Working in a legend

I'm doing a zine together with my partner, called Working in a legend.
WIAL was born in the spring of 2009 in London. The first issue contains interviews with Ian Svenonius, Casiotone for the painfully alone and Jeremy Jay. We sold out of the copies we had, but consider to print some more to sell.
Nowadays we're based in Glasgow and we're lazy. But now in time for xmas we finally found some more time to finish off the second issue. So now i's here and it's is wondeful to see it complete. It contains interviews with Amelia Fletcher, Marit Bergman, Jeffrey Lewis and Pol Dodu/JC Brouchard.
So you can visit WIAL's non-active blog or if you fancy a copy, just contact me.

Mixtape 13: for Emma

I Thought You Said Maple Leaves

Side A:

Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves (7" version)
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
France Gall -Baby Pop
Francoise Hardy - Tout Les Garcons Et Les Filles
April March - Mon Petit Ami
Dressy Bessy - If You Should Try To Kiss Her
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
Herman Dune - Suburbs With You
Elliott Smith - Independence Day
Frida Hyvönen - The Modern
The Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina
Hello Saferide - I Thought You Said Summer Is Going To Take The Pain Away
Butcher Boy - Days Like This Will Be The Death Of Me
Velvet Underground - Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

Side B:

The Free Design - Bubbles
Bright Eyes - Bowl Of Oranges
Håkan Hellström - Rockenroll Blåa Ögon - Igen
Beach Boys - In My Room
Serge Gainsbourg - Melody
Devendra Banhart - Now That I Know
Säkert! - Är Du Fortfarande Arg?
Marine Girls - Flying Over Russia
Belle & Sebastian - Seeing Other People
The Concretes - Ooh La La
Beat Happening - The Fall
Hormones In Abundance - Cat's Miaow's Crying
Kate Nash - We Get On

(I forgot to take a pic of the cover...)

Cloud

The other day I received this beautiful cloud handmade by Alessandra Taccia. It now lives in my bedroom.

Starting from stitch

I'm attending a sewing class every Friday now in November, organized by the lovely Made in the shade here in Glasgow. Our teatcher is Iona Bruce, who's doing here work under the name i heart...
The first week we made a figure each and I made this little rabbit and the second week we made a book cover with our own design. It's so fun and amazing to be creative again!

Mixtape 12: For Johan

Suck My Left One!

Side A:

Crass - Do They Owe Us A Living?
The Frumpies - Fuck Your Frumpies
Bratmobile - Panik
Kleenex - Ain't You
Fuzzbox - Rules & Regulation
The Shop Assistants - All That Ever Mattered
Mika Miko - End Of Time
Partyline - Partyline
Vivian Girls - No
Bikini Kill - Suck My Left One
Talulah Gosh - Testcard Girl
Henry's Dress - Definitely Nothing
Family Fodder - Sunday Girls
Chain & The Gang - Reparations
Dub Narcotic Sound System - Fuck Me Up
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Tonight Was a Disaster
Jesus & Mary Chain - Something's Wrong
Broder Daniel - No Time For Us

Side B:

Gang Of Four - Natural's Not It
Vic Godard & The Subway Sect - Vertical Integration
Th Modern Lovers - Girl Friend
CBC Band - Tinh Yéu Teuyêt Vòi (The Greatest Love Song)
MAKE UP - I Didn't Mean 2 Turn U On
Marine irls - 20, 000 Leagues
TVP - Silly Girl
Melody Dog - Futuristic Lover
The Dogs - Sandy Sandy
caUSE co-MOTION - This Time Next Year
Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo - Principal Punishes Students With Bad Impression & Tired Jokes
Jeffrey Lewis - Time Machine
Josef K - Sixteen Years
Le Tigre - What's Ya Take On Cassavettes
The Pastels - Ditch The Fool
Crass - Well...Do They?

