I Have Measured Out My Life In "Now" Albums

[liadnan]

Actually, that isn't remotely true. I own one Now album*, 12 or 13 I think (it isn't in London, all I remember about it is that it has Hey Hey Matthew on it and is a cassette). Coffee spoons, or at least coffee measures, have actually been a far more important marker.

Nevertheless, the regular phenomenon of noticing a new Now album in the supermarket and thinking "Now 569! What the fuck happened to my life?" is depressingly familiar. It doesn't help that right at the moment I have had it up to the putative top of the London Bridge Shard of Glass (to be the tallest building in Europe if and when completed, and a more appropriate metaphor than might at first appear) with my life and want to be here instead.

No, not right now, obvs. Even Mediterranean beaches aren't particularly pleasant in late November, particularly not at 9PM. Still, I'm sure you take the point.

Perhaps Duke Humphrey's Library would be a more appropriate home from home for the time of year. Or not, as the case may be. A friend of mine was once nearly killed by a lump of wood falling from the roof in there, incidentally. There he was, looking at Anglo-Saxon charters when a bloody great chunk of beam crashed into the desk beside him. On closer examination it transpired that the efforts several years before, at great expense, to preserve the roof from death watch beetle (or whatever) had been, err, rubbish and the place had to close down for a year.

I'm not sure why I'm telling you this, unless it's a work-avoidance measure. That would seem plausible, yes.

*ETA: I'm not sure if this requires explanation for non-UK readers. Now That's What I Call Music is a semi-annual# compilation of the "best" of the British charts.

#Semi-annual? Well, biannual isn't right, that means every two years, no? Half yearly, anyway.

Comments

[ksta.livejournal.com]

someone else who remembers hey hey matthew!!!!
who is it by?

It had a freaky video.

[liadnan]

Oh lord knows. One hit wonders.
I see... the A team..

[knell.livejournal.com]

If I remember rightly - Karel Fialka.
But I might not.

[liadnan]

Indeed
http://www.angelfire.com/me2/zelsparkbench/song182.html

Wunnerful thing, this interwebtypestuff.

[ksta.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

[duranorak.livejournal.com]

Indeed. There should be a re-release coming up shortly if my friend Lee (who is the world's only biggest Karel Fialka fan) can swing it.
It's actually quite a good song, in its way.

E.
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[deililly.livejournal.com]

"Nevertheless, the regular phenomenon of noticing a new Now album in the supermarket and thinking "56! What the fuck happened to my life?" is depressingly familiar."

Oh dear me yes. I have Now 8 on tape round here somewhere......

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I remember Now 1 and 2 coming out, also noticing when it became a twice-a-year rather than once-a-year release cycle.

[deililly.livejournal.com]

I wish they hadn't done that - it makes me feel SO much older every time I see them!

[liadnan]

Well, I've just rediscovered my Best of the Barron Knights album. Fabulous stuff but when you realise you not only heard those songs when they came out, you also remember all the things they're ripping off... God I feel old/.

[fi.livejournal.com]

Likewise. It scares me. There was a pig in a biplane, as I recall.

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Biannual = twice a year.
Biennial = every two years.

Just thought you'd like to know :-)