I have been expressing my britishness this bank holiday weekend by indulging in some DIY and moaning about the weather. Just as well I was born here because according to this test I wouldn’t be let in if I wasn’t. Today was a big day for young Rojo though: we went out and bought him […]
Entries from August 26th, 2008
Renegades Of Funk
August 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Renegades Of Funk · Music
I saw something about the Reading and Leeds festivals the other day which listed the line-ups and I saw RAge Against The Machine there. I didn’t even know they were back together again, but apparently they re-formed last year. Their first album is still one of my favourites. What an impact that had when it […]
Tags: Concerts
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
August 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) · Life, Music
Watching all those old clips of Booker T and the MGs on YouTube gave me an itch to watch the Blues Brothers film to see Cropper and Dunn in action again. This evening I sort of scratched that itch and watched Blues Brothers 2000 instead.
Green Onions
August 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Green Onions · Music
Here are Booker T and the MGs playing Green Onions, first of all back in 1967 and then again nearly forty years later in 2003 – different drummer but Booker T, Steve cropper and Duck Dunn are still there. Dunn deserves a medal. It must take a great deal of patience to play the same […]
Weather With You
August 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Weather With You · Life
I am, perhaps surprisingly, feeling quite positive about the London Olympics. It is fashionable to don the traditional British cloak of cynicism and assume they will be an unmitigated disaster: the facilities will not be finished in time, and will be crap, there will be organisational chaos, and the opening ceremony will be underwhelming and […]
Science Friction
August 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Science Friction · Work
I think I was on the receiving end of one of the best put-downs ever this afternoon, when I went into one of our anorak enclaves to chat with the people whose job it is to actually come up with new ideas, the ones at the sharp end of research & development.
19th Nervous Breakdown
August 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments · Life
Its GCSE results day tomorrow…Â I’m kind of glad that I will be at work and safe from the critical mass of nervous energy, anticipation, dread, expectation and teenage angst that will be brewing up in the vicinity of many homes and every secondary school tomorrow.
I’d Rather Jack
August 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on I’d Rather Jack · Life
So. Apparently Torchwood will be back in 2009, but only for a five-episode series. All the details seem to be about the production and transmission rather than anything like plot or who will be in it. The unlikely highlights are that it will be on BBC1, and will appear on five consecutive nights. Just one […]
Tags: TV
Soul Seven
August 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Soul Seven · Life
It was seven years ago today that Jayne and I tied the knot: seven years of wedded bliss and general goodness.
Tags: Family
Games People Play
August 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Life
Greatly enjoying the Olympics, and slightly resenting having to return to work and miss all the live coverage. What a welcome change it is to be able to look at the results and not be embarrased about the GB performance. The first Olympics I can even vaguely remember was Mexico in 1968 where we got […]
