SORRY for blogging drunk AGAIN

Gawd I have the shakes so bad. Sorry to everyone AGAIN for blogging drunk last night. At least I woke up *in* my apartment this time. Granted, it was in 'my corner' (technically my SAD corner) but anyway.

I got woken by my friend Jewel. She's an artist in the country side and she was coming to the city I can't tell you why I promised not to. [Edit: And if you are thinking 'Jewel, artist - pretentious bitch WELL FUCKING DON'T SHE IS A REALLY GENUINE PERSON WITH INSECURITIES AND HANG UPS AND PHOBIAS LIKE ANYONE ELSEDon't be such a judgemental shallow prick.] So she wants to meet up for coffee. And I'm all YEP I could probably do with a coffee so I arrange to meet her in the hip trendy place who do really good coffee. I'm not talking Lavazza or Illy I am talking REAL QUALITY COFFEE, fucko.

So I take a hit of gin and grab my smoking tobacco and stuff and my nice new aviator shades (they cost 2.99) and chewing gum. And meet up with her and we drink coffee. She is really funny but I can't remember anything I observed at the time that I wanted to tell you all about because my memory is a STINKING PIECE OF SHIT MEMORY WHY WON'T YOU JUST BE GOOD LIKE EVERYONE  else's memory FFS!?

The barrista, right, get this I need to explain she had the hipster glasses (I KNOW, I KNOW) and she was probably ALMOST a hipster because either her or the other barrista had MGMT playing (too mainstream for hipster now unless maybe the new album - I haven't heard it but I read the HIPSTER BULLSHIT Pitchfork review and thought 'fuck that' don't care).

But she seemed really genuine - behind the stewpid glasses. And I think she kind of liked me - you know how you can TELL. I'm not saying it was a full on 'let me suck you off in the back room NOW' kind of way, but I was all, 'nice waaaannn' about it and smiled and complimented the coffee when I went to get water (I think that was the winner right there). She 'hey'ed me then when I went to use the bathroom at the end FUCKERS HAD NO DRYER or towel dispenser only shit roll ON THE CUBICLE FLOOR so I had to dry my hands ON THE BOTTOMS OF MY OWN FUCKING TROUSER LEGS! (ffs)

I don't know the point of this story. I guess I just wanted to share the barrista thing. Should I go back? Pick flowers or some shit? Or just leave it because I really do NOT want a dumb f hipster girlfriend and I can't afucking-ford a girlfriend right now anyway.

I guess I started telling partly because Jewel really likes the tune 'Rez' by Underworld.

It is a brilliantly composed track with a very mature approach to production. It's by no means 'minimal' (in the typical, 'genre definition' sense of the word), and yet, the repetition gives it a minimal aspect (I guess I'm talking compositionally minimal here).

At almost ten minutes, it's a long track. The fact that, as a minimal enough epically long, repetitive dance/techno track, it made it on to a mainstream (enough) O.S.T. (Vanilla Sky) is indicative of its worth. [edit: my bad, I thought it was on the Vanilla Sky

OST ALBUM, but it appears that it is not].

Much kudos to Underworld for resisting the temptation to shorten it. The tune is allowed breathe and evolve at its own pace. Same goes for how the track has peaks and crests and these flow at a gentle pace even at 126 beats per minute (typical tempo for '90's house/club music).

Underworld never try to over-do the peaks on this one (vs. Rez' original release A-side, 'Born Slippy' for example) and so it makes for perfect listening music and leaves one with a sense of calm - EVEN at 126 bpm, with repetitive synth lead and four-to-the-floor drum programming.

...which brings me to my last memory of last night. I was blasting REZ out, pissing my neighbours off, no doubt, and commenting on Erika's page (I fucking shudder to think what I probably said and SORRY AGAIN to any of you who had to suffer my INANE DRUNKEN RAMBLINGS. I have a shot or two left (I know I said on the other post I finished the half bottle but I clearly didn't know what the fuck I was GOING ON ABOUT NOW DID I?) and I'll get four beers (I FUCKING WISH I could get Special Brew anywhere near here) in and that will be that. I will be good tonight I PROMISE!

Peace.


I've gone all WOOoooOOzY after all the energy I expelled into all that I may lie down for a minute.