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Sep
23
Hey You! Get a clue! Learn your music. – SoylentBlack’s Journal – Last.fm: ” 4 Jun 2006, 06:06 Calling Baba O’Riley ‘Teenage Wasteland’ pisses me off more than….baby seal clubbing, I guess.” Fella’s got a point. See also Song 2 not called Woo hoo
Sep
23
Really, bloody good. Jaw-droppingly marvellous. The first twenty seconds of Sympathy for the Devil sound like someone’s kidnapped the Rolling Stones (no bad thing, I hear you say) and replaced them with an altogether better band. Nice… I was going to put it on my Christmas list but then realised that this would mean spending [...]
Sep
23
‘Richard is winning his fight’
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I never thought I’d link to The Sun’s website but, with due apologies to the red half of Merseyside… The Sun Online – News: ‘Richard is winning his fight’ In the wee small hours of Thursday night, just 30 hours after what is almost certainly the world�s fastest ever car crash, Richard Hammond suddenly sat [...]
Sep
21
Below is an extract from a fascinating article about Last.fm and its ilk. I’m now having a look at the MusicIP mixer. Or is it looking at me? Pitchfork Feature: Better Than We Know Ourselves “Music is tribal in its essence” Much like Ringo more than a decade ago, Last.fm— which launched in its present [...]
Sep
21
Richard Hammond
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The news is not looking good but get well soon.
Sep
21
No football for Mac users
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For several years now, the Football League have been offering commentary on games over the internet. I have been a subscriber to this service for a few years now and have truly enjoyed the service, despite its faults. Sadly, the operators of the service, PremiumTV appear to have little or no knowledge of reality. The [...]
Sep
19
Billified
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Today, I had some members of my form in a lates detention for the simple reason that they had arrived to school in an unpunctual manner. At the end of break I was told by MH, a friend of the three culprits, that she had been “billified”. “Vilified?” I asked. “No, billified,” MH clarified, “left [...]
Sep
16
‘Religious Schools Should be Banned!’ | Interface
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‘Religious Schools Should be Banned!’ | Interface: “Parents with strong religious beliefs will always want their children to be educated in a community that respects those beliefs, and the overwhelming majority want their children to respect the beliefs of others also. Faith schools in the state sector, of whatever religion or denomination, offer that opportunity, [...]
Sep
15
In 2001, Kate and I made a big mistake: we bought tickets to see Depeche Mode at what was then the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester. It’s not that we dislike them, it’s just that we consequently did not have enough money to see James perform one week later at the same venue. Ordinarily this would [...]
Sep
14
When Church Signs Suck
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When Church Signs Suck: “I am often asked, ‘What then should we put on a church sign?’ I have found that the following ideas work very well: Bible verses. (Note: Please choose Bible verses that make sense on their own and do not require a theology degree and three chapters of context.) Service times. News [...]
