ATTENTION PLEASE

Today I met Alex Box.

She’s truly one of my idols. She is a pioneer in the make up industry; she promotes creativity, beauty and awe, not only in her own work and those that behold it, it extends to those around her.

Illamasqua, my personal favourite make up brand, is her brain child. The employees of this company are encouraged to use their own initiative and personality to push the boundaries of the possibilities of visual art.

To Box, and Illamasqua as an extension, make up is not merely seen as a means to an end in terms of commercialism, current fashions or even profit. It is created through the love of the artist and their focus on designing something beautiful that they believe in.

She was a wonderful person to meet. She looked fantastic in a floor length victorian style orange lurex dress, stylish heavily framed glasses and Cruella De Ville hair (she looked like an anarchist Mary Poppins). She was engaging, interesting and answered our questions about her demonstration with enthusiasm and most surprisingly, she was thankful to US for being so interested.

It was a truly humbling and inspiring experience to meet her. I’m glad she exists in a world where I do make up.

To Alex Box. Hurrah!

I made the first real enquiries about applying for university today.

This potentially means I’m looking properly at my life and trying to succeed and progress in a constructive way for the first time since .. well about 1988.

Nervous.

January 31st: IMATS London
Feb 4th: Deaf School Manchester
Feb 12th: Deaf School Liverpool
Feb 12th (late shift): Good friend’s birthday
Feb 28th: PJ Harvey London
March 11th: Levellers Liverpool
March 13th: Secret Rave location TBA
March 29th: Big Audio Dynamite Liverpool
March 31st: The Kills London
April 16th: Mark Thomas Liverpool

AND I WONDER WHY I HAVE NO MONEY? This is just winter into early Spring…

You play with the dogs
You lay with the dogs
Like it or not man,
You lay with the dogs

Chewin’ your fingers
Rottin’ your mouth
Fallin’ in twenty hours
Just to wait for the sound

It’s easily done my friend
It’s easily done my friend

And you’re wild for the night
And you run home slow
And you’re wild for the night
And you run home slow

You lay with the dogs man,
You lay with the dogs
Little too long man,
You lay with dogs

Chasing the taillight
So jump in the bones
Fallin twenty hours
Till they take you on home

It’s easily done my friend
Just take it and run my friend
It’s easily done
It’s easily done
I’d easily do it again

And you’re wild for the night
And you run home slow
And you holler and cry
And you run home slow
And you’re hit and you’re down
And you run home slow
Little bone head

Took the cherry
took my twenty
took my skin
and took my bone
took a car
and took a hit
and took myself
far away from home

took your car
took your messages
and took a look in
to the wall
turn around
and took a look again
you took my boots
you took my keys
you took a twenty
took a ten
you’d take a thousand
if you wanted to
without calling me again

And you’re wild for the night
And you run home slow
And you holler and cry
And you run home slow
And you’re hit and you’re down
And you run home slow
Little bone head

It’s easily done my friend
Just take it and run my friend
It’s easily done
It’s easily done
I’d easily do it again

And you’re wild for the night
And you run home slow
And you holler and cry
And you run home slow
And you bitch and you whine
And you run home slow
Little bone head

took your car
took your messages
took a look indsdfsfd
to the wall
turn around
and took a look again
you took my boots
you took my keys
you took a twenty
took a ten
you’d take a thousand
if you wanted to
without calling me again

When you’re wild for the night
And you run home slow
When you’re wild for the night
And you run home slow
When you’re wild for the night
And you run home slow
Little bone head
Little bone head
Little bone head
Little bone head
Little bone head