i couldnt say it better myself so i stole this from chunklet.com

The Two-headed Beast of the Decade: The MP3. Yes, I download a lot of stuff. For example the stuff Henry and I (by far mostly Henry) post on this very site. But I confine my DLing to what it should be: oddball, unreleased, live, hopelessly out of print, demos, and the otherwise unattainable. In that aspect the MP3 is a priceless treasure. But if you went to some blog-spot or torrent site and downloaded a lousy bit rate version of the last Torche album (for example), you can fuck right off. You have nothing. And deserve it. And don’t give me that tired line of “but I live in a tiny, squalled, town with no cool place to get stuff”. If you have computer for stealing it, it’s easier than ever to mail order anything over the web. Like I’ve said before, I can’t wait until some 16 year-old Russian kid invents the super virus the erases every MP3 library in the world. Then what will you have? Jack fucking squat that’s what. I’ll have my LP, my CD, my 7” – for they are objects. But you? You and your precious download just screwed everybody from the musicians themselves, to the graphic designers, to the engineers, to the pressing plant workers, to even the poor slobs that stick the damn things in a box and tape it up. Not to mention, ya know the fucking stores that kill themselves trying to remain a part of the culture. MUSIC IS TANGIBLE. I can hold a record in my hand, place it in your hand, and keep it on my shelf. You, you Internet only asshats, can - right click, save as, fuck off.

bands ive seen in 2009

electric six (oxford)
keyboard choir (oxford)
pj harvey (oxford)
nofx (london)
jesus lizard and harvey milk (london)
throbbing gristle x2 and s.c.u.m (london)
gary numan (oxford)
nissenenmondai (oxford)
jarboe and head of david (supersonic festival birmingham)
teeth of the sea and oneida (london)
dinosaur jr (oxford)
jello biafra and the guantanamo school of medicine (london)
electric wizard (birmingham)
the slits (southampton)
light trap and transitional and oxbow (birmingham)
the fall (oxford)
porn and witch and the melvins (london)

not a bad year for gigs in oxford, i refuse to mention in the above list that i saw some really bad folk bands at the jericho tavern one night , i believe piney gir was amongst them. i also saw some terrible support bands, the worst being whoever supported jello biafra in london and the band that supported the slits in southampton.
best gigs from the list though would have to be nissenenmondai , jesus lizard the slits . also ive seen the melvins 6 times over the years and this was the best show for them too, mainly due to the garage being such a good little venue.
the hardest gig to watch was s.c.u.m as i hate strobe lights, they were also the loudest band of the year, so much respect to them for having such a difficult show to watch.
most amusing band isnt on the above list but barry and the beachcombers supported this band www.myspace.com/hullcracktown in northampton one night, i didnt like there music but the singer is a real life tommy saxondale, worth seeing purely for the between song chatter.

my toy collection , for you mike. pt3

my toy collection , for you mike. pt2

my toy collection , for you mike. pt1

the time i nearly lost an arm

so once upon a time i foolishly put my hand into a moving conveyor belt and got dragged in past the elbow.
as you can see in the pictures the belts go around a metal roller at the end, my arm was trapped between that metal roller and 4 of the belts , you wouldnt believe how tight that was, think virgin pussyx1000000
my pic of my arm doesnt do the injury justice, it was mainly swollen so without a pic with the other arm in shot it is hard to see the scale of this.
on the side of the belts you may see that big blue panel, well now there is an emergency stop fitted to this, if it was there when i had the accident i wouldnt have been dragged in past a finger tip, .
when the belt was finally stopped after me calling out for help i was trapped with the roller sat in the bend of my arm, with 4 belts pinning me two it, the only way to release me was to cut the belts, i think paul was actually holding a pair of scissors when he came to stop the belts so he was pretty quick to cut me free.
as a result of the supervisor being so insensitive i decided to file a no win no fee claim which after many months finally paid me.
this is what getting your arm trapped into a machine can buy you.
1.ichi the killer dvd £5
2.this is england dvd £5
3.parole officer dvd, antibodies dvd , 10 things i hate about you dvd £10
4.shameless dvd £4
5.hairspray dvd £4
6.dead mans cards dvd £3
7.heathers dvd £3
8.withnail and i dvd £3 (this was a present for somebody and also my most hated film)
9. 3 fatcaps series 2 blind box toys £18
10.3 dunny series 5 blind box toys £18
11.4 series 4 dunnys £21.60
12.texas chainsaw the begginning dvd, the dark dvd, secretary dvd £10
13.car oil £26.99
14.petrol $40
15. underground ticket £4
16. petrol £50
17. residents hoody, t shirt, hat, cd and dogtag £105
18. torche /isis gig ticket
19. hoody and boxer shorts £18 from madhouse oxford.
20. scarf for my sister £4.89
21.3 dunnys series 5 and 2 fatcap series 2 £30
22, £15 cash present for nephew
23.neil hamburger ticket for soho theatre show £12.50
24.3 skullbuds, 3 smorking labbits series 3 £40.35
25.deathbot , 2 spider baby boom toys, £23.97
26.2 evil ape qees, 2 dunny series 5, pumkinator qee £28.45
27. underground ticket £4
28. petrol £40
29. witch "paralyzed" lp £12.99
30. tool parobol lp, sonic youth daydream nation lp, crass christ box 2lp £26.
31.faith no more picture disc, zappa utopia, kraftwork radioactivity, iggy pop instinct and blah blah blah, sex pistols flogging, klaus flouride, rock n roll high school, crass 10 notes, bauhuas s/t , zappa waka, beefheart doc, ramones pleasant dreams and various other bits of shite £44
32. 5 smorkin labbits series 3 and toys r us dvd £32.70
33.5 baby spider boom toys £19.95
34.uma horvath set of 3 toys and aluminium bud £60.98
35. underground ticket £5.60
36. 2 doughnuts from greggs 80p
37. a monkey skull £30
38. parking the car in portobello road £6
39. petrol £37.35
40. nin downward spiral lp and snakefinger greener postures lp £34.98
41.merzbow 7", amrep comp 7" , dope guns and fucking 1-3 lp, nin with teeth lp, rev co beers steers and queers remix lp, ministry nature lp, foetus butterfly lp, alice cooper last temptation lp, swans love lp, swans new mind lp, jello biafra no more cocoons lp, £85
42. kathie olivas 2 faced hazel asia edition, £94.67
43. blind illusion lp £6.50
44. full set of doktor a mechtorian figures, £77.
45. umen lp, butthole surfers lp, foetus 7" pic disc, devils jukebox 7" box set £40.
46. a ticket to see electric 6,£12 this needed £1.54 of my hard earned cash aswell, as the left over of my claim wasnt quite enough,

so was it worth it
NO
most of them things i regret buying and my arm hangs funny, .
if you are gonna get injured at work do something that isnt in any way considered to be your fault, also it helps if you break a bone .which i didnt.
if you want to know how much my claim payed out, add up the above list and then subtract the £1.54 extra i needed to buy that last item and there you have the figure i was rewarded for a shit load of pain.
best item on above list.
the monkey skull of course.

thought id try out the upload video feature on here, this is a load of random clips and the music is old ernie "anal smile" , i forget where the name came from, it is the only oe song with a name though.