tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57682360535885073202024-02-06T21:55:25.630-08:00My Bitter Cup My Bitter Cup My Bitter Cup My Bitter Cup My Bitter Cup My Bitter CupFlaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768236053588507320.post-52510256270774314102010-01-12T01:29:00.000-08:002010-01-12T01:31:08.589-08:00Tapelove<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Omou7jAZ-Y2-Di_L_n_tOU3OlU4XVkNt4_DLYdPyjFsMl1xUWue_rP6R2RFUcbY-AjKMdRA6A2FEY5yRXew0ZzI3HRRkrTQ3iQQWzoYTrVYTOS53mUl9RfyGR94QBcFVfz58Khx52EI/s1600-h/photo-758650.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424757836386410338" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Omou7jAZ-Y2-Di_L_n_tOU3OlU4XVkNt4_DLYdPyjFsMl1xUWue_rP6R2RFUcbY-AjKMdRA6A2FEY5yRXew0ZzI3HRRkrTQ3iQQWzoYTrVYTOS53mUl9RfyGR94QBcFVfz58Khx52EI/s320/photo-758650.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /><br />visit my new blog, its about tapes, sounds exciting huh?<br />www.tapelove.blogspot.com</p>Flaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768236053588507320.post-23088618278105419542009-11-24T01:32:00.000-08:002009-11-24T01:31:27.865-08:00Human Race<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOI6k1CkqgaTSqSs9MxqCaWiJDPprpJ167HVhpTlyxEP4ALEujJ8zo_6zXitB7mchFqP0Fmp4PDDpOB2oHx5ebHvUe1E6bFZTJGLsXkvL2xiMMILEkyuOvYliUz934Ijg47K43QnBf/s1600/photo-787867.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOI6k1CkqgaTSqSs9MxqCaWiJDPprpJ167HVhpTlyxEP4ALEujJ8zo_6zXitB7mchFqP0Fmp4PDDpOB2oHx5ebHvUe1E6bFZTJGLsXkvL2xiMMILEkyuOvYliUz934Ijg47K43QnBf/s320/photo-787867.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407600424536434082" 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xoFlaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768236053588507320.post-73751872919266516852009-07-15T08:30:00.000-07:002009-11-04T02:51:55.122-08:001/2 year best of list....It always comes to December and i have great chance to write a good End-Of-Year list but i forget what came out during the year and what i bought? So I'm starting early with a first half of the year run down of the stuff thats been spinning on my stereo and making London's public transport bearable on my ipod.<br /><br /><strong>LP's</strong><br /><br />The Beets - Spit In The Face (captured tracks)<br />Billy Childish - Archive From '59 (damaged goods)<br />Charlie & The Moonhearts - Thunderbeast (red handed)<br />DOOM - Born Lik eThis (lex)<br />Eat Skull - Wild & Inside (siltbreeze)<br />Eddy Current Suppresion Ring - Primary Colours (goner)<br />Finally Punk - Casual Goths (germs of youth)<br />Fresh & Onlys - S/T (castleface)<br />Ganglians - Monster Head Room (weird forest)<br />Grass Widow - s/t (makes a mess)<br />The Hospitals - Hairdryer Peace (self)<br />The Intelligence - Fake Surfers (in the red)<br />The Intelliegnce - Crepuscle With Pacman (born bad)<br />Jeff Mangum - Live @ Jittery Joe's (twin orange)<br />Marked Men - Ghosts (dirtnap)<br />Mi Ami -Watersports (touch & go)<br />Narrows - New Distances (deathwish)<br />Nodzzz - s/t (whats your rupture)<br />Obits - I Blame You (sub pop)<br />Pissed Jeans - King of Jeans (subpop)<br />Sex/Vid - Communal Living (dom america)<br />Strange Boys - And Girls Club (in the red)<br />Thee Oh Sees - Help (in the red)<br />Thee Oh Sees - Dog Poison (captured tracks)<br />Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death - Bird Songs (teardrops)<br />Ty Segall - Lemons (goner)<br />Vaselines - Enter The Vaselines (sub pop)<br />The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa (moshi moshi)<br />Women - s/t (jagjaguwar)<br />Woods - Songs of Shame (woodsist)<br />V/A - Worlds Lousy With Ideas Vol 8 (almost ready)<br />V/A - Legends of Benin (Analog Africa)<br /><br /><strong>E.P's, 7"s and Splits</strong><br /><br />The Bitters - East 7" (captured tracks)<br />The Bitters - Wooden Glove 12" E.P (captured tracks)<br />Brilliant Colours - 2 song 7" (captured tracks) & 4 song 7" (makes a mess)<br />Christmas Island - 19 / 29 7" (captured tracks)<br />Cold Pumas / Male Bonding split 7" (faux discx)<br />Cold Pumas - Jela 12"(hungry for power)<br />Cult Ritual - all 3 eps (youth attack/drugged conscience)<br />Dum Dum Girls - 12" ep (captured tracks)<br />Fucked Up - year of the Rat 12"(whats yr rupture)<br />Ganglians - 2 song 7" (captured tracks)<br />German Measles - Wild 12" E.P (captured tracks)<br />Graffiti Island - s/t 7" (house anxiety)<br />Grass Widow - 12" E.P(captured tracks)<br />Jacuzzi Boys - Ghost Ghost 7"<br />Male Bonding / Eat Skull split 7" (toughlove)<br />Not Cool - Wonderful Beasts 7"(sleep all day)<br />Real Estate - Fake Blues 7"(half machine)<br />Spectrals - 2 song 7" (captured tracks)<br />Ty Segall / Thee Oh Sees split 7" (castleface)<br />V/A GG Allin Tribute 7" w/ Fair Ohs, Graffiti Island, Male Bonding & Pens (IBB)<br />V/A Artfag Split 7" w/ Graffiti Island / Dum Dum Girls / Pens / Crocodiles split (artfag)<br />V/A PV! #04 7"w/ Graffiti Island / Male Bonding / Old Blood / Rapid youth (paradise vendors)<br />V/A Worlds Lousy With Ideas Vol #7 w/ Eddy Current Supression Ring / UV Races / Super Wild Horses / Straight Arrows 7"(almost ready)<br /><br /><strong>Tapes</strong><br /><br />An Emergency - Wrecked Angles (suplex)<br />Black Time - Greatest Hits (self)<br />Black Time - Eine Kleine Trashmusik (self)<br />Black Time - East Bay Rays (self)<br />Cheaters - Magic Weapons e.p (paradise vendors)<br />Explode Into Colour - The Sean Rocky Zach and Dekum Tape (self/krs)<br />German Measles - Demos (captured tracks)<br />Light Sleepers - 4 track e.p(suplex)<br />Male Bonding / Fair Ohs - Live in London (IBB)<br />Nodzzz - Live New Years Eve 12.31.08 (whats yr rupture / self)<br />Spectrals - 4 track e.p(suplex)<br />Teen Sheikhs - First 4 Months (suplex)<br />Traditional Fools - s/t (burger)<br />Watt Makes a Man Start a Band - v/a (shabeen scene)<br /><br /><strong>The following Mississippi Records Tape Comps (all downloaded as out of print)</strong><br /><br />House of Broken Hearts 1 & 2 - MRC 1 + 2<br />We're Gonna Make It - MRC 03<br />Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven, But Nobody Wants To Die - MRC 04<br />Death Just Might Be Your Santa - MRC 06<br />Trust Your Child - MRC 07<br />Wrong Time To Be Right - MRC 08<br />Chaabi Music From Al-Maghrib - MRC 09<br />Way Up The Hill - MRC 10<br />Black Plastic Singing Flats - MRC 11<br />A Little Bit Of Hurt - MRC 12<br />Samba Trist - MRC 14<br />Afraid Of The Dark - MRC 16<br />Fables Of Fabulous - MRC 19<br />It Happened - MRC 33<br /><br /><strong>Old Stuff & Reissues</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><br />Abner Jay - The True Story of Abner Jay (mississippi)<br />Daniel Owino Misiani& Shirati Band - Benga Blast (earthworks)<br />Dolly Mixture - Demonstration Tapes<br />Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Press Color<br />Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nasua<br />Orchestre Poly Rythmo De Contonou - The Vodoun Effect (analog africa)<br />Paul Simon - Graceland (warner)<br />Shangri La's - Best Of<br />Spiritual Singers - Ntsamina (mississippi)<br />V/A - Tropicalia: A Revolution In Sound (soul jazz)<br />V/A - Back from The Graves Comps Vol 2-5 (crypt)<br />V/A - Love is Love (mississippi)<br />V/A - Thai Shadow Music (sublime frequencies)Flaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768236053588507320.post-1539395801732607142009-05-04T14:30:00.000-07:002009-05-04T15:13:15.971-07:00Day #6 - Bangkok BabySo we arrived in Bangkok and found ourselves a place to stay on Rhambuttri, just off the Koh San Road, which is pretty much where you head to if you're white, european, like getting corn rows on the street and drinking cheap beer. So its pretty much the Camden market of Bangkok on a saturday night minus the goths (too hot for crushed velvet and trenchcoats)<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030139.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030139.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Even Ronald is polite over here!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030143.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030143.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This place does some amazing breakfasts, with pancakes, eggs, waffles and frothy coffee for Liane who was suffering on crappy coffee with no real milk. This is where i discovered the joy of lemon iced tea which became a staple diet for the rest of the trip, thank you Ricky's for making each morning awesome.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030155.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030155.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030153.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030153.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Walking to the royal palaces through the crazy scooter infested streets, where no one stops and you just walk into the street and people will avoid you. It seems to work, i didn't see too many victims on our walks.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030156.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030156.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The royal palaces where pretty amazing, apart from having to take clothes to cover up, even though it was scorching and i was dripping with sweat. We put jeans and jumpers on just to go in, then stripped them off to shorts & tees after we got out. I thought it was worth it to see the crazy demons and buildings inside, much more insane than boring Buckingham Palace!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030164.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030164.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030168.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030168.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030170.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030170.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030172.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030172.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030177.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030177.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030180.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030180.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />There is a massive mix of Hindu into the majority Buddhist following, with lots of their gods used in the stories, co-opted for amazing visual value. I suppose there is only so many positions you can put Buddha in, which they have stretched to its max, reclining is my favourite, looks like me on the sofa after a good feed.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030196.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030196.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030180.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030180.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030197.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030197.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Above is the Thai Alfred, on his way back to his Batcave, not before he rips of some gullible tourist.