My Manifesto: The Incoherent Ramblings of a Madman

I've a new found love of reading the Saturday paper on Sunday. Sure it is a day late - but nothing happens on Saturday anyway. The world stands still over the weekend - despite what people try and make you believe. A long weekend? Hell nothing will happen for almost an entire week in Australia. A long weekend during the football world cup? Hell nothing will happen until the world cup is over in the entire world!

Sure Hamas have called an end to their self imposed cease fire - but they don't have a team in the world cup anyway, if they did on the otherhand, there would be no need to be killing those pesky Jewish settlers on the westbank. And Israel? Hell if they had a team in the world cup they'd not be there indiscriminately killing those pesky Muslims on the west bank.

The articles in the Saturday Sydney herald are amazingly well written compared to the re-hashed Sunday tripe. The only problem I have is that to sit at a table and read the paper you have to spread it out over a 20 metre square area because there are so many sections within it. To carry it requires a small crane or wheels.

I'm experimenting with obscure mix play lists for reading the paper, almost like elevator music, but not quite:

1. Radiohead;
2. Jose Gonzalez;
3. Ben Harper;
4. Rae and Christian;
5. Unkle;
6. Massive Attack;
7. Portishead;
8. Counting Crows;
9. Wolfmother;
10. John Butler Trio;
11. The Doors;
12. The Donnie Darko Soundtrack;
13. Jack Johnson;
14. Echo and the Bunnymen;
15. Enigma; and
16. Pearl Jam live @ Benaroya Hall

It is sort of cruisy, then upbeat, and every so often you get something with some punch coming through. Much like my feelings as I read the newspaper. It also makes for good Sunday afternoon drinks music.

I hope one of these days to get some new speakers. In fact - I hope today to get some new speakers. My weapon of choice is the middle of the range logitech THX speakers, with subwoofer that are meant to retail between $165-195. *crosses fingers* i expect they will cost around $300 here.

Until we meet again....

Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen.

She floats like a swan
Grace on the water
Lips like sugar
Lips like sugar
Just when you think youve caught her
She glides across the water
She calls for you tonight
To share this moonlight

Youll flow down her river
Shell ask you and youll give her
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses

She knows what she knows
I know what shes thinking
Sugar kisses
Sugar kisses
Just when you think shes yours
Shes flown to other shores
To laugh at how you break
And melt into this lake

Youll flow down her river
But youll never give her
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses

Shell be my mirror
Reflect what I am
A loser and a winner
The king of siam
And my siamese twin
Alone on the river
Mirror kisses
Mirror kisses

Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses

Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses

Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses
Lips like sugar
Sugar kisses