May
13
Archipelagic icicles . . .
May 13, 2007 | 1 Comment
The thorny subject of lyrics cropped up again last night at the Eurovision song contest. Ireland’s entry came in at second bottom – 23rd place – with a true abomination. Any song containing the words “Archipelagic icicles” deserves everything it got . . . Me and my flatmate started to watch the Eurovision contest last […]
May
6
The Beeb’s Worst Lyrics . . .
May 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment
BBC 6 Music has a poll of the top ten worst ever song lyrics. The results were based on the suggestions of more than 2,000 listeners to the station and while I agree there are some hideous examples of songwriting I can’t let Black Sabbath’s entry at number #10 go . . . # 10 […]
Apr
30
Rent or Buy?
April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I had a conversation with my neighbour on Sunday across the back garden wall. It went like this. Neighbour: “Did Will and Carols’ Mum and Dad give Ana the house?” Me: “No they rented it to Ana.” Neighbour: “So are you renting or buying? ” Me: “We all rent?”
Apr
9
Hunt the Cluster Bomb
April 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment
I’m always ready to listen to opposing arguments about the rights and wrongs of any international political situation. Lets face it, working on the world’s greatest talk show means it’s unavoidable. But using the Easter tradition of hunting for eggs to make a point about the global arms trade by having your kids hunt the […]
Apr
8
Naoko Kondo
April 8, 2007 | 3 Comments
Did you know Naoko Kondo? She had black hair, was about 5,5 feet tall, with a slim figure. Her bicycle was an old mountain bike and silver (or metallic gray) in colour. She cycled to Docklands everyday on Clapham Road. I never met her but the information above I gleaned from a flyer posted up […]
Apr
2
EMI heed Uncle Pauly . . .
April 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment
. . . . well, not quite but it’s nice to see that days after my rant against DRM, EMI have announced they’ll make high-quality unlocked tracks available for purchase. This is a step in the right direction but as the article mentions, only 5% of all music sales are currently online. The next step […]
Mar
29
Coffee n’ Shrapnel
March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Omar at Iraq the Model wakes up one morning, brews himself a cuppa and calmly watches as a hissing, still-hot sliver of crud lands in his garden from an IED explosion. All in a day’s work . . .
Mar
27
Tele
March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
A while back I got one of Tele’s earlier hits – Es Kommt ein Schiff – off a magazine’s free CD giveaway and described it as a Westlife-type ballad with cheesy horns. I still stand by this although with the Freiburger’s new album, the horns Tele love so much have grown on me a bit […]