bluestreak

WANTED: Rich patron. I have decided that I want to opend a record shop. But I'm skint. So if anyone out there is rich or knows anyone who likes to take part in philanthropic undertakings let me know, cos I wnt to make the best damn independent record shop in east london and I can't do it alone.

So I came back again. Then I went straight to All Tomorrow's Parties, which was cool. I felt like poo though, cos i'd run out of my medication.

Still I saw some great bands inbetween twitching, shaking, and drinking far too fucking much.

Slint, Spoon, King Kong, and Need New Body were my favourite acts of the weeked.

I fucking hate Pontin's though. Its vile....
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Back in London, where getting off the train at Paddington I walked into a tube shutdown. Home sweet home. Normal service will resume post-jetlag.

new york is fucking cool at the moment. its cold and noisy and theres so much going on. it makes my head spin. but i'm getting used to it... theres so many good bands and djs on in the next few weeks.... i'm going to have to go and represent the english when the kaiser chiefs and kasabian play, but we're also looking at the...
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well, that's it. i'm off to new york in an hour. i'm like a wee child cos i've never done anything as spontaneous as fuck off on my own for a few weeks. hurrah!

well, tonight i fell off the wagon a little bit. had a few beers with my mate, popped into soma on the way back and went back to someones house. did a pill, BUT i left before i did more and went home, which i have never done. i can't remember the last time i only did one, or went home. so a result

and...
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what a night.

i was up for many hours yesterday when a person on anothre bulletin board was threatening to kill herself. she seems lovely, but so lonely and so sick and tired of being depressed that she just wants to get it out of the way and die. i felt so useless, just keeping her talk and trying to calm me down. but i'm...
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went to see PWEI tonight, pop will eat itself!!!!!

i mean, i've waited fourteen years for this, and they were very bit as good as i'd dreamed.

they deserve my devotion. that is all!

well, i had to go for an assessment by some alcohol counsellours today. they seemed nice and supportive, and pretty much let me know that i'm not an emergency case, which was nice.

i've got to go back after NY and let them know how i got on trying not to destroy myself every single day.

but on a lighter note, tonight i see...
POP...
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just thought i'd add a poem i found earlier that made me smile:

Prominent Bar in Secaucus

In a prominent bar in Secaucus one day
Rose a lady in skunk with a top-heavy sway
Raised a knobby red finger - all turned from their beer -
While with eyes bright as snowcrust she sang high and clear

Now who of you'd think from an eyeload...
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