I LiKE THiNGS
THINGS I LIKE:
1: I LIKE DRAWING
Well, to be precise, I like I like Drawing. Or perhaps his name should be 'I like Drawing (on things)' because that's what he does. There was a collection of his work in the entrance to 'Santa's Ghetto', which put a big and much needed smile on my face on a headachey Sunday afternoon.
He has done quite a lot of other stuff, which you can check out on his website, however I loved the photographs of the rubbish he'd drawn on. Just look at how cute and cuddly he makes all those bin bags look. Aahhhh.
I want to take one of his old tins of paint or broken chairs home with me and play with it like a pet and teach it to do tricks. Oh, the fun we'd have.
I'd also like hime to come and decorate my bathroom like the one you can see if you scroll down a bit here
Santa's Ghetto also had a new Banksy painting on display..
I didn't enquire as to the price. Well out of my pocket I suspect seeing as a new Kate Moss screen print will set you back £2,500!
2: I LIKE TRAINS
Well, to be precise, I like iLiKETRAiNS. They are a band from Leeds who like capital letters (except 'i's') and Interpol. This song is about famous chess nutjob Bobby Fischer - who of course once had all his fillings removed in case the CIA implanted devices in them to control him.
Apparently Mad Bob once said he wanted to live in a house shaped like a rook (not the bird, although that would have been more interesting), hence the theme of the song. Some would say this song is depressing, however I think it's quite joyous really. With luck Bobby can finally reach solace in his dream rook house, safe from the CIA and his demons.
"All this talk of war
well it's only a game.
All I ever Wanted to Do
is play chess with you"
iLiKETRAiNS - A ROOK HOUSE FOR BOBBY
I just came across this interesting article by British grandmaster Nigel Short, who reckons he got an anonymous online pasting from Fischer a few years back.
As if chess geniuses weren't a strange enough subject for a song, the B-side to this single, 'The Beeching Report' is about the famous 1963 report recommending the disasterous dismantling of the British railway system. The network has never recovered, and iLiKETRAiNS have never forgiven.
This talk of nut-job chess players reminds me of a girl I once met in Lima (Peru). I was in this club, as you do, and she pretty much dragged me out and back to her place. I wasn't complaining mind - she was what The Sun would call 'a stunna'. So we started getting up to a bit of mischief, lubricated with some of Bolivia's finest, before she suddenly challenged me to a game of chess. I was a bit puzzled, but being in a, shall we say 'weakened' state of mind thought it didn't sound like a bad idea.
As the game progressed though, I began to understand the ulterior motives behind this game of strip chess. The purpose of the game was to see if I could beat her and therefore prove my worthiness to sleep with her. She was saying things about only fucking intelligent men as she wanted to make sure her children were clever (?!!). Needless to say I lost, and was unceremoniously shown the sofa!
Ironically I (re)learnt to play chess fairly well a few months later when travelling round New Zealand. If only I could have had a rematch!
I'm sure there's a funny story there somewhere.. but i'm not sure i'm the best at telling it.
Here is another great song by iLiKETRAiNS.
iLiKETRAiNS - GO TO SLEEP
1: I LIKE DRAWING
Well, to be precise, I like I like Drawing. Or perhaps his name should be 'I like Drawing (on things)' because that's what he does. There was a collection of his work in the entrance to 'Santa's Ghetto', which put a big and much needed smile on my face on a headachey Sunday afternoon.
He has done quite a lot of other stuff, which you can check out on his website, however I loved the photographs of the rubbish he'd drawn on. Just look at how cute and cuddly he makes all those bin bags look. Aahhhh.
I want to take one of his old tins of paint or broken chairs home with me and play with it like a pet and teach it to do tricks. Oh, the fun we'd have.
I'd also like hime to come and decorate my bathroom like the one you can see if you scroll down a bit here
Santa's Ghetto also had a new Banksy painting on display..
I didn't enquire as to the price. Well out of my pocket I suspect seeing as a new Kate Moss screen print will set you back £2,500!
2: I LIKE TRAINS
Well, to be precise, I like iLiKETRAiNS. They are a band from Leeds who like capital letters (except 'i's') and Interpol. This song is about famous chess nutjob Bobby Fischer - who of course once had all his fillings removed in case the CIA implanted devices in them to control him.
Apparently Mad Bob once said he wanted to live in a house shaped like a rook (not the bird, although that would have been more interesting), hence the theme of the song. Some would say this song is depressing, however I think it's quite joyous really. With luck Bobby can finally reach solace in his dream rook house, safe from the CIA and his demons.
"All this talk of war
well it's only a game.
All I ever Wanted to Do
is play chess with you"
iLiKETRAiNS - A ROOK HOUSE FOR BOBBY
I just came across this interesting article by British grandmaster Nigel Short, who reckons he got an anonymous online pasting from Fischer a few years back.
As if chess geniuses weren't a strange enough subject for a song, the B-side to this single, 'The Beeching Report' is about the famous 1963 report recommending the disasterous dismantling of the British railway system. The network has never recovered, and iLiKETRAiNS have never forgiven.
This talk of nut-job chess players reminds me of a girl I once met in Lima (Peru). I was in this club, as you do, and she pretty much dragged me out and back to her place. I wasn't complaining mind - she was what The Sun would call 'a stunna'. So we started getting up to a bit of mischief, lubricated with some of Bolivia's finest, before she suddenly challenged me to a game of chess. I was a bit puzzled, but being in a, shall we say 'weakened' state of mind thought it didn't sound like a bad idea.
As the game progressed though, I began to understand the ulterior motives behind this game of strip chess. The purpose of the game was to see if I could beat her and therefore prove my worthiness to sleep with her. She was saying things about only fucking intelligent men as she wanted to make sure her children were clever (?!!). Needless to say I lost, and was unceremoniously shown the sofa!
Ironically I (re)learnt to play chess fairly well a few months later when travelling round New Zealand. If only I could have had a rematch!
I'm sure there's a funny story there somewhere.. but i'm not sure i'm the best at telling it.
Here is another great song by iLiKETRAiNS.
iLiKETRAiNS - GO TO SLEEP
posted by headphonesex @ 5:24 PM
