have listened to nothing of value this weekend - went to see metalux/rah bras and was annoyed beyond belief at the pretentious pointlessness of those two awful girls + dirty hippie kid of metalux. low, dull thuds and piercing formless synth. why bother? rah bras ruled in a pre-recorded, super richmond badass sex bomb kind of way. everyone in the band sings well, the really put soul into the music and although it has industrial-lite inklings, i full endorse it.

listening to peng - stereolab, revelling in the utter mid-90sness of mental dispair.

formulating what i want my solo/covers project to sound like :::

stereolab - peng 'super falling star'

nico - chelsea girls

young marble giants - collossal youth

the orb - orbus terrarum - that incredible string track

smashing pumpkins - gish - rhinoceros/suffer

and thinking about songs that are sonically built on lyrical quirks/conceptions - self-referential but also providing a sound argument (ouch!) for the lyrical content -

top songs to put on a break up mix tape to make the other person feel like a huge dickhead.

1. all i really want to do - bob dylan

2. beautiful mind - the verve

3. broken heart - spiritualized