tales from the underground

2004-08-19T13:36:00.000Z

So go on thenm slap me round the face with a load of vinyl, i know i am slack where my blog is concerned.

But alas i have been a busy girl indeed. Moving home and chasing the tails of various snow patrolers, gigging it live and lying on deck chairs in the south of france. All in the day of my life. Its all good.

This summer has been a rad spetacle of ups and downs with too many hangovers and not enough sex. fair enough. or sex with the ex. one of those ones! it too has seen friends come and go and times move on swiftly always changing never pausing a non tangeable thing this life eh.

As the august month draws on in to a close there is but reading festival woohoo to contend with and get messy at and then there is the old home decorating of my new pad. thats fun for me tho.

Words should flow forth more now or at least thats what i always say. tho i am a taurus uhuh and that means creature of habit. tho i do so say that my typing has got better!

until the next time

ciao bellas xx

2004-07-15T15:01:00.000Z

eeeekkkk and ooops! i had a messy crazy time at Glasto you see and so i aint been here for time....so here is my review and then lets follow thru with some philosophical mind bending thoughts and ideas...or jsut rants and raves eh!

Glastonbury Festival June 2004

When Wellington boots are sold out across London, the largest sprawl of urban concrete in the UK, it can only mean one thing. The entire music industry and fans to match are relocating to a muddy field in Somerset. Where lay-lines meet and floors are ceilings and people float somewhere in between it can only be Glastonbury, the infamous festival for the tree hugging bohemians to drain pipe wearing rockers alike. It’s all good and once again it’s gone down in history as the most magical and messy weekend about.

Raining both cats and dogs and sprinkling rays of warm soft sunshine across the fields and hippies in one weekend made way for numerous double rainbows that appeared in uncanny time to the music. As guitars were strummed and beats were knit love was spread. In the shape of giant scrabble pieces in the stone circle, visible from space to be believed, lovely people clambered over one another to get a better view and a bigger piece of the lovin’.

From the tent sweat that wakes you up in the morning to the chill of the English summer night there was so much fun to be had, from gambling with reality in Lost Vagueness mid sunrise to stomping upon the earth in the Glade. Not to mention rockin’ the winebar and singing them glorious Beatles tracks at the top of yer voice.. You know it. It tastes like vinegar but with tunes that fat and that much mud at your feet who can complain.

There are so many people to meet. From that soula friend that started the journey to the random smiles that became new mates it’s all good. It music mayhem in a muddy field and we all love it. From Snow Patrol to McCartney with the Scissor Sisters jammed somewhere in between, miles were walked and hoola hoops were spun. Nanna knows that.

No rich teas here but warm and spicy cider complete with sunsets and eons of multicoloured clouds spreading into he distance. Hold hands people because down in those heaven like fields there is no war and no oil, just music to make the world go around, plenty of soy milk and peace lovin’ peeps. Glastonbury is a vacation to the never never land of beat and experience and it’s a ticket to ride, to the far side.

Micheal Eavis you kinda rock, indeed you let us rock and shimmy and play. Thankyou.

See you next year.

S x

2004-06-24T15:23:00.000Z

LOW AND behold i am a music mag whore!

this morning as i prayed for sun and beautiful skies (Glastonbury) i headed east to Old Street to shoot a cover for NME. It was for Snow Patrol you see. My wicked mate Mira Manga gave m,e the tip off so i spent the hours of this am hanging out with the scottish boys, lifting them high into the sky akin to crowd surfing. Was indeed full of bright lights and merriment. And i do believe i may have found a new crush, ahh you Nathan, you rock. Nice smile there so i smiled back. awww. will you find me in the fields tommorrow. I can hang out up front like a groupie! I remember now when i spotted you at the Academy. Ahh well, you the best kind of crush to have eh, not to far not to close...keeps my head sane!

Next meadia whore antic.

I shall be photographed for Q magazine whence i enter those gates at Glasto for having blagged the system and sneaked the corners. My mate Tomis writing the story wahhhay,,, famous in a day. Get me name around eh and put freelance writer in the corner of the page...i want the credits!

So i am off in a day to the fields of mayhem and magic...all good, despite the rain i am pretty much getting myself prepared. wellies, trousers, ponchos, rucksacks, and new licorice rizlas...hmmm : )

But one sad thing is this...my dear friend Pepita is off back to Oz tommorrow, sweet princess baby, i will miss her indeed but to see her soon no doubt. Have fun little lady and make sure you come back!

It was her party that was responsible for the mayhem of the weekend. Stooopid boys having no respect an dthen other boys wanting too much attention adn then the boys you want the attention of not really existing...ahh the woes of the single world when all i want is a cuddle.

