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sarah

don't worry. we can walk to the curb from here

About Me

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My Interests

I am partial to: the occassional gig / mixtapes / kind & gentle folk / screen prints / lettraset / absurd ramblings / 'roids / brooklyn (11211) / solo wanderings (be it on a train, plane, boat or by foot) / drawing robots / getting the coffee shakes / consuming jaffa cakes // .................................................... I am not so partial to: heels (high) / asymetric mane stylings / the holier-than-thou-hipster brigade / selfish twunts / bands taking 87 hours to set up / marshmallows (gag reflex) //

I'd like to meet:

Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law....oh alright, some pantwettingly marvelous musical delights. someone/thing that might change the world. even a little bit.

Music:

// super furry animals / my morning jacket / r.hawley / e. costello / p. watson / m.ward / d. johnston / n. cave / of montreal / broadcast / miracle fortress / friends electric / heypenny / fanfarlo / grizzly bear / kissy sell out / hello saferide / man man / chin up chin up / tap tap / modest mouse / professor murder / ed harcourt / mr dylan / the chap / girls aloud / blur / 80s matchbox / billy childish / beirut / xtc / the knife / coachwhips / television / sugababes / mutya / final fantasy / arcade fire / supremes / kylie / band of horses / tunng / midlake / a silver mount zion / yo la tengo / cause co / oxford collapse / jens lekman / four tops / forward, russia! / wolf parade (and all various side projects) / patti smith / clor / orange juice / at the drive-in / patrick wolf / kano / 65daysofstatic / smog / mbv / buzzcocks / ellen allien / we are scientists / echo and the bunnymen / folk implosion / sigur ros / architecture in helsinki / stereolab / cat power / thee more shallows / ...AYWKUBTTOD / clap yer hands / talking heads / the ronettes / a certain ratio / animal collective / deerhoof / amerie / sky larkin / the chanteclairs // I DO NOT favour: razorlight / the zutons / holloways / the kooks / jingle jangle indie schmindie for the fecking sake of it go home.

Movies:

// annie hall (all woody allens's's's') / old boy / delicatessen / the labyrinth / monsters inc / bananas / secretary / waiting for guffman / anchorman / grizzly man / wicker man / don't look now / don't look back / mars attacks / ghostbusters2 / life aquatic / 2046 / vertigo / route 666 / edward scissorhands / holy grail / eraserhead //

Television:

// The Andy Milonakis Show / The News / The League of Gentlemen //

Books:

all time faves: fa fa fa fa fa by David Bowman... Experience by Martin Amis.... New York Trilogy by Paul Auster....

Heroes:

The two Dave's (byrne and bowie). saul bass. my nan. papa lazarou.

My Blog

nysee

The past week or so in new york deserves a few words and pictures. had a splutteringly* good time... part work, part play. The work part (heypenny! live! action!) was awwwesomeness in musical for...
Posted by sarah on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:51:00 PST

Undgretel tomorrow + Playlouder SOTW

Hello ladies and gents, Firstly: forgot to mention this, but (it's worth mentioning) Fanfarlo's limited single numero 3 (fire escape / we live by the lake) was named Playlouder's Singl...
Posted by sarah on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:12:00 PST

dot to dot + AM=AK...

dot to dot was amazing this weekend. both bristol and nottingham- hats off to all involved. so much fun, lovely people, great bands... and great venues!! the Fiddlers in bristol was completely b...
Posted by sarah on Tue, 29 May 2007 10:24:00 PST

David Bowie Recommends New Music

He's a fan of the 'farlo: well, hats off to bowie for having impeccable taste. Good to see a bit of Tap Tap loving going on too. Everyone loves a bit of tap tap (hint to tap tap: start playing gigs!)....
Posted by sarah on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:39:00 PST

Sverige

just returned from an all-too-brief visit to stockholm... the bus from the airport into town was almost worth the trip alone - forests covered in snow as far as the eye could see. aaah.fanfarlo played...
Posted by sarah on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 05:49:00 PST

hand on your heart...

so err, i saw kylie last night at wembley.i am fairly sure it's best show i've ever been to! ticked every box. in fact, she invented more boxes and it ticked those too. jesus fucking christ she ...
Posted by sarah on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:29:00 PST

2006=

actually an ace year for musical things, eh? well i reckon anyway... my ears were happily occupied. these are my highlights, in list format:songs (in no particular order honest guv)* sunset rubdown - ...
Posted by sarah on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:48:00 PST

c to the m to the j

So I've had a full week to digest the musical treats of CMJ and here is a list of things, for no other reason than lists are ace and bands are ace so this is of course, ace. This was all don...
Posted by sarah on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:26:00 PST

Demos in this direction...

ayes... mark them for either Crown (if you need management) or SSB (if you need a spectacular music lawyer): Crown Music (management) // SSB (music lawyers)The Matrix Complex91 Peterborough RoadLondon...
Posted by sarah on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:34:00 PST

isn't it nice to be beside the seaside?

I will never be more amazed/horrified/inspired/repulsed/entertained than when i wander through the seaside concrete monstrosity/work of art that IS southend on a sunny saturday afternoon.It's not some...
Posted by sarah on Sat, 13 May 2006 01:27:00 PST