make us a brew!

...enjoying lunch with Katrina at Teacup in the Northern Quarter of Manchester. Teacup is a cute cafe owned by DJ, producer and cartoonist, Mr Scruff, who also has his own line of tea and related products - a slightly odd pairing of interests but hey, i'm not one to judge..."like many people, mr scruff loves a nice cup of tea"

i'll bear this broken cross with you...

Eighteen - ¡Forward, Russia!

..this song just popped up on my ipod for the first time in a while and got me wondering..and dispairing...what happened to ¡Forward, Russia!?
Hailing from Leeds , they released Give Me A Wall in 2005...one of the soundtracks to my Sheffield days, and later Life Processes which i never really gave a good listen....but i'm sorry guys, really i am...i will pay much more attention to you if you come back from hiatus and give us more wonders like Twelve and Eighteen...

..lyrical genius that stuns -
"Time to fall asleep
And take the fractions of emotions
That still litter your stale dreams like barley"

i told you your dreams would come true...

...word on the street is Yacht are supporting LCD Soundsystem at their London shows...can this gig get any better?! if you haven't heard See Mystery Lights yet definitely give it a listen. Is it just me or does a lot of cool stuff come out of Portland?

Psychic City - Yacht

i'll be the one who'll break my heart...

...finally had the birds added to my tattoo today... in celebration, i have chosen one of my all-time favourites and a song i was listening to a lot at the time of designing this...

I Feel It All - Feist

you and me...we're just crazy...

...i've only just found what last.fm describes as..."beach blanket lo-fi pop from Bethany Cosentino" (very cute indeed). Searching through records by Best Coast reminds me of other beauties from my university days like The Breeders and The Concretes...i sure am a sucker for dreamy girly vocals...

.. you may well find me swaying to Best Coast at The Old Blue Last in May...

When I'm With You - Best Coast

a minefield of crippled affection...

...just twisting the knife that i'm gig-ticketless...Broken Social Scene's first sneak peek from new album Forgiveness Rock Record is really really nice...more of this please..












World Sick - Broken Social Scene

your drug is a heartbreaker...

...after Gemma's show last night we all went down to Catch in Shoreditch to my friend's Weezer night which promised Weezer every third song and only amazing indie classics inbetween. Snakebite and black whilst singing [shouting] Say It Ain't So and Emo at the top of your lungs makes only for pink arms and no voice on a saturday morning....good times i say!

Say It Ain't So - Weezer

London Fashion Week: Gemma Slack & Chew Lips

...last night was the unveiling of my friend's new collection at the Freemasons Hall as part of London Fashion Week. The new collection was flavoured with Gemma's signature dark and striking materials, sharp jackets with high collars, sexy yet powerful dresses...this is my own personal favourite collection so far...please make me a dress Gemma?

A/W 09 collection

Gemma has already styled Roisin Murphy of Moloko fame with a previous collection and now Tigs of Chew Lips. The band played a short set at the end of Gemma's presentation and as always Tigs did not disappoint...sporting gold leaf shorts with matching jacket and square punched leather vest...created especially for her by Gemma.

Check out Gemma's previous work here and hopefully soon we'll see the pictures from the brand new collection...so sleep well Gemma, until it all starts again...

a dream came true, just like a song by Blink-182...

feeling all so childish, like i want to fall in stupid stupid love...

...just like this..

Homecoming - The Teenagers

friends in musical high places...help!

so i decided to go home and see my folks in March for my Dad's birthday...which incidently means i miss the Frightened Rabbit gig i had guest list for in London....and the Sheffield gig has sold out....
..i also booked a holiday to Morocco, my first proper holiday in years...and i'm super excited but also shedding a tear that i miss the She & Him gig!! As well as The National...how can this be?? ...and to top it all off Broken Social Scene sneakily scheduled a gig without me knowing and that too has sold out..

so i beg of you....people...have a heart...and find a girl some tickets for the following gigs:

Frightened Rabbit - Leadmill, Sheffield 13 March 2010
Broken Social Scene - Heaven, London 17 May 2010

[and any extra special miracles of gigs far and wide for She & Him and The National are greatly welcomed.. x]