Pros: Obama's election...overcoming my dislike of flying to finally leave the UK again, not once but twice during the year...the wonderful Primavera festival and the beauty of Barcelona...Secret Chiefs 3's magnificent first ever UK show at Cargo; let's not wait ten years for the next one though, eh?...becoming an uncle to little Amy Jennifer...a host of highlights, but particularly Harvey Milk and Max Tundra at Supersonic...the BBC Radiophonic Workshop reissues...the continual resurgence of Aston Villa Football Club...Nina Nastasia at Green Man...My Bloody Valentine at the Roundhouse, still as sonically impressive as 16 years ago...being introduced to the books of Richard Brautigan...the continuing inspirational coverage of The Wire and Plan B...the near collapse of global capitalism hopefully precipitating a return to more socialist values...
Cons: Tim Smith suffering a stroke; get well soon Tim, please...the suicide of David Foster Wallace...Boris Johnson becoming London's mayor...still not reading enough...still not blogging enough...the monsoon conditions at Green Man...Girls Aloud's rotten new album...missing ATP again...there not being enough hours in the day to listen to the amount of music I'd like to...allowing tiredness and lethargy to prevent me from attending more gigs...London's free newspapers, objectionable on so many levels...my failure to truly reconnect with what I enjoy about living in London, something I aim to rectify in 2009...
Thursday, 1 January 2009
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I might add Boris's string shenanigans to cons.....
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