I think it is fair to say that I have no interest in this royal wedding at all beyond welcoming the extra day off.  Like any other soap opera I am happy to ignore it and get on with what I want to do. I would probably be happier about it if I wasn’t practically […]
Entries from April 29th, 2011
Elton John at the BBC
April 28th, 2011 · Comments Off on Elton John at the BBC · Music
This evening I watched something I had recorded over the weekend – Elton John at the BBC – and an hour just flew past.   Quite often these shows (Stiff at the BBC, Reggae at the BBC, etc. etc.) have been almost entirely a load of TOTP clips with maybe a bit of OGWT and with […]
Shades of grey in Libya
April 27th, 2011 · Comments Off on Shades of grey in Libya · Politics
Watching the reports from Misrata on Sky News yesterday was very depressing. Of course war is never exactly joyful, but yesterday’s reports just acted as a great big reminder of what a mess it is over there and how nothing is black and white but is unconveniently painted in shades of grey. Of course Gadaffi […]
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Much Later with Jools Holland
April 27th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Life, Music
Tonight I waded into the backlog of episodes of Later with Jools Holland that were recorded on the V+ box, starting with the end of the one from two weeks ago with Robbie Robertson, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 and Cee-lo Green – fast-forwarding through Glasvegas. After that I moved onto last week’s episodes. I’ll […]
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Anorak paradise
April 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Life, Technology
Jayne and I went to Amberley museum for the second time in three days today. They do a deal whereby if you keep hold of your tickets you can return for free within 5 days, so we did. When we went on Saturday we left without seeing everything because we had to do some supermarket […]
Crawley Anthem
April 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on Crawley Anthem · Life, Music
On Thursday night I went along to the Hawth where there was a meeting about something called the Crawley Anthem. This is a project which aims to write a song about the town, arrange it, record it and film it. Anybody with first-hand experience of my musical abilities will be relieved to know that my […]
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Parrot culling
April 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Life
Is it accurate, or just inflammatory to talk about plans to cull non-native species in emotive terms like ‘racism’?  In this story about plans to cull monk parakeets it says that there have been accusations of racism towards non-native species and I’mnot sure whether that exaggerates matters, trivialises them or somehow manages to do both […]
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Test
April 24th, 2011 · Comments Off on Test · Life
Test to see if WordPress is still doing that funny thing it was doing yesterday…
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
April 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on At Home: A Short History of Private Life · Life
The other night I finished listening to At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson.  This is an audiobook I got through Amazon’s Vine program. It is a book I would almost certainly have bought myself at some point, although I would have bought the paper version. It was an interesting experience […]
Mobile phone dithering
April 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on Mobile phone dithering · Technology
I have still been dithering about whether to get a new mobile when my contract with Vodafone expires. I’ll definitely be dropping Vodafone unless they pay a load of tax and install picocells in my workplace so I can get a signal before June, but I was torn between not having a mobile at all […]
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