Jun
15
100 Years of IBM
June 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment
This month sees IBM celebrate its 100th anniversary. Here’s a little bit of IBMÂ UK history/trip down memory lane. Back in 1989 I was at North Harbour just outside Portsmouth and the boss wanted a pic taken. Here’s the result. The dashing executive on the left is me in a very new Pierre Cardin suit […]
Jun
10
Shonen Knife, Free Time
June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Long time fans will be relieved to know lead singer Naoko’s English accent remains unchanged: just the right side of comprehensible but occasionally straying into that weird place where the hard Japanese consonants fade into vowels already mushier than a heartbroken Michael Bolton whereupon it all becomes a glorious balm for the ears. My copy […]
Jun
1
Rediscovered track of the month: Jun ’11
June 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Elvis Costello: Alison