Pubs and Politicians
In this last election I voted conservative. Controversial? yes possibly but only to all the left wing, I'm punker than the next guy who's punker than ya mom people I know who don't vote anyway. So quite frankly I don't think it entitles them to an opinion. Do I believe a Tory government would benefit this country? no Was it a protest vote? no Confusing? maybe. I voted Conservative due to the fact they were the only party which bothered to write to me. Not once but three times. I didn't even get as much as a newsletter from any of the other party's. Ive always been a great believer especially when I was putting on shows or trying to sells Cd's I was putting out, unless you personally know every single individual in the world. How do you know there not interested in the item or beliefs you are pushing? If someone knocks at my door trying to sells me an object(even if it is mainly heather) I will argue to death about there product but I will not shut the door . There are certain aspects of life where the Solomon fear of rejection would come into play. Politics however is not one of them!
Anyway I'm not sure I really like talking about politics, I feel it divides people which is why my main policy would be to save public houses, as i feel they unite people. Something that confuses me is politics mixing with music. I have a much greater love for music than I do for politics. I also believe that if you are passionate about something you should write about it. Although If you are comitted to changing something very deeply you should become a politician. Funnily enough on this topic Billy Bragg played in Wolverhampton tonight. I'm not the biggest fan I think hes alright and if I wasn't skint this week I probably would have gone. Anyway most of his songs are pretty much a basic message thrown across a few chords which is quite good. So this evening I set myself the task of writing and recording (on my phone) A song within an hour, and with a political message like Bragg would put across. I decide to use the topic I mentioned earlier on saving Public Houses.
This Song is called Save the pubs. It doesnt sound great as it was all written and recorded within an hour, and my phone isn't a video camera its a phone (and a lighter depending on how drunk I am) So its probably best you turn down the volume on the player a little bit.
Fat Greg - Save The Pubs
Thursday 18 June 2009
Wednesday 17 June 2009
17th June 2009
Fancy A Jog?
This sky news watching is killing me. I hate TV and don't even own one, so unless I go for a jog or play guitar(My fingers are bleeding) Ive got my Japanese Audio Learning tapes which are getting too repetitive(that's supposes to be the point though isn't it) Ive Decided to organise a sponsored race to Las Vegas from Birmingham. It wont work, ideas like this never do. Its part of the whole positive/negative daydreaming thing. To be quite honest I'm tempted to do it by myself without sponsorship. The problem is I haven't quite lost the plot enough yet. Although I will soon.
I very strongly want to loose the plot. I want to do something positive. I used to love putting on shows but the problem is I cant fork out of my own pocket when everyone decides they'd rather stay at home and watch sky news or whatever it is the cool kids do these days. Id be also perfectly happy to turn to organised crime, but i don't know anyone that's involved in that pastime anymore. They all went to jail. Where there probably watching sky news and thinking of something constructive to do.
Anyway what festivals are everyone going to this summer? Rebellion looks like a good idea and the line up started to look good when first released it but slowly went down hill. Reading looks average but I could possibly have walked to Las Vegas by the time id have got hold of a ticket. In all honesty I'm hoping il discover an amazing new band which will change my life and way of thinking. Like when I was 13 and first heard a specials record and decided to start wearing a suit and going round starting fights with metrosexuals who were a lot bigger and older than me outside clubs.
They wern't metrosexuals then but they are now and I'm pretty sure they were already idiots at that point. Why is it cool to look like a tony and guy model? and go and go to a club and listen to really terrible music which has no soul and no charisma. This is judgmental? Its also a pretty hypocritical thing to say. Its only terrible because I view it as terrible. I guess anyone could tell you the real problem is it must be raging jealousy. I wasn't cool at school and I'm still bitter about it. I was bullied and instead of getting of my ass and fixing up and looking sharp(As Mr rascal quite quaintly put it) I just continued to be bitter at people that were doing slightly well. This relates back to the achieving your goals vs shitting on everyone argument. But that was yesterdays news. Is this because I'm supposed to be open to new things? This is why I'm stuck in a constant day dream. But as stated already I'm apathetic and consider it a good thing. I guess it may be to do with the fact I have such an underlying love and passion for music that when you love something so much you cant understand why everyone doesn't share the same love for it?. Is it called being close minded? or having a belief? I cant decide. The problem is I sense things in people. Unfortunately what I sense in people probably isn't true. In fact it isn't. It just goes with the emotions of being apathetic. I mean although I sense that they all look so worried that there not going to get that quick shag which probably is why theres so many fight outside clubs. Although maybe theres so many fights is because winging geeks like me wont just get on and settle in. Meanwhile Dicks taking on four people in snobs by himself looking like the new stone cold Steve Austin until he gets glassed? Don't ever use a glass in a fight if you kill someone it wont be that quick shag your quite so worried about anymore. I thought id grow out of winging about stuff like this in my early teens for some reason I didn't. I'm a cunt get over it.
