Inhabitant

...purely on the basis of it being high up on a couple of "best of 2006" lists. I have to admit that I love it, but then I love Springsteen and Kerouac so it was kind of inevitable. A bundle of passion, adrenaline and smarts.

...talking to him at the Twilight Singers show at Koko the other week. I was going to the bar and when I offered him a drink he declined and said he wasn't drinking at the moment.

...despite the technical hitches. I'd had a few drinks and hugged him on the way out, which is a little embarrassing.

...thank you. Just what I needed on this tedious beyond belief afternoon.

...but the single is kind of good. *shame*

...yes, but is it not worth mentioning that he's a violinist in both The Bad Seeds and Dirty Three?

...that's about the most facile and absurd over-simplification of Nick Cave's work that I've ever read. You might as well have trotted out the tired "southern hellfire preacher" trope.

I booked two tickets for the Spitz on Friday 2nd Dec. I've now been informed that I will be in Bolton that evening. I'm absolutely gutted. The tickets are non-refundable but I CAN re-allocate them...if any one wants 'em gratis (that's free - they're no good to me now!) pm 'em me and they're yours. First come, first serve.

...I got my ticket.