sorry for the extended blog silence. i get older, the weeks get shorter. time flies. i wish i could say i’ve been busy and productive – truth is most of my time has been spent building my new D&D character. he is a monk/conjurer called theo:

i might upload my character sheet later in the week if you are really lucky.

thanks to the people who have left comments on the blog in the last few weeks, particularly those who went the extra mile with some thoughtful responses to my rant on ‘transparent costs of production’ and free music and whatnot. and here i was thinking that the only people who read this blog were complete imbeciles. some of you have brains in your heads. i’d respond to your comments except that i have spent the last weekend watching the 2020 summit, which resulted in an equivalent effect to me having had a complete brain amputation. nah fo serious, i will try and respond to youse bitches with some thoughtfully rendered articulations and shit.

here are 11 things i’m currently loving:
- wax stag! i’m digging sound and safe on wfmu with trent, here is his show featuring the genius of wax stag
- arp – in light easily my favourite album of the year so far
- four tet – don’t think about it too much just enjoy it
- moonbeam “slow heart” and sascha funke “mango” – ditto
- hot chip – one pure thought (supermayer remix)
- kraftwerk – ralf and florian 1973. this is the first kraftwerk album i’ve heard and actually loved rather than just ‘appreciated’ as all of us electronic types are meant to ‘appreciate’ kraftwerk. i love them but this is the first album i’ve heard of theirs thats hit a nerve with me. i tracked it down after seeing it on a list that arp made for dusted magazine – his other recommendations (jards macale, franco battiato, group inerane) are similarly spot on.
- babatunde olatunji drums of passion 1959. so fresh!
- herbie hancock – sextant 1972. so stale! god herbie was a massive dork
- stevie nicks – edge of seventeen

yeah stevie nicks. i really love that a lot of the 70s and 80s film clips uploaded to youtube come from worn and weary VHS tapes that have seen far better days. the scratches and wobbles make for instant nostalgia for those of us who used to tape video hits onto VHS every weekend:

ahh thats only ten things. number eleven: house of cosbys.
ok. more soon!