Squat

call the squad!
raid the squat!
call the squad!
scoundrels
troublemakers
get them while they're down
beat the daylights out of them
noone will see in darkness

he's tripped
he fell on his shoelace
batons out
call the squad
batons out
he could have a knife

he's been sleeping in a squat
he should really get a job
he should be paying rent
punish
diminish
finish him

lunch break update

Now's the time to write and update and now I live in Brighton, UK and now I work at Glyndeboure Opera House doing admin and now I'm planning on where I'm gonna go next in life and now I'm kinda free-writing as I haven't updated in a while but I plan on doing definitely and it's never too late, I tell you it's never too late especially on lunch breaks

new year meltdown

happy new year and make sure you have a good one it's been an interesting one and let's not head into meltdown and let's show some love and understanding and proper future planning

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CURRENT MUSIC   - In Rainbows by Radiohead

Iceland

I had such a blast in Iceland.

I was lucky enough to work with a Swedish babe at an Indian restaurant.

I worked with four other people at the newspaper and we were like the lonely interns, always hanging out and eating out, but not making out. I worked out quite a bit too in Iceland.

I used to run by the harbour and sit on a wall and stare out to sea to break up the run.

I was flabbergasted by Jamie, an intern who could never just simply ask for the vegetarian option at a restaurant and would go through each food in turn, stating his approval or more often than not, disapproval. Lunches were interesting.

I hung out most with Desiree, the salt of the earth, the voice of reason and a deserver of a good future.

I lived with Flo, a German intern who came to Iceland late in the summer and who liked Pizza King and anarchist cafes quite a lot.

I was inspired by Stevie and her passion for acting and making a lot of noise whether singing or when she was eating. She always fed me half her plate too.

I found that the Icelandic music scene opened up in a big way at the Airwaves festival in October where I worked with other writers from The Guardian, EMusic and such.

I volunteered at a Shorts and Docs Film festival too and enjoyed the Reykjavik International Film Festival.

I made some great friends in Flo, Jamie, Desiree, Frida, Elin, Vera, Birkir, as well as old faces Jonas, Mani and Teitur.

I had a pretty eventful time in the land of fire and ice and won't be forgetting it any time soon. 

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CURRENT MUSIC - Los Angeles by Flying Lotus

hypem playlist # 1

Quite often I use hypem in 2 browsers and see where it takes me, almost like a improvised DJ set.
Tonight over 4 hours I wrote my article and played these so it's a kind of playlist.

Dungen - Samtidigt 2 (!)
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Temple Bar
Juana Molina - Un da
Radiohead - Everything in its right place (Live)
Pressure Drop - You're Mine (Leftfield Vocal Mix)
Bob Marley - Bauhelm
The Herbaliser - Serge
Benga - Night
Jamie Woon - Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Mix)
TV On The Radio - Crying
Bran Van 3000 - Sex, Love & Peace
Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbow (Van She Tech SP mix)
Walter Meego - Romantic (Tilliander Remix)
Zoot Woman - Live In My Head
Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules' Theme
The Tough Alliance - Lucky
Calexico - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Albert Kuvezin & Yat-Kha - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven - Potato Head Blues
The Owls - Peppermint Patty
Belle & Sebastian - I'm a cuckoo (by the Avalanches)
Esau Mwamwaya - Cape Kod Kwassa Kwassa
Amadou & Mariam - Sabali
David Holmes - Melanie
Ennio Morricone Orchestra - World Cup Argentina
Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme
Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Junior Boys - Count Souvenirs
Soko - I Will Never Love You More
Bat For Lashes - A Forest (Cure cover)
Sebastien Tellier - Divine
Henry Mancini - Pink Panther Theme (Fischerspooner Mix)
Cut Copy - Feel the Love
Tiga and Zyntherius - Sunglasses At Night (Black Devil Dub)
Fuck Buttons - Bright tomorrow
Michael Mayer - Amabile
Miracle Fortress - Maybe Lately
The Muslims - Walking With Jesus
Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning
M83 - On A White Lake Near A Green Mountain
Nathan Fake - You Are Here (Four Tet Remix)
Hot Chocolate - Mindless Boogie

worth your salt

Take one a day they say
Eat five a day they say
Don’t eat that they say
Eat that with this they said

Eat up
Eat our Greens
Look up
Drink Up
Young pup
Eat quietly
That’s not dietary


It’s full of fat
It’s full of salt
Full of fat
Full of salt

Full of shit
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CURRENT DEBATE - The presidential one by McCain & Obama

icelandic incidents

This is just to say fuck I'm fine. I got a job at Indian Mango, a restaurant that's close to fine dining. I have been there a month now. There has been a bit of a exodus, I am the most experienced waiter there. Lot of responsibility. The owner George Holmes and that's an Indian - is a fruitbar, a crazy cracker, he whips around all over the place like cream.

He saved my bacon because my backside was going to go through the grinder. After leaving Birkir's place - he was going to grad school in Canada - I got a a place about 45 mins from where I work in 101 Reykjavik. It had no shower, no laundry facilities and no kitchen. The landlady wore a t-shirt saying "All I Want Is Sex" when I viewed the cell, and made me sign a contract. While I would quite happily have fucked her, I preferred to fuck her over. George offered me a job and a place to stay for the same price in the centre with all the facilities a prison can't offer. I got the hell out of there the next morning, the day my rent was due, found a trolley in a gas station and threw in my suitcase, pushing it down the side of the interstate, whistling to Vampire Weekend that blasted out from a car that drove past on this hot sunny day. The landlady ain't got back to me.

One day at work, on another hot day, Icelandic intern Siggi, who looks just like Fernando Torres - said "Marcus I need help moving some furniture". Turns out that the treasure trove of an antique shop next door wanted us to transport a 6 ft wide chest of drawers and an old oak wardrobe across the road. We realized this would be too much for two of us and so called in Jamie to help us. We had to dismantle them, take them across the road, drenched in sweat and put them back together in another crazy shop across the road, all the while thinking "What the shit is going on?" 45 minutes later and the lady in her late fifties who was uncomfortably flirty with us, asks the three of us to help ourselves to a pair of leather shoes of our choice. We spend a lengthy chunk of time trying brown ones, long black ones, ones not our size, trying with socks, without socks asking all kind of questions, american sizes, UK sizes and Bam! A pair of beautiful handmade brown leather boots are all mine and they retail at over 100 pounds. Now that's a slice of good luck.

I had my homesick period. I have spent so much money on eating out and partying at the weekends. I have seen Jonas leave to go to grad school in London. I have made some good friends. I pulled an Icelandic girl. I had a big learning curve about how to be professional when writing an article. I have written enough for tonight.

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CURRENT MUSIC --- Campus by Vampire Weekend