Friday, May 27, 2005
Politician Spot
Reading my friend Keith's blog yesterday (as everyone should - I posted a link a week or so ago so go back, find the link and check it out), he mentioned in passing his "interest" in Conservative MP and general telegenic fop about town Boris Johnson.
Imagine my surprise then at 2pm that afternoon to walk past an Italian restaurant in Lamb's Conduit near Russell Square and see Boris eating al fresco with a couple of ladies.
This is not the first time this has happened. A few months back just after the scandal that led to his sacking from the Shadow Cabinet, I was having lunch in the High Street Kensington Wagamama when he walked in to dine, again, with a lovely lady.
I can think of a long list of people I would rather walk into when I am out than him, to be honest.
Imagine my surprise then at 2pm that afternoon to walk past an Italian restaurant in Lamb's Conduit near Russell Square and see Boris eating al fresco with a couple of ladies.
This is not the first time this has happened. A few months back just after the scandal that led to his sacking from the Shadow Cabinet, I was having lunch in the High Street Kensington Wagamama when he walked in to dine, again, with a lovely lady.
I can think of a long list of people I would rather walk into when I am out than him, to be honest.
Monday, May 23, 2005
more comic reviews
This week's contenders are:
JLA Classified. Continuing the B-list hero/comedy scripting. Sorry but the joke isn't that funny anymore. It's also a bit sad reading about these heroes acting the fool, when in current day DC Universe, Sue Dibny and Blue Beetle are already brutally dead, Beetle killed by his boss and sort of friend in this storyline, and Guy Gardener seems to be back as a Green Lantern. I think this has been a victim of the changes in the DCU brought about by Identity Crisis, but perhaps it would have been better to have dropped it completely instead of showing it now as a "past storyline never told before". That said, the last pages were beautifully moving and tragic.
Teen Titans 24. Starting the Outsiders Crossover, and Superboy has gone rogue. A lot of this seems to boil down to him being partly cloned from Lex Luther, and one can assume that some sort of latent programming was including in the cloning process. I think I can deal with this a bit better than the idea that he was worried that something bad is inside him because part of his genes are Lex's. I mean, Luther isn't super-powered, so Superboy has no more likelihood of turning into Luther as I have of wanting to spend my retirement working in an allotment, and playing golf and table tennis like my father.
Books of Magick 11. This ones a grower, I have to confess. It started so far from the previous Books of Magic series that part of me was fighting against the change of direction, but I am loving the turns and plots held in it. Dean Ormiston's art is totally suited to the script, I hope this one stays around for a long while.
Lucifer. Great stand-alone story at a time when the main stroyline is starting to drag and lose my interest. Ties right back to the opening story arc bringing back characters that we haven't seen in 5 years. Just a bit of a pity that I'm tiring of the main story; still they say that like Sandman and Preacher before it, there is a definite end to the series plotted, I'll hang around to read the whole thing, start to end. I'd love to know how comic fans in Middle America (you know where I'm talking about) are dealing with a comic where the (anti) hero is Lucifer, the devil and that God has abandoned Heaven.
Guardian 2. Another part of Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers epic. I've sort of decided to hold back reading these on a month by month basis and to save them up until I have the set to really appreciate the scope of the seven storylines. Come back at the end of the year for the full Seven Soldiers write up.
JLA Classified. Continuing the B-list hero/comedy scripting. Sorry but the joke isn't that funny anymore. It's also a bit sad reading about these heroes acting the fool, when in current day DC Universe, Sue Dibny and Blue Beetle are already brutally dead, Beetle killed by his boss and sort of friend in this storyline, and Guy Gardener seems to be back as a Green Lantern. I think this has been a victim of the changes in the DCU brought about by Identity Crisis, but perhaps it would have been better to have dropped it completely instead of showing it now as a "past storyline never told before". That said, the last pages were beautifully moving and tragic.
Teen Titans 24. Starting the Outsiders Crossover, and Superboy has gone rogue. A lot of this seems to boil down to him being partly cloned from Lex Luther, and one can assume that some sort of latent programming was including in the cloning process. I think I can deal with this a bit better than the idea that he was worried that something bad is inside him because part of his genes are Lex's. I mean, Luther isn't super-powered, so Superboy has no more likelihood of turning into Luther as I have of wanting to spend my retirement working in an allotment, and playing golf and table tennis like my father.
