Unreliably Witnessed

"Fraser sees making music as inseparable from her emotions. She has always struggled to write lyrics,..."

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:16:48 +0000

“Fraser sees making music as inseparable from her emotions. She has always struggled to write lyrics, she says, but suddenly something will click and she ‘goes with the sound and the joy’ – that’s why she sings sounds and words that have no meaning, of which she can only make sense later. As she puts it, ‘I can’t act. I can’t lie.’”

- Elizabeth Fraser talks about why she finds it too difficult to even think about her old Cocteau Twins bandmates

[takeaweirdbreak]

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:09:36 +0000

[takeaweirdbreak]

being a catalogue of my relationships with music by age

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:04:35 +0000

being a catalogue of my relationships with music by age:

This is uncannily accurate.

Sisters of Transistors: The Don - Today’s musical...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:12:11 +0000

Sisters of Transistors: The Don - Today’s musical discovery is “the UK’s number one ladies’ organ quartet” (yes, there is apparently competition for this prestigious title). Four girls, four organs (stop it, all of you with filthy minds) and some old bloke with a receding harline on drums. What more could you ask for? In truth, of the songs I’ve heard, this isn’t their best, but it’s the only one with an official video, so …

[via hydragenic / samsaramotel]

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:31:48 +0000

[via hydragenic / samsaramotel]

Daily Mail letter-writer defends the BBC and the licence fee

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:24:39 +0000

Daily Mail letter-writer defends the BBC and the licence fee:

Today, I will mostly be watching out for low-flying pigs.

I'm on Noveller - are you?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:02:52 +0000

I'm on Noveller - are you?:

Forget Twitter and Facebook. Forget Myspace (oh, you already have). Noveller is the new hip social media destination of choice, especially for all insufferable literary types. Or, as they describe it themselves: “Noveller is without a doubt the best way to write and deconstruct text right now”. Quite. You’ll find me there under my username: @muraki-ate-my-hamster.

Gregor Gaida - Kind und Kreide II [via suyhnc / liquidnight /...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:50:45 +0000

Gregor Gaida - Kind und Kreide II [via suyhnc / liquidnight / Hi-Fructose]

Absolute genius. And very possibly better than the original,...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:40:21 +0000

Absolute genius. And very possibly better than the original, certainly in the lyrics department.

I want to have my brain scanned while reading poetry, please.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:50:27 +0000

I want to have my brain scanned while reading poetry, please.

Cover for a new book being published by Penguin in January....

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:03:48 +0000

Cover for a new book being published by Penguin in January. [via]

[via nevver / Verkehrsschilder]

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:24:20 +0000

[via nevver / Verkehrsschilder]

Erm … [retrospace / obsoletethebook / ihatemyparents]

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:44:12 +0000

Erm … [retrospace / obsoletethebook / ihatemyparents]

[Produced using the bus slogan generator, and with apologies to...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:34:18 +0000

[Produced using the bus slogan generator, and with apologies to the Atheist Bus Campaign. And to all dogs, obviously.]

The covers of today’s Guardian and Daily Mail. Two sides...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:35 +0000

The covers of today’s Guardian and Daily Mail. Two sides of the political spectrum, but the same headline. Unnerving. [via notes.husk.org]

[via]

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:25:00 +0000

[via]

Plane Stupid

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:01:00 +0000

Plane Stupid

"Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until your forehead bleeds."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:01:51 +0000

“Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until your forehead bleeds.”

- Douglas Adams [via]

Clients From Hell

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:33:46 +0000

Clients From Hell:

“A collection of anonymously contributed client horror stories from designers” - but, rest assured, most of these read as very familiar to anyone who works on the web. [via Swissmiss]

I’m thinking of using this as the cover for my Christmas...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:14:49 +0000

I’m thinking of using this as the cover for my Christmas card this year [from My First Dictionary, of course]