… What were the local cats thinking? They would be scrutinising Dixie’s technique. Was there was some sort of a knack to it, some secret method? Maybe it was the way he wriggled his shoulders when he pushed the door? Maybe something else, something more subtle. Whatever it was, if they watched him for long enough, they would learn the secret. They observed his angle of approach, and the way he lowered his head. They weren’t quite sure, but was he lifting one leg off the ground just before the moment of contact? Or was he pausing a moment? Did he sniff at the drain before he pushed the door? Maybe that was it. Maybe it was to do with what he ate beforehand, or perhaps it was the angle of his tail on entry. Was it only at certain times of the day that the door opened for him so wantonly?
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-David Gaffney , This is about Dixie.

One of these days, Shiny Punk will actually make sense. In the mean time, here is a list for hot afternoon at the metropolis. Something gummy, danceable, yet full of dreamy fuzz and punk attitude. It even has J-pop tinge and lyrical, but all in midtown flavor, just enough jauntiness, not too sweet, not too hard. In other words, it doesn’t make sense at all. It’s weird mix of pop songs that can’t go on the radio. Favorites in the list: all of them.

“Sexy Gummy”

01. Seksu Roba : Hesitation , Pleasure Vibrations (Eenie Meenie Records, 2003)
02. PINE*am : Do I Know You , Pull The Rabbit Ears (Eenie Meenie Records, 2005)
03. Clue To Kalo : The Just Is Enough , One Way, It’s Every Way (Mush, 2005)
04. Tangiers : 100 million Feathers Weight , The Family Myth (French Kiss, 2005)
05. Point Juncture, WA : Siesta Movement , Juxtapony EP (Point Juncture, WA, 2004)
06. Jel : All Around , Soft Money (Anticon, 2006)

see also: short stories at East of web
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