Books of Magick 11. This ones a grower, I have to confess. It started so far from the previous Books of Magic series that part of me was fighting against the change of direction, but I am loving the turns and plots held in it. Dean Ormiston's art is totally suited to the script, I hope this one stays around for a long while.
Lucifer. Great stand-alone story at a time when the main stroyline is starting to drag and lose my interest. Ties right back to the opening story arc bringing back characters that we haven't seen in 5 years. Just a bit of a pity that I'm tiring of the main story; still they say that like Sandman and Preacher before it, there is a definite end to the series plotted, I'll hang around to read the whole thing, start to end. I'd love to know how comic fans in Middle America (you know where I'm talking about) are dealing with a comic where the (anti) hero is Lucifer, the devil and that God has abandoned Heaven.
Guardian 2. Another part of Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers epic. I've sort of decided to hold back reading these on a month by month basis and to save them up until I have the set to really appreciate the scope of the seven storylines. Come back at the end of the year for the full Seven Soldiers write up.
unclear visuals
Just what is it with bands these days that more and more feel the need to have some sort of visuals going on in the background? We were at EST at the Barbican on Friday (who were excellent, if I may say), and even they felt the need to have some visuals projected in the background just in case you didn't think that the music was enough.
Totally unnecessary, and I think it could be a bit distracting as well if you are watching from the higher seats. I mean, a few months back we caught an exceptional show at Hammersmith Apollo by Mercury Rev. For various reasons best not gone into, we declined the preferred mosh pit to sit in the front row of the circle. Now, the Circle at Hammersmith is pretty high up and so the eye line was drawn from the band's beautiful performance, to a selection of rather pretentious quotations projected high on the back screen. So unnecessary, in my humble opinion.
Totally unnecessary, and I think it could be a bit distracting as well if you are watching from the higher seats. I mean, a few months back we caught an exceptional show at Hammersmith Apollo by Mercury Rev. For various reasons best not gone into, we declined the preferred mosh pit to sit in the front row of the circle. Now, the Circle at Hammersmith is pretty high up and so the eye line was drawn from the band's beautiful performance, to a selection of rather pretentious quotations projected high on the back screen. So unnecessary, in my humble opinion.
Friday, May 20, 2005
musical update
After Dungen, we went to see Wigan's The Engineers at the ICA. I've seen them before doing a restrained set at the Islington Bar Academy, but this time they rocked. The reviews were all really good but they seem to be a bit embarrassed to be up there on the stage, constantly looking down at their shoes. Audience were a bit arsey, a bit cold and unreceptive, and many of them seemed to leave mid set. Their loss.
Fennez, again at the ICA, played a beautiful set, which seemed a bit let down by the somewhat pointless visuals going on in the background. Babbling brooks, it was a bit like watching those dreadful Enigma visuals from the late 90s.
Turbonegro at the Islington Academy last night were fantastic, it was so close to Spinal Tap it was untrue. Possible celeb spot - Nick Oliveri formerly of Queens of the Stone Age. I say possible celeb spot as I'm not sure it counts as he came on stage to sing with them at one point. I say it counts - my game, my rules!
Fennez, again at the ICA, played a beautiful set, which seemed a bit let down by the somewhat pointless visuals going on in the background. Babbling brooks, it was a bit like watching those dreadful Enigma visuals from the late 90s.
Turbonegro at the Islington Academy last night were fantastic, it was so close to Spinal Tap it was untrue. Possible celeb spot - Nick Oliveri formerly of Queens of the Stone Age. I say possible celeb spot as I'm not sure it counts as he came on stage to sing with them at one point. I say it counts - my game, my rules!
Thursday, May 19, 2005
prog blog
Last Friday we went to see Swedish Prog Rock band Dungen at the Camden Barfly.
I'm always sceptical when music fads have a resurgance, as surely they died their death for a purpose. However, always willing to give anything the benefit of the doubt I went in with an open mind, and I'm certainly glad I went. Top rocking fun, and I must say that it was very amusing to see Ian, who not three years ago wrote an article clearly stating that flutes in rock should be banned, going crazy once the flute solo started. How times change.
I'm always sceptical when music fads have a resurgance, as surely they died their death for a purpose. However, always willing to give anything the benefit of the doubt I went in with an open mind, and I'm certainly glad I went. Top rocking fun, and I must say that it was very amusing to see Ian, who not three years ago wrote an article clearly stating that flutes in rock should be banned, going crazy once the flute solo started. How times change.
Friday, May 13, 2005
Donna Troy
So who is Donna Troy and why am I so fussed about her?