Soula love.

i remember when i was real upset and you came and hugged me in the bath.

love.

will i find you in the fields.....

?

Adieu and until we meet my baby spirit guide.

friends

X

2004-06-22T16:38:00.000Z

YAHOO, MSN....they all rock out. friendships blossom and peeps sut to the point...

here's the latest:

matt_jerwood: y'alreet Sop?
missfourtythree: hey hey
missfourtythree: how are ya?
matt_jerwood: ok matey. stressed out... but ok! and you?
missfourtythree: yeah, ok.
matt_jerwood: what's been goin on?
missfourtythree: been sick tryin to get better for.....
matt_jerwood: how's new fella working out?
missfourtythree: GLASTONBURY fet this weekend
missfourtythree: all boy situations weird
matt_jerwood: why why why? writing to magazines?
missfourtythree: noooooooo!
missfourtythree: just weird...ben is rather erratic on the communication
missfourtythree: mike pulled a girl in front of me at the weekend
missfourtythree: i just want a cuddle
matt_jerwood: wehat?
missfourtythree: and u?
matt_jerwood: why'd he do that? to make you jealous?
matt_jerwood: or just insensitive?>
missfourtythree: fook knows. cos hes a child
missfourtythree: he doesnt think
matt_jerwood: if a guy doesn;t communicate (as in keep in touch) - move on
missfourtythree: but its fucked our friendship
missfourtythree: i know
missfourtythree: hows pippa?
matt_jerwood: how did you hear about pippa?
matt_jerwood: nothing AT ALL happened there.
missfourtythree: you told me
missfourtythree: the red roses
matt_jerwood: yeah. i liked her.
missfourtythree: awww
matt_jerwood: she liked me
missfourtythree: so...?
matt_jerwood: "friends"
missfourtythree: paaa, that old story
matt_jerwood: exactomundo!
missfourtythree: its a rocky world out there, good but sad too
matt_jerwood: yeah
missfourtythree: i am just going to feed my soul and be a hippy in the fields this weekend
matt_jerwood: i wanna go surfing
matt_jerwood: i want a camper van
matt_jerwood: i want iwant iwant
missfourtythree: yeah, Snowboarding?????????
missfourtythree: wantings alright
missfourtythree: we are taurus's, we help ourselves though material things
matt_jerwood: i ate a whole tub of haagen daas last night!
missfourtythree: hehe
missfourtythree: haagen daas and footie = heaven!
matt_jerwood: yup!

and that was with my good friend matt.

cheer matt,

i think you rock : )

S
x

2004-06-18T16:08:00.000Z

hey my japenese name is:

松尾 Matsuo (tail of a pine tree) 久美子 Kumiko (eternal beautiful child)

aww..

i like that.

check yours at... www.rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/969/

2004-06-18T15:50:00.000Z

SO FRIDAYis upon us once again...and this day is blurring out of vision as i feel illnes decend upon my soul. its making my legs shake and the floor quake as i stroll, clinging on to the arms of my big leather chair my head feels funny.

But i kind of buzz off it.

it questions reality and that always makes me tick...

no matter how slow.

i am most definately processing at a delayed pace this afternoon...

home time yet??

First i will babble some dribble about the all important things in life...going to the market with my buddy Mira Manga, buying cheap cheap fruit and veg, boys boys boys and Big Bro, how hooked am i...to the tv or the digestifs, and we're not talking kir here.

Classic quote; i am pinching Mira "Vernons Biatch" here...
"Yo Big Bro, if you dont turn on the effing hot water for my showers i am going to get nasty, get tough, i am already getting a bit of a sniffle"...Victor

hahaha!!

Now for the boys....

lame ass mo fo's litter my world. dreams of honest texts and the reality of none. aight. catch my drift red boy does red mean stop? blatantly it does. and there there is dear beautiful apple boy...is the truth in fromnt of my eyes...relax back into a conversation with Miss P, a number of years ago at a squat party in Hackney...the answers are always STARING YOU IN THE FACE....learn my truth eh!!

So so so...

what happens from here.

I dont know but i do know that he has been in my mind more and more of recent times, but i also know that minds play tricks on ourselves and my mind, is i admit, a little obsessive about things and i am scared of this...dont know how to trust myself, as in my thoughts....they come so thick and fast and they are ALWAYS all ways changing...so what are we left thinking...block it all out...ignorance is bliss!

i like this babble it comes smoothly from my soul, whos to know if its actaully making any sense...

think i might ask to go home....

like a broken light bulb i'm out.

p.s sent packs to Observer Music Monthly today - aim for the top i say, so keep you jack asses crossed that freelancing comes my way eh...BBC love me : )

Sx

2004-06-11T13:43:00.000Z

THERE IS A BLUE FLOWER sitting on my desk, it never dies, because it is made of soap. Yes soap. All the way from Thailand. I like it, It is nice.

