tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61851564127701872392024-02-07T11:36:39.444+00:00BANG BANG BANG POW POW POWbbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-10866451033944664302010-07-11T14:15:00.000+01:002010-07-11T14:15:00.479+01:00Huppy World KuipArjen Robben, who Van de Vaart in Heaven<br />Oranje be thy name.<br />Heitinga come, and Nigel De Jong,<br />On Dirk and Giovanni build the eleven.<br />Give us this Allefay our Boulahrouz,<br />And Sneijder’s stupendous passes,<br />As Stekelenburg halts those who try pass against us.<br />And lead van Bommel not into temper tantrums;<br />But deliver us from egos.<br />For thine is Elia, Van Persie and Huntelaar,<br />Total football forever.<br />Amstel.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-325925364594462662010-05-24T13:07:00.000+01:002010-05-24T13:07:00.073+01:00NEWSFLASH - CELEBRITY NOT YET ABOUT TO NOT DO SOMETHINGWe love a good bit of celebrity news, don't we? Yes we do. First we liked hearing what celebs were doing. Then we liked hearing about what the pampered little arsetards <span style="font-style:italic;">weren't</span> doing. Now, we get to hear about what they are not doing to do, but haven't got round to not doing it yet. Thank goodness I heard about it before I went ahead and actually did something. Something that I regretted. Thank you, The Media:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PkFyXeP-zGBo_lhWp8HMJ69DaFhSiCSv1WPlub0tlxAAJeOwipM2F_J52kU2JeG4Zf_ri7YUHl2t3cOlNZard0OsScwN7035T8h7czxYfI21ZBVcv5Mlv6pd18E5Kk8rizoKnAajfVM/s1600/lolo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PkFyXeP-zGBo_lhWp8HMJ69DaFhSiCSv1WPlub0tlxAAJeOwipM2F_J52kU2JeG4Zf_ri7YUHl2t3cOlNZard0OsScwN7035T8h7czxYfI21ZBVcv5Mlv6pd18E5Kk8rizoKnAajfVM/s400/lolo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473323826383477186" /></a>bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-51953419523579541922010-05-16T19:38:00.000+01:002010-05-16T19:38:00.242+01:00Inaugural TrainsComrades, to the future! London to Glasgow in five minutes!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUyHxBlps6w4Q7wBKLbBnNxRIyPyLiSVj1Lfsw35o7WeXS7C4c5MmFRLUhZK6RJUSlZrJm0_w003RwTCMKoVKboI7Magfs8PWtNMSZXJjJJq-jwzUi4JGxHR5eEoWHsNyG_tld2RVsF8/s1600/high+speed+trains.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 487px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUyHxBlps6w4Q7wBKLbBnNxRIyPyLiSVj1Lfsw35o7WeXS7C4c5MmFRLUhZK6RJUSlZrJm0_w003RwTCMKoVKboI7Magfs8PWtNMSZXJjJJq-jwzUi4JGxHR5eEoWHsNyG_tld2RVsF8/s400/high+speed+trains.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469341929794300850" border="0" /></a>Seriously though, can't wait for a bit of High Speed Two. But come on, UK PLC. Whack out the mega-wads for some Maglev.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-91752527954640185842010-05-09T19:08:00.006+01:002010-05-09T21:18:14.043+01:00Bloody StudentsStudents, like more or less any demographic group, attract a vehement band of haters. Puffy-jawed, fist-waving, red-faced busybodies who'd love nothing better than to walk around all day with a placard shouting generic hate messages at things they don't agree with. Placards saying utterances such as "Down with that!" and "Stop the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">turdishness</span>!" which could be whipped out en-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">masse</span> and on-demand to waft vague but explosive derision on anything. Chip-and-pin. Bendy buses. VAT on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Jaffa</span> cakes, you name it.<br /><br />There are such people who have a particular pet hate of students. They imagine students sit around in their pants all day, in a constant <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">stupour</span>, wavering somewhere between drunkenness, enlightenment and poking <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">smartphones</span> on a voyage to near-near-specialism in Study Studies. Step in First <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Transpennine</span> Trains. How lovely of them, they're running a competition! Clear £1,000 of your student overdraft! That's like, 1,000 pints of Monday night lager! Because, you know students, they're always spending money they don't have. But how to visualise this idea of the student overdraft? What do they spend their money on? Wonder no more...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZbSf4Zx6sw1TpubKw4PF8qXtUwogYgv-9aEgbaKqF2LLLCNjpv0WNQKUNXuhN6nnfd6y-b4U5DZ5-4sJ5a3b0WXUlV_u_qx5eyQgoy2OOuYq2joEjuMZ-oa_5O4PHks8joE-o7-uqJI/s1600/bloody+students.