I seem to have set myself a bit of a boy project for the year, after reading and watching High Fidelity one too many times I decided to challenge myself to write a Top 5 for every single day of 2011, here are the first 31
1st January 2011
Top 5 resolutions for 2011
Create a top five for every day
Save Kic FM from extinction
See more of friends and family
Write more
Get in a shape other than spherical
2nd January 2011
Top 5 highs of 2010
Getting published regularly
Out Of Step’s Birthday
Frank Turner at 2000trees
Eat A Book’s matinee show with Coke Bust
Interviewing so many people I admire
3rd January 2011
Top 5 lows of 2010
Shows which went wrong
Leaving so may shows early to get trains/buses home
Aston Villa from August
Con-Dem government
Not spending enough time with friends and family
4th January 2011
Top 5 time wasters on a seven hour drive to Scotland
Sleeping
5 hour audio books
New music
Reading joke books to the driver (good for the passenger not so good for driver)
Tapping (again only good for passenger)
5th January 2011
Top 5 One album wonders
After seeing a Secret Machines record on sale in a record shop I started thinking of other bands that have only released one decent record during their career.
Badly Drawn Boy
Spiritulized
Secret Machines
Maximo Park
Jeff Buckley (if he hadn’t died I’m sure he would have released plenty on beautiful albums)
6th January 2011
Top 5 Things I learned about Scotland
80% of Scottish people we met were miserable
Anything can be deep fried
Locks are massive
You are never far from a mountain/waterfall/something pretty
It’s an awesome place to be a passenger
7th January 2011
Top 5 bits of Edinburgh
Even the Premier in has rooms with a view
The zoo is ace
The buses are cheap and run all night
The up light castle overlooking the city
It doesn’t fit the capital city has to be expensive rule
8th January 2011
Top 5 film trilogies
Mighty Ducks
Naked Gun
Star Wars
Bourne
Toy Story
9th January 2011
Top 5 live events to look out for in 2011
200trees Festival
The return Of Out Of Step
Thirsty and Miserable’s monthly night
Grozerock Festival
The Descendents
10th January 2011
Top 5 releases to look forward to in 2011
The Strokes
Hot Club De Paris
Ute
Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun’s split with Chewing on Tinfoil
Hold Your Horse Is
11th January 2011
Top 5 independent labels in the UK
Big Scary Monsters
Holy Roar
Alchopop
Istartedthefire Records
Off Cut Records
12th January 2011
Top 5 Players I want to see at Villa after the transfer window shuts
Ashley Young
Benzema
Makoun or a quality midfielder
Samba or any decent CB
Robbie Keane or a decent goal scorer
13th January 2011
Top 5 ways to save Kic FM
Writing to MP’s
Applying for funding
Gigs
Investments
Charity auctions
14th January 2011
Top 5 epic album tracks
AFI – ….But Home In Nowhere
Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun – Vessels
Leftfield – Release The Preasure
Talons - Hollow Depth
Tuung – Weekend Away
15th January 2011
Top 5 song titles that make me chuckle
E=MC Hammered –Pulled Apart By Horses
Je Suis Un Funky Homme – Marmaduke Duke
This Is How You Spell "HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics" – Los Campesinos
It ‘ceases’ to be whining if you are still ‘shitting blood’ Laura Stevenson and the Cans
Everytime a teenager listens to drum and bass a rock star dies – Reuben
16th January 2011
Top 5 ways to spend Christmas money
Subscribing to BSM for the year a track every Monday to get the week off to a good start
Soda Stream syrup
Got Got Need’s sale – awesome Luke Leighfield Tee’s for £5
Goldeneye for the Wii
Police Squad the series RIP Leslie Nielsen
17th January 2011
Top 5 worst things to say in tomorrows internship interview at a photography gallery
I have no interest in photography at all
To be honest I think I could run this place better
My favourite photograph was in April’s playboy, cracking chebbs!
Surely you could just get a disposable camera?