Anyway I've written a massive blog for tomorrow on politics bit more intellectual that today's topic which Ive wittered on about too many times. So here's a little poem. Its about the problems in England really aren't about immigration or recession and constants upset caused by employment and rising prices . Its actually caused by the fact we live under a cloud and the cloud decides to budge about once a year. Then everyone gets positive and shifts back again and its back to being mundane and dull.
Under This Cloud
Under this cloud theres a chance for us all
but if no one gets up then the chance is quite small
if we dont lift our hands then we wont move the sky
and the streets will stay wet and the rivers run dry.
If we dont write a letter it just wont get sent
we wont live for free if we still pay the rent
if they lock us all up then we cant do them proud
we wont live forever not under this cloud.
(sorry for the shortness I wrote it completly off the top of my head)
This sky news watching is killing me. I hate TV and don't even own one, so unless I go for a jog or play guitar(My fingers are bleeding) Ive got my Japanese Audio Learning tapes which are getting too repetitive(that's supposes to be the point though isn't it) Ive Decided to organise a sponsored race to Las Vegas from Birmingham. It wont work, ideas like this never do. Its part of the whole positive/negative daydreaming thing. To be quite honest I'm tempted to do it by myself without sponsorship. The problem is I haven't quite lost the plot enough yet. Although I will soon.
I very strongly want to loose the plot. I want to do something positive. I used to love putting on shows but the problem is I cant fork out of my own pocket when everyone decides they'd rather stay at home and watch sky news or whatever it is the cool kids do these days. Id be also perfectly happy to turn to organised crime, but i don't know anyone that's involved in that pastime anymore. They all went to jail. Where there probably watching sky news and thinking of something constructive to do.
Anyway what festivals are everyone going to this summer? Rebellion looks like a good idea and the line up started to look good when first released it but slowly went down hill. Reading looks average but I could possibly have walked to Las Vegas by the time id have got hold of a ticket. In all honesty I'm hoping il discover an amazing new band which will change my life and way of thinking. Like when I was 13 and first heard a specials record and decided to start wearing a suit and going round starting fights with metrosexuals who were a lot bigger and older than me outside clubs.
They wern't metrosexuals then but they are now and I'm pretty sure they were already idiots at that point. Why is it cool to look like a tony and guy model? and go and go to a club and listen to really terrible music which has no soul and no charisma. This is judgmental? Its also a pretty hypocritical thing to say. Its only terrible because I view it as terrible. I guess anyone could tell you the real problem is it must be raging jealousy. I wasn't cool at school and I'm still bitter about it. I was bullied and instead of getting of my ass and fixing up and looking sharp(As Mr rascal quite quaintly put it) I just continued to be bitter at people that were doing slightly well. This relates back to the achieving your goals vs shitting on everyone argument. But that was yesterdays news. Is this because I'm supposed to be open to new things? This is why I'm stuck in a constant day dream. But as stated already I'm apathetic and consider it a good thing. I guess it may be to do with the fact I have such an underlying love and passion for music that when you love something so much you cant understand why everyone doesn't share the same love for it?. Is it called being close minded? or having a belief? I cant decide. The problem is I sense things in people. Unfortunately what I sense in people probably isn't true. In fact it isn't. It just goes with the emotions of being apathetic. I mean although I sense that they all look so worried that there not going to get that quick shag which probably is why theres so many fight outside clubs. Although maybe theres so many fights is because winging geeks like me wont just get on and settle in. Meanwhile Dicks taking on four people in snobs by himself looking like the new stone cold Steve Austin until he gets glassed? Don't ever use a glass in a fight if you kill someone it wont be that quick shag your quite so worried about anymore. I thought id grow out of winging about stuff like this in my early teens for some reason I didn't. I'm a cunt get over it.
