in a house of bondage, and who had to come and drag you out?
2. Carved images. Love or loathe?
3. What have you done today that’s really going to piss off your great-great grandchildren?
4. Is it okay to go ten-pin bowling on a Sunday?
5. Which do you like best, your neighbour’s ox, donkey or female servant?
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Lo-Fidelity Allstars – On the Pier
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Dakota Suite – The Cost of Living
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St Etienne – Just a Little Overcome
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