ohhhhhhhh neddy...

fuggin html.

(and yes, i know this is a PURELY self-indulgent thread. and i don't care. neener neener. i'm sure you all will find some way of turning it into food, sex, or booze. have at it.)

i thought you were meant to be ill, "like me": i watched tv and went to bed early than you very much which is why i am bettah

am i under the impression that you *want* me to be ill, mark?

i am not sleepy. nor do i have a (working it seems) tv. therefore i am sitting in my big comfy chair and looking at ile. (and yes, okay, i went out. in the rain. to buy cds. bad, bad me.)

i am ill. but still only *just.* a nagging headache. slight dizziness whenever i try to lift something heavy or take the stares. i will sleep tonite and go back to hawking pens and potato chips tomorrow.

in the meantime where's raggett with my mbv info? ;)

Jesus Christ, I need to *eat* too, you know. So shush.

Ecstasy and Strawberry Wine -- fuzz pop more than anything else, but still fun.

You Made Me Realize -- MBV as MBV truly impacts. Oh baby. That massive solo in the middle of the title song, the self- descriptive grind of "Slow," the sex/death/pain of "Cigarette in Your Bed" somehow sounding soft and gentle...

Feed Me With Your Kiss -- MBV invents grunge. Oh, you think I'm *kidding*, do you, you bastards? What the hell is all that noise on the main riff if not something Mudhoney would give their eyeteeth for? "I Need No Trust" -- beauty.

Instrumental 7" -- glide guitar meets Public Enemy breaks and the future is again invented. A couple of years later Lenny Kravitz uses *the exact same beat* on "Justify My Love." HMMMM...

There, happy? ;-)

yes damn you. i was just offering an opportunity to educate me *and* get back up on your hobby horse. ;)

what did you have to eat?

Vaguely Chinese food. Not perfect, but it was there.

Vaguely Chinese Food.

(the title for my unreleased third album. after: wild is my love, silly.)

And the first two albums are?

first was (i think kodanshi is responsible for this one): Wheelchair Pornography Music.

second was: Wild Is My Love, Silly

and the third you know.

I am blessed.

actually, no i'm not happy. i wanted a timeline more than anything. not you babbling like simon reynolds. sheesh. ;)

(hmmm. but i guess perhaps "contextualize" wasnt the best word then. ::ducks::)

You freakin' loon. SAY you want the years next time.

Ecstasy/Wine -- 1986/1987. Everything else -- 1988, pretty much.

Astonishing pop fact learned from last fortnight's Smash Hits. Various members of Steps are being asked what their first favourite band is. H Steps - H Steps mark you - says oh yeah, I was an indie fan, my favourite thing was this big tour called the Rollercoaster tour, it was the loudest thing I'd ever heard in my life.

H STEPS VS THE CHORD OF DEATH! Blimey!

No -- It was not H, it was the lovely LISA. I now claim her, once again, as my wife-to-be. AND NOTE: she is not dressed as a nurse in the video for Chain Reaction, but as a SURGEON. She's got brains and all.