UK Watercooler Thirty-Three (and a third) : Revolutions Per Minute

I am drinking Lemsip this weekend

Bugger Sold out.

except not on see tickets

got 'em

Got the gmail Kate. I've never heard of Youthmovies

Hands up who's all going to Stockhausen Day at the Proms this year? *hand up*

... well, when they get round to selling the tickets that is

What day is it, (I prommed a lot in my youth, some great concerts but the Albert hall is a terrible thing to do to music)

Herman, can you forward to me.

I've only ever saw Ennio Morricone at the RAH and that was fan-bloody-tastic

August 2

Forwarded it on to you Ed (and Tom D too because he loves the prog)

Tempting. We should get five together for a box.

I've tried booking tickets in advance but I'm not convinced it worked

Wow, just noticed on August 22, performance of "Punkte" (which I love) alongside Mahler, Schubert, Beethoven... culture clash!

I think Tom D should go to the last night of the proms.

oh man the hot weathers ended already. It's pissing down here. Just as I had put a washing on.

Does mitya still post on ilx? I miss him.

I think maybe they banned it at his work.

damn.

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.

THEY HAVE A TRUMPETER FFS!!!

I should have drawn the trumpeter. Ah well, too late now.

Draw Ed!

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

I've already drawn Ed! He was on a Shimuras poster!

(Kate, did you get my flickrmail? Probably not the most reliable method of communication, ah well.)

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.

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.

Tickets secured for wednesday, shall we do dinner before hand?

I am intrigued by the demon jazz, or lounge music or whatever it is.

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

I am flying to norway on sunday so no demon jazz for me, but will listen to the myspace later.

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.

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.

Kim (the girlfriend) has a black straw boater in her Summer Wardrobe. I've been told it will be making an appearance soon.

I thoroughly approve!

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

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

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)

*pose*

*other pose*

hello. yeh i am way busy...

i haven't forgotten you all though

kate and ed check yr email

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.

Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

Ah Um

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.

None of that is free jazz, hard bop maybe but not free.

I'm not having it, whatever it is.

No, not free in the slightest. I'm suffering from dizzy spells, what could it be?

Gillespie?

Yep, my cheeks keep inflating to 3 times their normal size

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.)

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

(I'm so devastated that he shaved the mustache off. I thought it suited him.)