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030202.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030202.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We took a short ferry ride to the amazing Forensic Science museum which is in the middle of the Bangkok public Hospital. This was a highlight of the trip but we couldnt take any pictures, maybe if you look online you'll find some but here are the best things we saw<br />- recently mummified remains of murderers and rapist in glass cases, with the doors on held together by sellotape<br />- two headed babies in a jar<br />- pictures of dead bodies and explanations<br />- a massive elephantitus infected testicle about 3 x the size of my head!<br />- multiple jars of brains, livers, lungs etc<br />This ruled even more because though it was gross out, we were surrounded by visiting school kids and monks!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030211.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030211.jpg" border="0" /></a> mmmmmm, pop! mmmmmmm, burp!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030213.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030213.jpg" border="0" /></a>Flaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768236053588507320.post-68673867722324003502009-04-25T06:50:00.000-07:002009-05-04T15:14:10.527-07:00Day # 5 - Adios AmigosTime to leave the Island, my family and my sister (now mrs lewendon-strutt)<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030128.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030128.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030129.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030129.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Time to leave the most amazing variety of crisps, this is double cheese pork burger, a favourite of liane's as a pre-bedtime snack attack!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030130.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030130.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Back to Koh Samui Airport, which is pretty lush as airports come, tropical.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030134.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030134.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030135.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030135.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Look out, Bangkok here we come!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030137.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030137.jpg" border="0" /></a>Flaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768236053588507320.post-26507234849599448832009-04-25T06:15:00.000-07:002009-05-04T15:16:12.509-07:00Day # 4 - Elephant RideWhat better way to cure a wedding hangover than to ride in the back of a van around the island and go have an elephant ride, pretty sweet!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030103.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030103.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030109.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030109.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The driver only had me and Liane in the back of the truck, so he stopped to let us see the views from the highpoint on the south coast of Koh Samui, pretty spesh.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030112.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030112.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />When we got dropped off at the elephant sanctuary, we were sheparded up a 3 tier wooden structure whilst the 'driver' brought round our elephant for the day, Una. It was like a jungle version of a valet service. The seat had no bar so we were kinda free to fall off if we wanted, but Una was a good host and keep us from eating dirt.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030116.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030116.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030119.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030119.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We made our way around the jungle paths with the elephant guy chatting to the elephant the whole time, she didn't talk back to him but she new what he was on about, she even stopped and posed for pictures when he asked her to. Some of the hills going up and down were freakily steep, and i had to hold tight to liane to make sure we both didnt fall off.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030124.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030124.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030126.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030126.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We got to hang out and feed her some bananas after, which was rad, she can swallow 3 at once, pretty impressive! Thanks Una for the ride and for spraying us with water in the waterfall, i was getting pretty hot up there!Flaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768236053588507320.post-70304965769433163252009-04-06T10:20:00.000-07:002009-04-06T11:07:55.863-07:00Holiday - Day #3 'Nice Day For A White Wedding'The day of the wedding, which was constantly threatened by rainstorms, but only rained for an hour, letting the wedding go ahead without a hitch! My brother was happy with the result ( and the breakfast).<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030077.