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A Modest Supposition
Suppose for a moment that the end of the world won’t take place in our lifetimes.
It’s a bit of a big supposition, isn’t it? On the same sort of scale as “suppose there are ghosts in your fridge” or “suppose Frosty the Snowman’s magical hat fell into the wrong hands and was used to [...]
Until Next Time…
Do you know any cynics? It wouldn’t surprise me if you did.
Ask a cynic about the cartoons of their childhood and they’ll paint a picture of crass commercial exploit, where glorified 23-minute toy adverts encouraged hyperactive seven year-olds to pester their parents for costly action figures. I, on the other hand, have far rosier memories [...]
My Name is Rhythm, and I am Going to Get You
Has anyone else noticed how, when a crowd starts clapping along to live music without any encouragement from the performer, they always clap on the offbeat? What’s that about?
I’ll tell you what it’s about: it’s about winding me up. Not me exclusively, of course, but all people of a finickety aural nature. [...]
Slagging Off Everyone’s Mum
After I’ve finished typing this, I’m going to listen to Human, by The Killers, all the way through for the first time, and I’m going to enjoy it even if the process actually does kill me.
Do you remember enjoying I Kissed a Girl by Kate Perry? The simple hook? The catchy refrain? [...]
Masochism Centre Edition
I’m currently looking into building myself a media centre. Media centres aren’t a subject I know a great deal about, and whilst carrying out my research I’ve stumbled across LinuxMCE, a media centre environment which is conceptually awesome. If I set this up, I could (in theory) direct our cable service through it, [...]
Poor Production Values
Ever become obsessed with a song, to the point where it rattles around in your head both night and day, and unless you spend an embarassing amount of time constructing some sort of bastardised creation relating to it, it will continue to haunt you until the day you die?
Nah, me neither.
Savoury Success
I used to be quite fat. Think somewhere between Big Daddy and Winston Churchill, and you’ll have me circa 2004. By eating sensibly and getting more exercise, I’m now somewhere around Adrian Chiles from The One Show. Unfortunately, recent job changes have forced me into the lifestyle of regularly eating out of vending machines, and [...]
The Emperor’s New Tracksuit
It is a sad but unavoidable fact that I am slowly turning into my dad. I nearly watched a documentary on canals last weekend, which should give you some idea of just how far it’s progressed. Once I own a copy of Nat King Cole Sings the Blues, I’ll know the transformation is complete. Until [...]
I’ll show you something…
The tail-end of November is always a depressing time of year. Shorter days; Christmas anxiety; the icy spectre of death nudging another wooden bead from left to right on the abacus of your mortal existence. It all adds up. As a result, this is the perfect time to talk about the Ralph McTell song Streets [...]
Bloody Typical
No-nonsense misanthropic curmudgeons are all the rage these days, so it’s just my bloody luck I’m as cheerful and upbeat as I am, isn’t it?
It’s not easy to stay positive in the face of all these people telling you how rubbish the world is, or how much people suck. Or how awesome the world would [...]
