http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/en-EUMokoFeed10http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/aa/ba312bad74677a36d786e4edeb9a63_160x200.jpghttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2008/01/14/how_to_fail_your_gcses~3576837/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2008-01-14:/2008/01/14/how_to_fail_your_gcses~3576837/Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:09:36 +0100 <p>I really think that should be the title of a new reality show. Starring me. Tomorrow I sit the first of my GCSEs, in science module one. And it won't be pretty. I know...very little about science module one. I may have to come down with a serious case of skiveitus, or maybe I could be off sick with "stress", which one of my science teachers is something we should avoid, and get plenty of rest and relaxation tonight. I think that's the problem - I'm not even close to being stressed. I've had too much rest and relaxation that I don't need to be advised to have some of it. She also said we shouldn't "cram". I didn't even think of "cramming". I just about know how to "cram".<br> But now we're talking about stress I think my body has realised I should be stressing a little, at least - my finger has been hurting today and I think it's trying to make up for the rest of me being "ok". All of my stress is wrapped up in the little finger on my left hand.<br> MTV should be making offers on series one if they know what's good for them.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2008/01/14/how_to_fail_your_gcses~3576837/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2008/01/14/how_to_fail_your_gcses~3576837/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2008/01/03/the_what_i_ve_been_doing_since_last_post~3524749/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2008-01-03:/2008/01/03/the_what_i_ve_been_doing_since_last_post~3524749/Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:43:48 +0100 <p>Well it's not very exciting, but it has been just under a month since I last posted and I feel empty without blog.co.uk . Which is a lie but I wanted to sound...you know, deep.<br> <strong>There have been gigs.</strong> But only two of them, both Christmas-themed and both in <em>Carling Academy</em> *shudders*. The first was for CSS, which I have to say was fantastic, and as cheesy as it sounds I had a really great time. Metronomy were the support band, who I'd only read about the day before the show, but had tshirts with push-lights on and some really great songs. Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong (dear <em>lord</em>) were supposed to be there to, but were nowhere to be seen. Which I was not disappointed about at all. CSS were so good typing words fails me, it really does. They came on stage dressed as presents, and kept saying "this is our last song", which is always fun when you find out they can't stop lying.<br> The second gig was (dun dun dunnn) The Wombats. Yes, yes. I <em>know</em>. The Wombats. Not exactly the most experimental and exciting band to ever have formed. But it was a free show thanks to my cousin (the <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/11/24/computer_down~3345846">drummer</a>) who is a right indie kid and took me with him. For starters it was an afternoon, all-ages gig. Not that I'm against that, I think it's a really good thing, but nearly all of my school turned up because they could run riot to some dull music. Couldn't have BEEN any more colder, and having to wait outside for an hour I find myself having to quote Kaiser Chiefs in saying "no need for I.D.'s with those dresses". Cos they were hardly wearing them. And they had me surrounded. I just don't like people, generally. When we got in the place was packed, the support bands (Elle S'appelle and Go Faster) were awful and the crowd was really aggressive. I don't care if I'm at a show and everyone's beating the shit out of each other if the music is good, because it's the energy coming off the stage that makes that happen. So needless to say there was no excuse. I was BORED. The Wombats were pretty good, but I don't think they made up for it.<br> I <strong>broke up from school</strong> the day after the CSS gig, which was good then but depressing now since I am back on MONDAY.<br> There was also <strong>Christmas</strong>. Not that I know what to say about it. So I'm going to move onto...<br> ...<strong>New Year</strong>. I don't really know what to say about this either, except this year Liverpool is Capital of Culture. Whatever that means. More plays or something. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2008/01/03/the_what_i_ve_been_doing_since_last_post~3524749/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>cssmusicrandomthe-wombatshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2008/01/03/the_what_i_ve_been_doing_since_last_post~3524749/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/12/08/shock_horror_kaiser_chiefs~3414995/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-12-08:/2007/12/08/shock_horror_kaiser_chiefs~3414995/Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:07:35 +0100 <p>I went to see Kaiser Chiefs last night. I know. You try to appear all alternative and then you go and do something like that. Oh well. I like Kaiser Chiefs. Five lads with guitars. Shocking.<br> But I had a pretty good time, despite them being the most average band I like. The crowd was the biggest I've seen so far, and everyone was squashed like sardines in a can. I was about three people from the front, sadly stood next to two Irish girls who were blind drunk and I ended up holding them up until Mystery Jets came on, at which point I gave them a shove and never saw them again. I really enjoyed their set, though I have to say I miss Henry. They played a new song which made me really excited about their new material called "Hideaway".