Mixtape 11

I should have kissed you when I had the chance

Side A:

The Jam - A Town Called Malice
The Subway Sect - Ambition
Family Fodder - Savoir Faire
France Gall - Baby Pop
The Free Design - Bubbles
Doris - One Fine Day
The Coasters - Crazy Baby
The Modern Lovers - Astral Plane
Kleenex - Beri Beri
ABBA - The Visitors
Grant Lee Bufalo - The Whole Shebang
T Rex - Jeepster
The Cupids - Bazazz Tengoku
Jorge Ben - Take It Easy, My Brother Charles
Tyrone Davis - Can I Change My Mind

Side B:

Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'aime Moi Non Plus
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
The Left Banke - I've Got Something On My Mind
Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
Ruby Andrews - Just Loving You
Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Orange Juice - Wan Light
Derrick Morgan - Look Before You Leap
Millie Jackson - My Man's A Sweet Man
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Mott The Hoople - All The Yound Dudes
P.P Arnold - Speak To Me
The Shangri-Las - Shout (Live)
Marine Girls - Marine Girls
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - I should Have Kissed You When I Had The Chance

Mix tape 10: for Tove

When We Were Winning

Side A:

The Shangri-Las - Give Him A Great Big Kiss
Chocolate Barry - I Cry Because Of You Argentina
The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life
T-Rex - I Love To Boogie
Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Doris - Did You Give The Worl Some Love Today, Baby
The Field Mice - Coach Station Reunion
Talulah Gosh - My Best Friend
Shop Assistants - Train From Kansas City
Shonen Knife - Twist Barbie
The Slits - Typical Girls
Bramtmobile - Polaroid Baby
Beach Boys - All Summer Long
Belle & Sebastian - Judy & The Dream Of Horses

Side B:

Francoise Hardy - Le Temps De L'Amour
Elliott Smith - Let's Get Lost
Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde
Håkan Hellström - Här Kommer Lyckan För Hundar Som Oss
The Rosie Taylor Project - A Good Café On George Street
Pants Yell! - The Not So City Life
The Smiths - I Won't Share You
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Bobby Malone Moves Home
Camera Obsura - Eighties Fan
The Aislers Set - Catherine Says
Meldoy Dog - Futuristic Lover
Funday Mornings - Killing Thomas
Cool Rays - Diary Of You
The Pastels - Crawl Babies
Almedal - Och Alla Plasterna
Broder Daniel - When We were Winning

Jigsaw

I wanted to move things forward. I thought that it had become meaningless and that we needed to start the next era. It had seemed miraculously easy to make riot grrl happen, so why couldn't we just re-invent punk rock feminism again and again and again? In fact, isn't that what we are still doing over and over and over again even now in the year two thousand and ten?!!! We are still making things happen, making work, creating culture, self-representing, participating in community life, sharing ideas, listening to each other, disagreeing, discussing, making mistakes, learning and living our lives with our eyes and ears and mouths and hearts open. Right?


This text is written by Tobi Vail on her blog, Jigsaw. You all should read it. It's the blog that affect me most of all.

Mix tape 9: for Hannah

Side A:

The Vaselines - Son Of A Gun
Mika Miko - Capricorinations
Chain & The Gang - Unpronouceable name
Radio Dept. - Pulling Our Weight
Shout Out Louds - Please Please Please
Rosie Taylor Project - Anne Sexton
Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side
Brigther - Poppy Day
TVP - I Know Where Syd Barret Lives
Nixon - Together In Electric Dreams
MBV - Paint A Rainbow
Talulah Gosh - Testcard Girl
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
Looper - Impossible Things #2
McCarthy - The Well Of Loneliness

Side B:

The Pastels - Truck Train Tractor
Primal Scream - All Fall Down
Another Sunny Day - Horseriding
Dolly Mixture - Will He Kiss Me Tonight
Marine Girls - Tonight
MAKE UP - Make Up Is Lies
Orange Juice - Satellite City
Stereolab - The Free Design
Serge Gainsbourg - Comic Strip
The Shangri Las - Bulldog
Taken By Trees - Sunshine Lady
The Modern Lovers - Girl Friend
Shop Assistants - Home Again
Beat Happening - You Turn Me On
Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane

How come I'm not responding to your letter?

Because I do not want to be with you.
Not now.
Not ever.
And just not friends.
Not anything.
So can we just stop this?

