121109
Drove to Toys R Us. Bought a horse game for the DS...no, not for myself. I forgot how grim Stevenage centre is. Popped in at the Royal Mail sorting office. Tried & failed to get postmen to whistle the new OLO tune although i did manage to record myself whistling in front of them. Stopped off to see my Dad & dog, my Dad told me i had put weight on. haha! tis true!! Ate apple crumble when i got home, that's the second time this week! Jesus! woooo!! Recieved a telephone call from Scotland..great great news!! I'll tell you when i'm allowed. Helped move a TV, my reward was fish & chips..that's a pretty good deal. Long fish in my belly. Wrote a few words about our new songs for a magazine piece. From my bedroom i overheard someone read out the events of 2005 to someone else on the phone for a speech. "..Prince Charles and Camilia married, London bombings, Jamie Oliver started his school dinner campaign.." It made me chuckle.Scraps
> Pretty dreadful new Animal Collective video - well, there's some good bits.
> Brilliant! Michael Jackson Derek Acorah Live Seance.
Soundtrack
De La Soul '3 Feet High & Rising'
Love 'Forever Changes'
Field Music 'Tones Of Town'
The Coral 'The Coral'
The xx 'xx'
Human League 'Travelogue'
Giles Peterson show (with Four Tet & Darkstar)
111109
Chin shaved, teeth brushed, sock over mic, lyric sheet in hand, Mum in town...home alone rapping!! ELVIS LIVES! Just as i was about to do my 'Back From England' vocals a crow outside my window butted in and advised me put a hat on, it worked! By way of thanks we'll keep him on the recording. I got nervous, what other MCs get butterfly tummys?!?? Whiskey and lemonade calmed me. I think i did ok. Brain pounding stress with these new songs..we all seem to be confusing each other. 'Elastic Waste Band' has to be cut from 8mins to 5mins. Low Fat edit! I didn't cut it but thinking bout it has stressed me out. I wanna be in Bristol with the other 3 sorting this mess.
091109
My 287th National Express coach trip (i'm guessing) back to Bunto. I returned home to a heroes welcome..and burgers and apple crumbles! It was one of those Mondays that really should have been a Sunday. Heard a rough mix of our new 'Back From England' song. Left me feeling a bit down at the time, it shouldn't have done. I rushed in with negative comments without thinking and started a little Google Wave war with my bandmates. It's all peace and love now.
081109
BIG day of recording! Got to the studio room early and proceeded to waste a few hours recording wet limp drums (it's all good now). Our French friend Francois & his friend Amaury turned up and saved the day! Francois played trumpet, Amaury played drums. Together they sprinkled their magic over 'Back From England' and now it's spicy!! You gotta love the French! Later that evening i went and caught fellow Carrie Vanilow's play as The Welcome Committee at Mr Wolf's which was shambolically splendid! I heard a thump behind me, i turned round and thought i saw a big black poodle slumped on the floor..not another dead dog i thought..the dog turned out to be a Brian May look-a-like..she just carried on drinking at the bar, i don't think that had been the first time she'd fallen over that day. They were doing 2-4-1 noodles at Mr Wolf's, i couldn't argue, 2 bowls of noodles later i couldn't talk. I ended up drinking cans of cider watching DJs press buttons.
071109
Went to the seaside (Clevedon), It was gloomy but we had fun. We ate crumpets on the pier, threw rocks, saw dead dog on beach, ate chips and dead dog pies, wet our socks, and recorded all the sounds there. We could'nt get in to the Royal Mail so the next stop on the FUN bus was Southmead! We drove around looking for trouble with our recorder out the car window. In Sommerfield i got hit in the balls with a shopping basket by a 'friend' for doing a bad U2 joke. The big man (G Jones) cooked us all a chilli and we all sat down and watched possibly the best X-Factor ever! "Who's seen Gummo Simon! Gummo isn't a film Simon! Silly song Simon, silly song!" Louis Walsh is soo funny! I'm hoping tomorrow's theme is 'the songs from Gummo'. Jedward were of course out of this world! What will they do this week? Exciting! Even one of me fave Dave Lynch films 'Mullholland Drive' got a mention! Ha! how weird's that? We watched it with subtitles which gives the X-Factor another level of enjoyment. Slept on the sofa while others went out to old men pubs.
