Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Top Fives and new year's resolutions

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

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