var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-29761675-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @cellogal)http://www.strungout.me/A few days ago on a wet and dreary Thursday morning, Raven made a journey we had never made before,...http://www.strungout.me/post/36740997838http://www.strungout.me/post/36740997838Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:47:00 +0000hot fuzzbutlinsmadnesstake it or leave itoui oui si si ja ja da dadadDunsterSarah Lundwool addictionchas smashthe nutty boysthe brass monkeysMr CIt Must Be LoveHi-de-hiApologies for the sabbatical length gap between my last post and this one. I know there are a few...http://www.strungout.me/post/35275631358http://www.strungout.me/post/35275631358Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:38:00 +0000michal matecjikkung fu fightingmark macleanhenry hey!DiegocrewWhamBlue Rinse BrigadeSYMPHONICAMADNESS AT THE OLYMPICSThis blog entry is shockingly tardy and briefer than usual (thank GOD, I know...http://www.strungout.me/post/31272903731http://www.strungout.me/post/31272903731Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:37:16 +0100brian mayclosing ceremonyemile sandein the middle of our streetmadnessmo farahone directionour houserussell brandspice girlstimothy spallliam gallaghermanc swaggergiraffe complexMayhem in Mexico¿CUÁNDO?Last week. For three days, just enough time to fall in love with the place,...http://www.strungout.me/post/29473705303http://www.strungout.me/post/29473705303Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:16:21 +0100RavenMexicoMonte XanicEnsenadaHotel Coral and MarinaKipper foootseaside calmFireworksMythological birds of deathOh dear readers: today is a bad day. Not bad by a normal person’s standards….indeed, I have a...http://www.strungout.me/post/27825520796http://www.strungout.me/post/27825520796Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:08:31 +0100night nurseWoody AllenCold and fluHypochondriamajor intoleranceparanoiaflueuphemismTOP 5 JANECDOTES PART 2  For any late comers, I’m in the latter half of a two parter about my recent...http://www.strungout.me/post/26909931930http://www.strungout.me/post/26909931930Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:25:00 +0100OtsuchiKitakamiDevastationJoji HirotaMasatojetlagBreakfast noodlesRavenEmotional turmoilGratitudehopeI am meant to write Strungout once a week. It’s been about a month since I last wrote, which...http://www.strungout.me/post/25843348465http://www.strungout.me/post/25843348465Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:45:53 +0100joiletsLMOTohokuJoji Hirotasoba noodlesjanecdotescrazy Japanese toiletsMoriokabidet jetsbullet trainsSendaitsunamiArahama ElementaryGrandad slippersFlutesshrinesakesushiThis week, I checked how many “reads” StrungOut has had, and where from. Loads of you have read...http://www.strungout.me/post/23539187670http://www.strungout.me/post/23539187670Tue, 22 May 2012 12:12:26 +0100NY city hallTeetsPopcornSingingDipsomaniaChristopher HitchensNoospapersSuperquinnBob DylanDove advertsCometTechcrunchDental Illness Now I’m out as an ex-inebriate, I can tell you all SORTS of stuff. Like about my...http://www.strungout.me/post/22778445059http://www.strungout.me/post/22778445059Thu, 10 May 2012 14:50:00 +0100Gillian McKeithBen GoldacreTumbleweedchinese DentistSteve MartinDustin HoffmanJacqueline Du PreNovocainePearly WhitesCareless WhisperBride of DraculaScooby DoFear and FaithPanic StationsI’m about to out myself: as a sufferer of performance anxiety. Any regular readers...http://www.strungout.me/post/22114140208http://www.strungout.me/post/22114140208Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:43:00 +0100neuroticpanic attackfight or flightpins and needlesnervous ninnyworry wartpret a mangerbeta blockersrusty implementscheese on toasteastendersbricking itSo some regular readers of StrungOut and faithful twitter followers will have noticed that my last...http://www.strungout.me/post/21213682771http://www.strungout.me/post/21213682771Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:01:53 +0100advertTV cateringProkofievshriekingDPA microphonesBrittenBartokwalesfish and chipsGMOysterprojectile vomitbroken bowCanterburyHayley WestenraMarrakechM8RTAMJNext week, me and Mr A Cello will be performing some solo cello music at 93 Feet East in Shoreditch...http://www.strungout.me/post/19784150312http://www.strungout.me/post/19784150312Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:32:00 +0000saxondaleyo yo maken doddRNCMPlatform 33bachBrittenBeamishIntroducing the Ravens (sometimes our less polite male colleagues predictably call us “The...http://www.strungout.me/post/19288168442http://www.strungout.me/post/19288168442Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:00:00 +0000ravenquartetdanni minogueescalasushisteph'll fix it“How d’you get that under your chin?” The only drawback about being a cellist, is carrying a...http://www.strungout.me/post/19116270383http://www.strungout.me/post/19116270383Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:15:26 +0000celloschool busdoc martensbuilderspterodactylshamsterMy Year Trying Not to be a Cellist Ok so at least nine people have read StrungOut over the last few...http://www.strungout.me/post/18973464911http://www.strungout.me/post/18973464911Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:20:59 +0000alan bennettbirkenheadjobcentrepluswandsworth borough councilgratitude“Good artists copy, great artists steal” - Pablo Picasso Early on Saturday morning Edith...http://www.strungout.me/post/18920468205http://www.strungout.me/post/18920468205Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:40:00 +0000alles neuchildren in need rocksill manorslemonsleningradmimingpeter foxplan bplanet of the apesshostakovichStrung Out is about my life as freelance cellist in London. I’m not sure how it will turn out, as...http://www.strungout.me/post/18851139620http://www.strungout.me/post/18851139620Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:00:00 +0000liverpool philharmonic orchestramorriseystrungoutravenquartetalt-jradioheadblack keysthe dead weatherjack whitecold war kids