I mostly photograph strangers from bushes
18th January 2011
Top 5 features to be included in zine one
Highlights of 2010
Reviews
News
Intro
Look forward to 2011
19th January 2011
Top 5 shows I’m looking forward to in the next few weeks
Ben Folds
Men Diamler, Falcons and Gareth Harper
The Arteries
Mike Scott, Jim Lockey and Mike Only
Jim Noir
20th January 2011
Top 5 stupid adverts
Asda shopping with friends then price checking together the next day
Stupid rock shaped Glade sprayer as if anyone has shitty plastic looking rocks anywhere at home
Ariel no one stands next to the washing machine waiting for it to finish
JLS and the masturbation competition
Every single collect the magazine to build a scale house first issue £1 the other 3 before it’s discontinued £300
Appologies for the massive rant
21st January 2011
Top 5 footballers I hate
Joey Barton
Andy Carrol
Robbie Savage
El Hadj Diouf
Ronaldo (not the fat tranny botherer the greasy Portuguese one)
22nd January 2011
Top 5 Manchester United footballers I hate
Wayne Rooney
Nemanja Vidic
Wes Brown
Gary Neville
Nanni
23rd January 2011
Top 5 positives about semester two
No Group work
No Group work
No Group work
No Group work
No Group work
24th January 2011
Top 5 Improvements to make to Zine 2
Remember the margins
Staples
Add another page
Print all images B&W before photocopying
Page Numbers
25th January 2011
Top 5 Christmas presents
Giant Tigger Pez
Pingu Pez
Soda Stream
Tickets for Ben Folds
Phone box teapot
26th January 2011
Top 5 Alternative dance floor fillers for tomorrow
Dancefloor – Chewing On Tinfoil
11th Dimension – Julian Casiblancis
Swim - Surfer Blood
Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
TV Party – Black Flag
27th January 2011
Top 5 things that will make Thirsty and Miserable’s launch great
Great Music
Great Venue
Free Cake
Awesome Zine
Stowford Press on tap
28th January 2011
Top 5 things that made Thirsty and Miserable’s launch great
Awesome atmosphere
All three acts played their hearts out
Free cakes
People came
People bought zines
29th January 2011
Top 5 tips for the perfect all dayer
Don’t go for all you can eat after 6 hours of beer drinking
Remember your bowling gets worse after a drink it’s not pool
A whole day of drinking will make you gassy make sure you are comfortable with your company
Choose your company well
Get Wii Party and pretend to be JLS
30th January 2011
Top 5 things about having water again
My squash doesn’t have a layer of sediment at the bottom
The toilet flushes
I can shower again
I have clean clothes
I can drink squash again!
31st January 2011
Top 5 Transfer deadline day going’s on
Torres what a shock
And Carol for £35m ha
El Hadj Diouf off to Scotland
The best player in the Scotish league leaving for £400,000
Newcastle replacing Carol with Steven Ireland
1st January 2011
Top 5 resolutions for 2011
Create a top five for every day
Save Kic FM from extinction
See more of friends and family
Write more
Get in a shape other than spherical
2nd January 2011
Top 5 highs of 2010
Getting published regularly
Out Of Step’s Birthday
Frank Turner at 2000trees
Eat A Book’s matinee show with Coke Bust
Interviewing so many people I admire
3rd January 2011
Top 5 lows of 2010
Shows which went wrong
Leaving so may shows early to get trains/buses home
Aston Villa from August
Con-Dem government
Not spending enough time with friends and family
4th January 2011
Top 5 time wasters on a seven hour drive to Scotland
Sleeping
5 hour audio books
New music
Reading joke books to the driver (good for the passenger not so good for driver)
Tapping (again only good for passenger)
5th January 2011
Top 5 One album wonders
After seeing a Secret Machines record on sale in a record shop I started thinking of other bands that have only released one decent record during their career.