SILVER COLUMNS DESIGN ON NME WEBSITE
My Silver Columns design made it onto the NME website (see below). More to come on Silver Columns when i'm allowed to post more. NME website HERE.
061109
Bristol again. Had a few hours to kill so went to the movies. I can't get in free anymore. They've destroyed my staff pass card. So i took my revenge and watched two films for the price of one. It's really easy..just hop in whatever screen you like, no one will stop you. Saw 'Fantastic Mr Fox' & 'Up'. Loved them both especially Mr Fox. Such a NICE film, and i mean that in a good way, normally when you use the word nice you are covering up for the fact you don't really like something. But this was NICE and gentle and funny. The animation was amazing!! After a quick pit stop i was onto Pizza Express for a meal out with friends. Soo weird, i don't normally do this. No money you see. There was some kinda money off deal but it was'nt worth it. Terrible service, i left 3p tip. Missed St.Vincent due to the fact the pizza was late...yeah alright, i was late too. I HATE The Anson Rooms! Worst venue in Bristol by far. Grizzly Bear were great but here is a list of the problems with the venue - massive queues for the bar, expensive drinks, toffs in the crowd, non-stop talking by the crowd, no one in the crowd cares about the band!, no atmosphere, bad views, boring boring box room, & they chuck you straight out after the gig. Got dragged kicking and screaming to a house party. Ha! nah, you know i love a random house party, always trouble though. Well normally, but this was the worst house party i've ever been too! The girl i went with did'nt know anyone there so we sulked around trying not to get quizzed. I sat in an empty room with a mug of vodka with the world's worst DJ. I ended up sleeping in a cold empty room with a glass of water and slice of stolen bread with my hoodie over my cold cheeks...NOT THOSE CHEEKS!!
OLO DIARY (Nov Part 1)
Dear Diary,We got Google Wave. We surfed it. We WIPED OUT!! Arrrrrrggghhhhh!!! 'Back From England' is all about balance. We're all trying to stay on the same board while the sharks nip at our toes. We're nearly home and dry (on the warm sandy beach). Will be finished next week as will 'The Elastic Waste Band' which has been cut from 8mins to 5mins. Its the LOW FAT edit. The creamy full fat version will be on the album. Just sent some info on the new songs to a man who is gonna pop it in a magazine. We might have a new den to hang out in soon.
Regards,
OLO Worms
051109
Had some wonderful news today concerning our recording session on Sunday! it's allant être spécial! Watched quite alot of the OLO demo videos we film when messing about. I forgot a few weeks ago i had made up a new 'song' called 'ANTS AGAIN'. There's no other lyrics. It's more a question.."Ants again!!??". It's got HIT written all over it. Packed 4 pairs of spongy umbro sports socks for the weekend in Bristol, ROCK N ROLL!! The suitcase is on my bed now, i should be in that bed now! SHOCK HORROR! I applied for a job today. So glad i managed to avoid the low point of the decade 'Piers Morgan meets Danni Minogue' on TV. I'm right back into TV at the moment, i think it's having a nice room to put the TV in. Where do you have your TV? Had a good idea about the recorded version of the OLO song 'The Barber Shop'. I wanna get aload of guests for a sexy whispered intro. I have people in mind. It's gonna be like one of the skits off De La Soul's '3 Feet High And Rising' except less cool (although they were geeky at the time too). Didn't bother with fireworks tonight, we had a curry instead. Remember remember..on the 5th of November...be careful kids! Never touch the naan after it's been lit!!Soundtrack
My Bloody Valentine 'Loveless'
Can 'Ege Bamyasi'
LCD Soundsystem 'LCD..'
