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Hungover? Most of your housemates not around for the weekend? Why not write a song about them, I did.

This was supposed to be a classic guitar anthem to rival Coolio Coolio but after firing up the Mac we were far too tempted by the 80s synthy goodness. So here it is:

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And for the die hard amongst you, the lyrics:

This morning when we woke up,
It was to an empty home,
No Gladman and no Lyes,
Not even Simmo.
When I looked outside,
There was so much we could do,
But instead we grabbed our macs,
To rap this song for you.

Gladman, where ya gone?
Simmo, where ya gone?
Lyes, where ya gone?
You left us home alone.

Gladman left on Friday,
He was the first to go,
Jetting off to China,
To see his Haribo.
He hasn’t cooked in ages,
Just take take take,
Maybe when he gets back,
He’ll cook us Hong Kong snake.

Harri, Harri, Harri.

You left early this morning,
Will you come back tonight?
There’s no love any more,
Not even for a pint.
Simmo get a grip,
Get your priorities right,
Why won’t you come home and,
Cook pasta bake tonight.

Katie, Katie, Katie.

The last to leave was Lyes,
he hadn’t forgotten about us,
He’d been to Guanabara,
He was going out on a buzz.
He left without a goodbye
he was surely in a rush,
But he did leave us two things,
And now the bog won’t flush!

Joujie, Joujie, Joujie.

Gladman, where ya gone?
Simmo, where ya gone?
Lyes, where ya gone?
You left us home alone.

In a desperate attempt to try and remain in touch with what’s going on in the world of music I subscribe to the Nialler9 podcast. Nialler9 is a top Irish blogger I came across in my Anablogue days and his monthly podcast keep me abreast of what’s happening and entertain me on a Friday’s commute.

Most recently I’ve been enjoying Nialler9’s Electric Picnic Mixtape which you can listen to and download on his blog. So pleased was I with the collection of tunes that I tried to recreate an unmixed version of the tracklisting on Spotify. My Spotify playlist has most of the tracks and most impressively (for Spotify) a lot of the obscure remixes.

My particular highlights from the mixtape are Four Tet feat. Princess Watermelon – Go Go Ninja Dinosaur!, Lykke Li – Dance Dance Dance (Buraka Som Sistema remix), and a very fat Hervé remix of The Temper Trap’s The Science of Fear.