SaFety NoT GuarAnteeD - Film Review

Safety Not Guaranteed Trailer

An unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he's solved the riddle of time travel and intends to depart again soon. Together, they embark on a journey that reveals how far believing can take you.

This film is not based on a real life story. It is, however, based on a real life ad, which ran in the classified pages of Backwoods Home Magazine in 1997. It read: ‘Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. I have only done this once before. Safety not guaranteed.’

While everyone else spent a decade speculating about the ad’s origin, writer Derek Connolly and director Colin Trevorrow have gone a step further; inventing a backstory that pieces the mystery together. In doing so, they’ve pulled off something almost as impossible as time travel – a lo-fi indie romance with a deadpan wit that is never glib, and a touching sweetness that is never cloying.

Aubrey Plaza is Darius, a despondent magazine intern with a face like Wednesday Addams and the sardonic manner of MTV’s cult cartoon teenager Daria. Together with her jackass superior, Jeff (Jake Johnson), and geeky fellow intern Arnau (Karan Soni), Darius is sent to track down the mooncalf who posted the ad. And so they discover Kenneth (mumblecore vet Mark Duplass), an eccentric shelf-stacker who claims that his time machine is real and that government agents are following his every move. Is he just insane or a troubled genius?

People love films for many reasons, I loved this film because the main focus concerns lost dreams and missed chances, and the truism that we all long for a time machine every once in a while. Why wouldn't we? We all fuck up and wouldn't it be great to be able to jump on a time machine and sort it out....or would it? Surely life is about making mistakes and learning from them? That is what makes us who we are? If we could just go back in time every time we fucked up life would be meaningless, how would we ever develop as individuals? Saying that, I wish I could go back to February the 9th 2013 and not be such a dick! Oh well, I haven't got a time machine and on that day I will always have been a dick! (if anybody reads this and has a time machine please e-mail me ASAP) :-))))

Another reason why I enjoyed this film is because you leave the cinema with lots of thoughts in your mind. Imagine If you could go back in time, what time would you go back to? 

The Sixties every time for me!

Imagine being able to see the Beatles and the Stones in their prime!

What time would you go back to? Or would you?

The film is about things we should have done but never did. 

Things we did but can't change.

Would we change them if we could or are things meant to happen for a reason? 

Ultimately, it reinforces the fact that life is for living in the present not in the past!

'why would you want to go back in time when you could be having the adventure right now?'

4/5 film - A fun watch with many facets 

BriTiSh SeA PoWeR LIVE @ Rescue Rooms Nottingham 10/04/13

I have seen British Sea Power on a couple of occasions before but always at festivals. There is something uniquely lovable about their eccentricities, the stage is usually decked out in branches and random paraphernalia, tonight is no exception! An amazing backdrop of lights and projected films give a theatrical experience, there are also a pair of stag's antlers?? That's before you even listen to the music!

Fortunately, I checked Facebook for tonight's on stage times and discovered that British Sea Power were doing a 'Quiet Set' first followed by the support band Brown Brogues and then a Main 'Loud' Set. A mad rush to meet friends and get to the venue followed, just in time to find BSP on stage! 

"Even the show's structure is unconventional. BSP perform two sets, wildly different in style and volume, interspersed by madcap guitar duo Brown Brogues – a mix of the Cramps and the White Stripes. BSP frontman Yan introduces the band's quieter set as "a gentle warm-up. Relax your buttocks." Subdued brass gives the new song Radio Goddard – a tribute to the songwriter Geoff Goddard, author of many of the hits produced by Joe Meek – the air of a colliery band. With a chorus revolving around the quaint phrase "Dear boy", the song also becomes a lovely epitaph to a lost England of tea rooms, Bakelite radios, Terry-Thomas and Ian Carmichael."

Unconventional, but then BSP are not your average indie band. Machineries of Joy is BSP's sixth studio album over a ten year period and by now they should surely only able to manage a 'Best of Compilation' with a couple of new tracks thrown in to keep the fans happy. Instead, Machineries of Joy contains some of their best work to date. I adore the title track 'Machineries of Joy' with it's 'Elbowesk' overtones and tonight they start their 'Loud Set' with it. A journey through their back catalogue then ensues, from B-sides, to singles, to new tracks, it's all here. It's not often I leave the Rescue Rooms at 11.15pm after a band has played 24 tracks in 3 sets! I had to go for a sit down and quick pint in Spanky's afterwards to recover. 

