7" Lyrics

Yo. The record is all on-schedule, so I thought I would post the lyrics to it here, even if most people have no idea how the songs go.



Sat In Vicky Park
Give me east london summer, give me under the radar and i'm done. My name is no longer low level worker I'm gone. I'm gone where bank accounts have no weight, where the 26 takes me all the way past landlords and managers, where i only move in straight lines forward now. I only move in straight lines forward now. And i'm taking this lesson with me - the worst mistake to make is to be afraid to make mistakes. I can't believe this took so long to learn, it should be so obvious, like a man cannot be measured by the number of people he's fucked, like numbers on a payslip are no indication of worth. My relationship with reality, it comes and goes and we rarely see eye to eye.

(Lines in Italics are from a song by Grade from the album 'Under The Radar')



Joiners and Windmills
I can hear it all from outside, the choked up sounds of another night. I'm breathing deep through clenched teeth, watching my steps carefully. These concrete slabs and kurb cuts are looking more familiar by now and the words escape me, I can't drag them up to say "I'm sorry". There's no excuses. We had such high hopes but it's always difficult to keep everything balanced, to not leave anything behind. It's so hard to fall apart when there's nowhere you'd rather land, so this is it: the choices that we made, like not giving up just yet. I'm not giving up. Sometimes what it takes is to listen to what you say and try to hear it, to try to feel it.

Test pressings arrived.

The test pressings came the other day. They sound great and its cool to finally hear how we sound on an analogue format. The difference in sound between the .wav files and the 7" is huge, I can totally understand why some people get all "audiophile" about non-digital formats, there is a lot to like about the sound you get from vinyl, it definitely sounds less "bang on" and less sharp, a little more like the band is playing right there with you. I can't wait till we get them all back with the artwork and inserts (which are also looking amazing).

Cue gratuitous shot of my awesome record player:


Woop!

Dan

Norwich.

This photo is kind of funny. PJ and Joe are getting loose and if you could see me, I'd be doing the same. Josh is tuning up after he broke string. Some shows just kind of go that way.

Inter-when?

Yo. Whats going on? Why has my laptop slowly crawled to a halt when all I use it for is recording bullshit attempts at songs using cracked software and photoshopping on illegal copies of expensive programs? Its like the world doesn't want me to be productive using the fruits of someone else's labour for free. I thought this was a free country?! As much as I am an Apple fanboy, this has gone on long enough. I want them to build me a computer that gets FASTER the more I use it. Yeah, I know that sounds crazy, but the computer should LEARN what I am doing and pre-empt me. It should know that after I check my e-mail, I'm going to check the Myspace, then Punktastic, then Be-Mag. It should load that shit up the second I start my web-routine. It should know that I also use the internet to watch Southpark and Family Guy. Why do I have to search for pirated videos of them on the internet? It should find them for me and say "Yo Bondy, you haven't seen this Family Guy yet, I already checked and the video plays all the way through, no lie!". Blammo! There I am, saving time, watching stuff online without the poker adverts and disappointment.

"Yo Bond! Thought you might like this video of cats falling off tables - you haven't seen it yet and you will totally LOL at it".

"Well thanks very much computer, another few precious seconds saved".

Steve Jobs, please hire me. I don't expect much money, but I do expect regular days off, to turn up late and quite frequently leave early. I will expect quite a bit of slacking during the day and a long lunch, but shit man, if you need some tips on how to improve software, call me.

ps:

Tour!

I'm so excited about this:


Thanks Ema!

Broken screens and busted batteries.

My current iPod situation looks like this.

• IPod A: This is a very old blue iPod mini I am borrowing from a friend. This has my favourite stuff on it and the battery lasts, at best, 2 hours. 1 hour if it’s cold outside
• IPod B: This is my old silver IPod nano. It has some stuff from a few years ago on it as well as some newer stuff on it. The screen is broken and I can only listen to it on random.

I had an awesome black iPod nano, I lost that while on tour with Calvinball and Onsind. I had the very first iPod (with actual buttons) and that broke while I was skating. I borrowed an awesome new nano for a while, but had to give it back. My iPod situation right now isn’t great.

Still, PJ still uses a Discman and carries actual CDs around with him. Everywhere.

I am still winning.

Laters

Dan

Tuesday, in haiku format.

I don’t like Tuesdays
At least it’s not Monday though
Friday seems way off.



Dan Bond
Tuesday, 2nd March
Greenwich, London.