Thursday, September 29, 2005

I.River madness

Cos I'm in luurve with my I.River:

Go to your iTunes/iPod/media player and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud, and press play. Use the song title as the answer to the question.

How does the world see me?
From Russia With Love- Count Basie

Will I have a happy life?
Funky Boss- Beastie Boys

What do my friends really think of me?
Three Handed Woman- Louis Prima

Do people secretly lust after me?
Tramazi Party- Black Grape

How can I make myself happy?
Yes Indeed- Tommy Dorsey

What should I do with my life?
Debaser- Pixies

Why must life be so full of pain?
Blue Drag- Django Reinhardt

How can I maximize my pleasure during sex?
Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos- Public Enemy

Will I ever have children?
On Your Own- Blur

Will I die happy?
Doin' Time- Louisville Sluggers

What is some good advice for me?
Happy Go Lucky Local- Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra

What is happiness?
It's Tricky- Bloodhound Gang

What's my favourite fetish?
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry- Hank Williams

How will I be remembered?
Micheal- Franz Ferdinand

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Clearly my I.River not only serves as a mass storage device, music player and recorder, but also as a crystal ball that can look into my very soul?

Freaky Deak in Germany Part 1

Monday, September 05, 2005

The Hun!

douglas says:
you need to listen to Rambling On My Mind by Robert Johnson to complete your rambling mix tape
scott fraser says:
good traveling song then?
douglas says:
short but very very ace
scott fraser says:
in the Uk, they call "hiking" "rambling"
douglas says:
do they? It must be a Yankee thing too then
scott fraser says:
They don't even know the REAL meaning!!
scott fraser says:
you go for a ramble thru the hills..
douglas says:
it sounds kinda fruity
scott fraser says:
as opposed to rambling from town to town.
scott fraser says:
i've momentarily hung up my rambling boots. I've got a haircut and shaved the beard this morning!
douglas says:
.......
douglas says:
lordy
douglas says:
(i need a haircut)
scott fraser says:
I've joined society. Breifly.
douglas says:
The city fathers will not be pleased. They won't know what to do with this Mr Fraser
scott fraser says:
they thought they had my number.
scott fraser says:
(i'm going undercover for my upcoming journey into HUN TERRITORY!)
scott fraser says:
The Jerry!
douglas says:
GAH!
douglas says:
thats SOON!
scott fraser says:
this coming weeeknd.
douglas says:
plotting for mother england eh?
scott fraser says:
The free world!
scott fraser says:
The Allies!
douglas says:
send a cracker up the huns bottoms
scott fraser says:
Huzz-zah!
douglas says:
Jolly good show old fruit.
douglas says:
they won't know what bally hit them
scott fraser says:
then I'll sneak back over the sea and retreat to my Scottish castle!
douglas says:
HUZZAH!
douglas says:
how long are you in German for? And how are you going there? Amphibious landing craft i hope
scott fraser says:
a week or so. Most of it in Berlin (right in the HEART of the enemy) and then the last weekend in Munich!
scott fraser says:
I think we'll be dropped by parachutes under the cover of night!
douglas says:
good idea...might i suggest taking some sausage and a beer
scott fraser says:
as rations?
douglas says:
yes.
scott fraser says:
capitol idea!
douglas says:
it's all you need...maybe some pork belly as an optional extra
scott fraser says:
maybe some fine scottish whiskey in a hip flask?
douglas says:
YES! As a way to keep the homeland with you
scott fraser says:
i can also use it to barter if they capture me and put me in a POW camp.
douglas says:
yes. But a good way to remedy being caught...wear a small moustache under your nose and goose step a lot
douglas says:
you will blend in...especially if you get angry at people all the time too
scott fraser says:
MAN! I should've kept the moustache! ALL germans have one!
scott fraser says:
I've been practising my german accent!
scott fraser says:
have you seen Charlie and Chocolate Factory yet?
douglas says:
nope
scott fraser says:
oh. The fat german kid is EXACTLY like your accent. It's what I've been modeling mine on.
douglas says:
hahahahahah
douglas says:
my got...he ees steeling my schitck ja?
scott fraser says:
ja! Dos es gut, ja?
douglas says:
JA!
scott fraser says:

