"This is not Chaplin and Keaton. This is Clapton and Hendrix."
Fully aware that much of what I post is stuff no-one wants to know, I nevertheless post this, knowing that LiveJournal is geared towards people who want to tell things that no-one is willing to listen to and that I am one of these people.
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So I've been making things.
I think it's in avoidance of doing revision (you know, so I can ignore the fact that - actually - I know stunningly little about Chemistry)
Actually. It's definitely in avoidance of revision.
And - in the quiet, petty revenge of the bitter sixthformer, so very hating the last years of school - Poppy and I (and Zoe) have been using art room supplies to screenprint t-shirts.
Guys. I am an awesome screenprinter. My GCSE painting skills were not so hot. My sketching took ages and was temperamental, but my printing (lino, collography and screen) are topnotch. I could pretty much give Warhol and Lichtenstein a run for their money.
(Well, no, I couldn't because they were Print-Kings and they have lots of money.)
(Or maybe, actually, cos they are both several years dead.)
Anyway, this is the only finished t-shirt I have - a print of Stephen Fry. I have worn it out a total of twice, I love it. (Please do not feel uncomfortable that the close-up of Stephen is also an indirect close-up of my boobs - especially since it is quite clear that I am lacking rather in the boobal area.)
I have also been making mix-tapes, which is an art-form I have pretty much stolen off Poppy, using magazine pictures as covers and writing tracklistings on my dad's business cards.
Two for my car, and one as a surprise gift to Emily - who, as many of you do not know - is a friend with whom I have travelled to school every morning for the past seven years and have a strange friendship based on persistence and apathy. I think she sees me as a sort of odd and lovable scamp and I do not dislike this enough to set her right.
After we go on study leave and leave school in a relatively soon time, it is highly likely we will never see each other again out of choice. So I made her a chilled-out tape - cos she's a relatively highly-strung person - for nostalgia and study-leave-calming purposes. I'm so fucking thoughtful.
Emily's Tape, "Chillax For Your Country!":
01. sound clip from the film "Rushmore" (1998)
02. The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
03. Paul Simon - Graceland
04. Moby - Run On
05. Jon Brion - Row (from "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind")
06. Coldplay - See You Soon
07. Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
08. Bob Dylan - The Man In Me
09. Semisonic - DND
10. Jenny Lewis - Paradise (Whispertown 2000 cover)
11. Thomas Newman - News Travels (from "Finding Nemo")
12. Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
13. Eels - Fresh Feeling
14. Muddy Waters - She's Alright
15. Regina Spektor - The Bronx
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16. The Shins - New Slang (When You Notice The Stripes)
17. The New Pornographers - Streets Of Fire
18. Badly Drawn Boy - I Love N.Y.E.
19. Elliott Smith - Tomorrow Tomorrow
20. Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
21. Patty Griffin - Chief
22. David Bowie - Queen Bitch
23. Neko Case - Porchlight
24. Van Morrison - Sweet Thing
25. José Gonzales - Hand On Your Heart
26. Johnathan Rice - Break So Easy
27. Iron & Wine - In My Lady's House
28. R.E.M. - Electrolite
29. Stasi - My Inertia
Regina Spektor - Bootlegs & Demos:
01. Ain't No Cover (aka 8 Miles High)
02. 8th Floor
03. Folding Chair
04. Düsseldorf
05. Little Boxes (for "Weeds)
06. Chelsea Hotel no. 2 (Leonard Cohen cover)
07. Dance Anthem Of The 80's
08. Time Is All Around
09. Belt
10. Raindrops
11. Rockland County
12. Scarecrow And Fungus
13. Halikha Lekesariya (Eli, Eli)
14. Small Town Moon
15. Buildings (from "11:11")
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16. Braille (from "11:11")
17. The Wallet
18. Mermaid
19. Uh-Merica (recorded in Los Angeles)
20. Ezra Pound (aka Pound Of Flesh)
21. Dulce Et Decorum Est (Pro Patria Mori)
22. The Virgin Queen
23. Human Of The Year
24. The Bronx
25. Baby Jesus
26. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover)
27. Reginasaurus
Ladybird Winner:
(I would like to add that I have a big hate for ladybirds, since they always come into my bedroom in masses around this time of year. In recent weeks, I have twice had to evict a ladybird from my bed when I've tried to go to sleep and it is horrible, horrible, horrible.
