Fresh Air...and living in the 60s

Its an amazing day out today. Sky is blue. Sun is burning down. I'm listening to a band called The Nines, who are on myspace. Really good! They sent me a message. Asking me to check out their new tracks...and I'm pleased that I did. I find it very very very hard to get into new bands...I'm such a cynic. But today their stuff is just the ticket. They're at http://www.myspace.com/ninespop .

I'm getting lots of fresh air in me today. Am off to see the new hanging at the Tate Modern with my friend Emma, who's been good enough not to do a runner on me - many have - since we met in the first couple of weeks of University. Normally, friends...particularly of the female variety tend to do a runner within 3-6 weeks. Emma has stuck with me. She has a great boyfriend called Stuart who's an artist...he helped bail me out when I was working at Art Review magazine last year and I didn't have anywhere to stay. And we've - Ems and I - have stuck it out whilst other friends have dropped by the wayside.

I have my camera with me...I'm hoping to post some snaps from outside the gallery on my next blog entry.

On a completely different subject...I'm obviously a bit of a sixties junky...I studied revolutionary art from the 1960s and the growth of counterculture...and the music is pretty evident in mine, I guess.

And I when I got out of bed today, something that one of my friends has on her myspace page about wanting to live in the 60s ran through my head...and I could smell the leather of a pair of Chelsea boots - maybe even Gohills which is near where I live - and I thought in a flash of Jimi Hendrix standing in front of the mirror and seeing Handel's ghost. It was strange because it was very very very vivid...a bit like deja vu. Something of the uncanny at work.



My beloved Roundhouse re-opened last week. I WANT TO PLAY THE ROUNDHOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT TO MAKE FILMS ABOUT AND IN THE ROUNDHOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT TO STAGE MY PLAY AT THE ROUNDHOUSE!!!!!!! I WANT TO EAT SUGAR CUBES AT THE ROUNDHOUSE!!!!!!!

And one day...I'm going to.


Peace and Love to you,


Tom.