(At a future date there will be a picture of her for reference, but until then you'll have to google her)
Donna Troy was the original Wonder Girl in the Teen Titans (although not necessarily the original Wonder Girl as technically that was the young Wonder Woman, but we don't need to go into that). She was the reason why I started reading all-out spandex wearing superhero comics.
Previously, all I read were things in the DC "Mature Reader" range which later became Vertigo, mainly Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, and once it started, Sandman, as well as the big "rebirth of comics projects" like Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns. I had no interest in preposterous people in gaudy costumes defying the laws of gravity. Then, one month in the "also available this week" column that DC used to print on the inside front cover, the blurb for New Titans said "Wonder Girl gets a new name and look", and I was curious. In my then naivety I thought this sort of thing never happened (more fool me) so I went to buy it to see what happened, immediately loved the new name Troia, the new look based heavily on Greco-Roman armour, and the fact that she had decided to become a heroine with short hair (very much the exception than the rule). I also loved the story which was the tail-end of some large tale connected to Greek gods. I immediatley went out and bought the rest of the story and was hooked on the Titans and Troia especially.
That story rewrote her origin as an orphaned child rescued from a burning building by a god and brought up to join the gods at adulthood, but returned as a teenager with powers but no memories of her destiny. Since then she's been married, had a child, gave up her powers, divorced and lost custody of the child, briefly joined an interstellar Police force, discovered that she was actually a magically created copy of the young Wonder Woman kidnapped by a demon and forced to live one tragic life after another, rejoined the Titans with full memories in tact, seemingly killed by a renegade Superman robot but actually wakes up in a far away place and joins a battle which will lead us into her return when she's found back with the Gods and fighting alongside them as they conquer worlds. Confused, don't blame you.
Anyway, to paraphrase ben Folds Five, we thought she was gone but now she's come back again. Let's hope they make better use of her this time.
(At a future date there will be a picture of her for reference, but until then you'll have to google her)
Donna Troy was the original Wonder Girl in the Teen Titans (although not necessarily the original Wonder Girl as technically that was the young Wonder Woman, but we don't need to go into that). She was the reason why I started reading all-out spandex wearing superhero comics.
Previously, all I read were things in the DC "Mature Reader" range which later became Vertigo, mainly Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, and once it started, Sandman, as well as the big "rebirth of comics projects" like Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns. I had no interest in preposterous people in gaudy costumes defying the laws of gravity. Then, one month in the "also available this week" column that DC used to print on the inside front cover, the blurb for New Titans said "Wonder Girl gets a new name and look", and I was curious. In my then naivety I thought this sort of thing never happened (more fool me) so I went to buy it to see what happened, immediately loved the new name Troia, the new look based heavily on Greco-Roman armour, and the fact that she had decided to become a heroine with short hair (very much the exception than the rule). I also loved the story which was the tail-end of some large tale connected to Greek gods. I immediatley went out and bought the rest of the story and was hooked on the Titans and Troia especially.
That story rewrote her origin as an orphaned child rescued from a burning building by a god and brought up to join the gods at adulthood, but returned as a teenager with powers but no memories of her destiny. Since then she's been married, had a child, gave up her powers, divorced and lost custody of the child, briefly joined an interstellar Police force, discovered that she was actually a magically created copy of the young Wonder Woman kidnapped by a demon and forced to live one tragic life after another, rejoined the Titans with full memories in tact, seemingly killed by a renegade Superman robot but actually wakes up in a far away place and joins a battle which will lead us into her return when she's found back with the Gods and fighting alongside them as they conquer worlds. Confused, don't blame you.
Anyway, to paraphrase ben Folds Five, we thought she was gone but now she's come back again. Let's hope they make better use of her this time.
New comics review
Not a bad week for new comics, so I am bound to bore of passing comments before I cover them all.
Wonder Woman #216. I really should stop reading this, I only started because I like Phil Jiminez's artwork, and he left around two years ago. Force of habit, I guess. Anyway, Wonder Woman is still blind, and on a mission in the underworld to free the dead god Hermes for her patron, Athena, who has managed to overthrow Zeus and leader of the gods... (yawn) As I say, I really must stop reading this one, I love the character but I am bored with the comic now. Maybe when it reaches the end of the storyline...
Outsiders#23. I've really been enjoying this series but this issue didn't set the world on fire. Roll on the crossover with Teen Titans later this month and (deep breath to conceal his excitement) their part in the Return of Donna Troy, which I am overjoyed to say has been brought forward a month and the first issue comes out two days before my birthday. So happy birthday to me from DC, my absolute favourite hero back from the dead!
