I quite like Mano Negra. That is "quite like" in the sense of having all their albums, a few singles and EPs, a VHS tape (which is SECAM so I can't play it and in French anyway so I can't understand it), and fond memories of seeing them play at the Forum and wearing the […]
Entries from November 13th, 2007
Burning up with Puta’s Fever
November 13th, 2007 · Comments Off on Burning up with Puta’s Fever · Music
Tags: WILT
On their way to Wembley
November 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on On their way to Wembley · Life
Although the Majeed-ridden Crawley Town got knocked out in the last round our neighbours, Horsham, have got through to the second round proper where they will meet Swansea. Not only that but their first goal was better than most in the Premier League this week. How good to see a local team on a cup […]
New sounds
November 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on New sounds · Music
I am really enjoying the two CDs I picked up in France yesterday.
Tags: France·Reggae·Shopping·World music
Under the channel
November 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Under the channel · Music
Yesterday we went on a sort of works' outing to Calais for the day. It was an opportunity to pick up some cheap wine & cigs, browse some unfamiliar shops, and have a meal out and to see what its like going through the tunnel. Having to get to work for 6:15am was a bit […]
I told you I was ill
November 10th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Life
Its fair to say that I had really not been looking forward to Dad’s funeral, but I was very much looking forward to it all being over. The time between him dying and the funeral has been strange. I have felt very vague, found it hard to concentrate at work, and more or less been […]
Moving in mysterious ways
November 10th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Life
On the way up to Herts today we were overtaken on the M25 by God, who obviously fancies himself as part of Torchwood. I was disappointed that I didn’t get the camera out of the glovie in time when a car with the number plate “BOB” (or 8 O) went passed, but this compensated for […]
Suspicious
November 8th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life
It is not often that something in a local newspaper is genuinely intriguing, but the story on the front page of this week’s Crawley Observer raises more questions than it answers. The gist of it is that a woman found a suspicious device under her car on Saturday and called the police. They closed the […]
Tags: Crawley·Newspapers
Hijacked
November 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Politics
I went down to the Sussex Police Authority‘s very well-attended public meeting a couple of weeks ago. It was a strange sort of meeting with several failed attempts to hijack the evening and one very successful one. I started writing about it and never finished. First of all there were some presentations by the Police […]
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
November 5th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Life
I am happy to admit that I have been a stranger to Bollywood films. I only sought this one out because it was largely filmed at Waterloo Station. I was going into work one weekend last year and the place was full of cameras being packed up. I was told that there had been filming […]
Gents
November 4th, 2007 · Comments Off on Gents · Life
Another freebie from Amazon. The best of the batch because its the one I was least likely to have come across on my own. The Crockatt & Powell gang will enjoy the fact that this book is dedicated to Scott Pack 🙂 (The book is being published by his new company, The Friday Project) This […]