'Machineries of Joy' Live @ Rescue Rooms

I must admit to having fallen a little out of love with BSP over the last couple of years. But, like an overplayed album, if you leave it long enough, you play it again and you realise why you loved it in the first place. The new material from BSP is some of their best yet. Combine that with a back catalogue of some great songs and you have the makings of not only a fantastic night of entertainment but a sense of something a little special happening. On tonight's showing, this is a band of musicians reaching the height of their game, could they better this? I hope so!

Link's to some more footage I took, enjoy! 

'Remember Me' Live @ Rescue Rooms

"No Lucifer, No Lucifer" Live @ Rescue Rooms

Quiet set

1. True Adventures 
2. Hail Holy Queen 
3. Blackout 
4. Radio Goddard 
5. What You Need the Most 
6. Main Set
6. Machineries of Joy 
7. Lights Out For Darker Skies 
8. Bear 
9. When a Warm Wind Blows Through the Grass 
10. Spring Has Sprung 
11. Salty Water 
12. A Light Above Descending 
13. It Ended On An Oily Stage 
14. Waving Flags 
15. The Great Skua 
16. Mongk II 
17. Loving Animals 
18. No Lucifer 
19. K Hole 
20. Apologies to Insect Life 
21. Lately 
22. Encore:
22. Remember Me 
23. Carrion 
24. All In It 

Ibiza - part 4 (Accosted by 3 Ladies from Leeds)

My last night in Ibiza had arrived. It had been a great 4 days and it was a Friday night. What to do?

I went down stairs to the hostal bar for some food and a beer to contemplate. I'd said hello to a group of ladies by the pool earlier in the day and they came into the bar and sat opposite. We got chatting, Rachel, Abi and Lauren were from Leeds. They asked me to come and sit with them.....the night had begun! :-)

                                                                    Rachel

The drinks started to flow...................................................................................

                                                          Lauren and Abi

It was then decided that we should go into town................................................

                                                            Straws = Cocktails

Cocktail time......................................................................................................

                                                                   Oh Dear!!

Random drinks..................................................................................................

                                                                     No idea!!

This led to dancing.............................................................................................
I will always remember this night when I hear this song!
Rihanna - Diamonds
I actually danced and sang to this bad boy!!???
It felt good at the time! ;-))))

                                                            Dancing = Drunk
This led to falling over!
Not me, Lauren, fell over and managed to fracture a rib!
We carried on drinking.......................................................................................
We went into a bar inhabited by really tall people!!

                                                          They were 8 foot tall!!
We carried on drinking......................................................................................
It was the early morning before we went in search of food..................................

                                                                 
Before we headed back to the hostal and continued drinking in the girl's room.

I retired to my room at about 4am after a fun filled night.
Safe in the knowledge I had at least four hours sleep before having to travel home by bus and plane absolutely 'hanging out my arse.'

They say a picture can say a thousand words!
I'm smiling to myself as I look at these on this blog post. :-))
A great end to a fabulous break.

Cost =
Ryanair flights £55 return
Hostal Marino £80 (£20 per night)

Benefits = Priceless
Fun
Sun
Good Times

Ibiza - part 3 (Cafe Del Mar)

The best things in life are free!! 

Sitting on the steps leading down to the sea outside of Cafe Del Mar and watching the sunset....wow!

The birds were just flying in and out of shot, dancing and floating on the air currents.

Managed to bag this shot! I love it! 

I now have it on my desk, I just have to look at it, close my eyes and I'm there.

A beer in hand, 

sun shining on my face,

 as free as a bird, 

without a care in the world! :-)

Such a beautiful view!

It's difficult to describe how peaceful it all felt just sat there, when normally your day is so hectic you barely have time to eat your lunch.

Go and see it for yourself, you will not be disappointed! :-))

There is only one song - Energy 52 Cafe Del Mar

Energy 52 Cafe Del Mar

Ibiza - part 2

I slept ok but forgot about the number one rule of travel - always bring ear plugs - I'd looked at them at home but hadn't bothered to pack them? Mmmm! A couple of disturbances through the night but nothing too bad.First things first, open the curtains to see sunshine! Yeah! The weather in Ibiza is unpredictable at this time of year so a big win! A quick snack and plenty of water and time to head off for a run.

