Another list

This time it's my top 5 bands/artists. For real this time. This is the absolute final one!

1. Kraftwerk
2. Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark
3. Japan
5. David Bowie

The Origin of Words

In my last post of facts about me, I mentioned my rather unusual nickname "Negashgaarnesher". This is not a nickname I rather like, but one created by my friend and fellow bandmate, Arabella.
You see, people at the moment are saying things are "gash" - meaning rubbish, and it dawned on us one lunch time that gash can be spelled from my surname - Ganesh, (like the Hindu god. My ancestors are from India).
But after you've taken the 'gash', you're left with 'ne'. So I came up with putting the 'ne' at the beginning like they do in French (je ne pas..) to mean 'not gash'.
So that's the first part sorted out. The "Negash" part. But where does the "gaarnesher" come from?
A common mispronunciation of my surname is "Garnish" - i.e. what you put on food to make it look pretty, and that was incorporated into my nickname but in a very exaggerated form. "gaarnesh" (can also be spelled "gårnesh" for an exotic twist).
The ending "sher" is just added because we felt like it.

So to sum up:

GANESH - Gash
GANESH - NE
GANESH - Garnish - Gårnesh (+ sher)

I hope that helped to explain my rather eccentric nickname.

OMD!*, I love OMD**!

(*"Oh My Daze!" A phrase used amongst pre-teens and un-cool teenagers (I am not either). An alternative to "Oh My God!"

 **Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark, frequently abbreviated to OMD because it's just too long otherwise!)

My calendar is telling me it's Monday, so therefore it's time for some music. As you may've guessed by an earlier mention, today's music is courtesy of Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark. But no, it's not just one song... I'm going to post all the ones I love by them, so be prepared for a treat!! Here we go... 1...2...3....4.....

Maid of Orleans 

Electricity 

Enola Gay



Locomotion 



Telegraph



Messages 



Souvenir


I think that's all of them. There may be a few edits to this post if there are any I've forgotten, but I doubt it.  

Come on baby light my fire,

Haven't we been having glorious weather lately! I always find that music is instantly 100 times better when it's sunny and warm outside. Most recently I've been listening to The Doors. I never really liked them much, but now I really do. (This post's title is from "Light My Fire"). I was leafing through our CD collection, and I found one of their albums, which I'm listening to now. How can music be so brilliant? As always when I find a new band, here are some songs that I love:
-Light My Fire
-Break On Through (To The Other Side)
-The End
-Touch Me
-Soul Kitchen 
-The Crystal Ship

A YouTube tag...

30 Random things in your room


1) A mini slinky spring
2) A cactus
3) 4 Russian dolls
4) A red Ukulele
5) A poster from IKEA of the Swedish alphabet
6) An Owl mask I made in art class
7) Numerous hangers
8) A belt with stationery on (from Lazy Oaf)
9) A wooden artists' dummy
10) Hand sanitizer that smells like cucumber
11) A postcard I got in Bonn
12) A Lava lamp
13) A Norwegian calendar
14) A copy of the South China Morning Post
15) A Norwegian magazine
16) A lump of Terracotta clay
17) A Mexican sombrero doll
18) My Nikon F-601 SLR
19) A crow puppet
20) Pom-Pom chicks
21) French and German dictionaries
22) Empty tissues boxes
23) Pocket tissue packets
24) My mum's old fluffy cardigan that my Grandma made
25) My Sony VAIO laptop ♥ (Computerliebe!!)
26) BIG roll of plain wallpaper
27) A wind up robot!
28) A flowery shirt
29) A mini tape dispenser and rolls of mini tape!
30) A mini Etch-A-Sketch

I like mini things OK!!

The return of a long lost friend?

Guess who's back! Well, it's more of a what than a who, but MUSIC MONDAY! Yes, she (or he, depending on how you wish to interpret it) is back with a whole new bunch of tunes for you to move and groove to. Hopefully, they'll brighten your Mondays, and you might discover some songs you once loved/never heard before! The majority will probably be 70s/80s stuff, but I might add a dash of modern to keep the mix even.

This weeks song is "Video Killed The Radio Star" by The Buggles. I didn't used to like it, but I recently rediscovered it and stunned as I was, found myself putting it on repeat and singing along.
So everyone... 1...2...3..."Video killed the radio star / video killed the radio star / pictures came and broke your heart / ohhh aah aah aah ohhh"




Happy listening!

We don't need no fascist groove thing!

So. Heaven 17 lyric as the title. Cool.
I think today (tonight) I might do a list. I like lists. A list of favourite bands and artists. Top 20. GO!

1. The Smiths
2. David Bowie
3. Kraftwerk
4. Japan
5. Roxy Music
6. The Jam
7. The Who
8. Morrissey
9. New Order
10. John Foxx
11. Ultravox (Midge era)
12. Silicon Teens / The Normal (Yes I count them as 1)
13. The Stranglers
14. Oh No Ono
15. The Velvet Underground
16. Treefight For Sunlight
17. The Human League
18. Gary Numan
19. Neu!
20. Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark

Yeah, that's pretty much accurate. Or shall I go to 30? Yes I will.

21. Heaven 17
22. Joy Division
23. Depeche Mode
24. New York Dolls
25. Duran Duran
26. Patti Smith
27. Simon & Garfunkel
28. Eurythmics
29. Bauhaus
30. Vinnie Who

If you look at about 75% of the bands on this list you will find that the majority are from the 70s/80s and use synthesizers. That's 'cause synthesizers are awesome.

But, at the top of this list, my most favourite band ever is...

...the amazing and brilliant...

SOUND + THE WAVE EQUATION

'Cause it's my band, and i'm the keyboard, piano and synthesizer player.