<br> With the Kaiser Chiefs being so big it was really great seeing everyone yelling the lyrics in way of the stage and everyone bouncing about. I've been to too many gigs where the most movement was people shuffling around and maybe mumbling the lyrics to the most well-known song. So yeah, that was pretty cool to be in that kind of atmosphere. And I didn't get kicked in the head! Oh what fun. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/12/08/shock_horror_kaiser_chiefs~3414995/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>musickaiser-chiefshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/12/08/shock_horror_kaiser_chiefs~3414995/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/12/04/well_well_well~3395852/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-12-04:/2007/12/04/well_well_well~3395852/Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:14:48 +0100 <p>My computer is back. It was waiting for me outside my back door in a very heavy red box when I got home, and the people across the road were laughing at me while I tried to get it inside. In the rain. Thankyou.<br> It's been very weird not having it. I felt like I had nothing to do, it is so lame that when something like a COMPUTER goes missing you feel lack of purpose. And now I have got it back I can't remember why I missed it.<br> Well then what has happened. Sod all. I have sat at home making loops on my keyboard and that is basically all.<br> Oh, I tell a lie - I saw Patrick Wolf on a sunday that occured...sometime. In November. The 25th. But I don't know how many days/weeks ago that was. In the time it took to type that I probably could have worked that out and told you. Oh well. But yeah - Patrick Wolf at The Lowry (that place has such a bizarre colour scheme - the theatre I was in was <em>all</em> pink). It was amazing, and I got completely crushed in the mosh pit...yes I am lying through my teeth (or fingers). It was brilliant, but not in the way that everyone was dancing and attempting a stage invasion to pull out his hair and steal his violin. I was well aware it would be "acoustic, reflective and quiet" (myspace), but that suited me fine. It was a really beautiful set, and if I carry on describing it the whole thing will sound all soppy and pathetic. But yeah, fantastic.<br> This is probably going to sound very bizarre, but I always get post-gig depression. Seriously, once a gig is over I get really upset, but not in the "noooo it cant be over do an encore" way, in the "oooh I have nothing fun going on and I have nothing to look forward to now it's over and I can never get it back" way.</p> <p>Grim. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/12/04/well_well_well~3395852/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>patrick-wolfrandommusichttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/12/04/well_well_well~3395852/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/11/24/computer_down~3345846/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-11-24:/2007/11/24/computer_down~3345846/Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:18:15 +0100 <p>I am currently typing this at my uncle's house because my computer at home is refusing to work. My cousin is in the other room - he plays the drums, and has been playing an Arctic Monkeys album at full blast for about the last half an hour. He is drumming along with it, and he obviously thinks I can't hear him, because he is <em>thanking the crowd.</em><br> Ahem. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/11/24/computer_down~3345846/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>musicrandomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/11/24/computer_down~3345846/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/11/08/nme_cool_list_hmmm~3267210/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-11-08:/2007/11/08/nme_cool_list_hmmm~3267210/Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:32:11 +0100 <p>I find the whole thing pretty ridiculous. But nevertheless, intriguing. It's pretty amusing I have to admit, especially when that prat from Gallows (urgh, Gallows) has been hailed "coolest person on the planet". So when my friend Lauren came into school today with the latest issue containing the (dreaded) cool list I couldn't help having a quick flick through.<br> And what did I find? Well, it didn't suprise me, not even a little bit - all the usual suspects; Pete Doherty, Karen O, Meg White - and some "new entries" from the life-altering musical extrodinaires such as...uh, Kate Nash.<br> The reasonings is my favourite part. I love reading those things - why is this person cool, what do they think is cool, is this cool so on and so forth. The main question they asked those listed was "is wearing sunglasses indoors cool?". Controversial.