is, how you say, nein gut?
douglas says:
um...nein...it's...schlecht
douglas says:
schlecht ja? schlect is bad
scott fraser says:
schizen-koff!
douglas says:
knockers
douglas says:
zee ladies...zay loff it ven you zay "you haf great knockers ja?
scott fraser says:
sneil! SNEIL!
scott fraser says:
Ja, ze get all, how you say, freeky-deek?
douglas says:
zay LUFF it!! Zay vill van't to touch your schnauzer snoopin
scott fraser says:
un den ve ask de peoples next door if de want to come and, how you say, join de party, ja?
douglas says:
also you tell zem zat you know Heinz Harald Sherbert and zay vill take off zee german panties for LUFF!
douglas says:
JA JA!!
douglas says:
Party time!
scott fraser says:
ja! Ve germans love to party!
douglas says:
vee also haf GREAT senses of HUMOUR!
scott fraser says:
Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha.
douglas says:
see? It is fun to laff
douglas says:
Ho. ho. ho. ho
scott fraser says:
Ve should've von the war. Ze whole world would then be partying vith us, ja?
douglas says:
Javul!! Mein gott vatt a party zat vould be!
scott fraser says:
Ze whole vorld gettin freeeky-deek!
douglas says:
wiz zee boobies and zee cha cha
scott fraser says:
and zee lah lahs!
douglas says:
jubbly!
douglas says:
zis is possibly zee greatest coversation EVER

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Diggsville World Tour Top 10

1. "Ramblin' Man"- Hank Williams.

"I love you baby, but you've gotto understand,
When God made me, he made a ramblin' man"


Possibly the theme song to the world tour? The C-Man put me onto it. I've been on the road and essentially homeless for over 2 months now. It's either time to set up camp, or to keep on ramblin'!

"When that open road starts to calling me,
There's something over hill that I gotto see"


2. "Laughing In Rhythm"- Slim and Slam.

Gift from dogpossum.Slim and Slam, original rap pranksters from the 30's! Using their laughter as vocal instruments. Cheeky, foolish and SWINGS! Makes you dance with a big dumb-arse grin on your face. (and how else should you dance?)

3. "Kool Kieth Housing Things"- Ultramagnetic MC's

Old skool. Kool Kieth. Lyrical rap over funky arse beats and samples.

4. "Black Lung"- 16 Horsepower

Another gift from Big Daddy Read. Banjo's, fiddle and yee-haa served up on a rock platter.
"Save your breath for breathing, I'm talking from black lung"

5. "Come On Baby"- Jimmy Smith

Slow, gooey, blues grooves. Melts you into your partners arms in a sexy blob.
The Hammond leads. Then sax. Wraps up with a playful call-response between organ, sax and guitar.

6. "Jordan For President"- Louis Jordan

Louis Jordan selling his candancey for Prez in 1953 (?)

"If you want an administration that'll groove you,
That'll move you, that'll keep you in sin,"


He comes in ".. on the swing ticket"

Perhaps The US of A politicians should have a look at his policies.

"If you want to walk on the sunny side of the street,
with a candidate with a beat,

Jordan for president!"


7. " Little Bob"- Black Grape
Gives me chills and makes me jump around! (could be from a party flashback)

8. "Farewell Transmission"- Songs Odia

Good road trip/farewell song.

9. "Only Shallow"- My Bloody Valintine

Been looking for this album (Loveless) for YEARS and i just found it THEN, an hr ago,in a record store in Edinburgh. £5!!

10. "Whiskey In The Jar"- The Pogues & The Dubliners

Trying not to get too sentimental, but jigging to this song with Douglas while C-man banged his pint glass on the table and sang along at The Dublin was a truly memorable night!! One of the best!

Saturday, September 03, 2005

Mad bastards!

Scots are mad bastards!
particularly when they're young and/or drunk. Or maybe even when they're sober!

But I guess any place can be crazy walking home at 3am on a friday night as the bars close.

I was going to give with the Top 10 songs.
I was going to give the detailed hit list of my trip up North.

But I've just been reading news coverage and personal anecdotal accounts of the horror thats happening in New Orleans and I just can't bring myself right now.

Plus I feel like shit!
Late night, (and no, I actually wasn't drinking. Much.) Got THE Cold coming on that's wade waste to people around me.

More later!

Got me a mountain to climb!