Stockhausen Day at The Proms? OK, why does that sound like the punchline to a bad joke? Count me in on the box, I like the idea of going to the Proms. I could wear my new straw boater.
So you did get Spiers and Boden tickets? Ah, I hope so, as you're probably off camping and everyone else in the world is at ATP. Sigh.
I'll copy you the Youthmovies album IF YOU MAKE ME A BLOODY COPY OF THE GREAT LOST SHIMURA CURVES ALBUM!!! It is absurd, I am the only person in the band that doesn't have it. :-( Or at least, the last, good remix of it. We should put it out when the Paynes come back from Sweden.
Anyway, um....
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2381/2480441582_96bccbff11_o.jpg
I've got to stop drawing the lad. This is getting absurd.
― Masonic Boom, Saturday, 10 May 2008 11:49 (sixteen years ago) link
THEY HAVE A TRUMPETER FFS!!!
I should have drawn the trumpeter. Ah well, too late now.
― Masonic Boom, Saturday, 10 May 2008 12:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Draw Ed!
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 10 May 2008 13:07 (sixteen years ago) link
With clothes ON, of course.
btw cooler group emails have ended up in my gmail junk folder so you should all check yours to make sure it goes to your inbox
― Herman G. Neuname, Saturday, 10 May 2008 13:09 (sixteen years ago) link
I've already drawn Ed! He was on a Shimuras poster!
― Masonic Boom, Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:01 (sixteen years ago) link
(Kate, did you get my flickrmail? Probably not the most reliable method of communication, ah well.)
― emil.y, Sunday, 11 May 2008 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I did! Did you not get my response? I think it got sent to your hotmail. Eeep.
I had a brilliant weekend. Even the JAZZ was good. In fact, the DEMON JAZZ was actually kind of amazing. They had a double bass and everything. Though I suppose it wasn't proper jazz, it was more like... oh what was it Other Music used to call it? That section where they put all the Scott Walker and the Serge Gainsbourg. "La Decadence".
Now I'm all a-flutter over Marmaduke again. Swoon.
― Masonic Boom, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Good morning. Our office feels freezing cold today, because we have had the air conditioning repaired. It's strange to think it was meant to be this cold all along, if you see what I mean.
― Forest Pines Mk2, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Tickets secured for wednesday, shall we do dinner before hand?
I am intrigued by the demon jazz, or lounge music or whatever it is.
― Ed, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Good lord, cold? It's baking hot down here. I have a terrible heat rash from walking about the embankment in the sun, even with a hat on. (Though the hat has stopped the headaches.)
yes, let's do dinner beforehand. Indian mission?
I think you would like the DEMON JAZZ. He's playing next Sunday in Camden but alas, I am going on a BAT WALK on Streatham Common:
http://www.myspace.com/marmadukedando
― Masonic Boom, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I am flying to norway on sunday so no demon jazz for me, but will listen to the myspace later.
― Ed, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:30 (sixteen years ago) link
It was baking hot outside, yesterday. It was cool and misty and damp this morning, but I suspect that means it is probably baking hot outside again by now.
I need a summer hat. Or a hat of any sort, indeed.
― Forest Pines Mk2, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Summer hats are the way forward. My boater is just about perfect. It is straw so it's light and cool, but keeps the sun off my pale skin.
Boo hiss to Norway - well, not really. I love Norway! Or at least the idea of it. But Marmaduke is always playing around the corner from you in Clerkenwell Green, you should roll out of bed and see him some Sunday.
― Masonic Boom, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Kim (the girlfriend) has a black straw boater in her Summer Wardrobe. I've been told it will be making an appearance soon.
― Forest Pines Mk2, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I thoroughly approve!
― Masonic Boom, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I need a new hat, my leather one is looking a bit tired although something similar that is both rain and sunproof is a good idea
― Ed, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:43 (sixteen years ago) link
I need a hat too, but tie myself in so many knots worrying about what sort of hat to get that I end up never buying one
― Tom D., Monday, 12 May 2008 10:45 (sixteen years ago) link
The Parents bought themselves matching Tilley hats for their latest holiday; and were so impressed they bought almost entire Tilley wardrobes to go with it.
