I am sure I have already railed against the modern fashion for choice. Probably about how we sometimes seem to be more concerned that the education and health systems offer choice than about about making them so universally good that choices are pointless. Or about how as individuals we are either bad at making choices […]
Entries Tagged as 'DVD'
Thank You For The Music
October 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on Thank You For The Music · Music
Thanks Mum! You didn’t know it, but you gave me the new David Gilmour Live in Gdansk CD/DVD set for my birthday. I went into HMV straight after banking the cheque. While I was there I also treated myself to Death Magnetic.
Tags: Concerts·DVD·Pink Floyd
Good Times
October 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Good Times · Music
Today and yesterday I have been working my way through the Yazoo box set In Your Room.  I have been able to give it my full attention because all my subtle hints about the new Metallica album coming out a week before my birthday fell on deaf ears.
Teenage Kicks
September 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · Life
This month’s selection on Amazon’s Vine programme was a bit thin for me: I could choose up to two items from a list of… two items. One was an 800-page book. It took about nine years to write and I’m worried it might take me that long to read it, which might prevent me getting […]
Let’s Get Tattoos
August 30th, 2008 · Comments Off on Let’s Get Tattoos · Life
Last night Jayne and I watched a film called The Tattooist. It was another freebie DVD from Amazon’s ‘Vine’ program, and a film I had not heard of before and knew nothing about, except that it was probably horror-related. I don’t know why, but I sort of assumed it was one of those Far-East films, […]
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
August 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) · Life, Music
Watching all those old clips of Booker T and the MGs on YouTube gave me an itch to watch the Blues Brothers film to see Cropper and Dunn in action again. This evening I sort of scratched that itch and watched Blues Brothers 2000 instead.
American Gangster
July 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on American Gangster · Life
The other day I received a film called Brooklyn Rules from Amazon, through their ‘Vine’ programe. I’ll admit it was not one I had heard of before so I approached it with no expectationsone way or another. For what its worth, here is what I thought:
Bargain of the week
July 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
Amazon are selling Jerry Springer – The Opera for £3.97.  Mine should arrive tomorrow 🙂
Death Proof
July 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life
Last night we watched Death Proof, Tarantino’s half of the Grindhouse double-bill.  We saw the other half, Planet Terror, a while ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, and also enjoyed Tarantino’s other films so its a wonder it took so long to catch this one.
Idle speculation
June 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Life
I was thinking about Doctor Who earlier – something I am likely to do a lot of this week while I look forward to seeing Davros, Daleks, and all sorts of goodies on Saturday – and my train of thought started wandering, as it so often does.