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/11/08/nme_cool_list_hmmm~3267210/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>cool-listrandommusicnmehttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/11/08/nme_cool_list_hmmm~3267210/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/speaking_of_burberry~3205137/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-27:/2007/10/27/speaking_of_burberry~3205137/Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:13:02 +0200 <p>You may or may not have read my odd little posts on the new <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/02/burberry_campaign~3074567">Burberry campaign</a>. You probably didn't. But my general reaction to this campaign was that I thought it was bizarre. I wasn't horrified. Turns out some other music-types were asked to be included in past and present Burberry campaigns, including The Holloways and The Rakes, and they told them to shove it (but in a politer way - you can read Alan Donohoe's rejection letter <a href="http://www.peta2.com/uk/pdf/Rakes_Burberry_12Sep06.pdf">here </a>), because of their continual use of real fur. To be honest I wasn't even aware of Burberry's position on fur and the processes they go through to get it. I'm not going to go all political or curse shame on the people who were involved in the campaign, it's possible they didn't know since they weren't asked to drape themselves in rabbit, but I just think that's disgusting.<br> So Hannah Fur is anti-fur. Oh the curse of a name! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/speaking_of_burberry~3205137/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>fashionthe-hollowaysburberrythe-rakeshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/speaking_of_burberry~3205137/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/something_to_share_at_halloween~3205017/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-27:/2007/10/27/something_to_share_at_halloween~3205017/Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:42:35 +0200 <p>Forget Rob Zombie's Halloween or Saw IV, the scariest thing I will be watching this halloween is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irk3_p15RJY&eurl=">this</a> short film on youtube. This kind of thing scares the hell out of me. Get ready to memorise the process to re-tell it with a torch stuck under your face. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/something_to_share_at_halloween~3205017/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>musicrandomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/27/something_to_share_at_halloween~3205017/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/25/stuff_london_seriously~3195472/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-25:/2007/10/25/stuff_london_seriously~3195472/Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:20:58 +0200 <p>I am in a bad mood. Again. Due to the music world revolving around London. I don't know why this annoys me so much. I'm just selfish and want everything to revolve around where I am and where I live.<br> I would move and live alone but that is illegal, which is not good. If Pete Doherty has taught me anything (which of course, he hasn't) it's that you do not get arrested. But I'm going off the point here.<br> Anyway, if you're reading this you may be wondering why this has set me off. I have been living in liverpool all my life and only now has it sparked a fuse. It sparks fuses all the time because there is nothing to do here, but when you find out that Ed Larrikin is playing his first solo show ever with Patrick Wolf debuting some of his poetry IN LONDON it does piss me off. I would like nothing more than to listen to Patrick Wolf recite poetry and Ed Larrikin play the violin. That's like heaven!<br> Grrrr.<br> But now I've gotten over it. Blogging heals, and that is the truth. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/25/stuff_london_seriously~3195472/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randommusiced-larrikinpatrick-wolfhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/25/stuff_london_seriously~3195472/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/23/waiting_for_the_paint_to_dry~3184753/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-23:/2007/10/23/waiting_for_the_paint_to_dry~3184753/Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:16:21 +0200 <p>On hour four of working on my fine art coursework, but currently taking a break while the paint dries. And there is a lot of it. It's mostly red, I felt like a anti-fur demonstrator. I've discovered "The Dreaming" album by Kate Bush is the best to paint to.<br> I heard a news story on the radio today that was about a three year old who had to get the fire brigade to remove a traffic cone he'd got stuck on his head. He was being Harry Potter. I seriously think that if you're being Harry Potter that is the best route to go down. I felt tight laughing at the expense of a three year old stuck in a cone but I soon got over it.<br> My mum likes CSS. She has been "converted", and I'm not sure if this is a good thing. I'm going to see them in December so she wanted to hear their album. All day I've had to listen to her rendition of "let's make love and listen to death from above". I think I'd rather have had my head stuck in a traffic cone. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/23/waiting_for_the_paint_to_dry~3184753/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>kate-bushcssrandomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/23/waiting_for_the_paint_to_dry~3184753/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/19/realisation~3161593/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-19:/2007/10/19/realisation~3161593/Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:12:18 +0200 <p>This blog is ridiculous. I mean really. