That Song

10) David Casey: "I like math. I like rock."


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This week we hear from my good friend David Casey. David and I were in the folk rock’n’roll band Ogre Melodies together. His song choice is Night of the Pencils by Tubelord. He talks about 6th form college, meeting new people, meeting his wife and forming friendships he holds dear to this day.

Key Quotes
It’s where I met my wife. I met the two people who gave speeches at my wedding.
Holy shit there are so many amazing people where I live.
It felt like every week I was meeting somebody else who was really funny or nice or interesting.
You could go see them for £5 cover!
The intimacy is so palpable.
Tubelord actually broke up the week we started making music together.
When you make music, especially when you’re young, you’re like if im gonna do this, I’m gonna make it my life and I wanna be really successful and I want to play gigs forever
A cool thing about the world is you get - if you’re lucky - you get to be around it for a very long time

Quote that didnt make the edit, but honourable mention:  "I like math. I like rock"

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