UK Watercooler Twenty-Twenty-Twenty-Four Hours To Go: I Wanna Be Sedated

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I know. I told Jesus that three days was awful quick to be rising from the dead, but he was anxious to be moving along to His Father's Kingdom, y'know?

― mitya, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 09:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Stupid Jesus.

― G00blar, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 09:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Get back to your PhD, g00bs!

― mitya, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 09:54 (seventeen years ago) link

You're like that voice inside my head, Mitya!

― G00blar, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 09:59 (seventeen years ago) link

I wish I had a voice in my head to tell me to get things done. My voice in my head says things like HANGOVER ARGH WHY DID I DRINK SO MUCH BOUZE YESTERDAY AH WELL, TIME TO START ON TEH SPECIAL COFFEE AGAIN.

Had a great party last night (need to find the flickr to see if Lisa put up the MATHS CAKE) but my god I am hungover. Bleurgh.

I am doing the laundry but had to nip in here to fire off hte interview I forgot to do yesterday. Oh dear.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Yaaayyy!!!

Flaming cake:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/200/454656324_efee27aa3e.jpg

Maths cake:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/454670537_813f7d3ef4.jpg

(The cake was not big enough to fit in "where N is an integer" but you get the idea.)

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:36 (seventeen years ago) link

(unfortunately, Lemmy did not leap out of the cake, despite Joe's promises.)

Also.... OOOOHHHHH!!!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/451297893_53da07a419.jpg

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Ah, I better go check on my laundry I don't wanna be THAT GUY that leaves their laundry in the machine for hours.

― Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Hi Kate!
This sounds Ed and kate friendly
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2815

Norman do you know of them?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:48 (seventeen years ago) link

TAIPUVA LUOTISUORA (Bending Plumb-Line) was founded in year 2002 in the city of Rauma at Finland. Their music have both space-rock and folk music elements, having some similarities with bands like HIDRIA SPACEFOLK and OZRIC TENTACLES.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 13:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Nice cake, nice pedals! You look so happy in that picture!

― G00blar, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 14:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Taipuva Luotisuora are pretty OTM, from my perspective (based on one track). I shall see if Ic an find a record store to hear some more, although that may have to wait till tomorrow as I was at work late today.

― Ed, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Also, ask tuomas.

― Ed, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Would he actually know of them? It is Tuomas after all.
I shall try find something in the usual places.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link

He or one of his mates might. He knows a lot about a lot of things.

― Ed, Wednesday, 11 April 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link

good morning! I have a meeting in 15 minutes with the guy who is going to be my boss.

― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 12 April 2007 08:46 (seventeen years ago) link

good morning good morning good (from lombard street, this time)

― mitya, Thursday, 12 April 2007 09:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Morning morning.

I'm thinking about starting a travel advice thread - we're off to Cornwall in a few weeks, so does anyone know any places we should definitely visit?

― Forest Pines, Thursday, 12 April 2007 09:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Eden Project, obviously. I did some walking about the Southwest Coast Trail (or whatever it's called properly) - fantastic. Porth Curno was really fantastic. St. Ives is a little posh, I guess, but well worth a visit.

The things I appreciated were standard English atmosphere stuff - not sure how interesting it would be for you.

― mitya, Thursday, 12 April 2007 09:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Morning. Afternoon. Whatever it is! Tra la la. I was up all night last night mixing. 9 songs in approaching readiness rough mix state, and 2 more to go and then we will have AN ALBUM. Give or take a few vocal and mandolin overdubs. (I'm filling in all your parts on the 12-string for now, Ed, awaiting when you have time to do a session.)

Kerr, go and download some LITMUS. You would like them. They are like the doom metal Hawkwind or something.

Good lord, our gig tomorrow is nearly sold out already. Better go and warn people that they should buy tickets if they are thinking of attending.

― Masonic Boom, Thursday, 12 April 2007 10:19 (seventeen years ago) link

I still have not figured out what on earth it is that I'm supposed to be doing tonight. I didn't write it in my diary so I'm lost.

― Masonic Boom, Thursday, 12 April 2007 11:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Hehe.

