Tower Block Office

[dotinthesky]

I'm doing two things today I've never done before:

1) working from home
2) visiting a police station to hand in criminal evidence of a robbery

My temporary office, located in a charming tower block that overlooks the East End, has run out of coffee and biscuits; a trip to the cornerstore may be in the cards. I've got All Flashback Alternatives playing on my iTunes, and it's currently The Chameleons' "Singing Rule Britannia". Now it's The Cure's "Push". It's a radio station that plays the contents of my head.

I heard The Chameleons for the first time while in Paris, a few weekends ago. Kevin and I were having an incredibly expensive pint of beer in a bar in Marais, and they were playing one of their albums in full. I was slightly outraged that I'd never heard of them before! It's like all my favourite bands and sounds wrapped into one package. See, just when you think life can't surprise you, something comes along and knocks you off your feet. Never presume you've seen (and heard) it all.

Fuck about... they are now playing Howard Jones' "Things Can Only Get Better". Didn't I tell you this radio station matched my brain?!

Ok, I better go and do some work. Be back soon. Upcoming topics: The Cure's latest singles; songs by The Chameleons; 80s nights in London; Joyce Carol Oates rocks my boat; and which biscuits go best with tea.

Comments

[iejw.livejournal.com]

So what number actually are you? The whole thing has got me in a bit of a tiz.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Are you working from home too? If you press your ear against a door and hear some loud 80s music, that will be me. ;-)

[iejw.livejournal.com]

No – stuck in the office :-(

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Day so far very mellow! Have to leave soon for some police action (http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o132/Yuriona/CalCopPromo13.jpg).

How's your day going? ;-)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm, a young Morrissey? What's his name (or the name of his band?)

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I find all of those dudes intensely unattractive. Especially Mr. 'Roid Rage #2 from the right, first row.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

What about these dudes? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtywest/399317760/)

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

LOL! Oh yes, they're much hotter!

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Blah, I'm relatively certain I tried to read a Joyce Carol Oates book and it totally pissed me off and I gave it away before I'd even reached 100 pages.

WHat the fuck does "fuck about" mean!??!?!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I've never read anything by her before. Just reading "The Falls" and totally hooked! It's like the novelisation of Sylvia Plath and Dynasty combined.

Fuck About means Wow. :-)

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

I've heard that since she's so prolific there are a lot of good ones and a lot of bad ones.

Huh. Well, fuck me!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Which one was the stinker?

[desayuno-ingles.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...I don't even remember! I think Genavieve sent it to me. But that doesn't mean much b/c she got it for free.