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030077.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There is always the chance a beach wedding could look cheesy like the ones you sometimes see on bad late night uncovered programmes, but this was the most amazing set up i have ever seen, far away from the usual wedding, literally raising the bar for all future weddings, so fucking amazing.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030083.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030083.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Rolf, my new brother in law, maintained a full suit and jacket through the brutality of the heat, and looked awesome walking down to the garden, with a procession of traditional dancing thai girls, and chanting thai warrior type dudes.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030088.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030088.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I had to sit with my mother, Rolf and his best man in front of the wedding party whilst we watched the traditional thai dancing girls do their stuff. Thankfully it did not include any bangkok shenanigans but kinda went on forever. At least i got a seat, result.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030090.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030090.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />During the ceremony on the beach, it was pretty much perfection, with the two of them giggling at each other and it was miles away from the stiff english trad ceremony, well done mr and mrs strut-lewendon. My sister looked amazing, and i was lucky enough to walk her down the aisle, scary times!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030093.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030093.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />the happy couple, with champers galore!!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030098.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030098.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And then to complete the day, we had 5 courses of the best food i've had in years, and we all lit these amazing lamps that fly off into the night sky, but the camera died before that point, or the free bar was taken advantage of! I fell in love with the screwdrivers that had grenadine in them. A few of them, some champagne and a load of tequilla sunrise's will always make for a good reception. And yes, ol' softy did well up more than once. I also cried once during home and away, but i'm not proud of that.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030101.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030101.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My sister calls me matty moo, i call her stinky puff, you decide who comes off worse in a crowded environment.Flaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768236053588507320.post-39200456279683545862009-04-05T10:23:00.000-07:002009-04-05T10:51:05.540-07:00Holiday - Day # 2 'Summer's Here Kids'It was amazing to awake and see the island in its daylight splendour, all tropical beaches, palm trees and fruity cocktails served on the beach! It was mainly a pre-wedding catch up day with lots of sunbathing, swimming and eating good ol' thai curry! It has been years since i had a holiday that didn't include being in a van with stinky boys or sampling the delights of venue car parks and service stations around the world, so this was a much needed respite.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030062.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030062.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I couldn't get enough of swimming in the water, but occasionally you would get tiny little stings as you swam. We discovered later that the crazy tropical storms a few days before we arrived had obliterated alot of the jellyfish population and their microscopic body parts were the stings. That one nasty bastard creature that will still give you a good pain even after its dead and in a million pieces!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030058.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030058.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030061.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030061.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030060.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030060.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This guy later shouted 'Hey Black Flag (i was wearing, surprise surprise a black flag tee), you wanna buy some weed, real good!' He also loved posing for photos, happy dude was probably high on his own supply. Weed, machetes and motorbikes, good times.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030056.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030056.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Our breakfast was free every morning and it was real nice, eggs / pancakes / toast / fruit / coffee / juice / tea. I discovered this amazing thai chilli sauce that goes perfectly with scrambled eggs, overnight weekend visitors will be able to sample as i bought back a nice bottle of this red liquid heaven!Flaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768236053588507320.post-57886059441382377912009-04-04T08:28:00.000-07:002009-04-04T09:53:42.086-07:00Holiday - Day #1 'Leaving on a Jet Plane'Said good bye to Mr Bob Harris, he is looking forward to a few weeks with the parents away and with Julia & Conan to look after him.