Another CD which tempted me at the same time as Rodrigo y Gabriela, was the new album from Ojos de Brujo called Techari. Ojos de Brujo come from the vibrant music scene of Barcelona, and have a strong flamenco flavour, with gypsy and Arabic aspects and rapping and scratchng thrown in for good measure. It […]
Entries from May 7th, 2006
Rodrigo y Gabriela
May 7th, 2006 · Comments Off on Rodrigo y Gabriela · Music
Rodrigo y Gabriela have a new album out, called 'Rodrigo y Gabriela' the first one to have a real marketing push behind it, and the first to have a big-name producer (John Leckie). The band consists of just two acoustic guitarists, but they do not think of themselves as 'folk' or 'flamenco': they consider themselves […]
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Steve McLaren was first choice all along, say FA
May 7th, 2006 · Comments Off on Steve McLaren was first choice all along, say FA · Life
Did anyone really believe that headline above the masthead on Friday’s Guardian? I had to check that the date wasn’t April 1st. The FA should concentrate on their job instead of trying to pretend that they didn’t offer the job to Scolari.
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Illness scare at Spurs
May 7th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
You are supposed to feel as sick as a parrot after losing to the Hammers, not before!
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Crawley election results
May 7th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Politics
Very belated results, due to my Internet access problems over the last few days but… The full results are on the Crawley Borough Council website, but the highlights are: Labour lost 3 seats Tories gained 3 seats Tories gained control of the council BNP finished 4th in two wards and 3rd in two wards, with […]
Tags: BNP·Broadfield·Crawley·Elections·Labour Party·Pound Hill·Tories·Travellers
Elephant Photos
May 7th, 2006 · Comments Off on Elephant Photos · Life
I needed to get that link to my Sultan’s Elephant photos up here… I see from the logs that there are a lot of visits as a result of searches for variations on “sultan elephant london”, “40 foot mechanical elephant” and so on.
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Seeing the Sultan’s Elephant
May 7th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
I have been looking forward all week to seeing the Sultan’s Elephant up in London. It even overshadowed the elections in my mind a bit – lets face it there are elections every year but the chances of getting to see another 40-foot high, time-travelling mechanical elephant again are pretty slim. Jayne and I took […]
Tags: Art·London·Photos·Railways·Sultan's Elephant·Traffic·Transport
Loss of power in Crawley
May 7th, 2006 · Comments Off on Loss of power in Crawley · Life, Technology
Not a reference to our setbacks in the local elections, but to the state of the electricity supply in Broadfield. On Thursday afternoon, at about 1:30pm, I was taking a break from the elections, resting my feet, having a drink and getting out of the sun at our local HQ (Colin & Laura's house) when […]
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I’m Back!
May 7th, 2006 · Comments Off on I’m Back! · Life, Technology
I guess it is a bit strange that an insomniac anorak like myself has refrained from posting anything on his own blog for about 60 hours, during which there have been momentous events personally, locally and nationally? Is it because, as Richard S suggests, that I have been too busy feeling sorry for myself? While […]
