A new post.

Ok first things first, this post title isn't even as good as the last one. I know that, I really do. It just says "A new post", and yeah thats not great. I feel your annoyance. I can even hear some of you exclaming with righteous anger about the unnecessary nature of that full stop. But, allow me this one slip. Hold your cries! Its been so long since I last blogged that I thought it would be better to get at least something down on the page even if I couldn't think of a good title for it. Consider this my adequate response. I'll get better, I promise you.

Well with that understood I can at last turn to the meat of this post. A lot has happened between this one and the last, and here is some of it. Notably, from the 14th-21st I enjoyed an amazing week in Tuscany - beautiful company, weather, food and wine. I needed this. I feel refreshed, less angular and comfortable in London again, and for that Lastminute.com, I thank you. Since returning, I got my priorities right and managed to finish the final H. Potter book without first overhearing the ending. This was some feat. I had to leave public transport on a fair few occaisons because I was worried that other people's conversations were edging towards the Wizard's denouement. My experiences inspired the thought that perhaps I should spend a full day or two riding the tube with a copy of the book open on the last page, in my lap. Then, every ten minutes or so I could shout "Harry's Gay??!!!" with shocked surprise before sitting back to watch the general public's reaction. This plan has not yet come into fruition.

One of the reasons I have been slow to put the Potter plan into action is that I've been fairly busy musicing, both with Johnny Flynn and The Sussex Wit (with whom I go into the Stuido to record the first single for Vertigo Records this week) and Fireworks Night (with whom I had a gig last night). Its not all been playing though, Miriam and I spent Monday evening CD shopping in the newly created Rough Trade shop near Brick Lane. Its pretty exciting, if not fully furnished at the time of writing. Its part of this drive to get people buying CD's again, which is an unremmitingly good thing in my mind. The shop is minimalist, fucking trendy, cleverly thought out and stocks Johnny Flynn and S.W. on 7". Im sold, as you can imagine...

By the way I should say that I am keeping this post theology free because I intend on posting a few thoughts on "orthodoxy and anglicanism" in the next few days and don't want to oversaturate Slightly Indulgent with God talk. Before I finish though I did think that in case anyone is actually reading this I might take the trouble to pose a few music related questions for you to answer. For fun, that is, for fun. Ok? Good. Right, question number one is this: Are there any songs in recent history that contain the lyric "therefore" in them? There are loads with "because", that beatles track is even called "because", but I literally can't think song with "therefore" as part of the verse or the chorus. If you can you get..., well you just win, I can't reward you with anything material. Moving quickly on, here's your second question. Its a more open one this. What english phrases are least likely to become prevalent within US Hip Hop circles? You see for my money "ah bisto" and "bob's your uncle" are unlikely to be found popping up in Snoop Dog's next hot release. I was wondering what other people thought on the matter? Holler at me, please please do.

Keep Safe.

Matty