"..DAFT NON-JOBS"

GROUNDHOG DIET - DAY 23 - 1 DAY TO GO

Nearly there! not touched any nasties for 23 days now. bit of a non-event this. sorry. it's boring.

DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

It's friday night, my brother's about to pick me up and then we'll be "driving home for christmas!"

OLO RADIO (22nd Dec)

We have had to move to thursday because of drinking comitments. only 1 hour as too much xmas tunage can be a bad thing as anyone who works in woolworths will agree.

HairHanDHair, Delifinger, and Lionheart eat coal and chocolate oranges..
thurs 8-9pm live from the matchbox

tune in... http://oloworms.co.uk/radio.htm
msn in... pigeonhair@hotmail.com

GROUNDHOG DIET - DAY 19 - SATSUMA MYSTERY

Last night i had nearly all my satsuma's stolen from my big fruit bowl (small plastic asda tub). who would do such a thing? resisted a mince pie the other day and a xmas meal out..sat there and drank a bottle of red wine as my main course. the owners looked insulted i did'nt order. 5 days to go to turkey day!
Drawing by Jenny Crook

MURDER ON THE STREETS

Went xmas shopping today. this is my impression of the general public going bonkers in broadmead shopping centre...

ON LINE PARANOIA

I'm a little worried. turns out people are actually reading this page..eh?

GROUNDHOG DIET - DAY 14 - ON THE SCALES

It's all going really well, i weighed myself today..lost 7lbs!! actually quite enjoying myself and feeling fresh!! F-R-E-S-H..like a ice white sneaker.

A FLY

Today while xmas shopping (that's not important) i swallowed a fly (neither is that!)

OLO RADIO (14th Dec)

It's nearing the end of the year so we are doing the totally predictable thing..*groan* 'the best of 2005' show..hmm. we will all be sat round piecing the 2005 jigsaw puzzle together. hairhandhair will probably hog the rocking chair, delifinger will make the tea, lionheart will hand out the biscuits, and seaweed will no doubt be curled up in a ball on the fur rug in front of the fire.

live @ 9pm... tune in for a re-cap and power-nap.

msn/email your own music or requests - pigeonhair@hotmail.com

MY TOP 25 ALBUMS (2005)

As warned earlier in the month, here is another list. just be thankful you don't live with me, it's hell! as i'm sure all my empty, run-down biro's would tell you if they could talk. anyway, there have been soo many amazing albums out this year. it's hard picking a top 25. i don't HAVE to do it, but..well..i do. something inside me makes me compile things in the form of a list. my family think i should see someone about it. it got really bad while on the dole, i'd write about 4/5 lists a day! i knew i had a problem when i wrote down 'shower' on one of my 'things 2 do' lists.

back to the music..in the past, lucky winner's (eh!?) of my 'album of the year' have included OUTKAST 'STANKONIA' (2000), THE BETA BAND 'HOTSHOTS 2' (2001), THE STREETS 'ORIGINAL PIRATE MATERIAL' (2002), DIZZEE RASCAL 'BOY IN DA CORNER' (2003), DEVENDRA BANHART 'REJOICING IN THE HANDS / NINO ROJO' (2004). prize cheques are in the post guys!

now we are at the end of 2005, here are my favourite albums of the year. oh, and i won't comment on any of them cos i'll come over sounding like Paul Gambaccini (who only seems to pop up on 'the greatest ___ ever' or when someone dies).

first, here are the one's who just missed out, not in any order...

* Black Dice 'Broken Ear Record'
* Bonnie Prince Billy 'Summer In The South East'
* Various Artists 'Run The Road 2'
* Dangerdoom 'The Mask And The Mouse'
* Rufus Wainwright 'Want Two'
* King Creosote 'Rocket D.I.Y'
* Boards Of Canada 'The Campfire Headphase'
* Malcolm Middleton 'Into The Woods'
* Jose Gonzalez 'Veneer'
* Art Brut 'Bang Bang Rock And Roll'
* Kanye West 'Late Registration'
* Architecture in Helsinki 'In Case We Die'
* Sigur Rós 'Takk'
* White Stripes 'Get Behind Me Satan'
* Sons And Daughters 'The Repulsion Box'
* Edan 'Beauty And The Beat'
* Elbow 'Leaders Of The Free World'
* Wolf Parade 'Apologies to the Queen Mary'
* Clor 'Clor'
* Fiery Furnaces 'Rehearsing My Choir'
* Smog 'A River Ain't Too Much Love'
* Black Mountain 'Black Mountain'
* The Mitchell Brothers 'A Breath Of Fresh Attire'


25) SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 'LOVE KRAFT'



24) LOW 'THE GREAT DESTROYER'



23) GORILLAZ 'DEMON DAYS'



22) DUNGEN 'TA DET LAGNT'



21) BLOC PARTY 'SILENT ALARM'



20) ROOTS MANUVA 'AWFULLY DEEP'



19) BECK 'GUERO'



18) FOUR TET 'EVERYTHING ECSTATIC'



17) COMMON 'BE'



16) BRITISH SEA POWER 'OPEN SEASON'



15) CARIBOU 'THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS'



14) ROLL DEEP 'IN AT THE DEEP END'



13) TOM VEK 'WE HAVE SOUND'



12) BRAKES 'GIVE BLOOD'



11) MY MORNING JACKET 'Z'



10) DEVENDRA BANHART 'CRIPPLE CROW'



9) KANO 'HOME SWEET HOME'



8) ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS 'I AM A BIRD NOW'



7) SUFJAN STEVENS 'ILLINOISE'



6) KING CREOSOTE 'KC RULES OK'



5) LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 'LCD SOUNDSYSTEM'



4) M.I.A 'ARULAR'



3) ARCADE FIRE 'FUNERAL'



2) CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH 'CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH'



1) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 'FEELS'




Well..there you go! 'Feels' by Animal Collective has been my favourite collection of little ditties. it's a beauty! Disagree?? "you are WRONG!"

THE RISING SON

New King Biscuit Time song 'The Rising Son' on his myspace page.

RIP RICHARD PRYOR

Very sad news. just go watch his 1978 stand up dvd to cheer up..soo good!

NO BEANS?

Where's my nomination!!? i can do urban food.

SAFETYWORD LIVE (2Oth Dec)

The flyer for Safetyword's upcoming gig.

RECORD OF THE YEAR 2006

After watching McFly and Jim Blunt compete on ITV's vacuum-packed 'Record Of Year' show yesterday. he's my guess for next year's..


it's never gonna happen, but already this song is gonna take some beating in my book.

BUTTERBUBBLES AND SEMISKIMMEDCIRCLES

KARL'S BACK!

It's not Ricky Gervais' show, it's karl's! pretty much the same as the XFM shows. Listen to their first podcast.

ALIENS HUM NEW TUNE

The Aliens have added new song 'Only Waiting' to their myspace page. a little interview with John Maclean. they have just annouced their first few shows in febuary, if i can get a cheap flight i may take a little trip up to scotland..hmm..

LOSING MY EDGE VIDEO

The LCD Soundsystem website video section has been updated and now includes the video for 'Losing My Edge'! i never saw this when it was released (don't know whether if it was released with the single?)..oh well, its here now and very good (shame it's edited down though)

BITS AND BOBS

* All Tomorrow's Party report and sessions

* Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will tour again early next year. i'll get 'em this time!

* Yeah Yeah Yeah's name new album

* My Morning Jacket Tour Cancelled

* Wolf Parade Interview
and Video

ROOM 101

The way your finger nails get stained orange when you eat satsuma's.

OLO RADIO (7th DEC)

Tune in! this week Seaweed will be chippin in with a little mix.

GROUNDHOG DIET - DAY 4 - APPLE GAS

Quite bored already of the diet. suffering badly from apple gas. those apples! they churn your gut up don't they? i have to keep sneaking off to the Z aisle (in the warehouse) to let off the poisonous green gases.

FLOWER WITHOUT A STEM

I was stood in a pub with some mates last night when a big sweaty man (in 50's) approached us and forced a cassette tape on us and said "i used to sing you know..listen to my tape..it was recorded in the 80's". a little scared, we nodded and told him we'd play it on this week's olo radio. stuck it on the stereo this morning and felt drunk again (that's all i'll say). tune in on wednesday to her it for yourself's.