Had it not been for the fact that this particular tape cover won a photography competition in the Guardian and therefore has the word, "Winner" printed underneath it, I would not have used it. As it stands, however, it is blatantly clear that this one word is the sole thought in the male ladybird's head as it performs its disgusting act of producing more ladybirds.)
01. Van Morrison - Domino
02. The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed
03. The Shins - New Slang (When You Notice The Stripes)
04. Elbow - Forget Myself
05. Melanie - Brand New Key
06. Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
07. Grandaddy - A.M. 180
08. The Polyphonic Spree - Light & Day
09. Sufjan Stevens - Decatur
10. Deerhoof - Holy Night Fever
11. Phoenix - Everything Is Everything
12. The Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun
13. The Kinks - Lola
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14. Thomas Newman - Field Trip (from "Finding Nemo")
15. Manitoba - Crayon
16. Feist - Mushaboom
17. Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks (ft. Victoria Bergsman)
18. Yayahoni - Chewing Gum
19. Badly Drawn Boy - Walking Out Of Stride
20. The Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
21. The New Pornographers - The Jessica Numbers
22. Mates Of State - A Duel Will Settle This
23. Mint Royale - Don't Falter (ft. Lauren Laverne)
24. The Beatles - In My Life
25. The Shins - We Will Become Silhouettes (The Postal Service cover)
26. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Love The One You're With
27. Rilo Kiley - Emotional (Until The Crickets Guide You Back)
Today, I also watched a wasp that has been trapped on our windowsill for the past two days. I do not know why it has not figured out how to leave the windowsill, but today it was dancing to Patty Griff's "Chief" as I played it on the hifi. I'm pretty sure it's dying - but what a way to go.
----
So I've been making things.
I think it's in avoidance of doing revision (you know, so I can ignore the fact that - actually - I know stunningly little about Chemistry)
Actually. It's definitely in avoidance of revision.
And - in the quiet, petty revenge of the bitter sixthformer, so very hating the last years of school - Poppy and I (and Zoe) have been using art room supplies to screenprint t-shirts.
Guys. I am an awesome screenprinter. My GCSE painting skills were not so hot. My sketching took ages and was temperamental, but my printing (lino, collography and screen) are topnotch. I could pretty much give Warhol and Lichtenstein a run for their money.
(Well, no, I couldn't because they were Print-Kings and they have lots of money.)
(Or maybe, actually, cos they are both several years dead.)
Anyway, this is the only finished t-shirt I have - a print of Stephen Fry. I have worn it out a total of twice, I love it. (Please do not feel uncomfortable that the close-up of Stephen is also an indirect close-up of my boobs - especially since it is quite clear that I am lacking rather in the boobal area.)
I have also been making mix-tapes, which is an art-form I have pretty much stolen off Poppy, using magazine pictures as covers and writing tracklistings on my dad's business cards.
Two for my car, and one as a surprise gift to Emily - who, as many of you do not know - is a friend with whom I have travelled to school every morning for the past seven years and have a strange friendship based on persistence and apathy. I think she sees me as a sort of odd and lovable scamp and I do not dislike this enough to set her right.
After we go on study leave and leave school in a relatively soon time, it is highly likely we will never see each other again out of choice. So I made her a chilled-out tape - cos she's a relatively highly-strung person - for nostalgia and study-leave-calming purposes. I'm so fucking thoughtful.
