Summer Solstice, Severance, and a Beer to Celebrate

 

TV, Traffic & Twilight Runs

Started the first episode of Severance — intriguing!

But a vehicle fire shut the Conwy Tunnel and rendered a Spam Javelin rehearsal null and void tonight. Honestly, not a bad thing — it’s hot (body + weather = 😓).

Just did a quick 5-miler from Penrhosgarnedd to Felinheli and back in the warm summer heat. Felt great!

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Solstice Heat & Charlie’s School Delays

Solstice is upon us already and it’s only just getting warm — well, 29°C! Charlie’s bunking school today — he was late getting back from a school trip due to Conwy Tunnel closures. Classic timing.

Picked up some heavy strings in prep for Emissaries of Syn rehearsal Tuesday. Drop A#, baby.

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Booking Flights & Future Plans

Discovery Friday! Also: Chilli oil is the future.

Today is Booking Flights to Bangkok Day! Me & Tim fly out Tuesday, 9th Sept at noon. One-way tickets: £263 each. Will sort out the return in a couple of weeks from now.

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Groceries, Goals & Guitars

After pancakes and guitar stringing, I took a twilight walk to Tesco in the heat of a 10 p.m. evening. Picked up: veg oil, cordial, smoothie & bananas. I did ask Charlie if he fancied joining me on my solstice supermarket pilgrimage, but he said he didn't have time for all that hippy stuff — ha ha!

Total: £9.40 — I’ve spent £12 on food this week. That’s a new low record!

I might have a beer to celebrate 🍺

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Final Thought

Emissaries Of Syn's music is just an awful noise

Listen here 

(Moral: the only way is ethics!)

Conflicted

 

🧨 Monday, June 2nd – Chaos, Chords, and Cucumber Sarnies

Today started with chaos — classic. Forgot to unset my phone alarm, so it went off at 6am like a demon summoning ritual. I didn’t even start work until 8. Roof leak still haunting the to-do list like a specter with a spanner.

🎸 Punk Is Still Alive (And So Is My To-Do List)

Somewhere between washing my bedding and wandering to ASDA for a mooch, I remembered I’ve got a Crapsons LP sleeve to design. Big love to my surrogate sons, forever asking favours of their pretend Dad.

Also need to find three chords and make another album — because hey, that’s how punk works, right?

Got distracted again by music. Always do. Had The Lovely Eggs blasting while trying to recycle (badly). Honestly, might be falling in love with them a little.

USA NAILS also caught my ear — messy, loud, honest. Just how I like it.

🎮 Detox? More Like Detour

Told myself I’m detoxing. Then played PlayStation for hours. The irony isn't lost on me.

Lunch: Cucumber salad sarnies + crisps. Probably the healthiest part of the day.

Tea: Mushroom stir-fry with YouTube synth pop as the soundtrack. Felt like I was in a lo-fi anime for a minute.

💀 Conflict

Got news that Colin Jerwood of Conflict has died.

That hit hard. Massive influence on me growing up. That band screamed what I couldn’t say. DIY punk, anarcho rage, politics with distortion. Rest in power.

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That line hit different today. Feels like me some days.