What an absolutely sublime album. Say what you will about his recent dabble with Metallica, listening to prime time Lou Reed is hard to beat. I only own Transformer because a girl on a bus overheard me talking about the Velvet Underground and told me it was one of the best albums she had ever …
Money < Happiness
Every morning I join the throngs of commuters on their way to our nations capital and I can't help but feel that I don't belong. This thought is reflected in their attitudes towards me, the way their noses raise up and the little smirk appears on their face that says to me 'you don't belong …
Fear of finishing
So at the weekend I reached the 90,000 work mark on my novel, a piece of work I started in June of last year and it looks like I'm actually going to do it, I'm going to finish. From the off I have said I want to write a hundred thousand words and although I …
An open apology to Bon Iver.
Hi guys, just come in, yep, close the door. Alright Justin, put the Grammy down I get it. Now I've gathered you here today to apologise for not believing that you could follow For Emma, Forever Ago up with a second brilliant album. I guess in a way I didn't even want to believe it …
Slumpdog Millionaire
Morning, Those of you who know me will be well aware of my much publicised slumps, these are the moments (or lumped days) in which everything gets a bit too much for me, I can't see the light, I just spiral in on myself and get depressed. I've struggled with bouts of depression since I …
Stop ramming your beliebs down my throat.
I get the appeal of Justin Bieber, he's a good looking puppy with the clean cut face of a Walt Disney wet dream. What I don't understand is why his fans feel it necessary to go on about it. I have two tattoos and an iron deficiency but I probably won't bring either up unless …
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My first Hemingway.
I don't know why it has taken me so long to read anything by dear Ernest, he fits perfectly into what I consider a great writer to be, he's frank and courteous and at times poor and angry at the world. He is of the same school as Fitzgerald and Orwell in so far as …
Warpaint; a much belated album review.
I was updating my music on my phone last night and decided to try and give Warpaint's album another listen. At the time it was released they were very much dubbed as being the new something or other and I find it very hard to get into something when everyone is telling me just how …
Those old insecurities
For the longest time I struggled with having faith in other people, they're so tricky as a general rule. I've always felt like I'm just a voyeur to whatever group I am stood trying to integrate myself into. What I've learnt is that I'm not supposed to be a part of a group, I dip …
An ode to success.
A friend recently sent me a Bob Dylan quote and I can't shake it. It goes "What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night, and in between does what he wants to do." It's beautiful right? Well yeah it is but it's irking …