Ibiza is ideal for off road/trail running and biking, something I never really appreciated the other times I'd been here. I ran from the Hostal down to the sea and along the coastal path. It was absolutely stunning!

This then ended with a quick dip in the sea...................fookin freezin!! ;-)))
I felt wide awake though!!

As expected, I got lost on the way back to the Hostal. A short 30 minute run ended up being a nice 45 minutes. I had nothing much planned for the rest of the day so it wasn't that much of an issue.
I had booked the trip at the last minute and mainly just to get a bit of sun and have a rest, read and reflect on a variety of things. A run always clears my mind and sets me up for the day.

I'd managed to read some of Book One of the Murakami novel IQ84, the title being a reference to Orwell's 1984,' which in typical Murakami style involves the use of magical dreamlike phenomena and using the device of a parallel dimension into which characters slip through cracks or portals. The novel starts by one of the main protagonists, Aomane, going down an emergency staircase leading down from a city expressway which leads into a different time zone with two moons...she realizes things will never be the same! 

It has also been described as an epic romance and also addresses the issue of cults in Japanese culture,
'At least two cults are active in this story. One is a Christian sect known as the Society of Witnesses, whose pamphleteering members refuse lifesaving surgery. The second cult is more Aum-ish and more mysterious. It is called Sakigake (which might mean "forerunner", "precursor", or "pioneer"), and from two wounded escapees we hear some very nasty things about its leader.

As a big Murakami fan I am loving this book.

A pleasant wander into town and then a siesta before going downstairs to watch the football with the locals. I love siestas, I think I might have Spanish blood in me! I'd talked to Dan the previous night and he was there again to watch the football. It was Real Madrid v Galatasaray so the bar was pretty busy. One of the main reasons I love to travel is the opportunity to meet people you would never meet in your normal walk of life. It feels refreshing to think that, I would never have met this person if I hadn't traveled here, and this is definitely a big plus of stopping in hostels as it attracts a wide variety of interesting characters. A bit like a novel waiting to be written!

It turns out that Dan is writing a guide book to Ibiza, he is a trained cocktail barmen, he is interested in the same art as I am and he is a mad Daft Punk fan. I had been wearing a Daft Punk tee shirt when I first met him...coincidence or fate? Anyway, he was a lovely chap and we ended the night drinking rather large Rum and Cokes which were ridiculously cheap. A great day and night! I was also quite merry without spending a great deal of money. #Win :-))

Ibiza - Part 1

Usual last minute rush! I will never change unfortunately. Got the Bus Link to East Midlands Airport.
Arrived in plenty of time for the flight and no baggage to check in. Flying Light, so to speak. In the queue for customs got chatting to a guy, as you do when you are waiting. It turned out he worked for Talk Sport and he was a DJ, banter ensued. A lovely chap indeed, Geoff Peters, it felt like a good omen for the trip ahead. Time for a quick ceremonial pint in the Departure's Bar and then the crazy queue to get on the plane. Ryanair, it is what it is - #cheap #cheerful #cattleClass #doesTheJob and then £5 for a can of lager!
The flight however, was only £50 return! I was going to go to Brighton but that would have cost me £70 just to get there and back #NoBrainer!!

The flight was only two hours and fifteen minutes and mainly uneventful bar for a wobbly landing before the trumpets announced our safe arrival on time.I was longing to feel the warmth on leaving the air conditioned atmosphere of the plane. It has been so cold this year in the UK. Beautiful sunshine and warmth if a tad breezy but heaven indeed!

A quick queue through customs and then to sit outside and wait for the bus to Eivissa (Ibiza Town). For the first time in a long while the 45 minute wait for a bus didn't matter so much as I was sat in the sun....My God I have missed you Mr Sun!!!! I had a wait for the bus to San Antonio so just sat in a square with fountains by the bus stop. It was about 6pm and full of people enjoying the evening sun. Relaxing after work, reading, friends chatting and children running around the open space.

The short bus ride to San Antonio took about 20 minutes, now to find Hostal Marinio. From experience, I should have just got a taxi but memories are short. After an hour of walking/asking people who could barely understand my northern attempt at Spanish/going the wrong way/ I finally found my destination. I was greeted by the proprietor of the establishment and made to feel extremely welcome. The Hostal is a family run concern - Hostal Marino - Hostelworld link
I was given my room key's and told to put my stuff in the room and come down and have a beer and tapas and watch the football with the locals. A quick freshen up and down I went.