Anyway I've written a massive blog for tomorrow on politics bit more intellectual that today's topic which Ive wittered on about too many times. So here's a little poem. Its about the problems in England really aren't about immigration or recession and constants upset caused by employment and rising prices . Its actually caused by the fact we live under a cloud and the cloud decides to budge about once a year. Then everyone gets positive and shifts back again and its back to being mundane and dull.
Under This Cloud
Under this cloud theres a chance for us all
but if no one gets up then the chance is quite small
if we dont lift our hands then we wont move the sky
and the streets will stay wet and the rivers run dry.
If we dont write a letter it just wont get sent
we wont live for free if we still pay the rent
if they lock us all up then we cant do them proud
we wont live forever not under this cloud.
(sorry for the shortness I wrote it completly off the top of my head)
Tuesday 16 June 2009
16th June 2009
Guess what happened to me today?
No one reads this I can write whatever I like about people right?
Anyway since my last update I have been to Las Vegas. This is heaven, as its full or retired gangsters, free drinks and hookers, normally the kind of people I get on very well with. Although you develop a gambling problem and a loss of time. I also went to Mexico where I had a bad incident with a dentist. But a good incident with the staff at the pharmacy. We had a bbq in Kings Heath park which was quite heoric until somone kicked a football onto it, and mapatazi bob get better and better everytime I see them play. Some idiot also let me play with the Zatopeks. So this year ive been to Vegas and played with the Zatopeks. Alls well apart from my head.
So Guess what happened to me today? Absolutely nothing.
I got up went to work came home smoked a tonne drank about 20 cups of coffee and I'm about to go to sleep. Except I'm not about to go to sleep I'm about to stay up and watch sky news which due to it being a 24 hour channel apparently means it need to be shown on the t.v set in my house 24 hours a day. To be quite honest its like a bad film. Not sky news however. Recently I have begun to plan things quite a bit. In fact I wouldn't say quite a bit id say worryingly quite a lot. I am extremely unsure if this is selfishness or just Ive day dreamed that much for that long that its gone beyond day dreaming and turned into full scale prophetic visions. In the past couple of weeks in my head not only have I planned my wedding which is think most people would find unusual for a straight male. I have also planned my funeral. Neither of these I plan to attend as I will probably be busy staring in a gaze at sky news the only source of entertainment in the hamlet of Caunsall. The wedding thing could kind of be considered as a nice thoughtful daydream from a lonely little punk rock kid. The funeral thing however may I add isn't even attention seeking its just pure selfishness! So mainly this week my mind has now been on where do we draw the line between hopes and aspirations, and being selfish cunts? I'm sure there are a lot of people who say I see daily in big cars and suits that would walk over anyone to get what they want and many people perceive this as these said people achieving their goals. Which is nice id love to achieve my own personal goal of being able to afford to rent a flat on my own. Not three flats. Not an Audi. Just a small simple flat with a bed and a kitchen and enough to buy some bottles of cider or something at the weekend! So this positive side puts me into the good side of the whole hopes vs being a selfish cunt debate. Although the funeral visions still strongly put me on the negative side of the argument. Another on going daydream/plan is, I plan the first music video my band are going to make hang on a second, I don't have a band. I do play gigs correct (the next one is at the wagon and horses 26th of June with my long awaited violin player) ( This is product placement, Ive learnt this from all the sky news Ive been watching recently) Anyway I'm a pretty shoddy musician and the day wont come when someone will pay me to make a video. So I shouldn't hope for it. The problem is these days dreams have developed too far and I now have to kick myself into reality before I actually go and tell someone about the video shoot I have tomorrow. This is a SERIOUS problem. I have recently signed up as a member of a Liberal Democrat to help solve all these problems as I know they will let me lead there party, and then I will go on to be Priminster this isn't a daydream its common sense. I will win the campaign on the re opening of all pubs that have been shut, fuck the expenses scandal I honestly think this is main issue facing our country. Where are we gonna go complain about all these thieving politicians? Anyway sorry for being so apathetic, but I actually consider apathy to be a good personality trait like humour, and bitterness. Anyway heres an uplifting song from the tossers to cheer you up ( I listened to it but it didn't help my day dreaming)
Oh and these bitter fuckin blogs are going to happen everday for no one. Just in case theres a shrink or a music video producer reading. Or Nick Clegg(whos really quite shit, six quid? wheres my fuckin membership card to stick in my wallet next to my asda staff card eh?)
