Most of what appears here is intangible.

I like to divide things in a binary fashion. Either things are one thing or they are the other, there can be no middle ground. Everything. Has to be. Something. Or I can't cope. (I do fully understand that life is simply not this easy, hence the name of this very place. There are colours, and they illustrate and enrich and play havoc with how I want things to be, but ultimately I think it's for the best.)

And so most of what appears here is intangible. Discussion of feelings, emotions. Things that cannot be seen nor touched.

I mention all this, because I am about to talk about some things that are fairly tangible, and, to be honest, wanted to try and provide a little clarification to myself if no one else. (There is a spiral of irony here, when this is taken in context. And everything is always about context. That is indisputable.) I want to simply talk about things that cross over into the material world, away from myself, and have a feel and a colour.

Music is pretty much all I 'do'. So obviously, seeing bands is very much a pastime of mine. To date, I've seen almost everyone I want to see, which is obviously pretty cool, but there remain a few names on 'the list' who I have yet to tick off.

I really want to see a few specific bands this year. Firstly, Glassjaw. The most emotive voice in music, coupled with explosive, thundering songs full of passion and heart. The fact they are constantly beset by chronic illness and near break ups only makes this even more of a must-see, whilst I can. Now tour, and play somewhere awesome.

Possibly get Circa Survive to support. This is music that sounds like a glimpse of the future,
being retold to the present via a man reluctant to relay the things he has seen. I saw them once, for half an hour, and it was in a horrible venue, with awful sound, and I need to see them somewhere tight and intimate, and lose myself in their sound.

Narrows are meant to be playing Europe at some point this year, but with the band being literally split over the Atlantic ocean, with half living in the U.K. and the other in the U.S., it may never happen. I really hope it does, it might be the nearest I ever get to seeing Botch, one of my favourite bands ever, whos frontman is now heading Narrows. Actually, I'd just love Botch to reform, even just for a one off proper goodbye. That would be one of the best things ever.

On that note, Sikth, Cursed and Refused need to get back together too. The opportunity to see any one of these bands just one last time would make my year, and for the latter two, just a one off final farewell/fuck you we were amazing would probably be the most anticipated, couldn't-possibly-go-wrong shows ever. I miss them all so much, genuinely.

Are GY!BE still around? I don't think they are, and this is not good.

Finally, as much as I love The Mars Volta, I would pay a stupid amount of money to see At The Drive-In get back together just the once, and if they were performing Relationship Of Command in one of those Don't Look Back style shows, where the band does the album in order and it's entirety, I would spend as much as I could to ensure I was there.

I would trade you a hundred Kurt Cobains, thousands of Marc Bolans, and infinite Jim Morrisons for just one show by any of the bands I mentioned here.

The above is all largely irrelevant, maybe even pointless, but at least it's not someone bitching about Valentines Day.