| Date | Title | Website | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Apr 2010 | CHARGRILLED EYES & A LIQUOR PINK SMILE. | marinaandthediamonds.com | [1] |
| Note: These are copied from Marina's blogs, do not fix spelling/grammar mistakes. | |||
Trivia
The reference to "living life" in the final paragraph is reflective of her mental state at the time which influenced her to write Living Dead, which she name drops in a later blog post.
Blogpost[]
- Hello everybody.
- I am back and I am blogging. Can you believe it. I know you must have all missed me like a hole in the head and I have missed you too.
- I JUST DONT KNOW WHERE TO START.
- Well i have been fairly busy and marginally happier since my last excursion on the pensioners bus to bloggerville. I am working on 2 different projects in my -OH 2 MINUTES OF SPARE TIME- and they should be out around 2022 so look forward to them!
- I have had a really interesting, amazing month.. I have taken the boat across to sweden, denmark, france, the netherlands, new york, LA, texas and tokyo. My body clock is quite confused but I am detached from body most of the time anyway so makes no difference. Have you ever had a strange moment when you are looking in the mirror at your face for a long time (not for reasons of vanity or dramatic effect, on this occasion) and suddenly don't feel attached to your body? i.e you are outside of the body and the body is not yours to own but just a carrier/ another person? I experienced this once when I was 6 or 7 and then again a few weeks ago.
- I had 2 sold out shows in new york which may have been the most enjoyable experiences of my life. I also did 4 shows at SXSW in texas and a performed for MTV in a disused power plant. Half wanted homer simpson to jump out from behind the pylons with a cheeto stuck to his face and a DUff can in his paw. Where were you homer, WHERE WERE YOU.
- oh very fun guys- Neon Gold being the precious supporters that they are.
- A gem who made glasses in new york- you are so kind.
- Fader party @ sxsw
- MTV
- After texas, (where they served heated cheeseburgers in plastic bags as "food" on the plane) I went to LA to do business and also... record some mini-videos for my new autumn live show. If there is any part of the diamond castle that is missing a brick is the live show. I can't deny my showgirl heart and I know that may not be cool in 'hip$$ter' world but I can't change that/ can't hide it. I love to perform and miss choreography very much. I am desperate for the production that will bring to life the vision I have in my mind and it is going to happen by the time the year is out. Mark my words.
- Last week I went to Tokyo for 3 days of promo. I was, as expected, 100% blown away by the city and the culture of Japan. So proud and so full of respect and so wonderfully traditional. I received presents off of the interviewers (unHEARD of) and from my shining fans too. I was so happy to be there but may not eat rice again for another few weeks. Also, the toilets had seat warmers and 'in-house' showers. I bought a purse in the shape of a velvet hamburger. tasted a bit fluffy to be honest :-0
- jogged in yoyogi park every morning.. keep your heart healthy, gems.
- harajuku gals kickin back in the cherry blossoms..
- On the last night, my manager took us to the bar on the top of the Park Hyatt hotel as a treat. It was mind blowing. It's where they filmed Lost in Translation (yet another movie i have seen but don't remember - quite literally- anything. So strange my brain just deletes books and films from my memory? Like it doesn't want me to appear intelligent and funny at dinner parties or something?????)
- Am on the Scott Mills breakfast show tomorrow morning on radio 1, doing the live lounge in few weeks, have my first UK COVER (!!!) shoot tomorrow morning with Company magazine and did an 8 page feature coming up in Nylon today- it's my best shoot to date. Oh and am on Jools Holland next week! Oh and robot is out on 26th april with a new drum beat. It's a little harder hitting. I don't know which I prefer out of old and new.
- Well, must go. Too soon to tell but may have quite enjoyed my past 23 minutes of writing this blog. I will be back soon. I quit twitter for quality interactions over quantity and to write in a place that I feel is secure. I am sure there will be people on here who may not be fans/ are looking for 'interesting' things but the people who look to twist words will always look to twist words and that's not my field. The only reason I am writing this is for the people that matter.
- Every artist says they love their fans but you are a very different type of audience. I can see it in your eyes at gigs and l feel it every time I get the rare chance to meet one of you. I don't feel like the exchange between us is that of an artist- fan relationship really. I feel like a spectator of fame and living rather than a participant. I don't know. I am just interested in people and in finding out how to start 'living life' and what have you. Thank you all for being part of a community that I imagined up years ago when I first moved to london. I barely knew anyone for 2 years! I have a lot to do but it's going to happen. Whatever 'it' is. Forever waiting for 'it', right?
- M x