The Lull Before the Storm

Well here i am - its a thursday lunchtime, ive had brekkie and read the newspaper in a cafe, ive washed the car with a jet wash that doesnt work (hence scratches on the paintwork - yes Shelley! real scratches not cobwebs:)) and i have little else to amuse me until i get 2 work tomorrow night. (* i have a week of night shifts). In my last job you used to work the thursday and just get the friday morning off but due to working time directives i have to have the day off before....the lull before the storm bit of course used to refer to a job where there was lots to do on nights, but apparently there will be little for me here - perhaps i can do some revision for that awful exam in march?

I did get my hair cut today so those exciting sidies you see in the piccie below have been banished for fear of scaring the horses. I also look about 17 apparently...without the need for face cream and all those other metrosexual bits required in sex and the city.

This week has been full of obituraries (can you tell i REALLY have nothing to do today), none more notable than either Slipper of the Yard (the one who tracked Ronnie Biggs from the great train robbery to Brazil) but possibly more sadly, Robert Moog, without whose synthesizers the 60's and 70's iconic bands would have had tunes more blase, less colourful.

The Beatles used them on Abbey Road to get more stoned sounds, as well as the Byrds, the Doors and others who could afford enough roadies to roll the 800 odd kilos of boxes and wires onto the stage for live gigs. (The advent of the Mini Moog led to the downfall of hernia repair specialists everywhere) For those who arent tempted to raid daddies cupbard full of vinyl you can hear a good Mini Moog on some of the White Stripes songs, and those of Oasis if you are getting the large multi-tasking barrel-scraper out. For those with a leaning towards American sounds then try nine inch nails, Pearl Jam, Sonic youth and WideSpread Panic.

Speaking of music Juliette Lewis has turned from Deniro-finger sucking vampy 16 year old dick tease in Cape Fear to rock chick and will be appearing as Juliette and the Licks at Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend.

For the more esoteric of you I shall leave you with this url to be seen only when about to prepare food - it comes of course in the wake of the strike by BA's catering services. Most interesting is the section on 1960's and 70's meals served by Aeroflot . (jesus i have got to get a life)

http://www.airlinemeals.net