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Two For Tuesday - Melvin Burch & pizza boy

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This post basically wrote itself, or to be more precise, my brother Lyle wrote it for me. This weekend saw the release of two very different albums by artists that I only just found out were the same person. I've listened to " Unless.. " a handful of times now and it's as good as anything commercially out. Many of the tracks would be right at home on BBC 6 Music . If I had to liken it to anything I'd go with Young Fathers with a sprinkle of Andre 3000 . Stand out track whether intentional or not is " America ". I imagine it was difficult not penning something as compelling and earnest in the austere climate we're currently living in. Lyrics to the song can be found at the end of this post. Coincidentally there's been much tweeted this weekend by artists on the act of rating albums on the day of their release. As I've only heard " bad Sunday " the once, and with it being pizza boy's final album, it would be fatuous of me...

The Writing's On The Wall

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If you make sure you're connected, the writing's on the wall. But if your mind's neglected, stumble you might fall, stumble you might fall. I've had quite a lot on my mind since I last posted, much of it happened to be very good ideas for the blog. The rest was the usual mix of family matters, work, the Arsenal and what have you. However I have also been suffering from a lack of intent let's say. Although my mind was brimming with content, I simply couldn't muster enough creative energy to get anything done. I found that to be immensely frustrating and this was causing behavioural problems in what was supposed to be my fun time. I mean weekends where I should be enjoying time with my family were becoming anxiety filled, migraine suffering displays of intolerance and impatience on my part. I know we all have that side of us, but this was becoming my main characteristic and the disappointment I felt further spurred on the vicious cycle...