(they're doing a railtour of Switzerland)
― Forest Pines Mk2, Monday, 12 May 2008 10:48 (sixteen years ago) link
*pose*
*other pose*
hello. yeh i am way busy...
i haven't forgotten you all though
kate and ed check yr email
― emsk, Monday, 12 May 2008 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
EMSK!!! Hurrah for the Emsk. Yes to email. But I shall email you. Are we still on for lunch tomorrow? I want to go to the park and sit in the sun and eat sammiches and drink cider. Oh yes.
Here is Marmaduke giving it some JAZZ... (note the hands, natch.)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2488626649_5cf45d894d_o.jpg
What if he makes me start liking jazz? No, no, no. I've been listening to Scott Walker all day.
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Ah Um
― Ed, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't LIKE that kind of jazz.
If I'm going to start listening to jazz, it shall be PROPER jazz. Old jazz. Not nasty horrible free jazz.
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:29 (sixteen years ago) link
None of that is free jazz, hard bop maybe but not free.
― Ed, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not having it, whatever it is.
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:31 (sixteen years ago) link
No, not free in the slightest. I'm suffering from dizzy spells, what could it be?
― Tom D., Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Gillespie?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Yep, my cheeks keep inflating to 3 times their normal size
― Tom D., Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:37 (sixteen years ago) link
STOP IT!!!
(Unless that is not a joke, and you are actually suffering from dizzy spells - I would put it down to the heat or overexposure to sun.)
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:37 (sixteen years ago) link
That said, obeying mine own laws, I may not talk about jazz without posting a picture of an attractive man. So here is the real Marmaduke and his jazz band...
http://a313.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/7/l_a70d6155b8c1ea61ba6ed7edec391818.jpg
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:38 (sixteen years ago) link
(I'm so devastated that he shaved the mustache off. I thought it suited him.)
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Yes the 'stache *does* suit him. But shaving is easily remedied!
I am going for lunch with Johnny B today. It may be our last chance, as I am not going to be working on the same business park as him for much longer!
other changes:
I will be a commuter again (2 buses)
I will have to make my own lunch (on those days when I don't go for a pub lunch)
I will be working in an office with 7 other people rather than 200+
I will be using open source software instead of Microsoft
...the rest I will have to wait until I get there to find out.....
― Grandpont Genie, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:40 (sixteen years ago) link
It's not a joke. I'm thinkin' it's the heat so I'm drinkin' me some fluids. Still dizzy.
― Tom D., Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Maybe time to invest in that hat.
― Ed, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Tell Johnny B I said hello!
Dada, I reccomend a straw boater. They are marvellous things, so light.
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd look a right tosser in a straw boater - I'd look like I voted for Boris Johnson or sumthin'!
― Tom D., Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:47 (sixteen years ago) link
there are other types of hat with wide brims that'd do the job. Like the one I took on holiday to Jordan with me which makes me look like Indiana Jones.
― Grandpont Genie, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:49 (sixteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7398202.stm check that out
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Not neccessarily! Some boys can make straw hats look quite decadent!
http://a122.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/122/l_f84d5f09e1149c9e5196e1d57edc0881.jpg
OK, I will stop this. (Though you all know that I won't.)
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:52 (sixteen years ago) link
http://manolomen.com/images/Tony%20Blair%20in%20boater.jpg
― onimo, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:53 (sixteen years ago) link
But that is a panama rather than a boater which is much more acceptable.
A Pork Pie may be apt.
― Ed, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:53 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost, TB is clearly wearing a boater and is a tosser.
As can clearly be seen from the enlarged image showing his lower half: http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/07/uk_politics_enl_1172779548/img/1.jpg
― onimo, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:55 (sixteen years ago) link
I am running out of time, but Emil.y if you are reading this, I have received your Flickrmail and I am On It!
(I will tear myself away from drawing pics of Marmaduke for long enough.)
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Bloke with the beard next to him is clearly a man of style and taste though, the baby blue suits him.
― Ed, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:58 (sixteen years ago) link
Prog Rock College, Oxford, 1975
― Tom D., Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:59 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ the thought of Tom D in a Porkpie hat
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:59 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/desmond/des02.jpg
A porkpie hat might be good. I'm no Thelonius Monk tho.
― Tom D., Tuesday, 13 May 2008 12:02 (sixteen years ago) link
... I know it's Mingus but I mean that Monk could have worn a lampshade (probably did) and still looked cool