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030002-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030002-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We strapped on our matching backpacks (we forgot this looked stupid when we ordered them online) and headed off to Heathrow to meet my big sis Dionne and her hubby Matt.<br />This is us pre - tan/burnt on the 38 bus, fact.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030003.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Luckily i got to squeeze in the last Cider before a veritable apple drought in the lovely fake irish pub in terminal 3, with a goodbye meal of scampi and chips, mmmmm!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030005.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />12 hours on a plane was ok, but still, for anyone over 5"5' it is pretty cramped. To counteract this i locked in to a film marathon on the night flight, managing to watch<br />- Twighlight (teen vamps who dont bite and hate sex, not so good)<br />- Four Christmas' (christmas with vince & reese, goodtimes)<br />- Burn After Reading (also very good, although no seasonal cheer)<br />- Day the Earth Stood Still (made me fall asleep, first 30 mins ok)<br /><br />In flight Suduko helped, but made me sleepy.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030019.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030019.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After landing in Bangkok, we had 6 hours to hang out before we flew to Koh Samui. First stop, cigarette smoking outside in the nice smoggy Bangkok air, nice. I blame this for my limpwristed pose.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030037.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030037.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Inside the airport, we had our own lounge to hang out in which was strange but comfy. Bangkok Airways had obviously tried to westernise its complimentary food spread, but looks like it was chosen by a disturbed 13 year old sugar addict. The food groups covered for free consumption were:<br />- salty popcorn, with machine.<br />- triangles of chocolate brownies<br />- upside down pineapple cake<br />- very small croissants that looked like plastic<br />- ornage sugar water<br />- coffee<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030038.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030038.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />weird, but stangely comforting.<br /><br />Landing on Koh Samui was awesome, it looked like we had landed on Hawaii with cool straw huts and palm trees, tropical!<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030052.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030052.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030051.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030051.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The transport from plane to airport was these awesome universal studio style milk floats, hence stupid grins from the 2 matts.<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view&current=2009_04030048.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_04030048.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jet lag hadn't kicked in yet so we went down to the beach and met up with my family for drinks before crashing in our amazingly well air conned room ( we realised the importance of this early on)with a friendly gecko hanging out on the wall. Sweet.Flaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768236053588507320.post-90928919581369684652009-03-10T04:08:00.000-07:002009-03-10T04:17:07.596-07:00What About Bob?This is my new friend, Mr Bob Harris. He is super cute, can eat at an alarmingly crazy speed and is a cheeky boy. I feel the pressure now, having an extra mouth to feed, but i will try to be a good dad for Mr Bob Harris.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view¤t=2009_03080077.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_03080077.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />this is his eating pose<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view¤t=2009_03080067.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_03080067.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />this is when we just got him, and had to carry him in a dark carry case from Greenwich to Dalston, so he was still pretty scared and wouldnt leave the box<br /><br /><a href="http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/?action=view¤t=2009_03090569.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd160/mattflag/2009_03090569.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />mama is getting her hugsFlaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768236053588507320.post-17100841485853308782009-02-25T01:40:00.000-08:002009-02-25T02:00:05.564-08:00Physics listswhen i was at school, my two best friends were Oliver and Dan. We would spend alot of time writing out our Top 10 Lists, mainly of which bands we liked the most that week, and it was generally a big change each week. It would genrally revolve around these bands though;<br /><br /><span style="color:#33ccff;">Jesus Lizard, Shellac, Big Black, Rapemean, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Flipper, Slint, Rodan, June of 44, Scratch Acid, Melvins, Nirvana, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Joy Division, Fudge Tunnel, Sepultura etc.</span><br /><br />This formed the basis to our Physics lessons, as our teacher believed that we would understand some basic laws of said subject if he span a full bucket of water above his head.