No one reads this I can write whatever I like about people right?
Anyway since my last update I have been to Las Vegas. This is heaven, as its full or retired gangsters, free drinks and hookers, normally the kind of people I get on very well with. Although you develop a gambling problem and a loss of time. I also went to Mexico where I had a bad incident with a dentist. But a good incident with the staff at the pharmacy. We had a bbq in Kings Heath park which was quite heoric until somone kicked a football onto it, and mapatazi bob get better and better everytime I see them play. Some idiot also let me play with the Zatopeks. So this year ive been to Vegas and played with the Zatopeks. Alls well apart from my head.
So Guess what happened to me today? Absolutely nothing.
I got up went to work came home smoked a tonne drank about 20 cups of coffee and I'm about to go to sleep. Except I'm not about to go to sleep I'm about to stay up and watch sky news which due to it being a 24 hour channel apparently means it need to be shown on the t.v set in my house 24 hours a day. To be quite honest its like a bad film. Not sky news however. Recently I have begun to plan things quite a bit. In fact I wouldn't say quite a bit id say worryingly quite a lot. I am extremely unsure if this is selfishness or just Ive day dreamed that much for that long that its gone beyond day dreaming and turned into full scale prophetic visions. In the past couple of weeks in my head not only have I planned my wedding which is think most people would find unusual for a straight male. I have also planned my funeral. Neither of these I plan to attend as I will probably be busy staring in a gaze at sky news the only source of entertainment in the hamlet of Caunsall. The wedding thing could kind of be considered as a nice thoughtful daydream from a lonely little punk rock kid. The funeral thing however may I add isn't even attention seeking its just pure selfishness! So mainly this week my mind has now been on where do we draw the line between hopes and aspirations, and being selfish cunts? I'm sure there are a lot of people who say I see daily in big cars and suits that would walk over anyone to get what they want and many people perceive this as these said people achieving their goals. Which is nice id love to achieve my own personal goal of being able to afford to rent a flat on my own. Not three flats. Not an Audi. Just a small simple flat with a bed and a kitchen and enough to buy some bottles of cider or something at the weekend! So this positive side puts me into the good side of the whole hopes vs being a selfish cunt debate. Although the funeral visions still strongly put me on the negative side of the argument. Another on going daydream/plan is, I plan the first music video my band are going to make hang on a second, I don't have a band. I do play gigs correct (the next one is at the wagon and horses 26th of June with my long awaited violin player) ( This is product placement, Ive learnt this from all the sky news Ive been watching recently) Anyway I'm a pretty shoddy musician and the day wont come when someone will pay me to make a video. So I shouldn't hope for it. The problem is these days dreams have developed too far and I now have to kick myself into reality before I actually go and tell someone about the video shoot I have tomorrow. This is a SERIOUS problem. I have recently signed up as a member of a Liberal Democrat to help solve all these problems as I know they will let me lead there party, and then I will go on to be Priminster this isn't a daydream its common sense. I will win the campaign on the re opening of all pubs that have been shut, fuck the expenses scandal I honestly think this is main issue facing our country. Where are we gonna go complain about all these thieving politicians? Anyway sorry for being so apathetic, but I actually consider apathy to be a good personality trait like humour, and bitterness. Anyway heres an uplifting song from the tossers to cheer you up ( I listened to it but it didn't help my day dreaming)
Oh and these bitter fuckin blogs are going to happen everday for no one. Just in case theres a shrink or a music video producer reading. Or Nick Clegg(whos really quite shit, six quid? wheres my fuckin membership card to stick in my wallet next to my asda staff card eh?)
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