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Dan (singer/electonic dude): “He made me bleed from the eye three times on the last tour. At the climax of the set I’d turn around only to find Tim wielding his guitar, running across the stage screaming like a banshee. Next thing I know I’m on the ground bleeding and semiconscious to which Tim would respond “I thought you saw me coming for sure that time!”
Mitchell (drummer): “I wasn’t out of time at all that show. Shit Dan, you’re bleeding again.”

Cut Copy. Funnier than your average band.

Bleed All Day Long

I hope when you think of me years down the line
You can’t find one good thing to say
And I hope that if I found the strength to walk out
You’d stay the hell out of my way
I am drowning
There is no sign of land
You are coming down with me
Hand in unlovable hand
And I hope you die
I hope we both die

The Mountain Goats’ No Children.

Fast Girl

Gyroscope’s new album, Are You Involved? came out today. Their first album only really reached it’s full potential when you saw them live, and while this probably also true of Are You Involved?, it’s a little more suited to a stereo. So if you’re a fan of the AusRock scene, you should check it out. In fact, even if you’re not, you should check it out. A few good tracks are available for free download from their website (check the multimedia section).

Are you this involved in everything?
I’ve seen too much, best I should run
I can’t escape what I’ve done
This ship was never meant to sink - Jealousy
As I stare hard into the sun I can’t believe just what I’d done

No Sarah

Girl: Did you go to that party last night?
Boy: Yeah, you reckoned it would be fun.
Girl: Did Sarah hug you? She hugs everyone.
Boy: Yeah, she did, sorry. I didn’t initiate it or anything.
Girl: You hugged Sarah.
Girl: :’(

Girl: Did you go to that party last night?
Boy: Yeah, you reckoned it would be fun.
Girl: Did Sarah hug you? She hugs everyone.
Boy: Nah, she didn’t.
Girl: Sure?
Boy: Of course.
Girl: She did, didn’t she?
Boy: No.
Girl: Don’t lie, I know she did.
Boy: Yeah, she did, I just didn’t want you to be upset, sorry.
Girl: You lied to me. Come on, you don’t need to do that I can deal with it.
Girl: :’(

I hate girls.

Shopping List

• Canesten cream (Anti-fungal cream) (Don’t worry, I don’t have fungus, I’m just going to be visiting the tropics). I went up to the desk, and asked for Canesten cream, but I didn’t pronounce it correctly. The girl corrected me, then asked, “Internal or external?”. Uh, internal. I didn’t know about those options. Then it got weird. “And what are you going to use it for?”. Uhm, I don’t know… you know… just… There was a huge pause, consisting mainly of me wondering what sort of things you could use the stuff for, apart from the obvious. It’s not like I’ve got thrush, is it. Somewhere along the line I managed to think to say that I was visiting the tropics and it had been recommended to me. So very awkward.
• Prickly heat powder. For heat related skin badness curation.
• Car. Six months before I was going to be born my parents bought a Toyota Corolla, so there’d be room for the three of us. We used that as a family car until the youngest of the six of us was eight years old. Rather cramped, that was. When I needed a car, we got it back into running order again, and I used it for two and a half years. But a few weeks ago, after three hundred and thirty thousand kilometres, twenty one years, and a couple of cooked motors, it gave up on me. Worth five hundred dollars, we figured it wasn’t worth the thousand dollars of repairs it needed. The new car is a Holden. For a while Toyota and Holden co-produced the exact same car but sold them seperately as two different makes. So now I have a car with the reliability of a Toyota, but the much cooler Holden badge. Unfortunately any coolness I managed to salvage has been nullified by the fact that it’s a hatch. Ah well, you never know, with a car this small I might even learn how to parrallel park.

  And because I know you’re dying to see photos, here’s what it looks like from inside:

  

  And one from the outside:

  

• Insurance. For car.
• Eskimo Joe - The DVD. By far the most interesting purchase of the day. I hate film clips, and I find it rediculous when an artist releases a DVD after just one or two albums. But Eskimo Joe are the best I’ve ever seen when it comes to film clips, and this DVD is over three hours of absolute brilliance. Of course, it’s got a documentary, a live ’supergig’, and all those extras.

  

  Joel: The promo things, it’s the hard part of the job. You know, doing interviews, asking - being asked the same questions, particularly by people who don’t know anything about the band. You walk in and they’re like, “So, how long have you guys been together? Where did you get your name from?”
  Stu: It’s sort of occurred to me that popstars who don’t write their own songs, that’s pretty much all they have. And that’s, to me it’s not a mucical career, that’s a career in PR, and that’s horrible. Horrible thought.

• Pair of thongs. For seven dollars. Almost as exciting as the DVD, they are called ‘Thugs’, and are modified to stop your heel from slipping off the inside (and we all know how annoying that is).
• Passport photos. Passport photos, despite their size, seem to amplify everything. If you forgot to shave in the morning, like I did, you’ll have a beard by lunchtime according to your passport photo.
• Board shorts. You can never have enough pairs of boardies.
• Band-aids.
• Injection. Rather expensive, for a prick in the arm, a hot shooting sensation, and a yellow piece of paper. Apparently I won’t be getting Hepatitis A anytime soon.

When I go shopping, I like it to be a unique experience every time.

Lopsy Radioface

; (

Whenever someone types that ’smiley’ I think of Thom Yorke.

Hey Hey Hey Hey

The way that girl can break a heart
It’s like a work of art
And this is the worst part-
She knows it

And she’s so confident
That she’s what everybody wants
But nobody wants
Her to know that

So fall back on all of your premonitions
And just learn to listen
To those that have more wisdom than you
And just stop
Putting so much stock
In all of this stuff
Live your life for those that you love

And I’m still waiting for
You to be the one I’m waiting for…

The One I’m Waiting For, from Relient K’s new (ish) album, Mmhmm, which is a whole lot guitar-er than their previous release, and which I like (am falling in love with). Yay.

You should get it. If you want to check out a song, I recommend downloading getting your hands on the highly amusing My Girl’s Ex-Boyfriend. Or any of the other songs on the album. Either way.

Ashes Unwrap

Tonight we had a bonfire. My hair caught on fire. I didn’t notice, but my brother put it out for me - good chap that he is.