24 June 2008

A particular favourite was his weatherman whose evening forecast included 'dark, continued mostly dark tonight turning to widely scattered light in the morning.'

George Carlin obituary, The Times

21 June 2008

Performance by Seven Days at Bishopstrow Fete on the back of the trailer.

Members: Dave : beatbox; Vicka : vocals, guitar; Phil : Bass, guitar, vocals; Flo : Percussion; Camilla : egg shaker, vocals; Matt : vocals, guitar.

Setlist:

Sunny Afternoon
Stuck in the Middle with You
Vica's song
Without Love
A New England
Hotel California
Hey There Delilah
Hallelujah
Knockin' On Heaven's Door

encore: Without Love


(photos to follow)

15 June 2008

14 June 2008

Don't look for beauty. You must let it come to you. Those who look for beauty are mere journalists.
Borges

Perhaps everything fearful is basically helplessness that seeks our help.
Rilke

The mind's terror of boredom is the more acute because the mind suspects that through boredom, through its extreme experience, another reality might be reached that would threaten its pretentions, and perhaps even dissolve them altogether.
Andrew Harvey

[Depression feels] as if your brain is trying to vomit a toxin out of itself, but it never gets the satisfaction of a good purge. It's dry retching through all your nerves, shedding none of the poison it wants to excrete, because your body is closed system.
Gwynneth Lewis

All quotes from Sunbathing in the Rain, Gwyneth Lewis

11 June 2008

The highlight of my visit to Weymouth:

http://www.perrysrestaurant.co.uk/

09 June 2008

Matt is a laugh man.
(Irina, 9)
Photos from the Bath Cafe reading (courtesy Alan Summers):