So Friday draws on and i need the weekend. Have been sofine this week until now and my body feels drained of all things energy...down. i want a hug!

Just did my fortune cards tho and the future looks bright.

A house - the self / family home
Flowers - blossoming / growth
A Child - inner self / a young girl coming back to me
Heart - affairs of love
Road - future panning out, good development and propositions.
A Stalk - movement

So i must not fear for all looks clear, and its what i know and knew, just feelin' slow on it today. Omens come my way eh.

And out for rock and roll this night but tired sleep sleep pleeeeaaseee?!

The sun is warm but inside i am cold, wearing the big hoodie of our bands guitarist.

ahhh gaaaa...miss pepitas birthday today yay! happy days to you missy.

and mira has an audition for a Vernon Kay head jam, nice one lady!

Baaahhhh, time to get lyrical with the red flag website.

adieu mes amies

S x

2004-06-10T10:57:00.000Z

A HUMMINGBIRD paused before me this morn when i strode my way to workin the summer sun, it was fair beautiful indeed.

last night i fell asleep on my couch to the sounds of Radio 2, Bic Runga over from Aotearoa strumming acoustic melodies. The midnight airwaves are really a sweet place to be i say. Calming on the soul. So listened and the stars winked down on me and the cool breeze blew.

My couch is the new four poster dont you know : )

So what else...

The weekend draws near and it seems Nic Cester la la will have to play in the fields by himself, leave him to the other groupies eh, i shall stay London ways and play in the summer heat and drink shandys (for i am the shandy girl) with my friends...all good.

And perhaps upon the perfect loop i shall glide and see a nice boy i am getting to know...more of those kisses please! They come from nowhere planted on lips linked to the soul...so nice so nice...random and cute and beautiful and strange and interesting and ...

red ...

its all in the signs....

aha. bosses out for lunch today so ciggies at my desk (dont cry mira : () and perhaps some Aerosmith on the stereo..

love it,

musicmakestheworldgoround

S x

2004-06-08T16:26:00.000Z

bollox!

2004-06-08T16:21:00.000Z

Hey i think i may have found out how to put pics on here...(cheer cheer Mira) so this is a test eh...

i hope you can see this

S x

2004-06-08T16:02:00.000Z

what goes up must come down...

well, a little anyways.

I'm not sad just suffering from a belly ache in my right side...owwww : (

some sympathy please.

drinking fennel tea

hence my creativity aint flow so good right now eh, back to basics.

but after a FANTASTIC weekend who can complain?!

shandys in mayfair, marleybone and notting hill, marc jacobs dresses with mamma dearest (!), spritzers on the south bank, kisses from house boys and sambuca shots with old skool girlies. Pretty rounded i'd say. salmon and swimming and writing and reading.

Wow.

it really rocked eh!

and this week is a packed frenzy of socialite mayhem too...gigs x 3 and birfdays and teas and bbqs and festivals to top it all off hooray.

Life is good at like 30 degrees...wish it were like this always.

And i have my nu yoga dvd to do too...

: )

gotta get putting pics on this sussed...

blogger rocks cos its my mind inside out.

or the bits i'll let you read anyway.

xxxx xxx

2004-06-04T15:07:00.000Z

Sentimentalism is washing over me in only every good way possible...perhaps its the warm muggy Friday afternoon or perhaps its the beautiful music of Ryan Adams that graces my ears, blasting out our emmotion from the stereo. Or maybe its the soft calm feeling that seems to be seeping from my soul right know.

"Karma comes like bullets from my candy gun"

I am off down to Clapham for dinner with old mates, should be a good un' only wish i could float there upon my cloud, my mind is in no way to be a sucker to public transport. Only armed with ipod and soul i shall make my way down South to begin the weekend adventures, where indeed shall they take me but to the loving arms of my mama on Monday...

Love seeps on though.

All ways.

Ryan Adams is sounding like Prince(?)

Cowboys boots call in' my name to play the game of Friday nights....hmmmm.....

Let love rule.

Miss S x

2004-06-03T16:55:00.000Z

"Telling someone what a symbol meant was like telling them how a song should make them feel - it was different for all people." Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code

And indeed that is so...