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/19/realisation~3161593/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/19/realisation~3161593/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/15/you_are_in_a_queue_we_value_your_custom~3141406/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-15:/2007/10/15/you_are_in_a_queue_we_value_your_custom~3141406/Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:49:45 +0200 <p>I am currently in a queue. I have never been so warm and comfy in a queue before. It's an online queue, which is not like normal queues where you can watch the other people getting more and more impatient having to wait to get in/buy whatever it is they want. I am queuing to download Radiohead's new album "In Rainbows". It has been online for five days now but for some reason I didn't get it straight away. Let's pretend I didn't want to get stuck in the rush, that huge queue without any people to look at.<br> I feel bad though. I don't have any credit cards or the like - noting my age at this point would be a worthy activity - so when I came to the check out and it says "how much - you decide" I put all zeros. Like this 0000000000000.<br> I would happily pay a great amount for new Radiohead tracks - they would easily be worth it after all - but what can you do..? I'll make it up to them by buying this boxset that's supposed to be coming out at the end of the year. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/15/you_are_in_a_queue_we_value_your_custom~3141406/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>musicradioheadrandomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/15/you_are_in_a_queue_we_value_your_custom~3141406/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/15/good_intentions_make_for_a_rubbish_post~3141071/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-15:/2007/10/15/good_intentions_make_for_a_rubbish_post~3141071/Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:57:20 +0200 <p>I hate the "My Music" folder on my computer. Not that I hate the contents - I have already established my music tastes are fantastic - but whenever I look at it I groan. It's impossible to find anything; there's random files dotted in all sorts of unneccesary folders and mp3s titled 85707569037090789778657536462 so how on earth I'm supposed to remember what all these songs are I don't know. So I thought I'd be really good and put everything into artist folders. About four seconds after starting this task my computer crashed with all the moving about of stuff. Windows just don't like anything to be easy to find. They like that little dog to find it instead. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/15/good_intentions_make_for_a_rubbish_post~3141071/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/15/good_intentions_make_for_a_rubbish_post~3141071/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/11/for_gawd_s_sake~3119978/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-11:/2007/10/11/for_gawd_s_sake~3119978/Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:06:17 +0200 <p>People at my school really need to grow up. The lad I sit next to in RE refused to learn about Christianity the other day because "God has AIDS". I'm all for standing up for religious beliefs but I doubt this was part of his faith. The same lad today also refused to read a poem out loud because "poems have AIDS." The worst part is he's fifteen, and in top set for both of these classes. How the hell he managed that is beyond me. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/11/for_gawd_s_sake~3119978/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/11/for_gawd_s_sake~3119978/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/08/blood_red_shoes_were_live_and_good~3105048/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-08:/2007/10/08/blood_red_shoes_were_live_and_good~3105048/Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:26:55 +0200 <p class="center"><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=2044038" title="Blood Red Shoes"><img src="http://data1.blog.de/media/038/2044038_c644cf89db_m.jpg" alt="Blood Red Shoes" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>I arrived later than I would have liked to see Blood Red Shoes due to the flippin' train lines been worked on, so I had to get a bus for most of the journey to see the gruesome twosome. When I arrived I saw Laura-Mary Carter in the corridor trying to get backstage, but only gave her a star-struck smile through being too shy to say anything. The regrets! When I got inside a band which I can only assume was Lovvers were already well into their set, and sounding pretty fantastic at that. I'd been on their myspace when I found out they were one of two support acts tonight and I wasn't too impressed - maybe they just sound better live.<br> It was during this time I noticed the other half of Blood Red Shoes, Steven Ansell, was at the back of the venue. Unwilling to have seen both members of the band and not spoken to either I said hi to Steven, shook his hand and thanked him for making such great music, before tearing down one of their posters. Out of love, obviously.<br> The next band that were on were godawful, I have to say. Assuming they were Ghost Of A Thousand, these guys were laughably bad. In my opinion. I could see Steven Ansell moshing to their set before someone hit him in the head with a bottle.<br> Then it was the headliners, Blood Red Shoes. I've been looking forward to this gig for ages and when they came on they did not disappoint. Opening with "It's Getting Boring By The Sea", they ripped through an almighty set of new songs, crowd favourites, new single "I Wish I Was Someone Better" and my favourite b-side "Try Harder".<br> The album is "pencilled in" for release on January 28th. I think may explode before then. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/08/blood_red_shoes_were_live_and_good~3105048/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>blood-red-shoesmusichttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/08/blood_red_shoes_were_live_and_good~3105048/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/07/r_i_p_mr_mp3~3098751/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-07:/2007/10/07/r_i_p_mr_mp3~3098751/Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:33:30 +0200 <p class="center"><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=2040368" title="Rough Trade Store"><img src="http://data1.blog.de/media/368/2040368_f5daed26bd_m.jpg" alt="Rough Trade Store" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>My MP3 player died today. It's a very sad time and I came close to tears flicking through the argos catalogue looking for a replacement. Or should that be The Replacement; all capitals to make it sound more serious. Because this really is a serious matter. Ok, it's not, but it provokes a serious question - what the hell am I going to do on the bus tomorrow morning?<br> I usually just block everyone else out and listen to the sweet sweet music that pours out of my headphones, but tomorrow I don't have anything to fuel the pouring out of sweet sweet music. I may have to resort to CDs. Oh no.<br> Not that I have anything wrong with CDs - they seem a hell of a lot more realible than my MP3 player has been (I've only had it two years) - but the whole thing's just so bluky and senstitive it will probably break being in my bag all day.<br> So this means I will have to fork out about 200 quid for a new one. Tomorrow. Because that's as soon as I can get into a shop.<br> I'll probably have to read, and be forever known as "the girl who reads on the bus". </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/07/r_i_p_mr_mp3~3098751/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randommusichttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/07/r_i_p_mr_mp3~3098751/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/06/overheard_at_school~3095252/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-06:/2007/10/06/overheard_at_school~3095252/Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:42:09 +0200 <p>"Do I sound fat?" </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/06/overheard_at_school~3095252/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/06/overheard_at_school~3095252/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/06/i_m_so_bloody_bored~3095237/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-06:/2007/10/06/i_m_so_bloody_bored~3095237/Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:40:22 +0200 <p>I feel like crap. I'm in one of those "what's the point" moods and I've got nothing to do but lie on my bed making dying noises and listening to Bjork. Because that's what I do when I'm as bored as I am right now. I think the fact that I have three pieces of coursework due in for next week being forever added to the bloody great pile of boring tasks to be getting on with doesn't help matters. I have stuff to do but don't want to do them, and when it's like that I don't feel like I should be doing anything but lie on my bed making dying noises and listening to Bjork. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/06/i_m_so_bloody_bored~3095237/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/06/i_m_so_bloody_bored~3095237/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/06/so_arcade_fire_don_t_want_to_eat_my_eyes~3095010/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-06:/2007/10/06/so_arcade_fire_don_t_want_to_eat_my_eyes~3095010/Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:36:47 +0200 <p>Turns out "Be oNline b" is an anagram of "Neon Bible" and if you go on the forementioned site there is a video of Will singing title track of their latest album, while his hands move around. There is also a magic trick. This could well mean that it's been released as a single with this video or it could well mean nothing of the sort. I'm so confused.<br> So much for NME's theory! Although mine was just as far off... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/06/so_arcade_fire_don_t_want_to_eat_my_eyes~3095010/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>arcade-firehttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/06/so_arcade_fire_don_t_want_to_eat_my_eyes~3095010/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/04/i_m_scared_continued_and_no_longer_as_sc~3084575/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-04:/2007/10/04/i_m_scared_continued_and_no_longer_as_sc~3084575/Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:07:50 +0200 <p>NME (you know, the worst most bottom of the barrel music magazine ever? I'm sure you've heard of them - they have this awful award ceremony every year that's always presented by someone as unfunny as Lauren Laverne) reckon that the scary message Arcade Fire have been leaving on their site (as I mentioned yesterday) are something to do with an LCD Soundsystem collaboration. Which it clearly isn't. They want to eat my brains!<br> Ok, pathetic freak-outs aside, Arcade Fire are a fantastic band, I know this - I buy their records and I namedrop them as one of my favourite bands most of the time. And this rumour about collaboration is definetely not as scary as the things I was imagining yesterday. But come on, <em>eyes?!</em> (What are they going to do, claw them out?) Cryptic clues and all that junk - no wonder I had scary images in my head. