never understand

After all the pleading and all the evidence the maori party today made their vote against maori interests. They have enshrined discrimination against maori into the law. They have said it is up to others to right the wrongs of the legislation - they have left it to our mokopuna to sort it out. The maori party have failed - they are failures. I feel quite angry to tell you the truth.

Angry enough to bring out the Reid boys. Be warned this song is like a good chutney - to hot to take and too sweet to resist.



Lyrics for 'Never Understand'- Jesus and Mary Chain

The sun comes up another day begins
And I don't even worry about the state I'm in
Head so heavy and I'm looking thin
But when the sun goes down I wanna start again

You never understandin'
You never understand me
Yeah

Don't turn around until you look at me
Why don't you take a second and tell me what you see
Things I see you only disagree
You never understand that's what I want to be

You never understandin'
You never understand me
Yeah

Not wishing to hide but you just can't see me
I tell you the truth but you don't believe me
Thinking of love but I can't hear what you're saying
Tomorrow I'm leaving

Cause I'm not understanding you

goff meet the reid boys

I am very angry with goff

Song for goff

Jesus and Mary Chain - In my hole from the album Psychocandy

Lyrics

Grass grows greener

On the other side
Corn grows sweeter
On the other side
And I watch, And I watch, And I watch
And I see too much
And I broke my face
And my head grows too much
God spits
On my soul
There's something dead inside my hole

In my hole
In my hole
In my hole

I step crueller
But less defined
Striped cats cooler
But so is mine
And I want to see
What I want to be
And I see me on a touching screen
And I'm dancing to a scream

God spits
On my soul
There's something dead inside my hole

In my hole
In my hole
In my hole

How can something crawl within
My rubber holy baked bean tin
It's god to me, it's god to me
It is heart and soul

Oh, heart and soul

This song is whitenoise with feedback - but it is bloody brillant - be warned though - it is full-on!
 

we are in the middle of a phase transition - enjoy the ride!

There is something about phase transitions that i love. This is the place where things change from one state to another state. The place that is neither one or the other - the inbetween place. And in that place - the place between the changes - there is magic.

Of course when we think about it, there are lots of 'middle areas'. The space between matter and energy, the space between words and meaning, between sound and music, words and poetry - anyway you get my drift.

We are continually in a state of change. In fact nothing is static - absolutely nothing.

Just as indigenous cultures have been colonised, so the changes keep coming and the empowerment of those colonised cultures so that they can de-colonise themselves is also occuring. We needn't be worried by this.

All of the debate around maori and foreshores and seabeds is actually within the space that I have described above. We are in a state of phase transition now - it's just happening in slow motion. Interestingly, when the 'state' of matter changes - it changes to something quite different to the original state. Think of water turning from liquid to solid (ice). If you listed the qualities and characteristics of water and ice you would find it hard to see any relationship between the two. They are quite different - yet the same. Our changes will be the same. They will be quite different and also the same.

Belt up - the ride is underway and there is no way of getting off! Yee hah!

Music - much of the music that i enjoy is between the lines. This band for instance is right on the edge. The reid brothers are geniuses. The guitar slips from the melody into a noise and back again. That guitar attracts and repels. That is the space i love and revel in.