Radiohead - Lucky from OK Computer (1997) /rock/((“I’m on a roll. I’m on a roll. This time. I feel my luck could change. Kill me Sarah.Kill me again.With love.It’s gonna be a glorious day.”All the brutal things said, slaughtered opportunities, and residual contempt. It’s floats around us every day. The pieces of ourselves […]

What’s this? They only show This is Wonderland every other week? They think people would rather watch specials and miniseries do they? Grumble. Oh well. It’s all behind me now. I have three words for you:
Six. Feet. Under.
Ok, one’s kind of a number, but you get the point. It […]

Massive Attack feat. Caroline Lavelle - Home of the Whale from Massive Attack E.P. (1992) /trip hop/((“And he ne’er thinks of me far behind /Or the torments that rage in my mind /He is mine for only part of the year /Then I’m left all alone with only my tears.”Raindrops stream against the black asphalt. […]

Dresden Dolls - The Jeep Song from Dresden Dolls (2004) /brechtian cabaret punk/((“but with every jeep i see,my broken heart still skips a beat.I guess it’s just my stupid luckthat all of boston drives that same black fucking truck.It could be him or am I trippingand I’m crashing into everythingand thinking about skipping town a […]

And days passed. The sun rolled. The moon slipped sideways. The stars dizzied themselves. Dogs barked. Toddlers fidgeted. Peanuts buttered. Pop corned. Ice creamed. Curtains swished. Someone’s granny ran down a raccoon in her glamorous old Taurus (yes, grammarnazi, the raccoon has a car). Trees swayed in breezes from all sorts […]

Manitoba - Skunks from Up In Flames (2003) /space noise/((Stampedes of gleefully coloured egg-shaped, large-eyed beings trade dancing and jousting from hand to foot.))

Junior Boys - Last Exit from Last Exit (2004) /smooth electro chill/((“get you through the border. keep the new car up all night. hide you in the city. they’re watching so i’ll take my time. when the lights go out. behind the bridge last exit. through the highway’s yellow glare. have you been out […]

Saturday brought yours truly to Call the Office for the umpteenth time, this time for to see Manitoba and Junior Boys.
Junior Boys are made up of two blokes who hail from, of all places, Hamilton, Ontario. Or at least last night they were; the internet tells me that there was supposed to be an […]

Manitoba wsg Junior Boys Live at Call The Office in London - June 19th, 2004
Junior Boys

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Micheal Hutchence and Bono - Slide Away from Michael Hutchence (1999, released posthumously) /vocal pop/((“Are you gonna wake again? Are you gonna take it down? I just wanna slide away and come alive again. I will see that love again, and find a life again”Jan 22, 1960 - Nov 22, 1997))