Emily's Tape, "Chillax For Your Country!":
01. sound clip from the film "Rushmore" (1998)
02. The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
03. Paul Simon - Graceland
04. Moby - Run On
05. Jon Brion - Row (from "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind")
06. Coldplay - See You Soon
07. Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
08. Bob Dylan - The Man In Me
09. Semisonic - DND
10. Jenny Lewis - Paradise (Whispertown 2000 cover)
11. Thomas Newman - News Travels (from "Finding Nemo")
12. Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
13. Eels - Fresh Feeling
14. Muddy Waters - She's Alright
15. Regina Spektor - The Bronx
====
16. The Shins - New Slang (When You Notice The Stripes)
17. The New Pornographers - Streets Of Fire
18. Badly Drawn Boy - I Love N.Y.E.
19. Elliott Smith - Tomorrow Tomorrow
20. Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
21. Patty Griffin - Chief
22. David Bowie - Queen Bitch
23. Neko Case - Porchlight
24. Van Morrison - Sweet Thing
25. José Gonzales - Hand On Your Heart
26. Johnathan Rice - Break So Easy
27. Iron & Wine - In My Lady's House
28. R.E.M. - Electrolite
29. Stasi - My Inertia
Regina Spektor - Bootlegs & Demos:
01. Ain't No Cover (aka 8 Miles High)
02. 8th Floor
03. Folding Chair
04. Düsseldorf
05. Little Boxes (for "Weeds)
06. Chelsea Hotel no. 2 (Leonard Cohen cover)
07. Dance Anthem Of The 80's
08. Time Is All Around
09. Belt
10. Raindrops
11. Rockland County
12. Scarecrow And Fungus
13. Halikha Lekesariya (Eli, Eli)
14. Small Town Moon
15. Buildings (from "11:11")
====
16. Braille (from "11:11")
17. The Wallet
18. Mermaid
19. Uh-Merica (recorded in Los Angeles)
20. Ezra Pound (aka Pound Of Flesh)
21. Dulce Et Decorum Est (Pro Patria Mori)
22. The Virgin Queen
23. Human Of The Year
24. The Bronx
25. Baby Jesus
26. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover)
27. Reginasaurus
Ladybird Winner:
(I would like to add that I have a big hate for ladybirds, since they always come into my bedroom in masses around this time of year. In recent weeks, I have twice had to evict a ladybird from my bed when I've tried to go to sleep and it is horrible, horrible, horrible.
Had it not been for the fact that this particular tape cover won a photography competition in the Guardian and therefore has the word, "Winner" printed underneath it, I would not have used it. As it stands, however, it is blatantly clear that this one word is the sole thought in the male ladybird's head as it performs its disgusting act of producing more ladybirds.)
01. Van Morrison - Domino
02. The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed
03. The Shins - New Slang (When You Notice The Stripes)
04. Elbow - Forget Myself
05. Melanie - Brand New Key
06. Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
07. Grandaddy - A.M. 180
08. The Polyphonic Spree - Light & Day
09. Sufjan Stevens - Decatur
10. Deerhoof - Holy Night Fever
11. Phoenix - Everything Is Everything
12. The Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun
13. The Kinks - Lola
====
14. Thomas Newman - Field Trip (from "Finding Nemo")
15. Manitoba - Crayon
16. Feist - Mushaboom
17. Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks (ft. Victoria Bergsman)
18. Yayahoni - Chewing Gum
19. Badly Drawn Boy - Walking Out Of Stride
20. The Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song
21. The New Pornographers - The Jessica Numbers
22. Mates Of State - A Duel Will Settle This
23. Mint Royale - Don't Falter (ft. Lauren Laverne)
24. The Beatles - In My Life
25. The Shins - We Will Become Silhouettes (The Postal Service cover)
26. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Love The One You're With
27. Rilo Kiley - Emotional (Until The Crickets Guide You Back)
Today, I also watched a wasp that has been trapped on our windowsill for the past two days. I do not know why it has not figured out how to leave the windowsill, but today it was dancing to Patty Griff's "Chief" as I played it on the hifi. I'm pretty sure it's dying - but what a way to go.