Mix tape 8: for Jim

A man/me/then Jim

Side A:

Den Flygande Bokrullen - Rumelaj
Small Faces - Itchycoo park
Tallest Man On Earth - Pistol dreams
Belle & Sebastian - Piazza, New York chatcher
Antsy Pants - Tree hugger
Sun Kil Moon - Tiny cities made os ashes
Upp Till Kamp OST (How soon is now) - Erik
Broadcast - Accidentals
Beirut - Postcards from Italy
The Bears Grrr - Nanobot
Conor Oberst & Mystic Valley Band - Lender in the temple
Rilo Kiley - A man/me/then Jim

Side B:

Del Shannon - Runaway
Jeffrey Lewis - Moving
Dan Deacon - Lion with a sharks head
Chain & The Gang - Deathbed confession
The Coral - Bill McCain
Calvin Johnson - When you are mine
Red House Painters - Have you forgotten
José González - Stay in the shade
Cat Power - Baby doll
Jens Lekman - A man walks into a bar
The Beatles - Till there was you
The Smiths - Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me

Mix tape 7: for Tara

Everything's gonna be alright

Side A:

Chocolate Barry - I cry because of you Argentina
Vivian Girls - Such a joke
Ruby Andrews - Just loving you
The Shangri-Las - Twist & Shout (live)
Dressy Bessy - You stand here
Billie Holiday - Lover come back to me
Caetano Veloso - Lost in paradise
Chuck Wood - Seven days is too long
Au Revoir Simone - Fallen snow
April March - Temps de l'Amour
Bow Wow Wow - I want candy (K Sheild rmx)

Side B:

The Concretes - On the radio
PP Arnold - Everything's gonna be alright
The Haywains - Shine
The Aislers Set - Catherine says
Strawberry Story - I still want you
Marine Girls - Fridays
Nina SImone - My baby just cares for me
Dolly Mixture - He's so frisky
Al Green - L.O.V.E. love
The Bobbettes - Happy go lucky me
Buddy Holly - Dearest
Primal Scream - Velocity girl

Mix tape 6: for Ym

When I say I'm in love

Side A:

T Rex - Cosmic dancer
PP Arnold - Is this what I get for loving you
France Gall - Faut-il que je t'aime
Monochrome Set - Eine symphonie des granens
Talulah Gosh - Steaming train
Le Tigre - Eau d' bedroom dancing
Sonic Youth - Cotton crown
TVP - Someone to share my life with
Jens Lekman - Your arms around me
Jeremy Jay - Heavenly creatures
Jad Fair & The Pastels - This could be the night

You'd best believe I'm in love, LUV

Side B:

Jeffrey Lewis - Big A little a
Spider & The Web - Do you really wanna
Modern Lovers - Someone I care about
Beat Happening - The fall
Left Banke - I've got something on my mind
Steve Harley - Make me smile (come up and see me)
Shangri-Las - Give him a great big kiss
Os Mutantes - Panis et circenses
Stereolab - Wow and flutter
MAKE-UP - Save yourself
Nancy & Lee - Ladybird
Kimya Dawson - So nice so smart
Jesus & Marcy Chain - Just like honey
The Pastels - Stay with me 'til morning (Peel session 84)

Mix tape 5: for Christian

He is leaving home

Side A:

Stereolab - Neon beanbang
Housemartins - Happy hour again
Orange Juice - I can't help myself
Håkan Hellström - Zigenarliv dreamin'
Os Mutantes - A minha menina
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Noude ma ynin tche de me
Marine Girls - In love
Jens Lekman - Julie
Jeremy Jay - Airwalker
Yo La Tengo - What can I say
Shout Out louds - Very loud
Velvet Underground - Rock n roll

Bye Bye

Side B:

Mahmoud Ahmed - Ere mela mela/Metche new
Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
TVP - La grande illusion
Syd Barrett - Clowns & jugglers
My Bloody Valentine - Only shallow
Radio Dept - Keen on boys
Mccarthy - Should the bible be banned?
Moldy Peaches - Steak for chicken
Rosie Taylor Project - A good café on George street
The Pastels - Baby honey

Mix Tape 4: for Harry

Bang Bang

Side A:

MAKE-UP - Pow! to the people
Mika Miko - Take it serious
Huggy Bear - Herjazz
The Moldy Peaches - Greyhound bus
Kleenex - Nice
The Ramones - Judy is a punk
Eiko Shuri - Ye-ye
Dolly Mixture - How come you're such a hit...
Dressy Bessy - Sunny
The Aislers Set - Balloon song
Jens Lekman - I saw her in the anti war demonstration
Pixies - Here comes your man
The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine
Magnetic Fields - Too drunk to dream
Le Tigre - I'm so excited
The Cure - Plainsong

