Squiggle Over The River Evenlode

Katie Q told me over the blower today, "There's no such thing as bad weather, just a bad choice in clothing." I remember Sean Connery also saying this once in a Bond movie before making love to a girl with five tones lighter skin than his.

T'was absolutely belting it down out there. A thick leather belt full of outrageous bling and swashbuckling buckle. I'm ashamed to admit the rain was influencing my decision not to go for an afternoon walk along the riverside. In my defence however, it wasn't just the rain.

I was battling with what to do with a middle eight on a new song. Actually, it's a middle four. Actually, I'm not sure what it is. It's a tiny section of the song that isn't a verse or a chorus. It could be a bridge but I think a bridge always leads into a chorus and this doesn't. It leads into a verse. Maybe it's a small bridge like a footbridge or a bridge a baby would draw that just looks like a squiggle. In fact that'll do. I'll call it a squiggle! I like that. Sounds absurd but it could catch on. I can just imagine four years down the line Morrissey talking about a 'squiggle' in an interview with NME:

"Yeah, I got really stuck with the squiggle on that song so I got Johnny Marr to come in and do it. We're definitely not reforming though. He said he'd just record the squiggle for old times sake. I'll probably get Slash to come in to do it live (laughs out loud)."