https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/tags/preston/ Recent content in preston on buzz & fade Hugo -- gohugo.io en-au Mon, 08 Jun 2020 17:21:11 +1000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/post/2020-06-08-western-times/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 17:21:11 +1000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/post/2020-06-08-western-times/ I hadn’t walked this street in years avoiding stray memories so I armed myself with brand new music. Somehow, though the right song hit the right notes and when I turned left to look it hit me right in the feels. Fourteen years and the source of… …plenty of experiences I can neither avoid nor disavow. Reaching the main road in a gasp of air I hurried on my way https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2018/08/05/the-venetian-blinded-sunday/ Sun, 05 Aug 2018 07:14:09 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2018/08/05/the-venetian-blinded-sunday/ a languid afternoon rare winter sun revisiting old photographs balanced by the unease of that last BoC album keeping me from the blue in-side and out of harm’s way. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2016/01/04/back-forth/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 09:24:11 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2016/01/04/back-forth/ a new year scanning a roll of film in one room an old Field Mice album plays in another memories slightly removed a chance meeting and a twinge of regret resolution is just out of reach https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2014/03/17/quiet-things/ Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:01:02 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2014/03/17/quiet-things/ managing to leave in my preferred time-period I avoided the brutishness of peak-hour public transport and found my calmest moment: standing in the kitchen cat underfoot cooking an unadventurous but not too unhealthy dinner for one in absolutely no hurry whatsoever. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2014/01/16/friday-morning/ Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:34:16 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2014/01/16/friday-morning/ I caught myself eating a breakfast I wasn’t particularly fond of (but felt I ought to eat) in a fancy café I wasn’t particularly keen on (but was conveniently close) while some unidentifiable music drifted by. so after a brief moment of self-chastisement and a little reflection I left a small tip which seemed appropriate. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2013/10/16/black/ Wed, 16 Oct 2013 09:09:56 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2013/10/16/black/ somewhere in the depth of my evening despair I figured I should go for a short walk to buy some cat food if nothing else. my spirits rose when I remembered that they’d probably have Marmite back on the shelves and so it was: I now have something tiny, black and sticky to look forward to for breakfast tomorrow. I am ever-grateful for small mercies they keep me alive https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2013/10/09/ages/ Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:22:24 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2013/10/09/ages/ a number of times lately I’ll hear a song or an album by someone from around 7 years ago and think “was it really that long ago? I never let that one sink in like I did their earlier work” and then I wonder why everything changed in those recent years? why did I stop? why did I stop enjoying things like that? The horror creeps in making awful suggestions https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2013/09/10/momentary-distractions/ Tue, 10 Sep 2013 09:52:30 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2013/09/10/momentary-distractions/ it was just like on television I’d just put the rubbish out and when I looked up to the clear, dark evening I saw a small white dot speeding across the sky. a neighbour’s cat brushed my leg but I was transfixed by things up above; it took me a moment to readjust to the world below and give her a pat. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2012/08/27/naut/ Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:09:13 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2012/08/27/naut/ i have no relationship with the moon it comes and goes in my life like any other thing once in a while i might say to her “hey, go and have a look, it’s really big tonight” and she’d reply with a bone-dry “yeah, whatever.” well. as long as the sun shines, i might get by. but i’ll still think about the moon once in a while. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2010/05/22/tyranny/ Sat, 22 May 2010 10:41:06 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2010/05/22/tyranny/ last night i dreamt about technology. it was rather disappointing when i awoke; i wanted my dreams to be about other things. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2010/05/09/the-crowded-theatre/ Sun, 09 May 2010 10:12:08 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2010/05/09/the-crowded-theatre/ some days it’s all you can do to hold back. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2010/01/27/nothing-is-true/ Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:53:47 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2010/01/27/nothing-is-true/ on the tram a woman sits in front of me juggling a happy jack russell while she scratches an instant bingo card and then i notice her t-shirt which says “illusion”. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2010/01/03/this-time-tomorrow/ Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:02:47 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2010/01/03/this-time-tomorrow/ after my second game of tennis in a very long time i lay down for a nap while strange music played and i drifted away on a strange little boat vanishing into mist with voices surrounding my confused, tired body. later, the album finished a familiar bassline marked a change in tack i found myself dragged mercilessly from the loving waves and back into our brightly coloured sofa. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/07/07/trapped-in-amber/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:40:10 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/07/07/trapped-in-amber/ days like these i feel encased dodging fellow pedestrians as per usual today I’m limping hampered by a ceaseless feeling that I’ve got it all wrong and i’m searching for the missing piece that’ll start making things right. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/05/19/downriver/ Tue, 19 May 2009 08:26:54 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/05/19/downriver/ dream: I drop in to visit my first ever workplace. The old boss is still there, talking to somebody until he notices me standing there. He turns to smile at me and with a glint in his eye, asks if I’d like some scones. Later, I talk to an ex-co-worker, who’d returned there after working in other companies. I make some comment about how hard it is to remember old names after working in so many different places, for so many different people. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/05/07/to-the-rhythm/ Thu, 07 May 2009 10:32:06 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/05/07/to-the-rhythm/ on days like the tomorrow i dread i feel myself slipping between the cracks of dull repetition https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/05/03/the-effluent-hour/ Sun, 03 May 2009 11:40:40 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/05/03/the-effluent-hour/ i yearn for quiet moments by friday it’s unbearable echoing and pointless in time i’ll return to orbit far from here far from voices but close to love. https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/04/24/deep-seat/ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:57:30 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/04/24/deep-seat/ dead evening swells darkness hits i make my way home red light impatient cars a sudden weariness overcomes “you seemed happier yesterday?” she asks “we have two days off!” but how do you explain the feeling of the grinding inevitable? https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/04/19/i-had-a-little-gravy-boat/ Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:41:42 +0000 https://lonelyradio.net/buzz/archives/2009/04/19/i-had-a-little-gravy-boat/ i dreamt of those individual microwaveable puddings that come in pairs with the foil top i found them while rummaging somewhere in the house “hey” i asked my wife “do you want one?” later i began to find leftover dinners peas, gravy and all congealed on the plate we were cheerful as we cleaned it all up. i awoke to find I’d overslept by about two hours and a house full of