I have just been looking back at old pictures and it made me remember how sad winter is – I actually feel quite sick just thinking about it. I really hate it. It’s so long and so cold and boring. I am going to hibernate and play the guitar for a long time.
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Winter
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Ben Marwood – Give Up.. Just Once, Give Up
“Somebody once told me that ambition fuels the human race, I believe that inspiration more than has it’s pride of place, If we’re stripped of our ambition we would not sit motionless, If we lost our inspiration we’d all run for government I guess.” – Ben Marwood.This is a lyric from the new CD from Ben Marwood. It makes me laugh. If you have never heard on Ben Marwood, which would not be suprising, he is a singer/songwriter from Reading. He likes Ben Folds and he writes good songs.
Somehow I seem to have heard all of the songs on this CD before, except “Fake It Till You Make It” which is my favorite. I think they are reworkings of some songs that were put on the site a few months ago. They are really good anyway. This is the first time that Ben has attempted a full band version of a song. It works really well, although I generally prefer his more acoustic songs.
One of the good things about supporting unsigned artists is that the will let you try before you buy.
Ben will be at the Reading Festival this weekend, so go and place your order today, and hopefully when he returns on Monday his inbox will be flooded with orders. Go on, it’s only £2 – how cheap is that.
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Sk8m8.com
This website is really good. More people should support it. I added Lenham skatepark. As you can see it is terrible.
So go here and put in where you live. If you local park doesn’t come up then go and take a picture and put it in. Also if you visit a park on there that hasn’t got a photo, then take one and send it in [like] [i] [did].
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Great minds…
I noticed the other day that the shovel load has become an online zine. This was also an idea I had a while ago and made this which probably not many people have seen. Funny how we both came up with the same idea.
For the unobservant, there is a video on the Joey’s Jam page. Download it.
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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
Well, since lots of people search for it I might as well write some more about this band. I have had their first (and only I think) album for a while but it has taken me a long time to really get into it. The first few times I heard it I did like it, but it just gets better the more you hear it.The end of the album is definately the best – Maps, Y-Control and Modern Romance are probably the best songs but the rest of the album is still really good. (You can hear pin on the easter 05 video). There are also two secret tracks, making 13 in total – good value for money.
I would really like to see them live. The lead singer is a woman. I heard her on the radio ages ago and she sounded a bit annoying but then I think she would be pretty entertaining as she seems to go a bit nuts in quite a few songs.
Also what I really don’t get is there are only 3 of them, and only 1 guitarist, but there are often 2 guitars and a bass on a lot of their songs. How do they do this live?[edit: I have since learnt that the guitarist (Nick Zinner) uses a foot pedal to record a sample and then loops it, which is pretty clever stuff. ]
What else is there to say really. I don’t much like reveiws where people compare one artist to another, or try and classify the music into boxes. I guess I would recommend that you listen to Maps and Modern Romance. If you like these songs then buy this album. If you don’t then go and buy some Brian Adams.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are currently working on new material in the studio which they say is going in a different direction, (Did someone say tabala?) expected autumn 2005.
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Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
These are the most popular search terms on this site for this month. This gives me an idea of what people out there want to see more of on this website:
mako sharks 9 – Becky can sort this out
lemon shark 7 – and this
yeah yeah yeahs 5 – I’ll write something on this
gbh ramps 3 – I don’t know too much about GBH so if someone wants to write a review…
nick drake 3 – and I’ll do this
trampoline tricks 3 – I want to get the trampoline out again soon so more of this I hope
mirah hindley 3 – I have no idea how this came up, but Becky has a morbid fascination with this kind of thing
hastings skatepark 3 – Going here soon I hope, so some more pictures on the way.
saltbury bmx 2 – don’t know
brian molko 2005 2 – he’s in placebo right?
fathom bmx 2 – that’s easily dealt with
sharks eating 2 – another one for rebekah
where is coxhoe skatepark 2 – go here to find out
sharks eating humans 2 – rough
trampoline bike 2 – more on the way I hope
dirtsurfer uk 2 – hmm maybe we should get the dirtsurfers out again.
yeah yeah yeahs maps 1 – ok ok.
steath trails 1 – no sorry nothing on this
wearing new shoes 1 – what?
bare boy 1 – sick.
the shawshank redemption 1 – seb’s already done this but maybe I can add some more
kenji tsuruta bmx 1 – a rider from Japan I think
imogen heap hide and seek download 1 – good good
bmx jam at joey s woods 1 – yep that was yesterday. more soon.
stink socks 1 – what?
world war 2 sharks attacks 1 – ww2?
epsom bmx trails 1 – soon I hope
when did richard whiteley die? 1 – 26th June 2005
jumping mako sharks 1 – more sharks?
photos of dislocated wrist 1 – there are some x-rays here if that helps
unreal skatepark 1 – yeh, they need a website. I keep on meaning to offer to make one but it’s summer. I’ll make one when they get the new place.Interesting? Got to keep the punters happy.
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Joey’s Jam
Joeys got dried out with a blow torch so the jam still went ahead. Have a picture:
More another day. I am off to finish my book – Pet Semetry by Stephen King. Scary. -
Rain :(
It always rains on my days off. I did get a car on Friday though which was good so I can still make some trips, but now all the jumps are wet so there’s not much point. Went to Paddock Wood and fixed some drainage while waiting for the insurance people to finish ripping me off. Too wet for anything.
Today we just went to the mini ramp in Tenterden as everything else was so wet. Dean can go high on that ramp. I updated NOiD so go there for more pictures.
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Busy
I have a busy weekend starting now really so this is my last chance to update for the next few days. My car failed it’s MOT yesterday.
Tonight I am off to help Gregory put up his ramp in a barn so that could be good. Then on Friday I have the day off to buy a new car – going to British Car Auctions. If someone wants my old car then it runs fine but our strict garage didn’t pass it’s MOT. If small things like that don’t bother you then you can have it for free.
Then Friday maybe do some riding although the rain is due then, and then off to Tenterden in the evening to see Nigel and Tom and make plans for the rest of the weekend.
Oh and it’s Joey’s jam on Sunday so hope to see you there.
In other news the A-Level results came out today. I hope you all did ok.Apparently the pass rate has gone up again but I don’t understand that. When I was at school they always told us that there weren’t pass marks, they just took the top x% and they got an A then the next y% got a B etc. If that’s the case then how can the mark be getting better each year. Something strange going on there.
These happy people just passed their badminton exams.
Have a good weekend.
scruffian 
