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magictreehouse) wrote2009-11-10 03:09 pm
magictreehouse) wrote2009-11-10 03:09 pm
Charlie Big Potato
Right, I haven't updated for a week apparently so I'd better type something. The main thing is that we went to see Frankmusik at the Cockpit (yes, there again) on Friday night. He was very good and has a stunning voice on him. Funny as he was suffering with his throat, you really couldn't tell though. I think we got a slightly different setlist than previous dates, possibly because of the throat:
It was a pretty brief set all told but it was all great, he's an enegetic performer and I danced my socks off. Him incorporating Rihanna's 'Don't Stop The Music' was an obvious highlight. 'Please don't Frankmusik!' Brilliant. Oh, and one of the support acts, Heads We Dance were very good. It's funny, electro seems to be moving more and more towards dance these days and I can see it being the template for the 10s.
We managed to plod on with our James Bond watching. This time it was 'The Spy Who Loved Me' which I really enjoyed. It had everything you want from a James Bond film in it and I love that Bond has a rival in it, even if she only mourns the loss of her dead lover for about 30 seconds before jumping on Bond's disco stick.
The other film we've watched lately is 17 Again. I hate myself for finding Zac Efron so damn attractive. I would have hated him if I was at school with him so to find him swoonsome feels like a total betrayal. In my defense I really do think that he's a good actor, well a comic one anyway. His indie film is out next month so we shall see. Oh, and having watched 'that' deleted scene I have to say that he looks far to muscley in it. Not attractive.
Zefron perving aside I don't really have much more to say. I'm so sick of there not being any jobs to apply for that I've decided to give myself away for free. I still get Thursdays off so I've enquired at the council to see if I can get on their relief register. They don't have one but I've been directed to a site called www.sliversoftime.com so I've signed up for that. We'll see where it gets me.
I keep researching trips to Denmark. It's become a bit of a 'thing'. I need to check the finances out first though. I just keep thinking about how it's nearly a year since we went to Iceland and how wonderful a winter holiday is, plus I need something to take away from the pain that I've been in my job for three years in Januray. Y'know, the temporary job which was only meant to last until I found a library position. *weeps*
Music wise it's become the quiet season for me. Too much X-Factor shit around for my liking. James said last night 'do you think it's like the Emporer's New Clothes? We know it's shit but no-one else can see it.'. So true. I just don't get it. How can you say you're a fan of music and yet subscribe to something so cynical? So I shall continue to listen to my Skunk Anansie Greatest hits. 4 discs, amazing. It has two DVDs, one with the music videos on and another with TV slots. It has 'Charlie Big Potato' and 'Secretely' performed on TFI Friday. When I used to tape music of the TV those were two of the performances that I had so I was glad to get them on DVD! I wish more bands would release their TV stuff on DVD. Pulp are the only other one I can think of that have, except that it's called 'TV Madness' and is brilliant.
1. Time Will Tell
2. When You're Around
3. Gotta Boyfriend?
4. Rehab (Amy Winehouse cover)
5. Confusion Girl
6. Dancing in the Dark (? A new track, not sure of the name)
7. Vacant Heart
8. 3 Little Words
9. In Step / Please Don't Stop Frankmusik
10. Better Off As 2
Encore: 11. It's A Sin (Pet Shop Boys cover) / MedleyIt was a pretty brief set all told but it was all great, he's an enegetic performer and I danced my socks off. Him incorporating Rihanna's 'Don't Stop The Music' was an obvious highlight. 'Please don't Frankmusik!' Brilliant. Oh, and one of the support acts, Heads We Dance were very good. It's funny, electro seems to be moving more and more towards dance these days and I can see it being the template for the 10s.
We managed to plod on with our James Bond watching. This time it was 'The Spy Who Loved Me' which I really enjoyed. It had everything you want from a James Bond film in it and I love that Bond has a rival in it, even if she only mourns the loss of her dead lover for about 30 seconds before jumping on Bond's disco stick.
The other film we've watched lately is 17 Again. I hate myself for finding Zac Efron so damn attractive. I would have hated him if I was at school with him so to find him swoonsome feels like a total betrayal. In my defense I really do think that he's a good actor, well a comic one anyway. His indie film is out next month so we shall see. Oh, and having watched 'that' deleted scene I have to say that he looks far to muscley in it. Not attractive.
Zefron perving aside I don't really have much more to say. I'm so sick of there not being any jobs to apply for that I've decided to give myself away for free. I still get Thursdays off so I've enquired at the council to see if I can get on their relief register. They don't have one but I've been directed to a site called www.sliversoftime.com so I've signed up for that. We'll see where it gets me.
I keep researching trips to Denmark. It's become a bit of a 'thing'. I need to check the finances out first though. I just keep thinking about how it's nearly a year since we went to Iceland and how wonderful a winter holiday is, plus I need something to take away from the pain that I've been in my job for three years in Januray. Y'know, the temporary job which was only meant to last until I found a library position. *weeps*
Music wise it's become the quiet season for me. Too much X-Factor shit around for my liking. James said last night 'do you think it's like the Emporer's New Clothes? We know it's shit but no-one else can see it.'. So true. I just don't get it. How can you say you're a fan of music and yet subscribe to something so cynical? So I shall continue to listen to my Skunk Anansie Greatest hits. 4 discs, amazing. It has two DVDs, one with the music videos on and another with TV slots. It has 'Charlie Big Potato' and 'Secretely' performed on TFI Friday. When I used to tape music of the TV those were two of the performances that I had so I was glad to get them on DVD! I wish more bands would release their TV stuff on DVD. Pulp are the only other one I can think of that have, except that it's called 'TV Madness' and is brilliant.