Random Stuff on Novelty Socks, Dancing and Heinous New Coke

Just dropping in to say a few things.

1. Just saw a show about when Coca-Cola tried to change the flavour of Coke, to which I say WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING AND IT'S JUST AS WELL I WAS TOO YOUNG FOR THE STUFF AT THE TIME YOU FUCKWITS! LEAVE WELL ALONE!

Anyway...

2. Went to try to find novelty socks for my mama for Crimbo today. She told me she didn't want the ones from the mens section (she has pretty big feet, so needs larger sizes) so I went to look in the chick sections of various stores. Niente, nothing, nada. Then I speak to her on the phone and she said 'no, i meant you needed to look in the men's section but that I didn't want blokey ones.' Now either my mum does not have a grasp on the English language or I wasn't listening. I'm going probably for the latter because I'm a moron and I rarely listen properly to her. SHe then said it doesn't matter if I can't find ones she wants.

I'm trying to get over the fact that she wants novelty comedy socks. My mother, ladies and gentlemen!

3. Although I purchased the DVD version of the Darkness' Crimbo single, I found myself in HMV today buying the CD version (only 1.99!). Finally started listening to it about half an hour ago (went to sleep for the evening hours, you see). The Christmas song is good, annoying catchy, but the B-Side, 'Love You 5 Times' is... well, I haven't listened to it properly yet but I'm bowled over by it. It's beautiful. It's quiet and Justin isn't doing his oft-annoying falsetto thing all the time. Understated, quiet, even with the guitar solos (which I had not thought possible from them) and considering it's a song about shagging his woman five times a week, it's really very sweet and charming.

I think it's happened. I'm an actual Darkness fan now. If Justin Hawkins were prettier, he'd be this generation's Robert Plant, I swear.

I once again beseech anyone in Britain to go out and buy the Darkness' single before Sunday so we can get it to Crimbo no. 1. Is it the bestest Crimbo song ever? No. Is it a pretty good Crimbo song as Crimbos songs go? Yeah. Is it the best out this year? By a long way, even above Bill Nighy's funny Christmas Is All Around. Will it send out a message to the fuckwit music execs that we want good music again? Yes- they love their numbers and profits above all things. Is it funny? Yeah.

Am off out tomorrow night with most of my journo class. Hopefully there will be dancing, for I am the Dancing Goddess. Hopefully they'll play the Darkness too. Hopefully they'll play Led Zeppelin, but I won't hold my breath for that one!!

Random Stuff on Novelty Socks, Dancing and Heinous New Coke

Just dropping in to say a few things.

1. Just saw a show about when Coca-Cola tried to change the flavour of Coke, to which I say WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING AND IT'S JUST AS WELL I WAS TOO YOUNG FOR THE STUFF AT THE TIME YOU FUCKWITS! LEAVE WELL ALONE!

Anyway...

2. Went to try to find novelty socks for my mama for Crimbo today. She told me she didn't want the ones from the mens section (she has pretty big feet, so needs larger sizes) so I went to look in the chick sections of various stores. Niente, nothing, nada. Then I speak to her on the phone and she said 'no, i meant you needed to look in the men's section but that I didn't want blokey ones.' Now either my mum does not have a grasp on the English language or I wasn't listening. I'm going probably for the latter because I'm a moron and I rarely listen properly to her. SHe then said it doesn't matter if I can't find ones she wants.

I'm trying to get over the fact that she wants novelty comedy socks. My mother, ladies and gentlemen!

3. Although I purchased the DVD version of the Darkness' Crimbo single, I found myself in HMV today buying the CD version (only 1.99!). Finally started listening to it about half an hour ago (went to sleep for the evening hours, you see). The Christmas song is good, annoying catchy, but the B-Side, 'Love You 5 Times' is... well, I haven't listened to it properly yet but I'm bowled over by it. It's beautiful. It's quiet and Justin isn't doing his oft-annoying falsetto thing all the time. Understated, quiet, even with the guitar solos (which I had not thought possible from them) and considering it's a song about shagging his woman five times a week, it's really very sweet and charming.

I think it's happened. I'm an actual Darkness fan now. If Justin Hawkins were prettier, he'd be this generation's Robert Plant, I swear.

I once again beseech anyone in Britain to go out and buy the Darkness' single before Sunday so we can get it to Crimbo no. 1. Is it the bestest Crimbo song ever? No. Is it a pretty good Crimbo song as Crimbos songs go? Yeah. Is it the best out this year? By a long way, even above Bill Nighy's funny Christmas Is All Around. Will it send out a message to the fuckwit music execs that we want good music again? Yes- they love their numbers and profits above all things. Is it funny? Yeah.

Am off out tomorrow night with most of my journo class. Hopefully there will be dancing, for I am the Dancing Goddess. Hopefully they'll play the Darkness too. Hopefully they'll play Led Zeppelin, but I won't hold my breath for that one!!