20 Minutes

Ok, I've been told that I tend to work to the speed of the task regardless of the complexity of said task. For example, if 20 minutes were allotted to a specific task (cleaning a mirror, walking the dog, making 5-minute rice) it was said that I would, inevitably, take until the very last second to complete the task. It was also said that I will often have the audacity to negotiate for more time. So, this obviously means that I need to make more realistic time estimates rather than pad to account for interruptions like Jehovah's at the door (in their defence, the Watchtower does have some awesome lessons in god-related activities). With their comment in mind, I have made a conscious decision to complete this entry in 20 minutes.

Today, I've got the "Because Of The Times" disc from Kings of Leon on repeat on the iPod because 4 family members from Tennessee never sounded so good. Killer backstory, too - I mean, who can beat preacher's kids whom eventually succumb to the virtues of rock music once their father leaves the church ? Seriously, Rolling Stone must have had an insta-boner when the A&R rep dropped that nugget of science on them, I mean the shit practically writes itself ...

Speaking of boners, that leads to a brilliant answer to one of the car-in-traffic question games that I love, "Awesome New Band Name". On a whole, the suggestions are often brutal, but there is the beauty - that words which are often nonsensical when alone let alone paired with various adjectives and pronouns, that these words can come to define a musical sense or worst yet, an identity. I mean, Radiohead makes some seriously heady music and if by chance they had selected another name like Ned's Atomic Dustbin (fuckers were so ambitious that they had two bass players), I actually think that something would no longer seem kosher. Not necessarily that the name would force them to change what type of music they made, but their name just wouldn't be appropriate anymore ...

That said, the latest name was "Morning Wood" and there was consensus that it would work best for an all-female punk band. I hear the smattering of clapping hands, but you can save your applause for later, I won't take offence. I'm almost out of time, but don't worry dear, it's the end ...

FYI - typically, indie Britpop never dies, it just spawns imitators, although the aforementioned ambitious fuckers are still around, http://www.myspace.com/nedsatomicdustbin ...