"Maybe, someone's gonna save me. My heart is made of gravy, and the laps I swim from lunatics don't count." (Pavement)

At & T, Pavement

"I won't last a day without you." (The Carpenters)

"We are pleased to announce neurons in the human brain, bubble trouble." (Rifle Nice)

"There is no control there is no control there is no control there is no control there is no control..."

Bubble Trouble, Rifle Nice (Listen)

When I'm feeling troubled, RN jerk my girdle.

Slicing up eyeballs, ha ha ha ho!" (The Pixies)

"I am un chien andalusia,
I am un chien andalusia
I am un chien andalusia
Wanna grow up to be
Be a debaser."

Debaser, The Pixies



For Rob.

"Can I ride with you until the sunset gets all red and we'll be chased by the moon?" (Architecture In Helsinki)

It'5, Architecture in Helsinki

"You could have it all if it matters so much" (Razorlight)

Golden Touch, Razorlight

"The hardest part is letting go of your dreams."

Jeanette by Gravy (1st half of a portrait swap)

Framing my Switchskies

I now own two, count 'em, TWO amazing pieces of collage work by the most-talented Switchsky. A reason for celebration.



Song: I'm Happy
Artist: Ivor Cutler

Less is more - Indiana

I had the immense good fortune of seeing Indiana doing a searingly intimate gig at a venue just round the corner from chez Gravy. Absolutely blown away by these guys. Listen to 'em, see 'em, doff your caps.

Song: Less Is More
Band: Indiana

Same old shit, day in and day out? Snap.

It's kind of sweet we way we all live our lives according to empirically positivist mantras like 'onwards and upwards' and 'everyday in every way I'm getting better and better'. Truth is: we never change, do we?

Song: We never change (Coldplay)

I spy...a lot of people desperate to be seen and heard (the human condition).

Song: My Declaration
Singer: Tom Baxter
Drawing after Blake.

Welcome to Barcelona

Group: I'm from Barcelona
Song: We're from Barcelona
Why you should listen to them: Almost puts Seroxat out of business. Almost.

Where gravity is dead

Laura Veirs, Where Gravity Is Dead

Here comes de backlash: CRASH!

'We live in de world that time BeGATT
Time to check de data debris an change de format
All de way from de frontline here comes de backlash
Bad news outnational announcing de crash!'
(Asian Dub Foundation: Crash)