^^ Tom that was damn beautiful.
We can forgive David for Oxford reasons.
Aaaaand Josh - my reply to you:
No you can like ALL music, but you can at least appreciate ALL genres. To say I like Britpop, David likes politcal ballads etc... is a complete simplification of our musical tastes - and yours. Yes you're in a new age folk phase but you listen to fuck loads of music around that. (And to be fair... Britpop? Sure I have a soft spot but if you look at statistics and such I only own music by five Britpop artists - and that's only if you stretch the definiton to include The Divine Comedy and Placebo.)
And the whole mainstream / alternative divide has nothing to do with the media. What's mainstream is just what's favoured by the majority, and there's nothing wrong with that. You may not always agree, but you can't write it all off. If you take Radio 1 presumably the most 'mainstream' radio station, and then listen to the complete range of what they play - it may not be the tiny tiny alternative hidden bands you like but they do encompass pretty much all genres. The reason more alternative bands aren't on there is because they're not famous / popular enough.
Who's pushing you to be like anyone else?
I used to be a snob and pretty much reject anything in the charts but what does it fucking matter? I hate Lady Gaga but some of her music's alright.
For me, my main problem with music at the moment is all the reality bollocks, and really just manufactured bands. Anyone can be a success if they have an entire fleet of song-writers, producers, publiscists, stylists whatever. It just cheapens the entire thing. If you're gonna make it in the music business you should at least write your own songs.
Now, down to business.
Cambridge.
Went alright. Did balls up some form aaages ago meaning despite wanting to specialise in Genetics / Biology I got a Physics and a Chemistry interview.
Started with a pastoral interview which was good. Talked about Cystic Fibrosis / Stem Cells / GM Crops then about my interests I'd mentioned on my CV so Transgressive Fiction / Freida Kahlo / (last film I'd watched) Paranormal Activity.
S'all good.
Then my actual subject interviews which I'm not supposed to post the contents of online. With the physics people I did Maths, and with the Chemistry people I did Biochem and normal Chemistry.
I think I did kinda average. I got to all the answers they were after, but I don't supposed I dazzled them at all.
So hopefully in a slow year I might have a chance. Though I'm up against 54 other Natural Science applicants in Selwyn, and the number they accept changes each year.
Selwyn itself is abosolutely fuuuuucking gorgeous.
So pretty!
And not listening to any music right now... I'm rushing this before college as I've got work afterwards so this is my only time.
Bai.
