Blog Archive 2006 • Cat Morley

Dec

06
 
Placebo
On Wednesday I interviewed Brian Molko from Placebo, he was very lovely and it should make for quite an interesting read. There is the best sound clip ever of him saying "thanks for telling me when...

Nov

28
 
Pillar Of Salt
We went to see The Thermals at Nice ‘N Sleazy’s in Glasgow tonight. Iain drove us there and back, while we made up some amazingly catchy songs in the back of the car. The support band were called A...
26
 
I’ve been listening to a lot of Graham Coxon recently. I saw him in Camden at the weekend, buying cheap take-out like the rest of us, clever guy. I always pictured the line “I saw you on the corner...
16
 
There’s an article about me and Cut Out + Keep, along with my tutorial for a Cupcake Pin Cushion in the latest issue of Pearl Necklace Zine.
07
 
After checking out of our hotel this morning, we headed down to La Defence to leave our suitcases at Alistair’s apartment. We spotted a film crew shooting a car commercial in between the buildings.
01
 
The AntiCraft
I interviewed gothic craft collective The AntiCraft for Venus Zine.

Oct

31
 
Class Of '06
Tonight was Halloween, so we all dressed up as the school kids from Battle Royale and headed to the fancy dress party at Abertay Union.
17
 
Counting To Ten
We went for dinner at Wetherspoon's with Iain and Hannah tonight.
11
 
Peaches
Iain, Tom and I headed through to Glasgow this evening to see Peaches at the ABC. She was awesome and played all the hits.
10
 
Sugar Skulls
I made some Sugar Skulls tonight using the mould I ordered from Mexican Sugar Skulls. I love them so much but I doubt that I'll eat them as they're far too sugary. I'm just going to give them all a...

Sep

12
 
Mousey
We finally caught mousey this morning. She's sooooo tiny and really cute. We'd seen her wandering around a couple of times so we set out some traps. We're keeping her in a plastic box and feeding h...

Aug

30
 
I thought that it would be a good idea to have a bit of a practice with my new camera, before I shoot this documentary thing that I'm doing for teens in foster care, but I accidently ended up makin...
26
 
The Dunderground
My parents brought me back to Dundee today and we went to the DCA where they had an exhibit about a fictional Dundee underground system which would be awesome.
20
 
As Used On The Famous Nelson Mandela
Tom and I went through to Edinburgh today for a belated birthday meal at Vittoria. I had a seafood pasta that had baby squids in and then we had ice cream and hot chocolates for dessert. It was rea...
19
 
Birthday
This morning I was given so many lovely presents, including books, craft supplies, craft books, perfume, a badge maker and the most amazing camcorder. The camera is 3CCD, broadcast quality, can re...
09
 
Birthday Drinks
Tonight we went out for birthday drinks at The Counting House. Everyone came and it was lots of fun. Instead of ordering drinks from the bar, we were ordering pitchers each and drank them with str...
04
 
The Notorious Bettie Page
I headed through to Edinburgh today to go shopping with my Mum. We saw Tommy Sheridan coming out of court. We visited Joey D who thinks Tom will end up with most of his collection before too long....

Jul

26
 
Drawing In Stitches
I've been hard at work sewing the collection I'm going to have on sale at the DCA. It's got a heart-beat theme to it with love-heart phone cosies, phone charms and heart beat pouches. Finally, for...
19
 
Baby Seagulls
There's a seagull on our roof that has had a nest there for the last few months. Her babies hatched a couple of weeks ago and now they have started to walk around. They are so cute and fluffy.
12
 
Here's one for all you designers and arty people. I've been asked by Virgin Mobile, to tell you about their competition to design a phone charm for the REGeneration campaign, for homeless and abuse...

Jun

11
 
Tool
I went to see Tool in Glasgow tonight with Calum, Graham and Neil. They were so awesome!
03
 
I Love Camden
This morning we headed to Camden Market, I love it there so much. There was this amazing little stall called Blah Blah Hospital with a girl sewing cutesie wristbands and clothes. Tom and I both bo...
01
 
Dark Girl
I invested in my first piece of art, which is a watercolour by Naomi Nowak Illustration called Dark Girl. I love her style so much.

May

23
 
King Tut's
Tom, Mum, Grant and I went to see James Dean Bradfield from the Manics play a solo gig at King Tut's tonight. He was really good and played This Is Yesterday and Ocean Spray. The Manics are going ...
22
 
Skip In The City
I had a look around the botanical gardens while I was waiting for him. Tom had a job interview in Edinburgh this morning, so we headed through nice and early. There was a sculpture skip outside E...

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