Today I slept in, then ran a very slow 30k, having plenty of time on the run to listen on my Blackberry to every track on the four latest albums by “The National”. Quite good new music, or new to me anyway. The lead singer’s voice is reminiscent of Brian Ferry, for those old enough to remember him. The music and arrangements are excellent, the words pretty down-beat, verging on mild social and political satire, but mostly just reflecting the writer’s personal angst. Some clever lines, but I can’t imagine I’d have anything in common with the group’s normal audiences. The world I’m in is very different, for me it’s a needle and haystack world, but this writer has given up on haystacks although there are still a few needles around him, I expect. I am still running, but he’s stopped long ago. When The National’s songs ended, I switched back to Switchfoot, and I’m breathing in again. I call it living.
National track and field: AMA championships continues, more results are filtering through. .
1500m
Maria O'Reilly silver W55
Kathy Sims bronze W55
Emma Adams bronze W40
Ken White 4th M55
Colin Heywood 6th or 7th M55
Jeff Grey 5th M45
Rad Leovic gold M80.
5000m
Katie Forestier bronze W45
Maria O’Reilly bronze W55
Kathy Sims 4th W55
Roger Pilkington 8th M50
Bruce Graham 4th M45
Colin Heywood 4th M55
Jeff Grey 7th M45 (18:30, big pb)
400m
Emma Adams 4th W40
Noelene Burdon 4th W55
Ken White 4th M55
Robert Gerrard 6th M35
Consie Larmour gold W75
Corrie Collins gold W70
Sue Bourke silver W50
John Lamb silver M60
Geoff Sims bronze M60
Lyrics – Secret Meeting, by "The National"
I think this place is full of spies
I think they're onto me
Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
Didn't anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room
I know you put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know
And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
And now I'm sorry I missed you
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
I think this place is full of spies
I think I'm ruined
Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
Didn't anybody tell you, this river's full of lost sharks
I know you put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know
And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
National track and field: AMA championships continues, more results are filtering through. .
1500m
Maria O'Reilly silver W55
Kathy Sims bronze W55
Emma Adams bronze W40
Ken White 4th M55
Colin Heywood 6th or 7th M55
Jeff Grey 5th M45
Rad Leovic gold M80.
5000m
Katie Forestier bronze W45
Maria O’Reilly bronze W55
Kathy Sims 4th W55
Roger Pilkington 8th M50
Bruce Graham 4th M45
Colin Heywood 4th M55
Jeff Grey 7th M45 (18:30, big pb)
400m
Emma Adams 4th W40
Noelene Burdon 4th W55
Ken White 4th M55
Robert Gerrard 6th M35
Consie Larmour gold W75
Corrie Collins gold W70
Sue Bourke silver W50
John Lamb silver M60
Geoff Sims bronze M60
Lyrics – Secret Meeting, by "The National"
I think this place is full of spies
I think they're onto me
Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
Didn't anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room
I know you put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know
And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
And now I'm sorry I missed you
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
I think this place is full of spies
I think I'm ruined
Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
Didn't anybody tell you, this river's full of lost sharks
I know you put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know
And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
It went the dull and wicked ordinary way
