3 to make study pass a little quicker

I've been studying rather hard of late. It's great I've been really relishing my exams and every exam is a joyous two hour window in which I have a great opportunity to splurge my learning all over the sheet.

'I'm a fuck man, I mean me only really human quality to speak of is a fondness for Celtic mysticism' - Colm Meaney (as Garda Jerry Lynch in Intermission)

I notice from my blog view statistics that the majority of people who read this are from the USA, in fact big shout out to Germany coming in a number 4 too. I have a soft spot for the Germans mostly due to the quality of their football team. So yes for you American folk, Intermission is an Irish movie you'll enjoy it.

Whole thing available on youtube

Intermission Part 1

So in a nod to Intermission here is Clannad and some of that Celtic Mysticism.

Making my study a whole lot more enjoyable has been Italian prog rock maestros French Teen Idol. 

To round off the three I have chosen The Church. Not JC but rather a collection of Aussie rockers, from their brilliant album Starfish; Reptile

I could live here dressed in honey.

From there to here: Slowdive to Mojave 3

Apologies for the text and colour etc, it just started happening I don't know how to get rid of it. 
Slowdive, one of those Creation Records bands; Alison. 


'I'll wear your clothes when we're both high
Alison I said were sinking
but she laughs and tells me its just fine'


Somehow the three lines really manage to convey who and where Alison and the persona are in their lives. The soft ambient swirling of the guitars and the formidable yet tender wall of sound is simply breathtaking. It feels like swimming in some sort of warm vibrating jelly-like substance

Mojave 3 rose like a phoenix from the flames of Slowdive.Neil Halstead, Rachel Goswell and Ian McCutcheon (potentially a relative of Martine McCutcheon whom I found very arousing in Love Actually). Their sound is a folked out more acoustic version of Slowdive the vocalists are the same. Ask Me Tomorrow is a lovely album a really mellow, warm yet haunting effort. The opening track Love Songs On The Radio is my pick of the lot upon initial listens. The closing track Mercy is equally wonderful.

3 with female vocalists

Hope Sandoval's voice is a bit like floating in a cloud of warm ice cream. Her voice is so effortlessly smooth and graceful.

Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers

And some Grace Slick with The Great Society

Yours in boats and ho's

Nosferatu Man