I've decided I'm going to write these more on a weekly basis than a daily one, simply because I'm a lazy guy and my average day never really contains all that much to write about. Anyway this week has been good. On tuesday I got a much needed haircut so that my hair no-longer resembles a mop and I also found a pretty sweet leather jacket, so for once in my life I'm looking kind of smart. Quite a few people noticed the change at school and were fairly relieved I didn't carry out my original plan of getting a mohawk. On Wednesday I went to a football (soccer for yanks) game up in Toronto, against Montreal, the atmosphere was great although nothing compared to English football games, Toronto F.C. won 2-0 sending the French back home. During the game there were some quite amusing chants directed at the French audiance, the chants included jibes about French Catholicism, the Block, the FLQ and Celine Dion. I enjoyed myself hugely, however the game did give me pangs of nostalgia for my club back in England, Gillingham F.C.
Apart from the football and some more relationship confusion the rest of my week has been farely uneventful. I've finished The Catcher in the Rye and am now reading The Football Factory by John King, the book is about English football hooliganism and the culture of white, working-class, Englishmen. The constant use of slang terms makes the book hard to understand at times (even for me, a Brit), it's also a very dark read containing large amounts of racism and violence. As always I've been listening to a lot of music, some punk, some Pink FLoyd, you know the usual stuff. Last night I watched the Matrix which, although good, isn't as fantasticly brilliant as everyone makes it out to be, although I'm not really a sci-fi person.
Today's Song
Today's song is Mannequin by the band Wire on the album Pink Flag. Wire were a British 70's/80's avant-garde punk (or art punk) band. I've been listening to a lot of punk lately and this band really caught my attention, they deliver a highly stylised yet raw sound typical of the Art Punk genre. The music is highly intelligent and yet still stays true to its punk roots. Very interesting and well worth a listen!
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