Because if i write here about the red tattoo of love on my wrist and the red horse and the red flag and the red front door and then i mention the penatagon and the star on the street and the stars in the sky and the smile in your eye...you wont have a clue what i am talking about hey.

But it is a whole story wrapped up in a few days of omen spotting and sign watching - get your anorak.

This is the way to live life. Its a whole anothe magnificent level beyond space and time beyond material rules where the magik exists and we are directed from our souls on the paths we are meant to go.

Dont turn off, i am not just another fuckin hippie, this is not about peace and love (tho that is all good : )) but about finding your way in the mad mix of a world in which we live. People often ask which way to go...

This way is what i say...

eyyy ooopppsss.. time to go

RED S.

X

2004-05-27T16:33:00.000Z

i LOVE nic cester.....

swwoooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn.......

JET

Brixton Academy, London
26.05.04

ENOUGH ROCK TO MAKE A HOUSE BOY RIP IT UP.

HOW MANY times can the word rock be used in a review? Because judging by the way Jet were handling the stage, there is not a more needed word in the English language right now. Currently climbing higher and higher this band have got the music of moment down to a tee, leading are the way with their Stones-esque performances and perfect packaging. Oh yes.

To grand scale applause and mighty cheers the lights came up and this antipodean foursome hit the stage, clearly at the reign of a thousand adoring fans. It’s what they do so well, famed for their abrasive and full of gusto performances and with Nic Cester at the lead cowboy shirt and all, what girl can resist the sweetness of this rock’n’roll?

Mid way through back to back European and US tours it’s pretty impressive to see a band still with so much mojo, trashing out the tracks like it’s their first night out. No rest for the wicked it seems as they hammer though “Get What You Need” and the catchly lyrical “Roll Over DJ”. Drummer Chris Cester is lit up, his giant shadow framing the stage and the others share guitar moments as the academy warms up to their tight musicianship. Jet definitely wear the trousers.

The set is a definite journey and they rev up the crowd and bring them down again with some more mellowed out acoustic tracks like “Look What You’ve Done”. And this seems to be road they have travelled in recent months as they played some new stuff, slower on the riffs and easier on the 70’s chords they spin so well. Perhaps tired from all the touring their latest creations show a softer but more serious side to the Melbourne rockers, “Are You Gonna Be My….Wife?” perhaps!

So Jet have been born, and are now quite confidently running, calling the shots if you wish and with a new album on the way they are sure to shift more records than a digger on overdrive. They are all hair, skinny tees and cowboy hats served as the Western sun goes down and volume goes up. Indeed, roll over DJ, rock is here to stay.

Sophia Alexis

2004-05-26T13:47:00.000Z

As i walked to work this morn listening to the smooth tunes of Travis i had a whole blog stored upon my brain, now in front of a cursor flashing i have no idea.

Too much booze,

the good time cruise....

time dont stop as of late and its my fate..

i need to sleep aight.

but its all in the name of fun.

met a boy last night. a boy that appeared from within the ether a while back. riverside hanging out all was nice and double stroke we go rock at Jet later...but take control soul and ride the wave...its all in the name of fun...

gaaaa.

like a broken light bulb i'm out.

2004-05-19T15:15:00.000Z

after a lazy trip in the sun over my lunch i came back into the deep dungeon office to open remainder of post....to find a wage increase for certain lady i work with...after having a crazy month of it when they told me i would get no increase..now...i work for pittence...pennies would be better....so this i rather a kick in the gut...make me sick...get the drift...eh lady i could punch the air...

2004-05-19T11:53:00.000Z

today i am wearing a skirt hooray for summer and glitter litter top...oohh the boys were staring as i walked to work. some are allowed to stare and some just shouldnt go there....

and can you believe that this is only my second post...i am going to make some sort of bing show pact to my stinker self to write every morn and thoughout the day....as words flow inside my head I MUST FINGER KEYS WITH THESE THOUGHTS!

i am the shandy girl and you the finer boy...the boolu fanstasy is of the illuminati that seeps out of crevises each turn i look. dragons and butterflies and coincedences and mayhem and as i wrote that the radio spoke about reptiles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAKE UP!

i have : )

xxxx xxx

2004-05-01T08:37:00.000Z

Right this one is one that i wont forget....having already been excluded from Blog One for a poor memory fogged up by the desire to be free, this one is going to sit tight by my side and come with me thru thick and thin...Dear Blog...

hmmm...

who will even read this...? My soul and the world, the spirits and angels that surround my mind and answer my dreams...i know yous there babies.

Today is the 30th April...today is the openening of whatever is down there in the deep and dark reaches of my brain....yay and hooray i see the light seeping in.

x