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZbSf4Zx6sw1TpubKw4PF8qXtUwogYgv-9aEgbaKqF2LLLCNjpv0WNQKUNXuhN6nnfd6y-b4U5DZ5-4sJ5a3b0WXUlV_u_qx5eyQgoy2OOuYq2joEjuMZ-oa_5O4PHks8joE-o7-uqJI/s400/bloody+students.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469335745137152514" border="0" /></a>Aha, behold the funky bank statement. But what's on it? What do First <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Transpennine</span> Express consider representative spending of your average student's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">wonga</span>?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiu_xslezEFNPsGrGEQ_0p07yHrZKI-NBrVmS0Oqsm9EkCV-yiJlsv8lUKfbl7HggFUnF9WJVUQZCjQ0RtH3NK1ovG2BImerukUx7iWhwAEL_QtKIqUmQPjf5qbTthkf_2z0NWq08D-8/s1600/bloody+students.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimiu_xslezEFNPsGrGEQ_0p07yHrZKI-NBrVmS0Oqsm9EkCV-yiJlsv8lUKfbl7HggFUnF9WJVUQZCjQ0RtH3NK1ovG2BImerukUx7iWhwAEL_QtKIqUmQPjf5qbTthkf_2z0NWq08D-8/s400/bloody+students.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469367004709974962" /></a><br />Dry cleaning, Indian restaurant dining, off licence, gig tickets, clothing, 24hr groceries and academic books.<br /><br />Now, let's not get angry here. All of the above are perfectly reasonable expenditures in life, especially as an undergraduate student. You're finding yourself! You're finding other people! How exciting. I'm all for that. However, the above statement suggests that this particular student is willing to spend £66.50 on dry cleaning, but £1.99 at the 'uni bookshop'. That's what I call a lot of dry cleaning. Did you barf your snakebite over the Queen? And what can you get from any academic bookshop for £1.99? Some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Biros</span>? The last time I went to such a place, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Sloman's</span> Economics still demanded a thick wodge, regardless of the waning popularity of, well, subjects of use to society. I guess what I'd like to see is something like 'RENT: £most of your', and 'BILLS: £almost all the rest of your'.<br /><br />What this little sociological image shows is that studentship these days is less about academic rigour and commitment, and more about a lifestyle decision, more about chain store coffee consumption than the independent thirst for knowledge, or at least the image of it is. And it's sad that not only is it increasingly noticeable in the levels of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspicuous_consumption">conspicuous consumption</a> in the UK's studentship, it's also being reflected in marketing aimed at students. And although it's a flawed argument, generally firms position their marketing in a certain way because their market research suggests that it's the most effective way to convey a message to the right market.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-1036252991235014082010-05-03T21:05:00.001+01:002010-05-03T21:05:00.098+01:00Less Than 20 Word Story #3Crammed in the lift, I sweated.<br />"Where's the ricin?", asked Glyn.<br />"Dropped it," said Frederick, "it's smashed!"<br />I shat.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-78964017867992863332010-04-26T21:03:00.001+01:002010-04-26T21:03:00.284+01:00On the Radio, oh oh oh ohOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH MY HEAD. Goonies never die. I performed this recording dressed only in a toga. I hadn't read anything to suggest that this was against any radio station policy, so I went ahead and did it. I'm rebellious that way, the kind of rebel that works inside the rules. Needless to say, nobody had a problem with the toga. I think the receptionist by the studio quite liked it as she was looking at Wikipedia less frequently than usual that day. However, no elks - a bit of a downer, to be honest.<br /><br /><div><object width="300" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=19"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="flashVars" value="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/bangbangbangpowpowpow/bang-bang-bang-pow-pow-pow-4-feb-2010.json&embed_uuid=ca79e60f-5dbb-4b43-86dc-8430eb965bd1&embed_type=widget_standard"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=19" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/bangbangbangpowpowpow/bang-bang-bang-pow-pow-pow-4-feb-2010.json&embed_uuid=ca79e60f-5dbb-4b43-86dc-8430eb965bd1&embed_type=widget_standard" width="300" height="300"></embed></object><div style="clear: both; height: 3px;"></div><p style="margin: 0pt; padding: 3px 4px; display: block; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/bangbangbangpowpowpow/bang-bang-bang-pow-pow-pow-4-feb-2010/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=cloudcast_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;">Bang