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random musings set to lo-fi 35mm and medium format film snippets, with the occasional foray into the digi-world.

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Jun 30
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it has rained for what seems like 40 days and 40 nights here. throughout this time the mere suggestion of sunshine has seemed an outrageous lie, crafted by some odious propaganda machine. but today, in a not-altogether-welcome turn, it is boiling. searing. when you step outside, you start to feel a bit crispy. your eyelids begin to melt and droop over your field of vision. i realise shooting film already marks me out as a dangerous dissenter, so in frank furtherance of my alleged metrosexual credentials can i say my purchase of the week, nay, year: aveda exfoliating shampoo. what? i told you i felt crispy. scalp included. boy i feel silky smooth. my soul is glowing. there, i said it.

Jun 29
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In the Morning - Graham Coxon (via sadeyez72)

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so i did it. i left my job. 50% of the people i know say i’m brave; the other 50% give me a kind of disgusted look and tell me i’m nuts. maybe they all secretly think i’m crazy but half are too polite to say. now when i see something legalistic in the papers or the telly i smirk, not ruefully but in an almost apologetic way. at least it’s over now and i can get on with that thing they call life. i’m looking forward to exploring new places, and some old ones too. it was good going back to malaysia a few weeks ago to chow down on food and do the rounds. my uncle’s new restaurant is amazing and boy did i need some indulgence after the turmoil of recent times. letting go really is the hardest thing you’ll ever do.

Apr 07
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I’m still listening to the first album to be honest, but the fact this sparkly new one is here is just awesome. The Best. From the BBC review of the album: 1517 and Courage are both streamlined and funky, all Fender Rhodes and fruity guitar licks. It helps that both come on like contemporary versions of The Isley Brothers’ That Lady, Pt. 1 & 2. High On The Heels is another ace, slimline ditty. It’s full of cheap, nasty synth noises but retains an efficient Scandinavian feel and would make a neat soundtrack to Calvin Harris ram-raiding Ikea. Elsewhere, Intentions is a quieter moment that combines classic Stevie Wonder riffs with a playful sound familiar to fans of Air’s Moon Safari LP. Reassuringly, it includes another example of lyrically astuteness as Øye croons, “You only want someone when that someone’s gone”. This is probably going to be better than sex.  In fact I’d put money on it.  Yes that doesn’t say much about me, admittedly.

I’m still listening to the first album to be honest, but the fact this sparkly new one is here is just awesome. The Best.

From the BBC review of the album:

1517 and Courage are both streamlined and funky, all Fender Rhodes and fruity guitar licks. It helps that both come on like contemporary versions of The Isley Brothers’ That Lady, Pt. 1 & 2. High On The Heels is another ace, slimline ditty. It’s full of cheap, nasty synth noises but retains an efficient Scandinavian feel and would make a neat soundtrack to Calvin Harris ram-raiding Ikea.

Elsewhere, Intentions is a quieter moment that combines classic Stevie Wonder riffs with a playful sound familiar to fans of Air’s Moon Safari LP. Reassuringly, it includes another example of lyrically astuteness as Øye croons, “You only want someone when that someone’s gone”.

This is probably going to be better than sex.  In fact I’d put money on it.  Yes that doesn’t say much about me, admittedly.

Mar 24
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Stone Gods - Start of Something Official Video (via thedarknesspiczo)

Mar 18
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i’ve been so stressed recently that it feels like my face is about to fall off. and yet on the face of it i have nothing to be stressed about. so this paradox continues. is this natural? how long is one person supposed to go without sleeping anyway?

Mar 04
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