Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The Wednesday biscuit

Our magical self-replenishing office biscuit tin replenished itself (or did it?) with 'Nice' biscuits today. The plain sugar-crystal coated kind that spelled BORING to me as a kid, for a lack of patterns, colours, fillings etcetera. They also, funnily enough, remind me of Terry Donovan (Jason Donovan's dad) as he once had a hissy fit in a convenience store that my mum was babysitting for a friend because he wanted a packet of 'Nice biscuits' on their own... like this:


As opposed to having to 'fish' his Nice biscuits out of a variety pack like this:





A welcome reminder to us all that variety packs are for SCUM not D-grade celebrities.

Anyway, I digress. Today's Wednesday biscuit, as plain as it is.... made for a perfect accompaniment to Jaymay, aka 26 yr old New Yorker Jamie Seerman's debut album Autumn Fallin'. The obvious comparisions with Leslie, Regina et al. must be a little boring for her... So I turn to the 'Nice' biscuit as a way to describe her blood sweat and tears, her craft, her passion!


Music/biscuit compatibility: 8/10
Characteristics: Plain, slightly sugary but not sickly sweet.
Aftertaste: Pleasant yet disappears quite quickly.


Jaymay will be playing at the Whitechapel Gallery this Friday 30th of November as part of the 'Open City' residency which explores music related to a city, (hers being the Big Apple). She'll also be supporting Okkervil River in the UK soon.

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