Barcelona v PSG was the game on TV and Ibiza is a Barcelona stronghold (they speak a form of Catalan on the island). The atmosphere was cracking as the game was a close 2-2 draw! The beer was ridiculously cheap at 2 euro 50 a pint and free tapas provided. I decided on the spot that I could live here.I got chatting to a guy called Dan at the bar. He was a fluent Spanish speaker (mucho jealous) he had been born in Spain but now lived in the UK so I didn't feel to bad. We talked about the usual stuff, football, travelling, music and the general news. The game finished and I went to my room to chill and reflect on what had been a fantastic day. :-))

G-Pad - ConTemPoRaRy DaNce

A few years back I went to some contemporary dance and loved it!
Watching people dance live is an amazing experience.
The physical demands of dancing combined with aesthetic movement to music is something I recommend to everyone if you haven't been.
Check this clip of one of the shows we went to see.
Cruel by the Debra Colker Dance Company at Nottingham Playhouse Theatre.

Debra Colker Dance Company - Cruel

Anyway, a few of us went the other week to watch a performance called Flesh Note. A great opportunity to get the G-Pad out!! This makes me laugh every time I look at it. A great drawing by my good friend John!

The performance was interesting to say the least!

This is actually two people. I would be 'in traction' if I tried most of the moves :-)

BasTiLLe live @ Rock City Nottingham 21/03/13

Bastille, what to expect? I had no idea! There has been an underground swell that something is really kicking off for this band. Yet to release an album but selling out venues across the land. The show had been moved to Rock City due to the speed in which the tickets had sold for the Rescue Rooms. They then sold out Rock City! Realistically, as I sat in the Social with a pint, I thought, they have two tracks that I really like so it's worth going to watch them because surely they will have one or two more worth a listen?

Arriving onstage with the mysterious Twin Peaks playing in the background they launched straight into 'Bad Blood' the title track from their debut album. The crowd scream and sing back the words to band as if they have been around for years! The crowd, a real mixed audience, made up mainly of young females and 'quifftastic scenesters', a mosh pit designed by GHD, but also containing older more seasoned gig goers. Therein I feel lies the success of this band, they appeal to a broad spectrum of fans and age groups.
 They have the good looking lead singer but they also have some killer tunes. And let's not forget Dan Smith's vocals, impeccable tonight. Highlights were 'What would you do' the mash up of 'Of the Night/Rhythm is a Dancer' 'Pompeii' in which support band To Kill a King come back on stage to join in and the grand finale 'Flaws'. This sees Smith do a grand tour of Rock City to sing alongside the fans who have lapped up tonight's performance. The last person I saw do this at the Rock was Johnny Borrell of Razorlight before they went massive! You sense 'going massive' is only  a matter of time for Bastille if they continue to play live shows as energising and joyful as tonight. Go and see them in a small venue while you can would be my advice!!

Some footage I took from the gig :-)

Flaws
http://youtu.be/fUEzlWp3Ogc

Pompeii
http://youtu.be/zZr9NGp0dQQ

Of the Night/Rhythm is a Dancer
http://youtu.be/Os21mRLzVY4

BaNkSy and Mr BrainWasH

Next to the Mr bRAINwasH Exhibition, in an enclave, was a cheeky Banksy!!

 

You're Never Too yOUNG to dReam BIG :-)

 

 

This is my favourite Mr BrianWasH Piece which was on the outside wall of the Exhibition!!

 

Titled Bandidos

 

Mr BrAiNwasH - Follow Your Dreams

Sorting through my artwork last night and it got me thinking about the Mr Brainwash exhibition I went to in August of 2012. I got these two prints from there. I really love the 'Follow Your Dreams' picture. Always makes me consider my life and whether I've followed  my dreams or am I just killing time?? A convenient career with an alright salary but is it what I really want to do? Is this what I dreamed of before I went to University?  #AnswersOnAPostcardPlease ;-))))

LA-based artist Thierry Guetta, aka Mr Brainwash, made famous in the Banksy documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop, talks about putting on his first UK show in London.

When halfway through the documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop, British graffiti artist Banksy turned the camera on to amateur film-maker Thierry Guetta, an overnight star of the Los Angeles art scene was born.

