Life is Sweet

Am I the only person that leaves the Polling Station feeling like I've probably made an awful mistake? Like accidently voting for the BNP? I feel so nervous making a simple cross or two...

Today, I made four. Yes, Green, Green, Green. Well, I hope I did.

So, will my vote count or should I have put it here?

No Fear and Some Biking on the Campaign Trail '11

Have you seen me riding around town this week?


I've never cast a winning vote. Based on the number of Vote Green posters in these parts, there is a wee chance and a glistening ray of hope.

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While I was being slack about blogging, I had a big party. These tracks made the party playlist. They are completely and utterly fab.

N.O.H.A. vs. Dizzee Rascal - Pussy'ole Café by Balkan Hotsteppers


Amsterdam Klezmer Band vs. Beastie Boys - Triple Son by Balkan Hotsteppers

Gig Review: The Kids Are Alright

Best Coast, Brighton Coalition, 2nd May 2011

This gig was sick.

Me and a bunch of school kids jumped around like loons.
Was it chaotic? Yeah, too right!

Best Coast's decision to play an unprepared cover of Blink 182's Dammit, with support acts in tow, created mayhem.

Band members took to crowd surfing and a girl from the audience found herself on stage, looking somewhat disoriented. We could all see her thought process, "Should I get off or should I pull a friend up? I sure as hell feel exposed up here alone." Cue the invasion: kids clambering over each other to fill that gap. If that wasn't today's number 1 topic in the school yard, I'll shoot myself in the toe: a stage invasion with 2 songs to go.

Best Coast played a natural set, lacking in pretension, and the crowd offered adoration. I like a gig where band and audience unite and, in doing so, create something special. The kids are fucking ace.

I hope Bethany enjoys having a wank and petting her cat. She said that was her homecoming plan. The last night of the tour was tops.

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I have been given an excellent compilation CD, created just for me. It is brilliant and 100% eclectic. Here’s one of the tracks, but I’m tempted to share more.

Example - Something in the Water

Love is...

No one will ever love me as easily and unconditionally as my grandmothers. They died within 4 weeks of each other (April 11th and May 1st). RIP.

May Day 2011

Waking with a small family - all airs and graces thrown to the wind - offers a deep seated and slow burning delight.

Hey Hey it's May Day.

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Misty's Big Adventure are giving away a free download of I See a Cloud.

Tour of Tor

At Sharp Tor, Devon, a beautiful circular walk, with stunning coastal views offers brilliance in the form knobbly rocks. This location has taken on special meaning for my family, and is renamed Steve's Tor.

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The Sea Wall Railway Line

Between Exeter St Davids and Newton Abbott, Great Western trains run tight to the sea wall. The sight of watery plains, hundreds of small anchored boats and the rolling green fields across the way, made my eyes widened and my jaw drop with delight.

(courtesy of dawlishwarren.info)

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A watery start.

Download MP3: Braids - Lemonade (courtesy of saladdaysmusic.net)

For The Hysterical Mass

We joyfully created a Royal Wedding themed desk to welcome our resident anti-royalist back to work after the bank holiday.