This is the first time Iâve listened to the Eels âElectro-shock bluesâ album since my mum passed away of cancer - I cant even remember the year anymore. Maybe 2006? I used to love that album but it all became a bit too raw after that. I remember listening to the Flaming Lips album âSoft Bulletinâ around that time and feeling really uplifted by it - it helped me.
Bizarrely, i was reading Mark Oliver Everettâs book âThings the grandchildren should knowâ at the time my mum diedâŠi was reading his experience of his mum dying and I never finished reading that book. I just couldnt face it. I just left the bookmark in it and its now just on the shelf.
I visited my dad in the hospital today and recording the sound of all the old men on the ward farting . Iâve been listening to that a lot todayâŠwhilst watching One Show highlights