Hey - do you want to go to this if you are in London in early December? http://www.myspace.com/matersuspiriavision. It looks INCREDIBLE. You should definitely check out MSV.

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You can't prove that. And don't do that 'and what am I thinking now?' business.

How do you know I'm not 'fucking psychic'?

Though actually, I do genuinely think I'm psychic. Anyway.

I'm in your room watching you. No, actually I'm watching Dragon's Den and trying to write a covering letter. You're going to make me watch This Morning...because I don't know what you're talking about. But Stewart Lee did '...and that was just the teachers' when I last saw him live. And there was complete silence - think it was so deadpan people got confused and wasn't sure whether it was meant to be funny or not.

And that was just the teachers?

Knob.

whatevz. we've got southend on sea.

Absolutely nothing wrong. There's a lot of good things on in the summer in London. Not that I'm trying to make you so jealous that you'll want to come over before winter or anything.

that's a song title and a sentence by the way.

Here comes sickness you know what you've done haven't you, gotta put some mudhoney on now

big muff :"""")

No problem

Muff.

Ah, I wrote that and then scanned below and saw Gaz's message.

I just have a recommendation to download The Klyvz. That's yours, isn't it?

Also is it true that you are coming back for a bit in June? We can go for a drink at the Wellington.

I am listening to "Who are you?" by Black Sabbath and being reminded of that truly terrible Klyvz song. Not one of their better moments.

I miss you: (

i think i said rubbish because it won the booker two years ago and it probably shouldn't have but it is about a million times less dull than most booker winners

stop writing on your own wall, you massive tard unless it's a sneaky way of seeing whether there are chicks checking out your taste in jay reatard x 10000000. the book is okay, very readable, just a little black and white (literally) in that it's about the huge contrast between most of india and the cities (called 'the darkness' and 'the light'). i don't remember much specifically about it being set in bangalore but i guess the location might epitomise what is exciting/unappealing about modern india. it didn't feel that nuanced, but considering you live where it's set it might be loads more truthful or subtle for you. the narrator is very engaging - it's quite funny and the subject matter is obviously really interesting because not many indian novelists or at least the famous ones seem to write that critically about india's rich-poor divide.

people keep mentioning this book - apparently it is set in bangalore. not worth reading though you say?

HOW ARE YOU? I don't understand how Jay Reatard hasn't made it onto your top tracks for last three months, last six months, last twelve months and overall. You may be the last person to ever post on my last fm wall cos I don't have spotify and otherwise don't really listen to music on my computer anymore, as i have none. I really think I should update it so REO Speedwagon drops out of my top 10. Did you like Lucky Dragons? They are a bit annoying at first... Eclipse sounds incredible. Did you know opthalmologists can sometimes tell what stage of the eclipse you were looking at when you made yourself blind because the swelling on the retina will correspond to the shape of the eclipse? You don't have cooking facilities? Neither do I, but not for long. It sucks. Have you got a new place? I didn't know Pizza Hut was international. I think I read in the novel 'the white tiger' that only rich people in india ate pizza. it's a rubbish novel, so it's probably not true.

Beer/beach/ swimming in the ocean sounds amazing. Traditional Christmases are best when they're not done regularly...I went home, had a lot of curry- EVERY DAY,ugh - and ate a tremendous amount of chocolate. Do you think you'll come visit London soon despite workload? It misses you too! My new year was a bit lacklustre too, I went to see fireworks at South ,Bank with my non-drinking worryingly increasingly religious sister because she really wanted to see them. It was...interesting. Never appreciated (missed) the rosy glow that drinking bestows on humanity as much. Hopefully the rest of the year will be more exciting. Just sent you something, had to use rapidshare as megaupload is shit. Let me know if you know of any better filesharing sites x

James, you massive gay! Happy new year! How was it? x

Hey! and apologies for the slow response. I don't often scroll far enough down the page to notice the ol' 'Shoutbox'. I'm doing good thanks; obviously very much looking forward to the weekend ahead that is atp. Sucks a bit that you can't make it. How is everything in India? Do they have music over there?!

Oh yeah...if you wanna play punk or alternative, it's gonna be a lil tough finding people who share your taste...

Ah alright dude. Well it was fairly easy to start a band and play a few months back when we had Sunday Jam (it was a monthly music festival where any band could register and play). But now, either you'll have to play at underground metal gigs or compete with other bands in the local colleges' rock shows...

Sure, man. Will let you know when I'm in Bangalore next. No punk scene here. :) Amon Amarth and Textures are playing on December 5th. With some decent Indian bands. www.deccanrock.com We can meet up if you make it.

And they're making you do a two -day train ride in one evening? The bastards. x

Aaargh, I don't have any music anymore, but can put in Tim's compilation with a track listing. But bandswise - I haven't listened to anything new for ages, but I think Cold Cave and The XX are supposed to be 'cool'. Passion Pit. I know nothing. Have only listened to Max Richter and John Cage on my stereo-STEREO for the past month. There's a band called Natural Snow Buildings who are good.

Hello - your twitter updates are getting increasingly strange. I can finally get around to sending you stuff, now that my computer is back. I have linux now though and don' t understand how it works, except it's for geeks x

maybe pass on tim's metal comp. i'm alreday on twitter btw

I meant 'who' but are you agreeing modern life is war? Or it is a ho? I'm confused. Oh, Facebook - what have you done to response etiquette? If I wasn't perving on your page, I wouldn't even KNOWS that you had responded. Okay, I'm going to ask Tim. He made me a rather ace black metal/metal compilation, recently (with extra Logoli man chant). Plus can you join Twitter? Please. Happy Helloween? Any Helloween parties going down there?

"Ho is Modern Life is War?" - that doesn't even make sense, but yes, it is. They are excellent in a Converge sort of way. I believe Tim is also a fan.

Helllo! Just sent you an e-mail! Ho is Modern Life is War? x

just saw the message below...so it's Bangalore?

"Animals on Wheels"? I know the rest of the bands that you mentioned but not them. Lesbians on Ecstasty are from Montreal rather than Berlin but they're pretty similar sounding to that sort of thing - Chicks on Speed, Peaches, etc. How is it in India? Where are you specifically, is it Hyderabad?

Heyyy, miss you! What new bands have you been listening to over there? x

Hi..I'm from Bangalore too. But I'm here only on weekends. Local scene used to be decent but now that "Sunday Jam" doesn't happen anymore, it's ugh. Metal is huge here btw. You might want to catch a couple of bands over the weekend in Palace Grounds. "October Fest" going on. Mother Jane, Infernal Wrath, Slain..nice. www.theoctoberfest.in Hope you're enjoying the stay! :)

I see you are also a Pissed Jeans kinda guy. Excellent

hey man, was great to see you last night! Hope things go well in India!

Unintentional bad pun, there.

Hmmm....I'm not sure I believe you, James. There's nothing wrong with a bit of twee... x

hiya, how's things? Just got back from Montreal...ahh, just got reacquainted with jetlag. I watched Anvil on the plane, hahaha. Going Cafe Oto soon if you fancy coming...

What's all this twee gay stuff you're listening to? I like it.

LIVING IN THE NINETIES!!! James loves Pearl Jam. Come out tomorrow night!

we both have Swans as our top listen!

how's things? I take it you've seen that 'other' ATP in December, then? Looks pretty good...enjoy Glastonbury anyway