I just discovered the meaning of life

Side B:

Beat Happening - Our secret
The Modern Lovers - Someone I care about
Mie Nakao - Sharock no 1
Partyline - Trophy wifey
Raincoats - Lola
The Shop Assistants - You trip me up
Bikini Kill - Double dare ya
Vivian Girls - Damage
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Town topic
Jeffrey Lewis - The last time I did acid I went insane
The Radio Dept - I don't like it like this
Cat Power - I don't blame you
Crass - Reality whitewash
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (my baby shout me down)

Orange Juice, please!

Mix Tape 3: for Aalo

In the middle of madness

Side A:

Talulah Gosh - Don't go away
Second-hand furniture - Nice try, sunshine
Au revoir Simone - Fallen snow
The Tidy ups - Lack of nourishment
All girl summer fun band - Later operator
Free loan investments - Dayplanner
Håkan Hellström - En midsommarnattsdröm
Field Mice - You're kidding aren't you
The Rosehips - Room in your heart
Strawberry story - I still want you
Dolly Mixture - Dream come true
The Beatles - And your bird can sing
Nico - The fairest of the seasons
MAKE-UP - I am if....
The Shangri-las - Remember (walking in the sand)
Brian Eno - On Some faraway beach

I Scream

Side B:

Chain & the gang - Chain gang theme (I see progress)
The Pastels - Up for a bit
Jeffrey Lewis - Do they owe us a living?
Majestics - I love her so much it hurts
Beirut - Mount wroclai (idle days)
Nancy & Lee - Ladybird
Spectrum - Indian summer
Calvin Johnson - Deliverance
Casitone for the painfully alone - Bobby Malone moves home
Stereolab - Nous vous demandos pardon
Bikini Kill - R.I.P
Heavenly - Atta girl
Another sunny day - What ever happened to you, my dearest friend?
Belle & Sebastian - A summer wasting

Mix tape 2: for Jamie

I like to watch things on TV

Side A:

Chain & The Gang - Interview with the chain gang
The Subway Sect - Ambition
Patrik Fitzgerald - Don't tell me because I'm young
The Turtles - Happy together
The shangri-las- Remember (walking in the sand)
ABBA - The winner takes it all
The Beatles - Here comes the sun
Velvet Underground - I'm sticking with you
The Pastels - Comin' through
The Kinks - A well respected man
Jeffrey Lewis - Anxiety atack
Arcade Firer - Crown of love
The Ronettes - Be my baby
Lou Reed - Satellite of love




I love to watch things on tv

Side B:

Delia Derbyshire - Dr Who (Delaware version 1972)
Blondie - Heart of glass
Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
PP Arnold - (If you think you're) Groovy
Belle & Sebastian - Fuck this shit
Paul Simon - Me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Jorge Ben - Take it easy, my brother Charles
Herman Dune - Suburbs with you
The Smiths - Panic
The Fall - Your heart out
Nancy & Lee - Some velvet morning
Sonic Youth - Superstar
John Lennon - Oh Yoko!

(me and Jamie are always singing at work. So I thought I just put together some of the songs we love to sing and just some songs I and/or Jamie love.)

Last June I went to Berlin. Here's some souvenirs I took with me home to remember

ps. the flyer for "I've bulit a twee house is made by me, for my friends club ds.

Mix Tape 1: for Os

In the beginning of something

Side A:
JJ Johnson - Theme for Cleopatra Jones
The Slits - Shoplifting
The Shangri-las- Leader of the pack
Le Tigre - LT tour theme
The Beatles - Day tripper
Gilberto Gil - Bat Macumba
Crass - Big A little a
Bikini Kill - Finale
Sleeper - Atomic




And the beginning of something else

Side B:
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Malin kpon o
Caetano Veloso - Tropicália
Jun Maynzumi - Black room
Vivian Girls - Such a joke
Belle & Sebastian - Electronic renaissance
Brighter - Looks like rain
MAKE-UP - R U A believer
Jens Lekman - Higher power
PP Arnold - (If you think you're) Groovy