April 2008
172 posts
links for 2008-04-29 →
Intelligence And Rhythmic Accuracy Go Hand In Hand →
On an entirely unrelated note, I would like to point out that I play the drums.
The Billy letters →
Little ‘Billy’ writes to various politicians, famous people and serial killers asking for advice. The killers really do want more information, and the politicians like sending photos. And Charles…
“People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to...”
– Dave Barry
New Statesman - Fantasy Mayor 2008 →
Sian Berry ran away with this one for me. It’s interesting when you read the policies, though, that the wording seems to be the only thing that really changes.
links for 2008-04-28 →
Review: Control →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-27) →
Radiohead
Bon Iver
Flight of the Conchords
You Look Nice Today
Ann Peebles
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
links for 2008-04-25 →
Murdoch gets stroppy about the BBC iPlayer →
“Murdoch questioned how accountable the BBC could be when it is funded by the licence fee and regulated by the BBC Trust.” Unlike the son of a huge news magnate, who hoovers up competition wherever…
Hermione Eyre on the rise of Lap Dancing clubs and... →
You hear a lot of arguments that establishments such as lap-dancing clubs ‘don’t do any harm’ but even the basic notion behind the places - a lower-level semi-acceptable version of watered-down…
Carpenter develops wood allergy →
“A banker quit his £80,000 a year job to live his dream of being a carpenter - only to discover he has developed an allergy to wood.” Don’t live your dreams people - the world is a shitty place.
“Most people didn’t do anything; that was the truth” Julian Barnes, Staring at the Sun
“For the most part people live close to the wonders of their life without much...”
– Julian Barnes, Staring at the Sun
“I think… I would rather recollect a life misspent on fragile things than spent avoiding moral debt” Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things
“I used to smoke marijuana. But I’ll tell you something: I would only smoke...”
– Steve Martin, A Wild and Crazy Guy
Wired interview with Piotr Wozniak, co-creator of... →
As the article progresses, what sounds too good to be true proves to be, but there’s a lot in here nevertheless that might help you with recollection even if you don’t use the program itself.
links for 2008-04-23 →
links for 2008-04-22 →
Qwantz on the use of 'literally' →
And I rather like replacing it with ‘figuratively’. But then as was discussed at length over the weekend, I am rather anal.
Radio 4 quiz cancelled as Humphrey Lyttelton goes... →
Get well soon Humph.
Ex-Tory MP Spink defects to UKIP →
Racist, ignorant moron feels that the current Tory party isn’t quite Nazi enough for him, so off he toddles to confirm his bigotry in the arms of UKIP. And I wonder why his party might have been…
“What is an adult? A child blown up by age.” Simone de Beauvoir, A Woman Destroyed
“I have second thoughts. Maybe God is malicious.” Albert Einstein, Quoted in ‘Einstein in America’
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-20) →
James Iha
Portishead
guardian.co.uk
Andrew Collins and Richard Herring
You Look Nice Today
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
links for 2008-04-20 →
JK Rowling and the theme park of utter debasement →
Marina Hyde on the farce currently going on in New York where JK Rowling, a woman whose books I have greatly enjoyed, make an entire arse of herself in front of the sort of people that like following…
“It’s really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label…Most people don’t have any dignity in the first place.” Kurt Cobain
Review: Son Of Rambow →
Review: Portishead @ Brixton Academy →
