http://coletti.co.uk Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:22:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gary Moore, Still Got the Blues for You . . . I saw 'ol scarface live at Portsmouth Guidlhall sometime around 1990 and he was excellent. Gittar geeks will know this song is a wonderful advert for the Gibson Les Paul and a superb lesson in how to disguise mediocre singing ... http://coletti.co.uk/?p=1204 Never was a big Cutting Crew fan but this is a beaut. I love the guitar at 1'46 . . . http://coletti.co.uk/?p=1197 Like many who grew up in the eighties it was impossible to ignore snooker's heyday. Not long after colour technology made snooker palatable for TV audiences the characters of the game were unleashed on a public hungry to learn more about this weird 'sport'. I remember lapping it all up. You ... http://coletti.co.uk/?p=1190 Ever wanted to ask a famous billionaire a question and have listened in vain to countless interviews with said person and urged the interviewer to ask the question you wanted? I finally got my wish. A few months ago I wrote here about how Bill Gates predicted the iPhone (he called it ... http://coletti.co.uk/?p=1184 Last year in Tanzania I interviewed leading economist Jeffrey Sachs about aid to Africa. He was quite dismissive of my suggestion that South Korea was a good example of how a country can come from behind and make it without succumbing to all the problems that have plagued African countries ... http://coletti.co.uk/?p=1178 Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison . . . Poison. Third rate G n' R copies or genuine cowboy soul? Discuss. I saw Poison live at Donnington in 1990 and can't remember much about 'em but, however cheesy this video is the song is a beaut. I used to go ... http://coletti.co.uk/?p=1171 Does someone at BP have a literary bent or is it just a coincidence? The Deepwater Horizon catastrophe which struck back in April (and which is still inflicting so much grief to the people of the gulf of Mexico today) was caused by a ruptured undersea well which was named ... http://coletti.co.uk/?p=1165 Shake Your Head by Was (Not Was). Like all good Was (Not Was) tracks this beaut features leftfield lyrics like "You can't break a burly sailor's neck" . . and who's idea was it to get Kim Basinger and Ozzy on the same track? This is admittedly a long way from ... http://coletti.co.uk/?p=1159 15 years on from the publication of The Road Ahead, The Atlantic publishes their verdict on Bill's predictions. I take issue with them on point #2, The Wallet PC Verdict: Hit. Gates's wallet PC is more or less today's mobile smartphone with voice capability added. What the Atlantic fail to mention here ... http://coletti.co.uk/?p=1156 Laura Brannigan, Self Control. "I live amongst the creatures of the night. I haven't got the will to try and fight". A nice line. Short, sweet n' snappy . . . RIP Laura http://coletti.co.uk/?p=1152