Despite having no real artistic background, other than a cousin who happens to be a French street artist, the vintage clothing store manager held his first show under his new moniker Mr Brainwash.

He even attended the Oscars after the film was nominated in the best documentary category. But Bristolian stencil artist Banksy was conspicuously absent from the ceremony.

Since then, Guetta has designed a Madonna album cover, worked with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and exhibited his Jeff Koons meets Warholian-inspired pop art all over the world.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19011515

http://www.mrbrainwash.com/

 My good friend Vlad was leaving to go and teach in Kenya for two years when we went to the exhibition and then went to the Blur, Specials and New Order gig at Hyde Park! Big Ernie 'The Kraken Rum' was consumed in large quantities! We also watched the Olympic Marathon as well! #TopWeekend :-))

 

AdAm NeaTe - CruCiFix

Probably my favourite artist - Adam Neate. We went to his exhibition in London 2012 and randomly he was there! It was the last day of the exhibition and he was in to sort things before he went to Japan!

Proper awe struck...I used to own one of his pieces and I sold it for £1500. This is worth more to me and it cost me £10 :-))) Chatted to him for about 5 mins and he went crazy with a gold marker pen on the print and also signed it !! What a really nice bloke.

http://streetart.co.nz/oi-you/competition/inspiration/adam-neate

"Adam Neate specialises in painting Urban Art on recycled cardboard and over recent years has left thousands of works in the street for anyone to find and keep.
Many of these ‘left’ works are painted on cardboard boxes, which he collected from the street, to avoid the cost of canvas.
More recently, much of his work is three-dimensional, as he tears the material, builds it in layers and staples pieces together, mainly making figurative images, which include self-portraits and portraits of friends.
Adam Neate has not only become one of Urban Art’s leading lights, he has also received acclaim, in Britain, from the established art world including the Tate, the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery."

G - Pad

I couldn't afford an I-pad so I invented the G-Pad

More fun and a fraction of the price!

A few years ago I realised that I was getting far too drunk at gigs so I decided to start recording them - SubCultureArt TV was born - just so I could actually remember more about the great times I was having! I have been looking for a new project and I have come up with the idea of the G -Pad :-))
It's quite simple really, a nice A4 pad and a black marker pen. Then you ask people who you are drinking with to draw anything they feel like. I have done this on three occasions now and the results are brilliant. You would be surprised how keen people are to draw something. Even people you have just met! It would be so much easier to just take pictures on your I phone I hear you say but not half as much fun as the results from the G - Pad!! As drawn by Ben on the Sheffield Adventure :-))

CaN GloW sTiCkS kiLL YoU?

 I am sure I heard somewhere that people have died drinking the fluid from Glow Sticks??
Even though I think this, I am still partially to sticking them in my mouth!.
A bit like a dare!
It reminds me of when I went to Poland.
I have always wanted to stick my head out of a train window!
I have no idea why?
I think it might have come from watching old comedies like Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin.
So I did it!
The security on trains in Poland is a lot less than in the UK.
I wasn't instantly beheaded by a post at the side of the railway, much to my disappointment!
It just felt a bit underwhelming...
Back to the Glow Sticks!
I know that sooner or later I am going to drink the fluid from a Glow Stick!
Can it really be any worse than some of the alcoholic drinks I consume?
If I die then obviously I was wrong ;-))

(Love this picture! A great night with Steve, Lucie and Polly)

The BiG IssUe and Stik GrAffiTi ArTisT

A fantastic inspirational story of how not to forget where you have come from!!

I have bought 11 copies this week - I am keeping 1 and giving the rest to friends as gifts :-))

The ex-homeless graffiti artist collaborated with The Big Issue to give 75,000 prints away for free – one with every copy sold. Stik, who keeps a pseudonym to maintain anonymity, decided to give away the prints to support his homeless friends and in tribute to the work of The Big Issue. “My figures don’t have mouths, they are silent,” he said.“Most homeless people are invisible as well as silent. The Big Issue gives them a voice. The Big Issue is a great organisation which helps so many people to get back on their feet. I wanted to give something back to my friends who are still homeless.”

The Stik giveaway comes in the same week as The Big Issue vendors’ collaboration with marketing giants M&C Saatchi to create an advertising campaign set for newspapers and billboards across Britain.

Channeling their inner Don Draper, sellers from London, Bath, Bristol and Glasgow came up with a series of ads to highlight their unique retail businesses, with the ads appearing in national newspapers over the next couple of weeks and in outdoors spaces in the respective cities.

