I downloaded the new Björk album this evening. Its a bit early to know what to make of all of it – it might take a few listens, but it sounds a lot more accessible than her last few offerings. The first track Earth Intruders is a great even on a single hearing: lots of […]
Entries from May 16th, 2007
Surrounded by Genesis
May 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Music
Unfortunately I can’t really justify forking out £88.98 on this Genesis Box Set of 12 discs, but it is tempting. It has the albums A Trick of the Tail, Wind & Wuthering, And The There Were Three…, Duke, and Abacab on hybrid SACD with 5.1 sound, the same albums on DVD with live footage, interviews […]
Headline of the week
May 15th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Life
A bit premature, as our two local weeklies don’t come out until tomorrow, but I can’t see them beating this one from the Brighton Argus website today: Restaurant boss shocked at size of marker pens packaging Must be a slow week in Brighton.
Tags: Funny·Local Papers
Unite Against Fascists
May 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Unite Against Fascists · Politics
During the recent elections a number of people in Crawley and Horsham distributed leaflets to roughly 4000 homes, providing information about the BNP and their record when they have won elections. The results in Crawley were: Furnace Green BNP votes slightly down, despite an increased turnout, and their percentage reduced from 14% to 6%. Ifield […]
I am not Michael Howard
May 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Politics
I had to smile a bit when I read David Cameron’s bit in today’s Observer. (Well.. started to read and then just skimmed to the end. There was a very clear subtext, so clear that he might just as well have written “I am not Michael Howard. I am not Michael Howard. I am not […]
Tags: Newspapers·Tories
The Great Escape
May 13th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Life
I was prepared for the worst today, but hoped Sheffield would do us a favour. What I wasn’t prepared for was West Ham doing the double over Man Utd. (Having already beaten Arsenal home and away) What a finish to the season though – eleven games without a win and then seven wins from the […]
Insurance
May 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Work
I finally changed my car insurance yesterday, after realising just how much I was being ripped off by the old company as a result of inertia selling. I had been putting it off until I got the paperwork through from the DVLA so I could tax the car properly, and then spent my Friday afternoon […]
Crawley: global village?
May 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Crawley: global village? · Life
The day was already a strange one – no football at all and no Dr. Who – so me going to church just made it all the stranger. Yesterday I had a little note tacked onto a meeting notice for the CCAR committee, saying that there was a ‘Multi-cultural celebration’ at Christ the Lord church […]
Tags: Broadfield·BYCC·Food·Religion
Worthing
May 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Worthing · Politics
Thanks to Danivon for pointing out the Worthing Liberal Democrats website. I shouldn’t really be praising the opposition, but I quite like the Worthing Lib Dems – quite a few of them I have met only joined when Thatcher was in power and thought the Lib Dems were the most likely party to beat the […]
Tags: Elections·Internet·Lib Dems·Links·Statistics
Election results
May 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics, Technology
It was good of Danivon to make his comment comparing the BNP’s vote to last year because such information is hard to come by. Not being a political anorak I don’t have copies of old election results knocking around: I figure that if I really want them I can get them from the council’s website. […]