Yesterday I (for once!) actually finished all I set out to do on my phd, sending in a good chunk of an introduction to my supervisor in time for the deadline she set me. That means that today I get to play with album cover designs and, erm, send out emails about my wedding. *Sigh*, adulthood.

― G00blar, Thursday, 12 April 2007 11:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Litmus? any albums?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 12 April 2007 11:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Hello 'Cooler!

Happy belated birthday, Kate, I was FLYING on your big day. If you are looking for Kate-friendly Warp may I suggest BROADCAST who may be an even cooler band to come out of Brum than Duran.

Have been away in Florida watching my sister marry Fred Flinstone (name actually Tim, but OMG 'Wiiiiilma!') and trying not to kill my mom's boyfriend, whose opinions on 'illegals' would make Enoch Powell blush. My sister suffered from Nervous Ancipient Bride Micromanagenent Syndrome. The family dog participated in the beachside wedding ceremony. On the bright side, I ate tons of seafood and went shopping and have snuck something like a tan through customs (though if you were to check carefully it might well be freckles running together).

I feel like I've been holding my breath for the past couple of months; the day before my birthday in February my dad called me to tell me he had kidney cancer - and swore me to secrecy because he'd fallen out with my sister (my parents are sooooooo divorced) to the point where he was disinvited from her wedding. I couldn't go to the wedding with that under my hat, so I was stressed for the month I kept my word to him and he did tell her once he had his surgery date (which meant he would have had to cancel his trip to Florida anyway). So, apologies to any friends whose heads got bit off. He's probably going to be all right, his kidney came out two weeks ago, and the spots they found on his lungs are coming up benign. However, he saw "pretty colours" on morphine and freaked out his wife, who thought he was having a stroke.

My best friend from school thinks she is having another girl. Go, N3lli3!

― suzy, Thursday, 12 April 2007 12:54 (seventeen years ago) link

Belated birthday greetings, ms st claire, I'be been not very on line these last few days.

My twin neck guitar is gone! I took it to the music shop, and said "here, sell this". The amount of space it's liberated is, er, liberating. Fylde Touchstone cittern, here I come.

That sounds pretty tough, Suzy. Keep yr chin up & all that.

― Pashmina, Thursday, 12 April 2007 13:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Geez, quiet around here, isn't it?

I'm liking the London office - people make me tea and feed me biscuits, and now I'm going home at 5pm. Nice...

― mitya, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Very quiet. But Kate's on holiday and the others are busy I guess.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link

::waves to Suzy::

Blimey, that sounds like a lot of stuff all at once with your family. Hope your Dad is OK.

Flying visit to the Cooler today... apparently the gig tonight has pretty much sold out already. Yikes! I think we've got one spot left on our guest list. I think I'll use a made-up name and then tell whoever needs it to be that person.

― Masonic Boom, Friday, 13 April 2007 10:17 (seventeen years ago) link

At work, going home shortly to rest. Did Tim get his spot on the GL?

― Ed, Friday, 13 April 2007 10:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Hello all!

Sold out gig? How I will be able to come and force you all to break up, then?

― mitya, Friday, 13 April 2007 10:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm liking the London office - people make me tea and feed me biscuits

The whole of British business is fuelled by tea and biscuits.

Morning! I was greatly annoyed this morning - when I woke up I was convinced, on some deep-down instinctive level, that it was Saturday, so was very confused and annoyed when the alarm went off.

― Forest Pines, Friday, 13 April 2007 10:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I put Tim down, but no idea what his surname is.

Mitya, if you are coming, I'll email you the name of the person you shall be. Just let me know if you can't make it for any reason, so we can give it to someone else!

― Masonic Boom, Friday, 13 April 2007 10:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Mitya, I've sent email. Leaving web cafe in 8 minutes, but I put my phone number in there so you can text me - or email Ed if you don't get it, as he's a total crackberry addict. ;-)

― Masonic Boom, Friday, 13 April 2007 10:25 (seventeen years ago) link

i'll definitely come if i'm not taking someone normal person's place, sure.

― mitya, Friday, 13 April 2007 10:31 (seventeen years ago) link

have a good one tonight guys! remember lumi can record your set if you give them a minidisc. i wish i could be there but my little bro is getting MARRIED in three and a half hours omg!

