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Busy week so far

March 16th, 2010 · Comments Off on Busy week so far · Life, Politics

Is it only Tuesday?  The week seems old already, because ther has been a lot going on.  Yesterday I went out to a gathering of lefties at an informal meeting of the local UAF, but with the news about Laura’s retirement being fresh there was a lot of gossip and speculation before we got down […]

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Ten years ago

December 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life

There is a trending topic on Twitter at the moment called #10yearsago which got me thinking a bit about where I was and what I was up to ten years ago today, and it is a bit scary to realise how much has gone on.

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Not the Nine O’Clock News

December 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life

I enjoyed the programme about Not the Nine O’Clock News this evening.   I had forgotten just how big it was back in the day, and had also forgotten that Chris Langham was in the first series.  I do remember that it was must-see TV at the time and if I look in the overflow bookcase […]

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Well I’ll go to the foot of our stairs

December 14th, 2009 · Comments Off on Well I’ll go to the foot of our stairs · Music

When I finally caught up with reading Friday’s Guardian I learned something unlikely today in this article about what happened to several music acts that looked like being the next big thing but never were. Not only that but it gives me an excuse, as if one were needed, to put up a link to […]

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The funny side of… Clive Anderson

August 6th, 2009 · Comments Off on The funny side of… Clive Anderson · Life

What a strange programme that was on TV tonight – Clive Anderson presenting something called The Funny Side of Talent.  Clive has been presenting TV shows for over twenty years, and radio shows before that.   Whose Line Is It Anyway ran for 10 years, he had his own chat show on Channel 4 and another […]

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Thirty years on – Spizzenergi in London

August 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Thirty years on – Spizzenergi in London · Music

I went online tonight and bought my ticket for the Spizzenergi 30th anniversary gig at the 100 Club.  I decided that it wasn’t worth the risk of just turning up because with all the publicity there is a real chance of it selling out.

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Walkman

June 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on Walkman · Music, Technology

The BBC made a 13-year-old swap his ipod for an original Sony Walkman for a week and then asked him what he thought.   What he said, and I am paraphrasing here, is: “Skuds – you are so old!  How did you ever get by with one of these?”  Well that’s how I interpreted it anyway.

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Street Life

March 25th, 2009 · Comments Off on Street Life · Life, Technology

I am really loving Google’s Street View at the moment.   Google’s cameras have not yet penetrated West Sussex so I can’t look at my house, but that doesn’t bother me too much: if I wanted to do that I could just go outside.   What I have been doing is ‘visiting’ old haunts to see if […]

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Sparks flying

March 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music

Somehow Jonathan Ross’s show has ended up as one of the best places for music on TV these days.   It is not just that he sometimes gets the biggest names on there, but that he often gets people on there giving totally awesome and/or memorable performances.

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More music on the horizon

March 18th, 2009 · Comments Off on More music on the horizon · Music

Apart from Metallica at the O2 this month, there is anotherconcert to look forward to this year: Spizzenergi‘s 30th anniversary gig at the 100 Club in May. (Advance tickets here for a tenner each)

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