July 2008
69 posts
“It means what it says.” Samuel Beckett, Interview about Waiting for Godot
WatchLee and Herring’s Fist of Fun: Series 1, Episode 1
Aah, the memories. You can find links to all of the rest of the episodes, and for TMWRNJ on Stewart Lee’s website here.
links for 2008-07-30 →
Council ban on atheist websites →
Besides the fact that trying to stop employees not using particular sites doesn’t work (either your doing your job right or your not, if you’re not, it really doesn’t matter what you’re doing…
links for 2008-07-29 →
“There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.” Cesar Chavez
“Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.” Ayn Rand
Guardian Music Weekly Podcast 25/7/08 →
Worth listening to purely for the brief, irrelevant mention of Stowmarket. Stowmarket gets little coverage in the press, for very good reasons, but nevertheless, exciting for people that have lived…
links for 2008-07-28 →
Guardian's Latitude Festival review →
At last! Someone who appreciated the wonderful Sigur Ros!
links for 2008-07-24 →
Interview with Alan Moore in Entertainment Weekly →
Not a place I’d really have expected to see an Alan Moore interview, but they seem to keep him reasonably happy and even ask a few endearing questions.
Gig Reviews: The Futureheads and Justice →
How to Neglect a Blog →
links for 2008-07-23 →
“My father still reads the dictionary everyday. He says your life depends on your ability to master words.” Arthur Scargill
The Sun goes in for some photoshop-based ethnic... →
When you do something that makes you more racist than Metro, it’s like you’ve joined a whole new area of racist journalism. Somewhere populated by The Mail, Express, and well, The Sun.
How to write with style by Kurt Vonnegut →
Some excellent advice here, useful for any form of writing.
Millennium Falcon Cake →
A quite astonishing cake-based creation. I’d have a funny feeling about cutting into this.
“Marxism has led to Fascism and National-Socialism, because, in all essentials, it is Fascism and National Socialism.” F. A. Voigt
Charlie Brooker on 9/11 and conspiracy theorists →
“It’s hard enough to successfully operate a video shop with a staff of three, for Christ’s sake, let alone slaughter thousands and convince the world someone else was to blame.” Good point Mr B.
Rowan Williams, the difficult times of the Church... →
This is an excellent, well balanced article from Madeleine Bunting, and although I suppose it’s not really any of my business as an atheist, I’m glad that there are people like Rowan Williams in the…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-13) →
Douglas Adams
Fleet Foxes
Justice
Seth Lakeman
Death Cab for Cutie
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
T in the Park stabbing →
Note that both suspects were wearing tracksuits, and one had a mullet. A quick sweep of all tracksuit-wearers and mulleteers would probably be a pretty good way of reducing knife crime.
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin
links for 2008-07-09 →
Top ten religious treats →
Fancy some Bible Gum? Or some Testamints? God-approved don’t you know.
“If you aren’t rich you should always look useful.” Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Journey to the End of the Night
“The Germans are a cruel race. Their operas last for six hours and they have no word for “fluffy”.” Captain Blackadder
“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?’” Don Marquis
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-6) →
The National
Death Cab for Cutie
The Police
Jay-Z
The Futureheads
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
links for 2008-07-06 →
“The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks.” Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