Caribou 'Andorra'
Smog 'Knock Knock'
Bob Marley vs Lee Scratch Perry 'The Upsetter Years 70-71'
Mark Hollis 'Mark Hollis'
Rain Machine 'Rain Machine'
Animal Collective 'MMP'
Daniel Johnston 'Is And Always Was'
041109
Arrrrgh!!! This internet connection feels like its made out of jenga blocks sometimes. I can't complain, it's free. Started doing a design job for computers, well for humans..that deal with computers. I'd like to work for a computer, i wish my one paid me everytime i did a blog. Maybe a penny a letter? That's fair. I'm talking to my PC now. The money could come out the cd drive. Imagine picking up your boss and smashing him onto the ground! I don't know what a FANLESS INTEL CORE 2 DUO is but it's getting the Heinz Junkins treatment. I've been booking coaches and planning to borrow cars back and forth to Bristol over the next 2 weeks. I could really do with my own jet plane or big eagle..oooh i'd love a big strong bald headed eagle to hold on to. Headache from new emails, gmails, no females. Although i have got Jamelia on 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks', i've always liked Jamelia, big big fun! Tall fun! Wooah Van Gogh! Watched his life reduced into 15mins on TV. 10p a go! That's 10 letters typed on my computer, about 3 seconds work. I ate way too many CARBS..maybe even a jar full! A JAR FULL OF CARBS! Just before bed....makes the dreams go down, the dreams go dooooown.Soundtrack
James Holden 'The Idiots Are Winning'
Modeselektor & Machine Drum - mixes for M.A.Hobbs
No Age 'Nouns'
Neon Indian 'Psychic Chasms'
Simon Bookish 'Everything / Everything'
021109
I cried!! I had a good old weepy snot session. I don't remember the last time? I don't remember tears tasting like that? Like salty sea water. I went for a run to try and make myself feel better which it did but not before a strange 5mins where i was running and laughing at the same time. It was real fun!! It felt grrrreat! While jogging i was listening to Why?'s new album which is really really great! and perfect for a cry jog it would seem. Earlier in the day i drove to Hertford to say hello to the nice people at the job centre. I've gotta say it was one of the best drives i've ever gone on. I took a wrong turning and added about 20mins to my journey home but that didn't matter cos i had 'Alopecia' which is one of the greatest albums ever made!! (my no.2 of 2008). I don't think there is anyone writing as good lyrics as Yoni Wolf right now (apart from me of course). They are the kind of lyrics that make you laugh out loud and sigh with sadness at the same time which kind of suited my strange mood. Later i cheered myself up with a great idea! I was in the bathroom stepping out the shower (i like to wash my body you see) when i thought..DANNY DYER MUGS! i MUST make some Dannny Dyer mugs! For Christmas. People will buy their loved ones Danny Dyer mugs this Christmas! It was a crystal clear vision. In his speech bubble shall i have him saying "plum!" or "you plum!"? I ended up googling Danny Dyer for the next half an hour and had to force myself to stop. I stopped for 'Life' probably my favourite TV show right now although i ALWAYS fall asleep at the end, it's David Attenborough's silky Gaxaly chocolate voice. It's AMAZING! errr Obviously. Dear God, i DO NOT want to be a mud skipper fish in my next life thank you kindly. I'd like to marry a sea dragon & dance underwater. Although i don't wanna taste those salt water tears again for a while.Soundtrack
Why 'Alopecia' & 'Eskimo Snow'
Nick Drake 'Five Leaves Left'
Atlas Sound 'Logos'
Micachu 'Jewellery'
Slow Club 'Yeah So'
King Creosote 'Bombshell'
Bon Iver 'For Emma Forever Ago'
011109
A day i'd rather forget. I suppose i could just skip it and not write anything.That gap represents my mind during the hours 7am > 7pm. Halloween really took it out of me. Spent most of the day asleep in a parked car while the rest of my family did their best to try and sell their goods. We were at an art market thing near where Noel Edmonds records his box game. Do you like the box game? I used to. I saw it recently and i wanted to smash the TV with little Noel inside. My postcards and T-shirts got in the way of everyone so they got taken down, ha! Good job really as i was up against a pro T-shirt seller directly opposite our stall. I had 1 design, he had about 50! 50 to 1. If i'd been in a bookies i would have had a couple of quid on me scoring first and him winning 20-1. I had a few vistors pop there heads in the car and scare me which was nice. I was really white and ill and kept dreaming i was in the market fussing about. Earlier in the day i finally cleared all my junk from 'crap corner' from the old flat i used to live in and took it over to another friend's house who now has got her very own crap corner. In fact she's got a whole room of crap! It's pretty impressive. On the drive home to Bunto we listened to 3 hours of Tony Hancock which was great! I really like Hancock, ever since my Grandad introduced me to his TV shows when i was young. My Tony Hancock sad face melted all over my pillow.
