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London, United Kingdom
This blog is neither trendy or exclusive. It is a record of the creative efforts made by two equally extravagant but ever so different sisters in their attempt to gather up the pieces of their relationship. So far this has included Tom&Jerry cakes, hand made skirts, late night phone calls, silhouette portraits, documenting scenic walks, hospital rooms and many, many illustrated letters. Like all things worthwhile this journey is undoubtedly going to be long. And loud. And colourful. And blissfully exhausting, but we hope that you'll come along, or at least watch from a distance as we serve up the fruits of our joys and frustrations each Sunday until death do us part. Or until we grow out of puberty and realize we were being irrational and really just want to be accountants.

Sunday 20 February 2011

Week 37

Hey gang!
So Ginny uncovered this ridiculous website this week called truelad.com, and while you do have to sift through a whole lot of shit about shagging mingers and football teams, there are some golden nuggets to be found.

I took my grandad shopping the otherday (helpfulLAD) he's 84 afterall, we decided to grab some food and i noticed he was watching this teenager sitting next to him. The teenager had spiked hair in all different colours (red, green, orange and blue)....Grandad kept staring... the teenager would look and find him staring every time, when the LAD had had enough he sarcastically asked: "whats the matter old man, never done anything in your life?" (knowing grandLAD i quickly swallowed my food to stop my self choking when i heard the response as i knew the kid was going to be destroyed) and in classic style he did not bat an eye in response and said "Got stoned once and fucked a peacock. I was just wondering if you were my son?" GRANDLAD

Amazing.



Whooping out the merch. Next will have to be the over priced coasters and fridge magnets.

This week we love...




Clearly too insane to approach...All those rumours about Doctor Who being a coke head are suddenly confirmed.



The Goonies- Richard Donner

So rather than being a proper film buff and trekking out to Trocadero to watch Brighton Rock, I decided to stay at home and watch The Goonies. Probably the best decision I've made all week. For the unfortunate few who have not yet seen this 80s cult classic, The Goonies is about a gang of kids setting out to find pirate treasure in the hope of saving their homes from being bought up and turned into a golf course. Oh and they're being chased by some scary mafiosas with a severely deformed sibling who loves ice cream. Gripping stuff, but just in case you're still not sold there's some excellent one liners "I'm going to knock you out so hard when you wake up you're clothes will be out of style!", plus everyone's wearing wicked trainers. Stars Sean Astin (Sam in Lord of the Rings) and Josh Brolin (the baddy in True Grit).








Wolfmother-Wolfmother
The first and only album released by the original line up of Wolfmother. Songs from this album seem to pop up just about everywhere, from ipod to car adverts, films and video games. The band,originally from Sydney, moved to Los Angeles to record the album in 2005 after 6 months of touring both Australia and overseas. By the end of 2006 they won Triple J's album of the year and woman won Triple J's single of the year, amongst a ridiculous amount of other awards. This album is definitely better than the second one produced, possibly because of the change in band members or maybe just that they set the standard too high with this one. Personal favourites would have to be 'Vagabond' and 'White Unicorn'.


Oxfam- 166 Kentish Town Rd, London NW5 2AG
Was planning to introduce you to this amazingly shitty food shop on our street but it's shut on Sundays so you'll have to wait till next week. In the mean time though this is a pretty nifty place and an excellent way to while away an hour with minimum financial damage.There are books of every sort from beautiful crumbling antics to crass 90s text books and covering the usual topics: art, travel, history, detective novels ect. While these are pretty standard things to expect in a bookshop they have some nice little extras like a fairly extensive collection of old comics (lots of super colourful copies of Iron Man for 1.50 or so), loads of road maps for cheap and some neat records with lovely sleeves. From 30p a record you don't really have to know whether it's going to work or not and in any case they always look nice lined up on shelves. Joined in the purchase of a beautiful art deco Greek dictionary with a yellow cover. For 2.60 and full of beautiful illustrations, you should probably eat your heart out right about now.
ps. have been told that the Oxfam near Tottenham Court Road is also excellent as its full of the unwanted left overs from uni graduates and old drama students. Have a peak before bankrupting yourself on your next textbook.

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