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/04/i_m_scared_continued_and_no_longer_as_sc~3084575/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randomarcade-firehttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/04/i_m_scared_continued_and_no_longer_as_sc~3084575/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/03/i_m_scared~3080411/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-03:/2007/10/03/i_m_scared~3080411/Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:46:20 +0200 <p>Arcade Fire are scary. Have you been on their Neon Bible site recently? (Course you haven't, I don't have readers.) There's a big closed eye on it, and if you hovver over it it tells you to be online on October 6th, which is this Saturday. When you click on the eye it sends you here <a href="http://www.beonlineb.com/">http://www.beonlineb.com/</a> , which is a site full of pictures of closed eyes and the words "October 6th" repeated eleven times. Those guys are scary. Why can't they just send it in an email or in their news section say "hey we've got a suprise for you this Saturday if you come onto our site" or something a little more friendly and less threatening than what they've already got on there. Arcade Fire have always scared the hell out of me though - I love their music, I think they're geniuses and everything but they're pretty creepy. I don't think I'd want to see them live through sheer fear. Ooh that rhymes. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/03/i_m_scared~3080411/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>musicrandomarcade-firehttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/03/i_m_scared~3080411/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/03/apoligies_from_a_xeroxed_teen~3080259/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-03:/2007/10/03/apoligies_from_a_xeroxed_teen~3080259/Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:27:57 +0200 <p class="center"><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=2029565" title="Ed Larrikin"><img src="http://data1.blog.de/media/565/2029565_e42d903b70_m.jpg" alt="Ed Larrikin" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>I feel like I must apoligise for my post yesterday regarding Burberry's new promotional campaign involving some pretty people from the music world. After sleeping on it (not the campaign, just the blog that I created yesterday), I have realised it was unnecessarily harsh and that the forementioned people are indeed better than I am. And most probably richer after starring in that campaign. Not that anyone cares, but good for you various members of The View, The Paddingtons, Patrick Wolf and Ed Larrikin. I think it could be classed as "selling out" but hey, you got to spend time with some models, wear some pretty clothes, get told you look "striking", stand around glaring and you got paid for it. </p> <p>I'm not sure what to think anymore...! </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/03/apoligies_from_a_xeroxed_teen~3080259/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>fashionburberryrandomed-larrikinpatrick-wolfthe-viewthe-paddingtonshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/03/apoligies_from_a_xeroxed_teen~3080259/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/02/burberry_campaign~3074567/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-02:/2007/10/02/burberry_campaign~3074567/Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:37:10 +0200 <p class="center"><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=2026346" title="Burberry Campaign"><img src="http://data1.blog.de/media/346/2026346_db50fa8bcc_m.jpg" alt="Burberry Campaign" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>Hmmm. I really don't know how to react to this, apart from almost falling off my chair laughing when I found these photos yesterday for the latest Burberry promotion campaign. First of all, I have never thought either Patrick Wolf nor Ed Larrikin to be fashionable, or even into this kind of thing. Sure, they dress quite fantastically and with a hell of a lot of extravagance, but don't fashionistas usually scream and run from that kind of thing?<br> It gets better too - various members of The View and The Paddingtons have been lured into this campaign (I have yet to see these pictures). That was the final straw, I cried laughing when I heard that part. How the hell are these bands in anyway fitting to the Burberry look? I never knew wearing the same jeans for four days could be so chic. Maybe scruffy is "in" this autumn. Or "fall" as the quote reads.<br> Apparently these artists were asked to be part of this campaign because of their "striking appearence" and something kind about their music. I never had Johnny Epstein down as "striking".<br> Money, money, money... </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/02/burberry_campaign~3074567/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>fashionburberrypatrick-wolfed-larrikinmusicrandomthe-paddingtonsthe-viewhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/02/burberry_campaign~3074567/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/02/officially_fifteen~3074494/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-10-02:/2007/10/02/officially_fifteen~3074494/Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:25:31 +0200 <p>Well, I have been officially fifteen since sunday night, but somehow today was the "official" birthday because 11 year olds have started to regard me as old. And I also gave people cake, which they ate and one of the people I gave cake to is actually allergic to food colouring, so he'll probably die or something.<br> Being fifteen is no different from being fourteen, except I can say "I'm fifteen" and not be lying. I also have to right to sue cinemas venues shops etc for refusing to sell me tickets/dvds/videos because they think I'm not old enough. Well screw you, choices!