BOOSH TOUR

* The mighty boosh tour next year.

* Ricky Gervais, steven merchant, and karl pilkington return on the radio. starts on monday 5th dec.

I LEM ALL DAN RIOT PICTUHTRES

Last night i wrote this on my hand, problem is i can't work out what it says?
i've a feeling it may be important as i found a drunken scribbled note next to my bed saying 'read last nite hand'.

DON'T LOOK 'EM IN THE EYES

Was in court yesterday, this is what i saw while pretending to take down notes...

ANOTHER LANGUAGE

I've heard this translates as 'thank you for my present'

??? DIET - DAY 1

Started another fad diet today. i've been eating way too much crap and can feel the flab around my neck increasing. the 1st of the month, the only day of the month you can really start a successful diet, other wise its doomed before you even start blending the leaf soup. i will be keeping to it right til 1pm christmas day! ..1:03 i will be celebrating the end by forcing a whole chocolate orange down my throat. over the past few years i've spent a good amount of my time experimenting with different eating and drinking techniques. first came the STUDENT diet. this was quite easy to follow..1) do NOT cook anything! 2)fast food is a MUST! at least 3 times a day 3) spend all your student loan's on booze and gambling. next up i tried the ALPHABET diet. it lasts 26 days. you must only eat food beginning with letter of that day..for example (refering to my diet log..true! i did keep one) on 'J day' i ate jelly babies, jaffa cakes, jam roly poly, and jetters (funny shaped breaded turkey for kids). then i tried the ATKINS diet, which was hell! i cracked on day 10 and ate 5 kiwi's and a box of clusters! the SKELETOR diet worked well recently. basically you don't eat anything..all day, then just at the point of fainting..you grab whatever's nearest to you and eat as fast as you can. the POOR MAN diet is a diet i keep coming back to. it's more or less the same as the 'skeletor' except you don't eat because you don't have the pennies to pay for it. so, time to unveil the new one. it's called the GROUNDHOG diet! very straight forward this one, i eat the same food everyday..everyday..everyday..groundhog day. nothing else allowed! not very exciting is it? what an anti-climax. anyway, let's meet my new buddies who i'll be murdering everyday til the queen raises her glass on christmas day...

WATCH FOR THE BUS MISS DRENDGE

I love it when stuff like this happens..i was stood in a que waiting for a bus home after a 10 hour stint at the warehouse. thinking about this n that.. my thoughts then suddenly switched to the fact that i needed a new watch (as mine stopped 2 months ago), a spilt second later a suited man knelt down next to me about a meter to the side of the que and picked up a watch which had a broken strap. he asked me if it was mine. i said no and he carried on walking. i then noticed a id card on the ground on my right, which belonged to a woman called E DRENDGE. re-arranging the letters in the name on the bus i came up with...RED GENED...which is not the answer to the riddle i had hoped for. google did'nt help me either when i typed in RED GENED. some where up there richard whitely is having a good laugh at me.

MYSTERY JETS GIG (25th Nov)

Oooo..yeah! it were real good! dustbin lids smashed, kitchen colliders tonked, bird houses rattled, and syd barrett's ghost toe-tappin! all packed in a tiny sweaty venue crammed full of people crowd surfin and the like.

SATURDAY'S X FACTOR

Thanks to Tom, who sent me this...

This week on The X Factor, the remaining five finalists tackle two songs each.

Journey South
'Candle in the Wind' - Elton John
'Bad Day' - Daniel Powter

Andy
'When I Fall In Love' - Nat King Cole
'Easy Lover' - Phil Collins

Shayne
'Careless Whisper' - George Michael
'Take Your Mama Out' - Scissor Sisters

Brenda
'I'll Never Fall In Love Again' - Dionne Warwick
'I'm Outta Love' - Anastacia

Chico
'Time Warp' - The Rocky Horror Picture Show*
'I Feel Good' - James Brown


*I really hope Chico leaves the suspenders in the dressing room.