Feeling Chipper, Wealthy Tipper.

I am feeling rather fine and dandy today and was in a particularly swell mood for most of yesterday. I think there may be something in the air, because it definately can't be the weather that's put me in the most finest of fine fancies. Rain, sun, rain, sun, rain, rain, SLEET.....and sun. That's how I would describe today if I were Michael Fish, or perhaps Jeremy Paxman as shown in this little gem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMAt8ZXqtbc

Spent a fun and boozy one round Shiv's last night but seem to have made it through without a hangover, very pleasant. I must've been all the pears in the "el soleill" (Don't think that's right what was it called shiv?)mighty fine box 'o' wine I dare say. Siobhan excelled herself with the selection of trash TV brought to the table, my personal favourite comment of the night being, "A drunk woman? 8 months pregnant? attacks a policeman?? YESSS!!!" It truly was right up our streets, or should I say our Street-Crime Uk's.

I spent a rainy unemployed day taking photos of things in my house and pretending to be good at it. It was fun. Here are a few of my attempts. I have been told that the pic of my toes was "a perfect example of a photographic cliche" Oh Well...







I have also put a few new (old) recordings up on this site www.myspace.com/dearcharles They are all pretty poor quality recordings, done on either my digital camera or mp3 player. Still perhaps it adds character.

"Every Saint has a past and every sinner has a futre."

Oscar Wilde

Beautiful.

Heroes and Villains

My current obsessions include..




Leonard Cohen

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen


Albert Camus

"We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage."
Albert Camus

My on going favourtie....


Charles Bukowski

"Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live."
Charles Bukowski

The two best films I've seen recently are Nuts In May (Mike Leigh, 1976) and Wish You Were Here (David Leland, 1987). Both very British affairs and both extremely funny. Shiv and Dave pointed me in the direction of the second one and Nuts In May is an old favourite of Martin's. Go Watch both of them, NOW!

The Onset of Unemployed Inspired Boredom

I still can't find a job so I'm trying to fill my days until I stop getting "No's" and start Hearing "Yes" from these whiley tykes in the dirty business of media . I made this video using stills and footage shot with my digital camera and edited on Windows Movie Maker, hence the quality is not exactly industry standard. Was fun making it though and definately killed a few hours. The song is "She's Found" by my band Goodbye Watson Camus. Enjoy.