Wednesday, April 30, 2003

I must say I've never been remotely convinced by the angler's claim that fish don't feel pain when their entire weight is being suspended on a barbed hook caught in their mouths - I've even been known to express my doubts that the maggot that was wriggling there earlier as bait was doing so in the thralls of the pleasurable tickling sensation it must be feeling - but apparently there's been a 'study' of the phenomenon, and "research shows" (don't you just love that phrase?) that fishies have feelings, too.

Saturday, April 26, 2003

keep your armadillos healthy with a teasel in their tea -
wash their paws in guacamole and their tails in the sea;
no self-respecting 'dillo goes to bed in dirty socks,
so be sure to boil them nightly -
keep them free from sparrow-pox,
read them tiny Taoist tropes,
rescue grandad from the zoo -
if your armadillo's happy - why, then you'll be happy too.

Monday, April 21, 2003

we went up north and Bo was taught how to kick down off one of
these by an older mentor on crutches called Graham (would I make that up?)

Thursday, April 10, 2003

Wednesday, April 09, 2003

the wise old rhino used to say that perplexity is often the gateway to understanding.
it's all deeply mysterious.
in the meantime, I've found that it sometimes helps just to contemplate something bigger than all of it, like
the northern lights.

Tuesday, April 08, 2003

we were atracted to the matmos discography by the title: California Rhinoplasty EP
2001

California Rhinoplasty
Disco Hospital
California Rhinoplasty (Doctor Rockit's surgery with complications)
California Rhinoplasty (Surgeon's second opinion)

UK - 12" - Matador Europe (OLE 501)
UK - CDEP - Matador Europe (OLE 501 CD)

(actually they're a really cool group and Björk thinks so too so there)