Blue Saturday

OK I could tone down the swears, I blame my drinking buddies

assholes

imagine Arab Strap jamming with the Bad Seeds after a wild night in some dive bar they’ll never find again. Think of a tighter Birthday Party reeling elegantly from chorus to verse yet smashing the furniture up in the process. Iggy struts and Jacques Brel drains the optics. Pure White Speed will keep you awake. And knock you out.

i've imagined it. fuck off.

Is that a London band by any chance?

I have this theory that only bands from London ever try to look and sound like Nick Cave, they'd get laughed off the stage anywhere else.

lol yes they are

It goes deeper. It cuts, it bleeds, it hurts, it soothes. It gives a sudden rush then introspection follows, it tells you to fuck off then wants you in its arms. It has poison on its lips but it makes the pain go away. Try it once. Then take it again.

what the actual fuck

oh man i switched off after the first paragraph.

i suppose it's good that there are things for middle-aged goths to do.

The Cesarians are not a pop band. They could never have been manufactured, manipulated or otherwise pre-masticated for public consumption.

NEVER!

The Cesarians are a magnificent triumph of the electric eclectic, a bunch of renegades who live on the river, tapping the source of London’s eternal energy.

Stick a fork in me NV I'm done.

;_;

Free yourself from the miasmas of the commonplace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOMJKl4DcFE

there are a lot of bad ideas, out there, in the world.

The Cesarians are a magnificent triumph of the electric eclectic, a bunch of renegades who live on the river, tapping the source of London’s eternal energy.

Fucking hell.

one of them plays a violin btw

When 45 year old goths who work in London Music & Video Exchange shops have their last crack at the music biz, it isn't always a pretty sight.

maybe should be grateful that somebody is living on the edge and blowing minds on our behalf

On the edge of a river, the river.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155488626332671&set=a.10152905293057671.1073741828.549247670&type=3&theater

https://aburningboat.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/basjanader1.png

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cff_RkcDxWA/maxresdefault.jpg

(^^ have this framed on my wall btw)

(sorry for hueg, but he's really sad)

Sadder...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2018/04/16/TELEMMGLPICT000160587298_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq5aRdMHGDa-jqnScdcNR_M_85rEiupeUllyY2F-w69s8.jpeg

now that's some sanpaku right there

but as i just said in the ant and dec thread i do feel bad for this guy, who clearly has some genuine problems beyond his control, and i hope he finds his feet again soon

i dunno why i'm on the DEFEND ANT train at the moment given that i don't think i've seen anything they've done since about 1998 but as celebs go he and dec seem pretty harmless

I tend to agree.

There's a clear El Greco vibe to that photo btw

https://frieze.com/sites/default/files/on_view/exhibition_130_fullimagepath_el-greco-72dpi.jpg

20 years after his mysterious disappearance we have an artist's impression of what Ant McPartlin might look like now.

he’s obviously had forehead reduction surgery in the intervening two decades then

He would do if he wanted to remain anonymous.

but that's the first thing people would expect him to do - the smart thing to do would be to have forehead enlargement surgery instead

"No, this won't fool anyone, Dec."

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c5/55/b9/c555b9f0fce4c1423d7b1488772ed2a7--donald-oconnor-bobs.jpg

"Fuck a drink-driver" is the beginning and end of my engagement with this trending topic tbrr

that's v sexually progressive of u

Byker I hardly know er

let's get ready to fhumble

dammit i was gonna take some time off and leave Bas Jan Ader as my farewell and i've blown it already because of stupid book questions

can't decide whether to go and work abroad or whether that is a terrifying idea that i will no way follow thru

actually booking a holiday on my own is a terrifying idea that i will no way follow thru

You've not been on a holiday on your own (for a long time)? Can strongly suggest doing so. Even if it's just across the canal.

Where's that laddy britpop cruise we've been on about?

I want to go on holiday, not drown meself in the middle of the North Sea

some kind of freedom edging closer and closer plus sudden summer heat = serenity

Yeah both should be decent uppers.

Wasn't serious about the cruise obv, but I was about the holiday. It gave me a real "fuck yeah I can do this"-feeling years ago after a break-up.

that's at least part of the plan.

serious about both possibilities, really. just starting to build myself up to them.

Do you have a place in mind (for either)?

idly toying with the idea of teaching English in China maybe. doubt I'm somebody who could go off and do that, maybe a little solo holiday in Europe somewhere would be a practice run for getting away. I'm not gonna be loaded and I'm not paid off yet, so it's just pleasant daydream stage. I have decades of timid indolence to overcome, anyway

holidaying solo is the best, even when you get alone with your thoughts and it feels too real it is also the freedom of being accountable to you and only you, I am a huge fan

I have an Uncle who was a survivor of 50's Irish Industrial School abuse who went back to Ireland to meet some fellow survivors, dressed as a Catholic priest with dog collar and all. A holiday can be anything you want it to be!

oh I really want to develop the skill, I'm just a long time entrenched in my dependency. doing this is very much part of my new life, better mental health plan

daft thing is I'm pretty comfortable in my own company, it's just pushing out of my comfort zone that's a freaky notion

I don't know shit about holidays tbh. Not been on one in 8 years and always tended towards the rented caravan in Newquay model when I did.

I was looking and I think it's cheaper to go to Majorca from Hull than it is to go to the west country