[Fauxhemian] There Is Nothing To Not Be Amazed At

Fit But You Know It:

This last week has been fairly uneventful aside from the occasional night out and a five hour moving session for a friend of mine, who is now officially a house owner. But Sunday was fun as we gathered early at Bridgewater for the Arsenal Quiz followed by the Arsenal - ManU game. Sunday was the day after the daylight savings time switch, which meant my sense of time was completely out of whack all day like I had jetlag or something.

Obviously, staying up until the actual switch from winter to summer time might also have had something to do with that. But I has hanging out watching MTV Base (because I'm down with the hip hop), and then suddenly weird stuff appeared on my television screen.

And then some genius decided to change the time in front of everyone watching

The first error message was on the screen for a long time and then finally someone pressed "OK" I guess and then decided to change the time to summer time in front of the viewing public. That's what you get for having your cable stations run by a Win95 machine.

But back to the Arsenal game. We filled out the quiz and felt confident that we were embarrasing ourselves in front of the hardcore fans (the event was arranged by the Danish fan club). But by a stroke of magnificent luck we actually managed to get seven correct answers, which meant we won nine pints of beer. So the mood was set perfectly for a game, which had everything except the win we wanted. Arsenal played better than I've seen them play in a while, but unfortunately they only scored once, which wasn't enough to get more than a draw. However, on the plus side I'd put down a few bucks with a bookie guessing that it would end as a draw, so that was a small consolation.

So tonight we're going to see Grant-Lee Phillips and band, which ought to be really good. They got a nice review in Spin recently and when I saw him play a solo gig last year it was fantastic, so even though I haven't heard the new record I'm getting my hopes up.

The new video by The Streets is out now, so you should check it out. It's called Fit But You Know It and both the track and song are pretty funny. Stylistically, it's not exactly like the last record, but if you were into British indie in the 80s I think you'll enjoy it.

Posted by John Fogde at March 30, 2004 05:40 PM | TrackBack

Grant Lee has a phenomenal live show - especially if you can catch him in a small venue. Even if you're unfamiliar with his music - his performance is good enough to bring it over.

Posted by: gene on April 3, 2004 12:09 AM

My sentiments exatly, gene. Its impressive what the man can acomplish with so little. He can both set a soft mood one minute and also stir things up the next. My own thoughts on his show in Vega can be found at my homepage.

Posted by: Jacob on April 3, 2004 02:53 PM

streets don't thrill me. cockney rap is just flat out dull.

Posted by: stan on April 4, 2004 03:37 AM

love the streets - thanks for the link. i'm a first time visitor to your blog, good stuff. will probably be back again.

Posted by: mish on April 5, 2004 03:19 AM

Gene/Jacob: I saw him play solo last year and this time was almost as good. I'll write a bit about the show later on.

Mish: The Streets are pretty good, but I was surprised by the change in style. So I think it'll be interesting to hear what the rest of the album sounds like.

Posted by: John Fogde on April 5, 2004 09:56 AM