</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/02/officially_fifteen~3074494/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/10/02/officially_fifteen~3074494/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/29/you_karaoke_good~3058469/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-09-29:/2007/09/29/you_karaoke_good~3058469/Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:54:34 +0200 <p class="center"><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=2017251" title="sheena is a parasite - video still"><img src="http://data1.blog.de/media/251/2017251_16c6a60689_m.jpg" alt="sheena is a parasite - video still" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>Last night was odd. I had Amy Winehouse, Victoria Beckham, Joshua Third, Avril Lavigne and Pink all in my kitchen. Of course, this is code for a handful of my friends were dressed up like these musical wonders. I think the best was the Joshua Third impersanation - scary as hell.<br> We did karaoke, which my friends all took very seriously, which I found quite bizarre. I danced around dressed as Patrick Wolf (think Accident And Emergency), playing the prat as usual. It's always fun to do, but then I realised - I am the only person in my "group of friends" willing to forget to be cool and act like a complete prat to have a good time. I was kind of dumbfounded by this, and the fact that my friends are all very competitive. You can't have a laugh in teams, you really can't. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/29/you_karaoke_good~3058469/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randomthe-horrorspatrick-wolfhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/29/you_karaoke_good~3058469/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/24/this_page_does_not_exist~3033590/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-09-24:/2007/09/24/this_page_does_not_exist~3033590/Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:41:49 +0200 <p>How bizarre. My computer likes to take me to other worlds, fantasy lands and places of myth. Like just now - I clicked on an interview with The White Stripes, and I was told that the page that I was on didn't exist. Since I was on it this quite obviously means I have electronic magical powers. And you tell me I'm failing maths...? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/24/this_page_does_not_exist~3033590/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>randomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/24/this_page_does_not_exist~3033590/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/23/listen_up_mercury_judges~3028132/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-09-23:/2007/09/23/listen_up_mercury_judges~3028132/Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:28:02 +0200 <p class="center"><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1999678" title="Arctic Monkeys"><img src="http://data1.blog.de/media/678/1999678_943a1b6225_m.jpg" alt="Arctic Monkeys" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>No, I'm still not over this.<br> Ok, so they picked up on a few decent albums this year, and I suppose you have to congratulate them when they actually make some good choices. Because they are usually very few and far between, especially in picking the winners. Pretend everything's just gone into sepia tone and your vision has become all scratchy, because I'm taking you back in time to look at the right balls up the judges have made over the last few years.</p> <p><strong>1994</strong><br> Blur's Parklife album was overlooked to give the prize to M People. M People!</p> <p><strong>1997</strong><br> Radiohead's fascinating OK Computer album was overlooked to give the prize to Roni Size (Reprazent). And possibly worse than that, The Spice Girls were nominated for the win. Since when were the Spice Girls revolutionary music?</p> <p><strong>1998</strong><br> Another cock up just a year later. Surely The Verve's Urband Hymns should have won that one?</p> <p>1999 and 2000's nominees were as boring as hell. Manic Street Preachers? Stereophonics? Coldplay? No wonder Badly Drawn Boy won in 2000.</p> <p><strong>2002</strong><br> Ms Dynamite won over David Bowie. Nuff said.</p> <p><strong>2003</strong><br> The Darkness were nominated and Radiohead lost. How ridiculous.</p> <p><strong>2005</strong><br> A pretty good year for nominations, but how did The Magic Numbers get themselves on the list?!</p> <p><strong>2006</strong><br> Thom Yorke was nominated and <strong>didn't win</strong>?! And Arctic Monkeys <strong>did</strong>?! What the hell? Franz Ferdinand's second album should also have been in the running, since it was released Octovber of the previous year.</p> <p><strong>2007</strong><br> Well I've already had my rant about this years Mercury Music Prize nominees. If I had my way some of the nominees would be:</p> <p>Voices Of Animals And Men - The Young Knives<br> Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons<br> The Magic Position - Patrick Wolf<br> Strange House - The Horrors<br> Yours Truly, Angry Mob - Kaiser Chiefs<br> We Can Create - Maps<br> We Are The Night - The Chemical Brothers<br> Fantastic Playroom - New Young Pony Club</p> <p>But of course I have not listened to every British album that was released this year, like the judges had to. But if I did I would at least pulled these four out of the hat that were not included in the nominations.</p> <p>I am feeling quite angry now after this little rant, but I think it's all out of my system. Now, history homework. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/23/listen_up_mercury_judges~3028132/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>arctic-monkeysspice-girlsmercury-music-prizeradioheadyoung-knivesnew-young-pony-clubmusicpatrick-wolfhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/23/listen_up_mercury_judges~3028132/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/23/there_s_something_about_the_hives~3027913/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-09-23:/2007/09/23/there_s_something_about_the_hives~3027913/Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:46:35 +0200 <p class="center"><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1999588" title="The Hives"><img src="http://data1.blog.de/media/588/1999588_9b03b36e76_m.jpg" alt="The Hives" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>I have just listened to Timbaland. God knows why. It was friggin awful. It was probably because The Hives featured in this particular song, and for some reason I got the idea that even if they were in a rap record they could make it good. It just shows you how wrong one person can be. I'll never get that time back.</p> <p>The Hives original stuff however, is a different story. I've always loved The Hives - the first song of theirs I heard was Here We Go Again off the Barely Legal album, and I've been hooked ever since.<br> Their new song, Tick Tick Boom, is amazing too. It's classic Hives - fantastic as it is addictive. They also have new suits too, which look superb - the band were on Jonathan Ross on friday and he made a comment about sixth form hogwarts students. Well it's a step up from dressing like the colonel from KFC.</p> <p>New album coming...soon, I can't actually recall when. It's called The Black And White album anyway, which I quite like. And tour! How exciting. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/23/there_s_something_about_the_hives~3027913/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>the-hiveshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/23/there_s_something_about_the_hives~3027913/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/20/random_ramblings_about_nothing_in_partic~3014100/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-09-20:/2007/09/20/random_ramblings_about_nothing_in_partic~3014100/Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:47:18 +0200 <p>I do believe I might be sick. My throat feels like someone has poured gravel down it and I may well vomit. How attractive.<br> I don't know what I have lesson-wise tomorrow. It probably won't be interesting, I very rarely learn anything worth knowing at school, apart from that my english teacher is actually heavily pregnant, and not just fat like we all thought she was. I know I don't have graphic art, which is always good news because my graphic art class is full of narrow-minded prats that aren't worth anyone's last rolo.<br> I have been listening to a lot of electronic music lately, and it's becoming one of my favourite genres. I quite like MIT, Late Of The Pier, The High Priestess and The Chemical Brothers from this particular genre, as well as Bjork and Patrick Wolf's more electronic side. Those two forementioned artists are amazing, their voices can do anything and their music has no set style. Their album's really are albums, and not just the greatest hits of the songs they've wrote.<br> I saw the most ridiculous thing on tv today. It was the fabulous life of hollywood young stars, and Paris Hilton was on it with this motorbike she had made for her. It was encrusted with millions of jewels, it had a mirror where the petrol went in and when the bike turned a corner it said "that's hot".<br> I have been writing about mods a lot in english recently, as we got to write this rambling piece of work, which was quite fun to do. And mods tend to crop up a lot in it. Mods fascinate me for many reasons but I think I've rambled on enought now and I am going to get a shower. Goodnight xx</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/20/random_ramblings_about_nothing_in_partic~3014100/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>late-of-the-pierpatrick-wolfbjorkrandomhttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/20/random_ramblings_about_nothing_in_partic~3014100/#commentshttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/20/terra_firma_terra_firma~3013920/tag:xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk,2007-09-20:/2007/09/20/terra_firma_terra_firma~3013920/Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:18:15 +0200 <p class="center"><a href="http://www.blog.co.uk/srv/media/media_item.php?item_ID=1991098" title="The Young Knives"><img src="http://data1.blog.de/media/098/1991098_d72a128351_m.jpg" alt="The Young Knives" vspace="5" hspace="5"></a></p> <p>As I have said before, I quite like The Young Knives. A lot of their music seems like nonsense (to me, anyway), and a lot of it I don't get - cast your minds back to The Decision - great song, haven't got a bloody clue what it's about. I think if I did the world would probably be a better place. I will have to look it up on songmeanings later.<br> Anyway, they have a new song coming out next month, which is called Terra Firma, and again, I haven't got a clue what it's about. Fake rabbit real snake? What the hell does that mean?! Who knows! Who cares! It's a great song that will be forever stuck in my head.<br> So, The Young Knives - Mercury Music Prize nomminees this year, Mercury Music Prize winners the next? If this song is anything to go by they should just be given the award now. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/20/terra_firma_terra_firma~3013920/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>young-knivesmusichttp://xeroxedteen.blog.co.uk/2007/09/20/terra_firma_terra_firma~3013920/#comments