Fables. Constantly good, and we're moving closer to finding out who the Adversary is. The Snow Queen appears to be his second in command; my guess is still either the Blue Fairy or Gepetto from Pinocchio. In another blog I may state my reasons for this.
(I know how all this must sound to non-comic readers. Yes, it is a bit geeky but it's harmless, and if I choose to spend my hard-earned money reading this then that's my choice and it's better than spending it on the cracks)
Speedy reviews for the rest:
JSA - To be dropped probably at the end of this storyline. It's well written and the art is always good but I never particularly like the characters, and need to make some cuts.
Aquaman - Ditto, soon to go. I thought Rick Veitch's run trying to bring him into more Celtic/Arthurian mystique was good but suffered from Veitch's habit of drawing stories out too long with so much padding that a 6-part story ends up being drawn out into 12 issues. It lost a lot of readers for this and so they have paniced and gone retro with him which is in itself rather dull.
Green Lantern Rebirth - Not a bad tale which I have to confess I only picked up as I have a fascination in seeing how they bring heroes back from the dead, or back from evil, or in this case both. I don't particularly like the Sci-Fi aspect of Green Lantern though so won't be picking up the new ongoing monthly.
Wonder Woman #216. I really should stop reading this, I only started because I like Phil Jiminez's artwork, and he left around two years ago. Force of habit, I guess. Anyway, Wonder Woman is still blind, and on a mission in the underworld to free the dead god Hermes for her patron, Athena, who has managed to overthrow Zeus and leader of the gods... (yawn) As I say, I really must stop reading this one, I love the character but I am bored with the comic now. Maybe when it reaches the end of the storyline...
Outsiders#23. I've really been enjoying this series but this issue didn't set the world on fire. Roll on the crossover with Teen Titans later this month and (deep breath to conceal his excitement) their part in the Return of Donna Troy, which I am overjoyed to say has been brought forward a month and the first issue comes out two days before my birthday. So happy birthday to me from DC, my absolute favourite hero back from the dead!
Fables. Constantly good, and we're moving closer to finding out who the Adversary is. The Snow Queen appears to be his second in command; my guess is still either the Blue Fairy or Gepetto from Pinocchio. In another blog I may state my reasons for this.
(I know how all this must sound to non-comic readers. Yes, it is a bit geeky but it's harmless, and if I choose to spend my hard-earned money reading this then that's my choice and it's better than spending it on the cracks)
Speedy reviews for the rest:
JSA - To be dropped probably at the end of this storyline. It's well written and the art is always good but I never particularly like the characters, and need to make some cuts.
Aquaman - Ditto, soon to go. I thought Rick Veitch's run trying to bring him into more Celtic/Arthurian mystique was good but suffered from Veitch's habit of drawing stories out too long with so much padding that a 6-part story ends up being drawn out into 12 issues. It lost a lot of readers for this and so they have paniced and gone retro with him which is in itself rather dull.
Green Lantern Rebirth - Not a bad tale which I have to confess I only picked up as I have a fascination in seeing how they bring heroes back from the dead, or back from evil, or in this case both. I don't particularly like the Sci-Fi aspect of Green Lantern though so won't be picking up the new ongoing monthly.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Blog Bore
I fully accept that as it stands at the moment, this is a pretty dull looking blog - no links, no pictures, slightly bland setting. I can come up with a myriad of excuses but the truth is (to be honest) a combination of a slight degree of technological incompetence on my part and a large degree of not enough time at the moment to get it working properly. Watch this space though, things will improve slowly but surely.
In the meantime for a cracking read and more professional looking blog give the following a glance (they will be links shortly, honest)
New Dawn Fades - blog of the boyfriend; music, musings, art and more http://arlingford.blogspot.com/
Boadwee Blog - the blog of our great friend Keith, artist, teacher, lover of all things bubblegum pop and britpop jangly guitar
http://keithboadwee.blogspot.com/
In the meantime for a cracking read and more professional looking blog give the following a glance (they will be links shortly, honest)
New Dawn Fades - blog of the boyfriend; music, musings, art and more http://arlingford.blogspot.com/
Boadwee Blog - the blog of our great friend Keith, artist, teacher, lover of all things bubblegum pop and britpop jangly guitar
http://keithboadwee.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Burning Up
A blistering set by the Arcade Fire at the Astoria last night.
