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Archive for March, 2002

wolves of fucking greece

Sunday, March 31st, 2002

yeah.

Sunday, March 31st, 2002

The new Death Cab for Cutie album seems to have far too many songs on it about wearing jumpers and mittens. Didn’t hear anything about milkshakes or kittens or park benches but I’m still a little worried about where this is heading. Errrr, not that I’m listening to the new DCfC album when I’ve still […]

Mittens and Kittens

Sunday, March 31st, 2002

The new Death Cab for Cutie album seems to have far too many songs on it about wearing jumpers and mittens. Didn’t hear anything about milkshakes or kittens or park benches but I’m still a little worried about where this is heading. Errrr, not that I’m listening to the new DCfC album when I’ve still […]

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

ok, so i’m drunk and in no state to blog, but marceline insisted. when the overlord calls, what can you do?
um was, as ever, a lyrical genius, and managed to get through his own set, despite there being a crowd of about seven people, quite superbly. this man deserves awards. give them to him. now.
sunnyvale, […]

Um, Sunnyvale, CRS*

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

ok, so i’m drunk and in no state to blog, but marceline insisted. when the overlord calls, what can you do?
um was, as ever, a lyrical genius, and managed to get through his own set, despite there being a crowd of about seven people, quite superbly. this man deserves awards. give them to him. now.
sunnyvale, […]

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

Just got back from London. Things I did included looking at the Warhol exhibition. Some amusing things about it:
* The sculpture of replica Brillo boxes was a replica of the sculpture of Brillo boxes.
* The film of the Empire State building (supposed to last all night) is the edited highlights.
* You aren’t allowed to take […]

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

this wednesday i went to system of a down’s third and final night at brixton academy. support was provided by dillenger escape plan who were energetic as hell but didn’t go down very well with ‘the kids’. or me. i imagine they would have been a lot more impressive if i’d gone along […]

Just got back from London

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

Things I did included looking at the Warhol exhibition. Some amusing things about it:
* The sculpture of replica Brillo boxes was a replica of the sculpture of Brillo boxes.
* The film of the Empire State building (supposed to last all night) is the edited highlights.
* You aren’t allowed to take pictures of paintings made from […]

system of a down

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

this wednesday i went to system of a down’s third and final night at brixton academy. support was provided by dillenger escape plan who were energetic as hell but didn’t go down very well with ‘the kids’. or me. i imagine they would have been a lot more impressive if i’d gone along […]

Saturday, March 30th, 2002

I went to check out the Body Worlds exhibition thing in London today, and I gotta say that it was BORING. For some reason I was expecting some kind of artistic event, which would leave me shocked and intrigued, but instead I was faced with a Natural History Museum-style exhibit of bodies and body bits […]