Apart from the lack of any vocal talent or looks, the thing that stopped me being a top rock star was a problem remembering the words to songs. Some people (like Jayne) can sing along to something they have only heard a few times on the radio. I can’t even remember all the words to […]
Entries from March 28th, 2014
Putting Crawley on the map. Unfortunately.
March 27th, 2014 · 2 Comments · Politics
Crawley news doesn’t usually travel much further than the Crawley News. Or Crawley Observer. So it is good that the opinions of one of our local councillors is getting into national/international news channels right? Well maybe not if it is Southgate councillor Liam Marshall-Ascough who has made it into the Huffington Post with his twisted […]
Charlie Brooker on Darwin
March 26th, 2014 · Comments Off on Charlie Brooker on Darwin · Life
This evening I found a great quote from Charlie Brooker, taken from a 2008 Guardian article: Darwin’s theory of evolution was simple, beautiful, majestic and awe-inspiring. But because it contradicts the allegorical babblings of a bunch of made-up old books, it’s been under attack since day one. That’s just tough luck for Darwin. If the […]
Revenge of the Egghead
March 26th, 2014 · Comments Off on Revenge of the Egghead · Life
When people my age hear the name CJ the first thing that pops into our head is “I didn’t get where I am today”, but that is closely followed by the bloke who used to be on Eggheads and then wasn’t. I stopped watching Eggheads a while ago for no particular reason but last week […]
Your views?
March 25th, 2014 · Comments Off on Your views? · Politics
Does nobody in Crawley have anything to say? I find that hard to believe, but the Crawley News has a page entitled “Your Views”, which is probably what a focus group or media consultant told them to call the letters to the editor page. Much of the page is taken up by a reader’s photograph, […]
Tags: Local Papers
Going back home
March 25th, 2014 · Comments Off on Going back home · Music
Well the new Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey album was released today and is available on Spotify, so it looks like I sorted out that embedding thing just in time!
Tags: Doctor Feelgood·Spotify
A logic-free zone
March 24th, 2014 · Comments Off on A logic-free zone · Politics
The Crawley News has a story this week about a Tory councillor’s reasons for not going to many meetings that he is supposed to be part of. He says that the reason for his poor attendance is that he stopped going to development control committee meetings because they are “a logic-free zone”. He said: I […]
Embedding Spotify
March 24th, 2014 · Comments Off on Embedding Spotify · Music, Technology
A friend has suggested that, if I mention a track or album on Spotify I should embed it in the post. Previously I have sometimes put a hyperlink in though often I haven’t bothered. I thought I would try installing a plugin and see what it does. This is just a test of that plugin […]
New tunes. Sort of.
March 18th, 2014 · Comments Off on New tunes. Sort of. · Music
I always seem to be late to the party. I have lost count of how many times Spotify recommends a new release for me by an artist I have never heard of, I try it and really like it, then find out the new release is actually a re-release of a 30-year-old album by a […]
Tags: World music
Sounds of the nineties
March 16th, 2014 · Comments Off on Sounds of the nineties · Music
On the walk back home from canvassing today my mp3 player shuffled up a few 90s tracks including a long Orb album track and Ebeneezer Goode by the Shamen. These are not things I often choose to listen to, but I don’t know why because i really enjoyed hearing them again. We all know what […]
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