For once, a band who thoroughly deserve the hype and press they are getting at present.
For once, a band who thoroughly deserve the hype and press they are getting at present.
Monday, May 09, 2005
comic update
Anyway, after pontificating I decided to buy the Villains United #1 after all. Not a bad read with some good art but other than the hype over the major 'Infinite Crisis' earth-shattering crossover with lengthy implications on the lives of all DC heroes (etc... advertising hyperbole ad infinitum), I don't quite get why this and the other prelude spin-offs are selling out. Good for DC- the hype is working in spades - but maybe they are not going to get the full contents of my wallet each month after all.
Quick recap on the rest of this week's buys:
Papa Midnite (4 of 5). Frankly I'm finding this all a bit bland and an awful let down. Only one part to go but it will probably be filed away afterwards never to be re-read.
Swamp Thing. I am trying so hard to like this new series but it is running close to being dropped already, which is a pity as I've never missed an issue since the Alan Moore days. I don't know, I'm just not quite sure which direction it's trying to head in. Frankly I think the Alec Holland Swamp Thing story should have ended with the fantastic Mark Millar run, where it climaxed with his evolving into effectively becoming the Earth itself. I liked the follow-up Tefe series but practically everything created by the Millar (Alec) run and the Vaughan (Tefe) run has now been dismissed and completely changed. The clock is ticking on this one, I'm afraid.
Shining Knight #2. Well, I'm a huge Grant Morrison fan and in my eyes he can do very little wrong, and this is no exception. I have little knowledge of the original Sir Justin Shining Knight character so I have no idea if this is walking all over past history or complimenting it nicely. Instead, I can just sit back and enjoy it and at the same time marvel at the sheer scale of Morrison's Seven Soldiers saga.
Quick recap on the rest of this week's buys:
Papa Midnite (4 of 5). Frankly I'm finding this all a bit bland and an awful let down. Only one part to go but it will probably be filed away afterwards never to be re-read.
Swamp Thing. I am trying so hard to like this new series but it is running close to being dropped already, which is a pity as I've never missed an issue since the Alan Moore days. I don't know, I'm just not quite sure which direction it's trying to head in. Frankly I think the Alec Holland Swamp Thing story should have ended with the fantastic Mark Millar run, where it climaxed with his evolving into effectively becoming the Earth itself. I liked the follow-up Tefe series but practically everything created by the Millar (Alec) run and the Vaughan (Tefe) run has now been dismissed and completely changed. The clock is ticking on this one, I'm afraid.
Shining Knight #2. Well, I'm a huge Grant Morrison fan and in my eyes he can do very little wrong, and this is no exception. I have little knowledge of the original Sir Justin Shining Knight character so I have no idea if this is walking all over past history or complimenting it nicely. Instead, I can just sit back and enjoy it and at the same time marvel at the sheer scale of Morrison's Seven Soldiers saga.
Nod to Rod
Last night we saw Roddy Frame doing the first of a month's Sunday night residency at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.
Now, I would like to think that everyone knows exactly who I am talking about here but just in case you don't, he was, essentially Aztec Camera - Scottish Band initially from the influential Postcard Record label, hits throughout the 80s and early 90s. I adored them, but since deciding to perform under his own name, I think Roddy has just got better and better.
He played a lot for the excellent accoustic 'Surf' cd from a couple of years ago, new stuf,,and a fair splattering from the excellent first Aztec Camera album, 'High Land, Hard Rain'. Frankly I couldn't have asked for a better set list (Ian would have loved 'We could send letters' added for nostalgic reasons, but this was just a minor wish).
I think he's very under-appreciated, if you haven't got it, go buy 'Surf', I promise you won't be disappointed.
Celebrity spot - Tracey Thorn from Everything But The Girl
Now, I would like to think that everyone knows exactly who I am talking about here but just in case you don't, he was, essentially Aztec Camera - Scottish Band initially from the influential Postcard Record label, hits throughout the 80s and early 90s. I adored them, but since deciding to perform under his own name, I think Roddy has just got better and better.
He played a lot for the excellent accoustic 'Surf' cd from a couple of years ago, new stuf,,and a fair splattering from the excellent first Aztec Camera album, 'High Land, Hard Rain'. Frankly I couldn't have asked for a better set list (Ian would have loved 'We could send letters' added for nostalgic reasons, but this was just a minor wish).
I think he's very under-appreciated, if you haven't got it, go buy 'Surf', I promise you won't be disappointed.
