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The bit that you skip #53: Morphine – Early to bed
“I’m finished” sighed Teresa as she put her fork down. She’d manage to decimate (in our modern slang, not in the classic Roman Empire tradition) her huarache al pastor. I was cleaning up the remaining flotsam and jetsam left on mine. We’d been studying for a Statics exam, cramming all possible information regarding bearings and…
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The bit that you skip #52: Faithless – insomnia
“…but which version, Sam?” Whichever you like, dear reader. The album version with its protracted dance intro, the trippy monster mix that wastes no time in bustin loose on the dancefloor, or the video version, curt and fierce, a tactical emotional nuke. Like The Cure’s Fascination Street, Insomnia is a song that I love in…
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The bit that you skip #51: Counting Crows – Cowboys
In May of 2008, I went to Tijuana -first time- as part of an installation job at a couple of data centre hubs. We made base there, and then had to go to a few places, like Ensenada and Rosarito, and install a few routers, E1 splitters, do massive cabling, and generally working too many…
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The bit that you skip #50: Oxo Foxo – The Hunting Song
Depression is a strange beast. You can’t fully beat it, it always comes back, one way or another, sometimes stronger than it was. You know the meme: music changes rhythm, new health bar for the boss. The fight hasn’t finished. As much as I love snow days and how quiet everything goes, it can get…
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The bit that you skip #48: Sinead O’Connor – The emperor’s new clothes
When Nothing Compares 2 U came out in early 1990, I was transfixed by the video. Her broken heart, pouring through her vocals and soul-ravaged face. It was a tremendous contrast to the early pop-rap and new jack swing on the airwaves. Sobering as a firecracker thrown in the middle of a early afternoon party,…
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The bit that you skip #47: Doves – The last broadcast
In 2012, I couldn’t fly back from Sheffield to Mexico due to a visa issue. My student visa was due for a renewal and the process was going to take roughly four months. It was a long, draining uphill battle, but still, the real issue was missing out on holidays with my parents. I usually…
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The bit that you skip#46: Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
Back in 2011, I tried to get a podcast going for sloucher. It was called Radio Chaneque, where we promoted independent music and did a few interviews. My idea for interviews was to mix things up. Invite an artist, have them choose 8 songs that formed them and then I would choose one song of…
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The bit that you skip #45: Deftones – Anniversary of an uninteresting event
It’s never “the right time” for a break-up. But you can clearly tell when it’s coming. It can be a fidgety soon-to-be-ex partner, weird changes in personality, or a distance increasing in both physical contact and long distance communication, i.e. text messages. It doesn’t matter the hardships you overcame together. It doesn’t matter the burgers…
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The bit that you skip #44: Caroline’s Spine – Varsity Blue
My routine of spending my holiday time in Tampico went a little off-course in 1999. Easter was a write-off, and I had summer school to make up for a couple of courses I had failed, so I needed to catch up if I want to graduate in time. I didn’t, because of social service. Oh,…
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