OLO RADIO - BB39 - CRYTANIC - 03/11/09
Tragic face melt. More enjoyable than a blank face.
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Tracklist..
Mark Hollis - Inside Looking Out
Tony Hancock Interview
Pixies - Hey
Mark Pritchard - ?
King Midas Sound - Meltdown
Atlas Sound (Feat. Laetitia Sadier) - Quick Canal
New Order - Your Silent Face
Junior Boys - What It's For
Micachu - Turn Me Well
Julian Lynch - Rancher
Why? - Against Me / Into The Shadows Of My Embrace
BB39 extra bits 'n' bobs..
Twitter A / Twitter B / Twitter C / Twitter D / Twitter E
Video A / Video B
Did you like this podcast? If so then you might like to try these..
BB31 - Soup Doctor Soup
BB26 - Postcard XXXXOOOO
BB16 - Spag Bol (A Romantic Meal)
BB15 - We Are Strangers
OLO OXJAM GIG
SUNDAY 25th October 2009
Oxjam Music Festival
Start The Bus, BRISTOL
Yes! This turned out to be a pretty good gig. We kept the same set as the 'B-Team' tour as we are terrified of change. No of course not! No really..we wanted to do all new songs with no practice while doing impressions of all the other bands without even knowing them. The other bands we saw completely cleared the dancefloor leaving us the job of dragging the peasants back to worship us. It worked! Well they were there, maybe not worshipping us but at least showing some signs that they were enjoying it. I enjoyed it! I liked being down on the ground. Gave my Dad's ICI boiler suit another airing this time with added halo. After the gig we went and saw our mate (ha!) Jimmy Yorko aka James Yorkston. I got bullied into going up and singing with him for 'Tortoise Regrets Hare'.."fox takes...ahhh wahtever!" was my last line. My excuse is the usual, b-b-booze. We don't have any planned gigs now til 2010 (although there maybe a Gorlkeepers/Women Running Backwards thang around Christmas). Let's just get these god damn songs recorded!!
THE SETLIST..
Sphinx
Are You Girl?
Back From England
The Elastic Waste Band
The Barber Shop
Curves
Neutral Zones
"Later that afternoon, that same venue saw the best act of the day - Olo Worms, the name as unique as the act itself. Their awa-inspiring experimental tunes which defy all labels had the whole venue enthralled.
With so much going on on such a small stage, it's never a dull moment. Olo Worms are what happens when you add gaffer tape, deep voiced robots with hilarious lyrics and Doves-esque vocals to an epic Brakes track. Utterly compelling."
With so much going on on such a small stage, it's never a dull moment. Olo Worms are what happens when you add gaffer tape, deep voiced robots with hilarious lyrics and Doves-esque vocals to an epic Brakes track. Utterly compelling."
