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those of you with access to a radio/hmv/err, (legal) download site may like to check out the following.

artic monkeys - i bet that you look good on the dancefloor;
a stormer of a track. like liam gallagher fronting the clash circa 1979

bloc party - two more years;
brooding and pulsing. sounds like it should soundtrack a john hughes film.

influence

blackadder, porridge, spaced, phoenixnights, max&paddy, theyoungones, theoffice, futurama, spittingimage, thesimpsons, thenewstatesman, fraiser, familyguy, rabcnesbitt, nakedvideo, absolutely, goodnessgraciousme, fatherted, therealmccoy, desmonds, fawltytowers, montypython, reddwarf, kingofthehill, lastorders, michaelmoore, louistheroux, whoselineisitanyway?

brew

tea is the greatest drink on earth. fact.

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good things

alabama 3 - the first album is a comedy country/techno hybrid and features a song used in the title sequence for the sopranos. it is a good album. the second album is less jokey, and bizarrely features the same song as above. this is also a good album.

the spl - 10 games in, and a non-glasgow side is still top.

bad things

bird flu - if it is going to mutate into a super virus, i hope it hits the newspaper industry first 'cos i'm getting bored shitless of this sensationalist reporting that's hogging the front pages at the moment.

the recommendation page for amazon - a nik kershaw album??!! if you say so. all because i bought a del amtri dvd. hope you're satisfied moffat ;-)

not proven

the new bond - personally i think that he'll be alright, but then i think that timothy dalton's a better 007 than roger moore was.

step one

it's funny how a small thing like a set of keys can change everything. sure, these keys come with a property attached, but i like to think of them as a symbol of change. think of how it is when you get a car. after purchase is made, you sit there waiting to hear "and here are your keys...". when you have them in hand that's it. you can get into your car and drive away. happy days.

the same thing happened when i got the flat keys. up until then i was a bit bemused by the whole process of talking to solicitors, sorting out a mortgage, that sort of thing. the ball was rolling sure enough, but aside from a stack of paper, nothing had changed. then i collected the keys, and all of a sudden i was catching myself smiling on the drive home.

I didn't think that having several thousands of pounds worth of debt over the next 25 years was something to feel chuffed about, but that's exactly what happened. innit marvelous?