MUSIC - Told You I Should Go To Bed

Really, should a song as upbeat as this have lyrics as crushingly apt as this? Prince can stuff his 'Nothing Compares 2 U' up his plush purple velveteen hole. These lyrics by Stephen merritt of 'The Magnetic Fields' still hold true.

I don't want to get over you.
I guess I could take a sleeping pill
and sleep at will and not have to
go through what I go through.
I guess I should take Prozac, right,
and just smile all night at somebody new,
Somebody not too bright but sweet and kind
who would try to get you off my mind.
I could leave this agony behind
which is just what I'd do if I wanted to,
but I don't want to get over you

cause I don't want to get over love.
I could listen to my therapist,
pretend you don't exist
and not have to dream of what I dream of;
I could listen to all my friends
and go out again and pretend it's enough,
or I could make a career of being blue-
-I could dress in black and read Camus,
smoke clove cigarettes and drink vermouth
like I was 17 that would be a scream
but I don't want to get over you.

MUSIC - Quarter past what in the morning??

Again I'm having difficulty getting to sleep... My brain seems to pick one o'clock in the morning as the time to be the most alert. Script ideas, music ideas (recorded a piano tune today and have a great idea for a guitar part) and random Internet shite buzz round my head.

I then spend the first third of every day somewhere between comatose and depressed. Hmmm... cause and effect anyone?

So today's song is 'Day sleeper' by REM. Easily one of my favourite songs of theirs.(The others being 'Half A World Away,' 'Drive' and 'E Bow The Letter' for those who wants to know).

POETRY - Caffeine Fits

After Thoughts & Coffee Spoons

My soul,

Like sugar,

Dissolves with every stir.

Coffee beans bounce

Past perscriptive pills,

Both angling,

For Attention,

In the midst,

Of a mid morning

Coffee shop.

Peter Davidson 22/10/08

VARIOUS - The Wisdom Of Peanuts

I'm a big fan of Charles M Schulz's 'Peanuts.' Mainly the character of Charlie Brown who I sometimes strangely find myself empathising with. I was flicking through a number of peanuts strips and each one of the Charlie Brown ones definitely rang home stronger than just being a pithy skit. Oh, I like that phrase 'Pithy Skit'... sounds almost like a Dickensian urchin. I'll put on one every few days. The first one is about hope for the future...

MUSIC - Childish Is As Childish Does.

I'm so childish, a little bit wildish
With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly, I'm so deep
Well I'm so garish, a little unfairish
The way I pick you up, and drop you in a heap

I'm so unfaithful, in fact I'm a plateful
I won't kiss her, but I'll stare her up all night
I'm a stormy little singer, an unstable little swinger
If you're coming, come prepared for a fight

Well I'm so childish, a little bit wildish
With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly, I'm so deep
Well I'm so uncaring, do far too much swearing
And if you read through my behaviour, you'll find I'm a creep

I'll play a stormer, yet in the corner
I'll be grumpy on my own, like I don't care
I'm a stormy little singer, an unstable little swinger
With a big rip, in the arsehole of my flares

Well I'm so childish, a little bit wildish
With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly, I'm so mad
I'm so truthful, a little bit bruteful
But in sooth I know not, why I am so sad

I try my bestest, well as far the restest
Well it's just stuff that comes out wrong, and gets misunderstood
I'm a dandy little dreamer, a doctored misdemeanour
A didactic destiny schemer, bare with me if you would...

COMEDY - ONE! TWO! TIT PIE!!!

A great sketch from 'Man Stroke Woman' with Nick Frost playing to his strengths. 'One, two, tit pie!!' It's the phrase that pays and should be next years 'am I bovvered' or 'yeah but no but' or the equally famous 'Trevor! That thing's got the face of methuzulah!

Yup.

MUSIC - Rise Up With Fists!

It's always good when two things you like are combined... In this video you have Jenny Lewis (of 'Rilo Kiley') along with the sexy funny Sarah Silverman! And they're both doing a spoof of 'Hee Haw.' What is not to love about that? Oh and the song is great too which I'm sure is an added bonus. 'Rise Up With Fists!'