<br /><br />Also, Physics and Religious Education both had the same <span style="color:#990000;">colour</span> and size textbook, so avoiding work was easily acheived by handing in the wrong book to each lesson. In this spirit, and as we are all getting older and getting married and having babies and getting fatter and losing hair, we are restarting the Top 10 Club, changing subjects regulaly, in the interest of where our passions now lie, 15 years down the road. Here is Olivers top 10 for fiction novels and my reply to this, a few similarities are cropping up which is nice to know.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Olivers:</span><br />1. John Fante: Ask the Dust - The perfect antithesis of romance, two people attracted yet unbelievably cruel to each other. I always like a tale about a struggling writer!<br />2. Fydor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment - I don't think anyone writes like Dostoevsky, so illustrative and meticulously narrated through dialogue. Again, I love the stuggling academic!<br />3. Fydor Dostoyevsky: The Idiot - More of a warming tale than the grit that is Crime and Punishment, the character of the idiot is how I imagine Jesus to be if noone had ever written about him.<br />4. Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master and Margharita - The devil visits communist Russia and screws with people's heads while simultaneously telling the story of Jesus as if it has been completely misunderstood by his disciples and the Christian faith. The damn Catholic faith has made me a tad obsessed with Jesus while convincing me of the complete nonsense that is organised religion!<br />5. Gabriel Garcia Marquez: 100 Years of Solitude - This book is filled with so much detail, and tells a story so intricately without really succumbing to great passages of elaboration.<br />6. Will Self: The Book of Dave - A taxi driver goes mad due to his divorce and writes a rant that becomes a book addressed to his son, which is then found hundreds of years later and worshipped as the new Bible! Brilliant critique of all religion.<br />7. George Orwell: 1984 - Brilliant book, which I must admit loses me at the point when the main character reads the handbook about the essential ethos of the regime he wants to resist, but I like it in a doomed romance sense.<br />8. Roald Dahl: Completely Unexpected Tales - Really dark short stories, great for reading on the bog!<br />9. Albert Camus: The Outsider - Haven't read this one for a while actually, and I struggle to get into any other Camus books, but I like the idea and the mood of this book.<br />10. Hubert Selby Jnr: Waiting Period - Another really dark story about a man curious about killing someone and getting away with it. Similar to Crime and Punishment with regards to reasoning killing and then suffering the human consequences, but I love how well researched the method of killing is!<br /><br />I'm sure I forgot lots of books, and I've got such a long list of books to read, that I'm sure this will change for future physics lessons!<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">My Reply:</span><br /><br />Albert Camus – The Outsider<br />I couldn’t think about anything else for weeks after I read this, and as Oliver said, which is great, really intense and wrought with tension.<br /><br />Charles Bukowski – Ham on Rye<br />My personal pick for Bukowski, which is strange as it his biggest departure from his classic style, which I love, but it sets up his other novels in terms of sowing the seeds of apathy and hatred.<br /><br />John Fante – Ask the Dust<br />Almost like a mix of classic Bukowski and Knut Hamson, making me wish I was living in California in the 20’s & 30’s. I think I bought this for you Ollie?? I hope I did as it topped your list.<br /><br />JG Ballard – Empire of the Sun<br />What an impact, especially as a young man, and as a set up for his other books, and his fascination as an author with the darker sides of life. I wanted to put sown also the follow on novel ‘The Kindness of Women’ and his short novellas ‘Running Wild’ and ‘Concrete Island’.<br /><br />Billy Childish – Calling Things by Their Proper Names<br />Although not one of his awesome novels, this is my favourite volume of his poetry, with an awesome screened / beautifully bound hardback cover.<br /><br />Henry Miller – Tropic of Cancer<br />The most intelligent dirty old man, awesome.<br /><br />Mark Danielewski – House of Leaves<br />Mind blowing, my only new book on the list, are real strange format which demands a physical inclusion, and probably best not for a bus journey, attention demanding to say the least, but very satisfying and esoteric in equal measures.<br /><br />Phillip Pullman – His Dark Materials Trilogy<br />I know, but I loved it, even though we have discussed it faults, but all three ruled my world for a good week or so. I almost wish I could read them again fresh.<br /><br />Knut Hamson – Hunger<br />My choice for the starving artist syndrome award, perfect, and almost timeless in that it could be set in any era apart from a few pointers to when it is set.<br /><br />Truman Capote – Music for Chameleons<br />Amazing set of short stories, with a pre-cursor to In Cold Blood, with the most amazing picture on the front of the penguin edition, Truman dancing with marilyn, top stuff!<br /><br />I look forward to Dans reply now!Flaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16626346745504359685noreply@blogger.com0