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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Pride
You won’t often get a football post out of me. I can think of only a couple in my entire blogging career, both of which were snarks at the so-called beautiful game. Why, then, am I so saddened to hear … Continue reading
Lyrics That Make You Want To Listen To Instrumentals
I’ve been listening to The Icicle Works again lately – Ian McNab’s epic bombast suits my mood, especially here under the grey dome of a typical late spring bank holiday. Their breakout single “Love Is A Wonderful Colour” is wonderful, … Continue reading
Posted in Geek Alert, music, ramblin'
Tagged duran duran, icicle works, lyrics, music, paul mccartney, r.e.m., sade, thin lizzy
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The Sunday Buddha: Storm
(The most appropriate quote I could find from Master Lao this week was used a couple of weeks ago. So, for one week only, please welcome our guest speaker, the Buddha.) “What is the appropriate behavior for a man or … Continue reading
The Friday Fotos: Number 5
Seems to me sometimes that the more you travel, the less there is to see… As seen over cloister number 5 at Magdalen College, Oxford. As seen over Number 5 Cavendish Square, in London’s fashionable Mayfair. I’m taking bets on … Continue reading
The End Of Recorded Music: Bill Drummond And The17
Let’s begin with a few words from artist musician and cultural rabble-rouser Bill Drummond. Drummond has always been about flipping the switch on baked-in ideas about art and music, but this is something else. Performance for the sake of performance, … Continue reading
Posted in Geek Alert, music, ramblin'
Tagged bill drummond, jem finer, longplayer, postaday2011, steve reich, the 17, yoko ono
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Blood, Honour And Duty: X&HT Watched 13 Assassins
13 Assassins, the latest film by Japanese master of gore and suspense Takashi Miike, is a tale of duty and honour, and what happens when those laudable virtues are used to excuse vile deeds and prop up a corrupt and … Continue reading
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Rapture Fiction: The Hereafter
Yes, I know, fourth post in a row about the end of the world. I can’t help but find the subject of a failed Rapture fascinating. The following story came out of the idea of a calling that worked, but … Continue reading
The Sunday Lao Tzu: The Future
Those who have knowledge, don’t predict. Those who predict, don’t have knowledge. It’s a beautiful spring day in England. The kind of day fir which, if you are religiously inclined, you would want to offer thanks to whatever deity you … Continue reading
The End Of The World, Continued
It’s a big old world out there, and everyone has their own ideas about how it’s going to end. It would be silly of me to suggest that the Christians have the whole Empty Earth thing wrapped up. And anyway, … Continue reading
Posted in Geek Alert, ramblin', whuff
Tagged apocalypse, end times, postaday2011, rapture
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It’s The End Of The World Again, Almost Definitely This Time, Really, Honest.
Well, I hope you’re all packed and ready. According to Christian radio show host Harold Camping, 3% of the world’s population will be gathered up to Heaven in some sort of holy Hoovering tomorrow morning. The rest of us will … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalypse, end of the world, harold camping, just-write, postaday2011
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