Lazarus leaving

About to leave Australia for the first time in ten years.

I think I'm nervous. I've had irritable bowel for the last three days. Travel is not one of those things that I'm usually taken to - I prefer to exit my own comfort zone through uncomfortable introspection or moderate social embarrassment on home soil, but I'm looking at this as a chance to expand my horizons.

Have been doing push-ups in a vain (read: unsuccessful) attempt to appear more menacing should there be some kind of physical confrontation I need to fight my way out of.

Very much the travel virgin, and the big wide world might eat me up. See you on the other side.

Have a happy new year!

King's disciples

(also posted on Projectile Vomit)

Michael Jackson ft Justin Timberlake and Clipse - Billie Jean (studiogypsy remix)

This is my musical response to the remixes that latch onto the 25th anniversary re-release of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller', the biggest selling album of all time. Kanye West's version of 'Billie Jean' and will.i.am's remix of 'The girl is mine' are passable efforts mostly because the respective producers are wise enough to get out of the way of the musical juggernaut of the 80s. When the producers decide to try to recreate the Santana new-school-meets-old-school vibe in 'Wanna be startin' something' (Akon) and 'Beat it' (Fergie via will.i.am) the results are what you expect: even 25 years on Jackson's electric vocals remind you why he was the king, and why Akon and Fergie will be remembered only as mere bumfarts from the colon of commercial pop.