― emsk, Friday, 13 April 2007 11:09 (seventeen years ago) link

Oldskool. I will see if I have a blank.

― Ed, Friday, 13 April 2007 11:51 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost My sympathies - and I hope little brothers are less nervy than little sisters.

Last night I went to an art talk at the ICA and when I emerged, found myself talking to my friend, an ex-bassist, who was with Ned's favourite Irish person in the world. We drank, we ate, and the Irish person was earnestly discussing drugs conspiracy theory and the James Brown that makes no girl jump back and kiss herself. I felt like telling my friend it was like a Syndrome reunion; the artist talk I had been to before was a Manc-fest where I'd bumped into another old friend (Liz says to say HI, Mark S).

The nicest thing about it was my bassist friend being charming and Mr Voice Of Experience about quite a few things which I really needed to hear right about now.

― suzy, Friday, 13 April 2007 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link

I have no idea if Mitya is checking ILX or his mail but I just wanted to say I'm not going to make it out to the club tonight. Last night broke me. Now I remember why I never drink lager - killer headaches that last longer than the hangover. Also sheer exhaustion. Bah. I hate being old.

But hurrah! Wallet was regained safely this morning with everything intact - even the money still in it! (Which I left as a reward for the cab driver to thank him for bringing it in.) So all's well that ends well.

Great show last night! Thanks to everyone who made it out. Now I am going to go home and collapse with the Guardian crossword.

― Masonic Boom, Saturday, 14 April 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

Aaah, Frances, why are you hiding in the shadows?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/458500730_9ca83d33cd.jpg

― Masonic Boom, Saturday, 14 April 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

we've fallen off the new answers page!

back in moscow, all. had a great time at the gig on Friday - thanks to k8 and ed for chatting with me when there were probably people they actually knew around :)

― mitya, Monday, 16 April 2007 05:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I ache all over but that was a pretty stunning weekend. Including things like this:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/232/460638125_4c18489588.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/219/461138099_e432b0d473.jpg

― Ed, Monday, 16 April 2007 06:24 (seventeen years ago) link

I want to be where you are.

― Maria :D, Monday, 16 April 2007 06:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Click through for more photos.

Friday - gig
Saturday - Softball
Sunday - Megalith hunting

was a pretty good run. The Cotswolds is the tweest patch of ground on the planet, there is SQUEEEEE! round every bend. Our 50ps at the rollright stones were good values, one of the volunteer keepers cam and chatted to us and told us tales of naked sabbats, vikings, large ladies from wisconsin, knights, paint splashing loonies...

― Ed, Monday, 16 April 2007 06:34 (seventeen years ago) link

i totally would've come on the megalith hunting if i could've. next time...

― mitya, Monday, 16 April 2007 07:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Hello everybody. I'm back working again after a lovely couple of weeks off over Easter, lazing about in this smashing spring sunshine. My batteries are all re-charged again, wheee!

A very happy belated birthday to you, Kate! I'm sorry I wasn't around to send you felicitations on the correct day - I hope you had a good time.

Really sorry to hear about your Dad, Suzy. I hope he's going to be okay.

― C J, Monday, 16 April 2007 08:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Morning all. Ed, who is that in the pics with you and Kate?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 16 April 2007 10:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Frances, keyboardist for the Shimuras, improv fiddle player, folk, kraut and psychedelic aficionado and all round good egg.

― Ed, Monday, 16 April 2007 10:34 (seventeen years ago) link

(Frances is in the second pic, and in the darkness in the first pic, Kerr.) In the light is in the first pic is Lisa. No idea who the softball guy is.

― mitya, Monday, 16 April 2007 10:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Thank you kind sirs.

btw is that Kate drinking alcohol in a public place? Isn't that illegal now? OFF TO THE CELLS FOR YOU with no Benjamin,Alex James or Lemmy pictures!!! ;)

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 16 April 2007 10:47 (seventeen years ago) link

She was offering a libation to the stones. There is nothing wrong with drinking in a public place south of the border in any case, and besides the stones are owned by the rollright stones trust so the land is private.

― Ed, Monday, 16 April 2007 10:48 (seventeen years ago) link

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