A quick review of my year where i can see that i've made fewer postings than in previous years, in part because i've been completely consumed by my job - my workload increased by a third this year - flat hunting took up all of the last quarter and more than likely, a bit of 'laisser aller' has crept in...

I'm not going to go the whole hog and do a resumé of every month, instead, just a few lines about the music that sneaked up on me in '08

The first track that i associate with last year is a pissed off/rebellion/revolt song by french group Noir Desir which dates back to '92 but is still as relevent as ever "Soyons desenvolte ayant l'air de rien..."

The song got dragged up from the memory bank in January where i realised that the cost of having a humble pizza delivered cost f.i.f.t.y euros ! ... a stitch up that i repeated multiple times over the year *yup, me is that dumb sometimes*
It was also my soundtrack throughout the month of february and above all, the dark mournful month of March where i was entreatied to move upstairs and into the office next to BoyIdiot's whereupon i became aquainted to the notion that perhaps, maybe, he suffers from Aspergers

In blooming beautiful April i kicked the Amy W addiction but chose Duffy as my prefered replacement therapy.

Her hit, Mercy, was omnipresent throughout the assorted bank holidays of May (which encouraged me venture out and go to parts of Paname that i'd not naturally visit and to pick up a b.o.o.k, to boot) the 'action packed' month of June, where i managed to visit Balajo in Bretagne (who a few weeks later, had a mighty tussle with a catfish) and the very good Yurpeen footy fest You can imagine that a playlist of one track on my i-pod, on the pc at home and at work, meant that i came *that* close to losing all ofmy friends and acquaintances

After the summer holidays, or the rentrée, the french public was bombarded with 'Beggin' by Madcon : which is a bit on the negative side of fortunate, if we get a gist of what an anglo/french translation comes up with ;@)

Anyhooo ... it was the start of the new term and as usual we had the usual crop of trainers handing their notice, and, as like the current resident of the white house, i'd decided to let the owners know that i'd be outta Dodge at the end of january (although i'm sure that i won't be lifting stuff that doesn't belong to me as i skulk out into the dark shadowy night)

Aaaaand just like any other compilation album, there is always a bonus track :@)



Go to the You Tube page and the official sites for tour dates and other groovy stuff ;@)