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This was Google Wave day 1! I'm on it! "I'm doing it i'm doing it!". It's amazing! Well..you know, it's good. I'm sure i'll be talking about 'wave' (as us members like to call it) again soon. Got up early to set off for a weekend spook in Bristol with my two keepers. In the car i was trapped and was bullied and grilled about jobs. I felt like opening the door and rolling down the motorway. I would have done if it wasn't for my beautiful back seat date (above). A gorgeous, fine figure of a woman with curves in all the right places, no Head though. Cathy Todd is what i would have called her if i was insane. If i was insane i would have focused on her instead of others..shame i'm not insane, just insania. We stopped at a service station, i love service stations! It's always exciting, you never know whats gonna happen!! Most probably you'll leave with a expensive sandwich and a magazine you don't really want..like i did. I bought the NME. I hav'nt bought it for years. A truly awful magazine although now that that idiot editor has left to work for Top Gear magazine(!!??) i'm sure it'll get better or at least stop printing Smash Hits style posters of Muse. The main reason i got it was because of the cover.."Oasis have gone. WE are the biggest band in Britain now!" was quoted below the Kasabian LADS ("yeeeeah the lads!!" swagger swagger boast, swagger swagger boast. Kasabian are OBSESSED with Oasis. I find it very funny. They're soo keen to impress them. In their heads it's still 1995. Cathy and i slept quietly til we arrived at Pineapple Cottage. A few Brazilian beers later i was in party mood! Late Of The Pier's album is the perfect Halloween drinking album let me tell you!! I roped my Brother into helping me try and fit a lightshade (is that what they are called? no. erm..you know the big ball shaped things things that go around lightbulbs that hang off the ceiling..anyway..) fit it over my head. I won't bother describing any more of my Halloween costume as you can see it HERE. I had alotta fun dressing up..i always do. I like it when i don't know what i'm gonna be. My Brother's girlfriend christened me 'THE DATE' which i liked. I was like a horror movie freak that stalks girls and tries to scare them into being their date. I didn't work. Tragic face melt. Quite upsetting but..MUST FIGHT ON! On the hole i had a good night out with my other band Carrie Vanilow. When i say MY band thats not really true. I have done nothing towards this new band. I'm like the hype man. I seem to have this role in most bands i'm in...even in my solo band..it's not a band?..who's doing the music!!?? "Speill Berg!!? "eerrrm! Ended up sort of dancing in Mr Wolfs noodle bar, kinda swaying feeling sorry for myself watching Carrie Vanilow dance with ghosts. I had trouble on the way home (i won't go into the details). Got 2 hours sleep on the floor and turned into a zombie when woken.
Scraps
X Factor Halloween fun, just a bit of fun, just fun ain't it? Jedward..just a bit of fun.
Soundtrack
El Guincho 'Alegranza'
Late Of The Pier 'Fantasy Black Channel'
Lil' Wayne 'Tha Carter III'
301009
Well sport fans you'll be excited to hear there was more plant pot action last week! I moved all the plant pots back again. Im getting good at this! I might start campaigning to get the sport in the 2012 olympics. Later that day i fed birds bad bacon bits i bit off. My Mum ate an egg sandwich that smelt like death!! I turned on the TV and caught Peter Andre and Kate Thornton bumbling through 'This Morning'. Soo Painful! Nearly put me off my bacon sandwich (i know you're all tutting..bacon sandwich on a Monday). Poor Pete, he just wants to be left alone, he does'nt wanna talk about the divorce, he just wants to keep himself to himself...poor Pete, poooooor Pete. Spent the day trying to get all my millions of doodles and bits n bobs ready to upload onto my new website..which as i type this is still unfinished...even though i know SOMEONE'S been snooping around on there today looking at my CV and laughing at it! You can find it if you know what you're looking for. CLICK, DRAG, CLICK, DELETE, COPY, PASTE, DELETE, DRAG, CLICK, was what i sounded like sitting at my desk. I nearly fell off my chair when the Moonpig advert came on, soo exciting!! "MOOOOON PIG DOT COM!!". how can such a bad advert excite soo much? "MOOOOOOOOOOOOON PIIIIIIIIG DOT COM!!". Can you all get me a moonpig card for my next Birthday please?Scraps
My Brother's work-out.
Woah! I like the new Yeasayer song.
Soundtrack
LCD Soundsystem 'Sound Of Silver'
Teardrop Explodes 'Wilder'
Suicide 'Suicide'
Beck 'Mellow Gold'
TV On The Radio 'Dear Science'
Wavves 'Wavvves'
My Brother's work-out.
Woah! I like the new Yeasayer song.
Soundtrack
LCD Soundsystem 'Sound Of Silver'
Teardrop Explodes 'Wilder'
Suicide 'Suicide'
Beck 'Mellow Gold'
TV On The Radio 'Dear Science'
Wavves 'Wavvves'
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