StiK - GraffiTi ArTiSt

Found this fascinating article in The Londonist concerning the artist Stik and his background of homelessness and how he is using his art to follow his social aims!  :-)

“My name is Stik. I don’t give out my name because I’m a graffiti artist. I still paint illegally,” he says. But there’s more to this evasive answer. Stik’s past has been difficult. Although he admits he became homeless some 10 years ago, he won’t talk about how. It’s clearly an unhappy story spanning a number of years. “Art totally took me out of homelessness,” he reflects. “It kept me focused and on the right track.”

The only item Stik would take with him as he moved around town was a huge box containing hundreds of sketchpads. “Well, I’ve always drawn stickmen, and on walls. That goes right back. When I became homeless I was really out of the system. There was no thought of being in galleries at all; art was just my way of communicating.”

He started painting larger pieces around East London, scavenging near-spent tins of white emulsion, left outside redecorated homes. When painting outside, passers-by would often ask him to paint the outside of their own houses. Stik says if you can see the wall from the street he’ll still paint it for free, although it’s hard to see how long this can continue thanks to the high demand.

“I don’t have a formal education. I learned from other graffiti and street artists like Doze, Zomby, Run and Roa. Street artists learn a lot from each other. There’s a mutual understanding between street artists who risk getting their work out there.”

In winter 2009, after a period of homelessness, Stik went to a drop-in centre, who found him a place at St Mungo’s in Hackney (one of his paintings still graces the back yard). Stik saw his time in the hostel as sink or swim. He was there for just over a year, which he says was his most productive time. “A lot changed when I moved into the hostel. It was a good space. I painted a lot of work in the streets.”

Inspired by his past, Stik started linking his art to local news stories and social issues, often depicting those who slip through the cracks. He was commissioned by the NHS to produce a series of murals around Hackney to depict the effects of various drugs for an addiction education website.

In 2011, Stik moved out of the hostel into more stable accommodation in Hackney. He was then offered four solo shows: at the Subway Gallery (on Edgware Road), with the Lava Collective in Covent Garden, at KOP in Bristol and at Graffik Gallery in West London. All four sold out, just like his recent show.

Stik is now in a much better position, and he’s choosing to follow his social aims. In the summer of 2011, he was invited to Gdansk, Poland by the British Council to paint a large-scale street piece as part of the Brit Cult Festival alongside Gilbert and George at the Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art. That Christmas his posters were sold at a fundraiser for St Mungo’s.

WorK CoLLeagUes

Why we should take a minute to reflect on the people we are fortunate to work with!

Friday - everyone is knackered at work and looking forward to the weekend!
We always bring cake in on a Friday so it is infomally known as 'Cake Friday'.
Friday is the best day of the week for many reasons! #boozeToLookForwardToo
Mainly because we don't have to come in to work on Saturday and Sunday.
Friday also tends to be the day when you come back to your desk to find out
if it is your turn to receive a gift...... ;-)))
Looking at the first picture you don't really notice the new picture.
That is until you sit down and it catches your eyeline!

What would we do without great work colleagues?
We spend a lot of time at work! Too much!
Having a laugh at work is essential to get you through the day in any job at the moment.
When I have a beer tonight I will raise a glass of the finest booze to all the great colleagues who I am fortunate enough to work with!
They keep me sane, most of the time!
Cheers! Have a great weekend :-))

ArE MeMoRieS LiKe KaRaOke?

“Maybe memories are like karaoke-where you realise up on the stage, with all those lyrics scrawling across the screen's bottom, and with everybody clapping at you, that you didn't know even half the lyrics to your all-time favourite song. Only afterwards, when someone else is up on stage humiliating themselves amid the clapping and laughing, do you realise that what you liiked most about your favourite song was precisely your ignorance of its full meaning- and you read more into it than maybe existed in the first place. I think it's better to not know the lyrics to your life.”
― Douglas Coupland, The Gum Thief

Thought for the day!

Have you ever sung a song for years and then actually read the lyrics and realised that you have been singing the totally wrong words? Once you know the correct words it changes the whole relationship you have with that song. Maybe, like some relationships which you thought were going to be something special but looking back you just read more into it than existed in the first place?

However, life wouldn't be so much fun if we knew all the correct lyrics to life now would it? ;-))