lederhosen

Spent half of yesterday looking at houses. Fell in love with a beautiful place which had lots of space, and lovely stamped-tin ceilings, and an attic room (I have a secret fondness for attic rooms) and, oh, lots of endearing features, but was being auctioned the same day and expected to get slightly more than we can really afford. Will check whether it made the auction; if it got passed in, we might make an offer on that. It was a beautiful, beautiful house... *sniffle*

But at more affordable end of the scale, looks like we'll be making an offer on the first place we saw (during this run of house-hunting, at least). It has its flaws (small bedrooms, lack of parking, probably needs some re-wiring) but it's livable, and the price range isn't bad. Sydney prices have cooled off a little; they're still high, but it looks like we sold our old place in the mountains at the height of the boom and we're buying during a slump. Without that good fortune we'd be hard pressed to afford anything livable; I feel sorry for the vast majority who aren't so lucky.

1. He sees things from under glass/ He looks through his window side/ He sees the things he knows are his/ He sees the bright and hollow sky

Siouxsie and the Banshees, covering Iggy Pop's "The Passenger".

2. You can live in it, live in it, laugh in it, love in it/ Swim in it, sleep in it,/ Live in it, swim in it, laugh in it, love in it

Tom Waits, "Step Right Up". I'm assuming

jazzmasterson has been dead for the last few days or something.

3. When that music comes around/ Everybody goes to town/ Here's something that you should know/ Whoa, baby, whoa-oh

Lee Press-On and the Nails, "3 (Sing) 2K".

4. Night size - perfect ten/ So rude - she's no good/ But as she says/ It pays to win/ Play to win/ She plays to win

Roxy Music, "Flesh and Blood".

5. Loving you/ Loving you/ Loving you/ Was like loving the dead

Nobody got this one? NOBODY? Shame on all of you who claim to be goths!

Type O Neg, "Black #1".

6. You used to be someone I knew/ Somebody I could understand but/ Now I don't know what to do/ And I don't know who you are, no/ All those things I hear you say/ You talk that way you're a stranger

Icehouse, "Don't Believe Any More".

7. Swimming in poison/ Gasping in the fragrance/ Sweat carves a screenplay/ of discipline...and devotion

Siouxsie and the Banshees, "Melt".

8. It's the middle of the night and you're here/ Playing dominoes and drinking beer/ I tried to think of something deep to say/ But my well is dripping dry today

Live, "Horse". This is really one of Rey's - I don't mind them, but I wouldn't have bought it for myself.

9. Life carries on/ In the people I meet/ In everyone that's out on the street/ In all the dogs and cats/ In the flies and rats/ In the rot and the rust/ In the ashes and the dust/ Life carries on and on and on and on/ Life carries on and on and on

Peter Gabriel, "I Grieve". Correctly picked by

mdsteele47.

10. I caught something weird in Encenada/ I've a brother of sorts in Torquemada/ Long distance information/ Disconnect me if you can

Sisters of Mercy, "Detonation Boulevard". Correctly picked by

jesusandrew.