snapshot

as a blogger, you have a certain amount of anonymity - however much you choose to have i guess. it's a scary thought for me to give too much info away online in this hazy, dazy voyeuristic land we live in. i should know, i could potentially be the kitty that gets killed by her curiosity.

but on the flipside, if i want you guys to keep coming back time and time again for your musical enrichment, i think it's fair that i share some snippets of dazzle with you. so in a round-a-bout way that's what i'm going to do today.

here goes snippet one. i live in sharehouse with three super fun and excellent buddies i shall call n-dog, bambi and stinks. these are not their real names, but i wouldn't mind if they were. last night we had a delicious family dinner. i cooked cannelloni. snippet two - cannelloni is my thing.

anyway, i was cooking and the gang was on music patrol. secretly, i made mental notes of all their musical choices, the winners of which are going to make up today's mixtape. because, snippet three, i think the musical tastes of your nearest and dearest can also be quite revealing about you too. take a peek through the window before i close it again. x

sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band - the beatles

this was chosen by bambi. bambi met sir paul mccartney when she was little and he called her a lushling. i'm so jealous.

romeo & juliet - dire straits

n-dog put dire straits on first, but i think this was stinks choice. don't worry, stinks doesn't actually smell bad at all and she enjoys purchasing fresh flowers at the markets.

dress sexy at my funeral - smog

a joint choice from stinks and n-dog, which i was very happy to learn came from an album i had lent them both only a week earlier, dongs of sevotion. weirdest album name to type ever.

i can't stay - the killers

this was definitely n-dog's choice. n-dog likes to rock out to this at approximately 2.30pm on weekdays. n-dog is from new zealand and he calls me katie dizzle.

in the air tonight - phil collins

if i'd had my choice last night, we would have been listening to all phil collins all night long, i had to make do with just this one. for now.

dice - finley quaye & beth orton

bambi came into the music choosing shenanigans a little later than stinks and n-dog. when she did come in though, she came armed with some sort of secret magic that suddenly saw her hacking into the playlist and knocking out everyone else's picks with her own. crazy kid.

heartbeats - the knife

n-dog strikes again with some sweet swedish styling. as well as calling me katie dizzle he also calls a frisbee a chuck disc.

graceland - paul simon

from the album that reminds her of her childhood, next up we have stinks with some classic paul simon. stinks also enjoys wearing black, but every now and then will surprise you with a bright splash of colour.

feel good inc. - the gorillaz

bambi's choice. i have to say, i think bambi and i have probably the least similar musical tastes out of my housemates, but she has the BEST musical knowledge and is an excellent addition to any trivia team. maybe sir paul mac blessed her when they met all those years ago...

abracadabra - steve miller band

i'm so glad this got a look in, possibly my fave from the whole night. it's an excellent track to roll cannelloni too, and it was courtesy of n-dog.

fu-gee-la - the fugees

a surprise choice from stinks, breaking it down ghetto style. stinks has a bike called bobby and likes lacquered wicker baskets.

cortez the killer - neil young & crazy horse

n-dog has two bikes, a pushie and a motorised one. despite all my best efforts, neither of them have names. as yet. also n-dog is good at fixing bikes. stella is as quiet as a mouse today!

every little thing she does is magic - the police

bambi also has an un-named bike that currently has a lovely blanket of spidey webs adorning it. n-dog needs to work some magic on that. thanks for unknowingly making up my mixtape today kids x