A Month Of... Around The World...

Staying in the UK capital today, and moving to the district of Chelsea with Fratellis and "Chelsea Dagger"...

Wikipedia Links:

Fratellis
Chelsea, Greater London

The Cat Spot... And A Bit Of General Waffle...

more cat pictures

Whew... That's another Friday the 12+1th over!

Actually *whispers just in case Fate's clock is slow* this Friday 13th hasn't been too bad.

Work was okay... For some reason there was a kind of last-day-before-the-school-holidays vibe going on - which included boss & Flunky having an ongoing elastic band battle, and both of them locking me out of the office and store (combination locks on both doors because it's a shared building) when I went to the loo, and then hiding from me once I got back in. Honestly, sometimes it's like working with The Chuckle Brothers' more annoying little brothers! *rolls eyes*

Shopping tonight.

Oh... yesterday I sold my old mobile phone for £20, so I treated myself to a new album. The Fratellis second album, "Here We Stand" - and I really can't recommend it highly enough! I was a bit worried what it would be like... you know, "second album syndrome" and all that? But it doesn't disappoint! The current single, "Mistress Mabel" is really good, but at the moment my favourite track is "Lupe Brown" - although that might change.

And I had a blast from the past today on our tin-pot local radio station... There's a feature called "The Time Tunnel" (basically a rip-off of Radio 1's "Golden Years" as lovingly presented by Simon Mayo) and they played this, which I've not heard for years...

That was Joshua Kadison and "Jessie"... and I loved that song when it was released.

Well, I guess I'll bugger off now and get ready for bed, because I've already been getting very strong hints from Harriet that it's time for sleep!

The Worst Bit About Having No Phone Line...

Is the fact that no internet access means that I am missing out on downloading all the new music around at the moment.

There's a few new toons out there that I'm loving...

Gabriella Cilmi - "Sweet About Me"...

Beth Rowley - "So Sublime"...

And Ashlee Simpson - "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)"...

Plus, there's the fact I've not heard this until now... The Fratellis' new single, "Mistress Mabel"...

Oooo... like it!

Born To Rock... Part 1...

I've narrowed today's birthday celebrants down to 2, and I can't decide between them, so you're getting 2...

First, Mar. 4th, 1979 - John Lawler is born (now better known as John Fratelli)... So you get The Fratellis and "Henrietta"...

According to Wikipedia, their second album was completed in January... Bring it on!

The Musical Interlude...

Subtitled: Thank Fratelli It's Friday!

Lou summed this up in a comment a few days ago... "You can never have too much Fratellis"

So, I give you "Flathead" (as used in the iTunes advert a couple of months back)...

And "Creepin' Up The Back Stairs"...

If you haven't got it already, go and buy "Costello Music" - You won't regret it!