Monday, November 13, 2006

Coming soon - Phase III - San Francisco

Well, that's Mexico done. Many thanks to all those 'fans' who have been emailing and posting comments, sometimes even with nice things to say rather than the more common abuse.

As someone asked me (or perhaps it was the voices again) here's the main music that has formed the sound track to the Mexican adventure (playlist titled Mexico Gold):

David Bowie - Hunky Dory (classic)
Bran Van 3000 - Discosis (old skool)
Headland - Touchy Feely (warning: can feature children in song)
Xploding Plastix - Amateur Girlfriends (weird but strangely addictive)
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll (for those drifting off moments)
The Egg - Albumen (pre Hotel California margarita nights)

Tracks or albums that I wish I had:

Crosby Stills Nash (and Young) - any
Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
Bill Withers - any
Car Stereo Wars - Broken
Sean Paul - Glue

And whilst I'm at it, here's the reading material I've got through so far:

A Land of Two Halves - Joe Bennett (great background to NZ, many thanks Claire, it's now residing in a 2nd hand bookshop in San Francisco)
English Passengers - Matthew Kneale (you don't have to be Manx to like it)
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (marvellous and two bonus mentions of the 'fragrant garden' on taking a leak after eating asparagus)
Dracula - Bram Stoker (bloody good read...ho ho...)
The Book of Modern Coin Magic - Bobo (ongoing and not making much headway)

Don't forget the daily knee bends everyone!

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