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Entries from September 25th, 2006

I don’t know much about art. Apparently.

September 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on I don’t know much about art. Apparently. · Music

When I first saw a poster for the musical Daddy Cool, I really expected it to be critically panned, shunned by the crowds, and disappear without trace. So far it has had reviews ranging from ‘respectable’ all the way up to ‘glowing’. I would eat my words, but I am too busy at the moment…

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Back again

September 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on Back again · Technology

Those periods of downtime got a lot more frequent and a lot longer over the weekend, and even when the server was up it was so slow that it might as well have been down. Up to 5pm today I had registered 5 visits, and I am amazed that those 5 managed to get through. […]

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eMusic update

September 23rd, 2006 · 1 Comment · Music

I have now downloaded all my 25 free tracks, which amounts to just over 128 minutes of music, with a fair range of different styles. The haul includes: 3 tracks from an acoustic Toyah album Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus 3 tracks from the Easy Star All-Stars (2 Radiohead and a Pink Floyd song all […]

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I don’t feel like dancing…

September 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off on I don’t feel like dancing… · Life, Music

Many many thanks to Andrew for the hugely entertaining B4L dance routine. I did my own version, and I don’t think our kids are going to be happy about it

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Oi – no trainers!

September 22nd, 2006 · 1 Comment · Politics

In the paper yesterday there was a small piece about Le Pen launching his 2007 presidential campaign. In a break from tradition he says he is willing to tolerate foreigners, or at least he is willing to encourage them to support him, providing they accept “our dresscode and our laws” Hang on… France has a […]

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Downtime update

September 22nd, 2006 · 3 Comments · Technology

Thanks to the quite brilliant Montastic which Andrew W recommended the other day, I now have a better idea of how often this site is unavailable. I registered on Montastic sometime during the morning. Late morning I think. Since then I have been notified of  5 periods of unavailability, ranging from 5 minutes to at […]

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You are never too old. Allegedly

September 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on You are never too old. Allegedly · Life

I know this sort of behaviour is wrong and should not be condoned and all that, but isn’t there just a little part of everyone that hopes they are still capable of committing such an offence at the age of 95? Must be something in the water down there. I wonder what the warning was…

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Free Stuff!

September 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on Free Stuff! · Music

It has been a good month so far for free stuff.  I love free stuff. I don't think I'm mean – just careful. (The difference? If you are careful you get excited by free stuff. If you are mean you get visibly aroused by it.) First of all there was some free music from eMusic […]

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This Life

September 20th, 2006 · Comments Off on This Life · Life

It should be good news that This Life is coming back – even if it is only for a 90-minute special. Broadast is going to be “later this year”. I have been saving the DVD box set of series 1 and 2 for a rainy day, but it looks like I will have to find […]

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I’m the daddy now!

September 19th, 2006 · Comments Off on I’m the daddy now! · Life

One of the buggers stayed still long enough for a few snaps earlier this evening.

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