You GUYS!! I have found the cure to the 'never-ending winter' blues, brought about by the bone chilling winds currently sweeping through Paris. Its REALLY SIMPLE.
You just simply must go and see Hot Chip live, and realise with awe and amazement that they aren't just two little men with computers synthesizing all their electro-goodness, but that they are in fact about 8 incredibly talented musician dudes who play every instrument you hear on their tracks - from keyboards to cowbells to steel drums (my FAVE).
Trust me, its what I did last night and it worked a charm. A CHARM I TELL YOU; there I was, filled with ennui (incidentally, that reminds me of another ennui buster - Glee, and the wonderful scene between Kyle and his dad where his dad asks 'What's wrong' and Kyle replies 'I am filled with ennui'. I always appreciated a good Baudelaire reference.), missing the ladies, marks and spencer, having more than 5 friends, having male friends, and my cats, and then two hours later, i was dancing round my flat singing, too happy to sleep. Good live music is wonderfully restorative. I'm not a 'music' person - my Ipod is an embarassment to many but a joy to me, filled with Bublé, broadway standards, Spice Girls, Motown and little else, and I would never think to buy tickets to a gig, or look out for ones I might want to go to, but whenever I do go, I am amazed. Next up, Mumford and Sons in April. Folky-poppy-swoooooon.
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