Celebrity spot - Tracey Thorn from Everything But The Girl
Friday, May 06, 2005
Timing
Okay, so I forgot to reset the date and time for blogs to date.
Thank you Mr Pedant for pointing that out
Thank you Mr Pedant for pointing that out
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Meltdown
Well, tickets went on sale at 9 this morning for Patti Smith's Meltdown at Festival Hall. Needless to say, 1 minute before 9 and the phone line was the 'we're not open' recorded message, at 9 the phone line was engaged and the website too busy to access. I got through at 10.30, so thankfully there were still tickets available for Patti Smith doing 'Horses', Anthony and the Johnsons, and (no major surprise here) Yoko Ono, and we shall go to them all.
Poor ticket seller had to back track on Yoko Ono when he offered me frankly great seats and I mentioned that this one wasn't as popular then. "You're the first person to buy any" came the answer. I laughed and he tried to cover himself by saying that he meant I was the first person that he had sold tickets to today, but I'll wait and see if we're the only two people there.
This will bring our June tally of gigs up to 11 so far, pity the poor home alone dog who will be facing many nights in on her own.
Poor ticket seller had to back track on Yoko Ono when he offered me frankly great seats and I mentioned that this one wasn't as popular then. "You're the first person to buy any" came the answer. I laughed and he tried to cover himself by saying that he meant I was the first person that he had sold tickets to today, but I'll wait and see if we're the only two people there.
This will bring our June tally of gigs up to 11 so far, pity the poor home alone dog who will be facing many nights in on her own.
Not New Comic day
Of course I forgot, as it was a Public Holiday on Monday, Friday will be New Comic day this week.
That was a wasted trip iuf ever there was one
That was a wasted trip iuf ever there was one
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
New Comic Day
With Thursday being New Comic Day here in the UK, I just read a post on a certain messageboard recommending that everyone goes out to buy isse 1 of DC's 'Villians United', by the talented Gail Simone, not because they believe everyone should read it but because it is already swapping hands in the States on ebay for a reasonable return on the initial investment.
I hadn't planned on buying this mainly due to attempts to cut down my monthly comic expenditure, but now I'm not so sure. If I do, I hope it's worth it.
Damn you, DC Comics for increasing the number of special events this year (Seven Soldiers, Return of Donna Troy, Infinite Crisis, etc).
I hadn't planned on buying this mainly due to attempts to cut down my monthly comic expenditure, but now I'm not so sure. If I do, I hope it's worth it.
Damn you, DC Comics for increasing the number of special events this year (Seven Soldiers, Return of Donna Troy, Infinite Crisis, etc).
Shuffle joy
Without sounding like a sad techno-geek, I have to say that getting an I-Pod Shuffle a couple of months ago has been one of the greatest purchases of recent memory.
Pre-shuffle, the Tube journey to work was just a scamble for a copy of Metro, which can be thrown away within a couple of stops, and the miserable depression of the jurney as a whole.
Now, the joys of uncertainty make the journey time fly past - where else would you ever get Bjork, followed by Mercury Rev, followed by the Shangri-Las?
All I have to do now is get the laptop fixed so that more can be added to replace the poorly mastered tracks which can barely be heard in comparison.
btw, without sounding patronising, don't forget to vote tomorrow. If you don't vote, you have no right to complain about the way the country is then run for the next few years (gets off soap box)
Pre-shuffle, the Tube journey to work was just a scamble for a copy of Metro, which can be thrown away within a couple of stops, and the miserable depression of the jurney as a whole.
Now, the joys of uncertainty make the journey time fly past - where else would you ever get Bjork, followed by Mercury Rev, followed by the Shangri-Las?
All I have to do now is get the laptop fixed so that more can be added to replace the poorly mastered tracks which can barely be heard in comparison.
btw, without sounding patronising, don't forget to vote tomorrow. If you don't vote, you have no right to complain about the way the country is then run for the next few years (gets off soap box)
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Starting off
Well, if everyone else can have a blog, then so can I.
Although I'm sure only a few selected people will be bothered to read this (in the way I do with theirs), it must be time for my views on music, comics and the world in general to be shared with the ether. I hope you like it, if you don't then you don't have to read it - it's that easy.
Although I'm sure only a few selected people will be bothered to read this (in the way I do with theirs), it must be time for my views on music, comics and the world in general to be shared with the ether. I hope you like it, if you don't then you don't have to read it - it's that easy.