Badly Drawn Boy
Spiritulized
Secret Machines
Maximo Park
Jeff Buckley (if he hadn’t died I’m sure he would have released plenty on beautiful albums)
6th January 2011
Top 5 Things I learned about Scotland
80% of Scottish people we met were miserable
Anything can be deep fried
Locks are massive
You are never far from a mountain/waterfall/something pretty
It’s an awesome place to be a passenger
7th January 2011
Top 5 bits of Edinburgh
Even the Premier in has rooms with a view
The zoo is ace
The buses are cheap and run all night
The up light castle overlooking the city
It doesn’t fit the capital city has to be expensive rule
8th January 2011
Top 5 film trilogies
Mighty Ducks
Naked Gun
Star Wars
Bourne
Toy Story
9th January 2011
Top 5 live events to look out for in 2011
200trees Festival
The return Of Out Of Step
Thirsty and Miserable’s monthly night
Grozerock Festival
The Descendents
10th January 2011
Top 5 releases to look forward to in 2011
The Strokes
Hot Club De Paris
Ute
Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun’s split with Chewing on Tinfoil
Hold Your Horse Is
11th January 2011
Top 5 independent labels in the UK
Big Scary Monsters
Holy Roar
Alchopop
Istartedthefire Records
Off Cut Records
12th January 2011
Top 5 Players I want to see at Villa after the transfer window shuts
Ashley Young
Benzema
Makoun or a quality midfielder
Samba or any decent CB
Robbie Keane or a decent goal scorer
13th January 2011
Top 5 ways to save Kic FM
Writing to MP’s
Applying for funding
Gigs
Investments
Charity auctions
14th January 2011
Top 5 epic album tracks
AFI – ….But Home In Nowhere
Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun – Vessels
Leftfield – Release The Preasure
Talons - Hollow Depth
Tuung – Weekend Away
15th January 2011
Top 5 song titles that make me chuckle
E=MC Hammered –Pulled Apart By Horses
Je Suis Un Funky Homme – Marmaduke Duke
This Is How You Spell "HAHAHA, We Destroyed the Hopes and Dreams of a Generation of Faux-Romantics" – Los Campesinos
It ‘ceases’ to be whining if you are still ‘shitting blood’ Laura Stevenson and the Cans
Everytime a teenager listens to drum and bass a rock star dies – Reuben
16th January 2011
Top 5 ways to spend Christmas money
Subscribing to BSM for the year a track every Monday to get the week off to a good start
Soda Stream syrup
Got Got Need’s sale – awesome Luke Leighfield Tee’s for £5
Goldeneye for the Wii
Police Squad the series RIP Leslie Nielsen
17th January 2011
Top 5 worst things to say in tomorrows internship interview at a photography gallery
I have no interest in photography at all
To be honest I think I could run this place better
My favourite photograph was in April’s playboy, cracking chebbs!
Surely you could just get a disposable camera?
I mostly photograph strangers from bushes
18th January 2011
Top 5 features to be included in zine one
Highlights of 2010
Reviews
News
Intro
Look forward to 2011
19th January 2011
Top 5 shows I’m looking forward to in the next few weeks
Ben Folds
Men Diamler, Falcons and Gareth Harper
The Arteries
Mike Scott, Jim Lockey and Mike Only
Jim Noir
20th January 2011
Top 5 stupid adverts
Asda shopping with friends then price checking together the next day
Stupid rock shaped Glade sprayer as if anyone has shitty plastic looking rocks anywhere at home
Ariel no one stands next to the washing machine waiting for it to finish
JLS and the masturbation competition
Every single collect the magazine to build a scale house first issue £1 the other 3 before it’s discontinued £300
Appologies for the massive rant
21st January 2011
Top 5 footballers I hate
Joey Barton
Andy Carrol
Robbie Savage
El Hadj Diouf
Ronaldo (not the fat tranny botherer the greasy Portuguese one)
22nd January 2011
Top 5 Manchester United footballers I hate
Wayne Rooney
Nemanja Vidic
Wes Brown
Gary Neville
Nanni
23rd January 2011
Top 5 positives about semester two
No Group work
No Group work
No Group work
No Group work
No Group work
24th January 2011
Top 5 Improvements to make to Zine 2
Remember the margins
Staples
Add another page
Print all images B&W before photocopying
Page Numbers
25th January 2011
Top 5 Christmas presents
Giant Tigger Pez
Pingu Pez
Soda Stream
Tickets for Ben Folds
Phone box teapot
26th January 2011
Top 5 Alternative dance floor fillers for tomorrow
Dancefloor – Chewing On Tinfoil
11th Dimension – Julian Casiblancis
Swim - Surfer Blood
Rebel Rebel – David Bowie
TV Party – Black Flag
27th January 2011
Top 5 things that will make Thirsty and Miserable’s launch great
Great Music
Great Venue
Free Cake
Awesome Zine
Stowford Press on tap
28th January 2011
Top 5 things that made Thirsty and Miserable’s launch great
Awesome atmosphere
All three acts played their hearts out
Free cakes
People came
People bought zines
29th January 2011
Top 5 tips for the perfect all dayer
Don’t go for all you can eat after 6 hours of beer drinking
Remember your bowling gets worse after a drink it’s not pool
A whole day of drinking will make you gassy make sure you are comfortable with your company
Choose your company well
Get Wii Party and pretend to be JLS
30th January 2011
Top 5 things about having water again
My squash doesn’t have a layer of sediment at the bottom
The toilet flushes
I can shower again
I have clean clothes
I can drink squash again!
31st January 2011
Top 5 Transfer deadline day going’s on
Torres what a shock
And Carol for £35m ha
El Hadj Diouf off to Scotland
The best player in the Scotish league leaving for £400,000
Newcastle replacing Carol with Steven Ireland
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