Bang Bang Pow Pow Pow - 4 Feb 2010</a> by <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/bangbangbangpowpowpow/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=profile_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;">Bangbangbangpowpowpow</a> on <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=homepage_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;"> Mixcloud</a></p><div style="clear: both; height: 3px;"></div></div>bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-54722167755137777052010-04-19T17:44:00.000+01:002010-04-19T17:44:00.223+01:00Postmodern Haiku #4I had a nightmare;<br />Monsters shopping all Sunday.<br />Except it was me.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-89410718336928148812010-04-12T17:41:00.000+01:002010-04-12T17:41:00.710+01:00Radio BBBPPP Strikes AgainOh look, another radio podcast. Aren't we all lucky duckies?<br /><br /><div><object width="300" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=19"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="flashVars" value="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/bangbangbangpowpowpow/bang-bang-bang-pow-pow-pow-21-jan-2010.json&embed_uuid=3c65cc5b-7ad7-4c1e-b515-b717f6211ff3&embed_type=widget_standard"></param><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=19" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/bangbangbangpowpowpow/bang-bang-bang-pow-pow-pow-21-jan-2010.json&embed_uuid=3c65cc5b-7ad7-4c1e-b515-b717f6211ff3&embed_type=widget_standard" width="300" height="300"></embed></object><div style="clear:both; height:3px;"></div><p style="display:block; font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin:0; padding: 3px 4px 3px 4px; color:#999;"><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/bangbangbangpowpowpow/bang-bang-bang-pow-pow-pow-21-jan-2010/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=cloudcast_link" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;">Bang Bang Bang Pow Pow Pow - 21 Jan 2010</a> by <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/bangbangbangpowpowpow/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=profile_link" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;">Bangbangbangpowpowpow</a> on <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=homepage_link" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;"> Mixcloud</a></p><div style="clear:both; height:3px;"></div></div>bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-31865360008364961702010-04-05T15:04:00.000+01:002010-04-05T15:04:00.143+01:00Crifty Crafty Update #2I do craft, remember? Brooches, badges, coasters, necklaces, hair barettes, medallions, lifestyle solutions, cool point opportunities. I do it all. I'm doing it at this craft fair in Stoke Newington on 10-11 March, details below.<br /><br />It has been arranged by Of Cabbages and Kings who sell some stuff in a shop in the area. So good on them. I hope to sell lots of stuff and show off my fancy new business cards. You should definitely come along and say hello, perhaps buy something. Apparently cups of tea are going to be 20p a go. So get involved with that, at least.<img src="file:///C:/Users/Richard/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><br /><br /><br />DETAILS:<br /><p style="text-align: left;">10-11 April 2010<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;">11am - 5pm, Abney Hall, 73a Church Street, Stoke Newington, London N16 0AS</p> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">FREE ENTRY</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">From designer knitwear and hand-printed stationery to glitzy jewellery and gorgeous home wares, each weekend a different selection of designers and makers will be peddling their wares.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">Hot and cold drinks and tasty treats available</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-family:American Typewriter;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://www.ofcabbages.co.uk/OCK-News.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ofcabbages.co.uk/OCK-News.htm</a></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">NICE PICTURES:</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJP3zNQY0005s5aC7Xwp9t0Abwva46BHBGKJpoDzLga5jS4cSEhLkxZpqzetGwi7rdmJBClJAa-tdaZkuYIZGAdqvbG7CiEjXO6PYsDDaTRmkwZErVFBEVfSF2SfmNX0y9Ny02-3PbkzY/s1600-h/OC&K-Market-Days-Flyer.280.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJP3zNQY0005s5aC7Xwp9t0Abwva46BHBGKJpoDzLga5jS4cSEhLkxZpqzetGwi7rdmJBClJAa-tdaZkuYIZGAdqvbG7CiEjXO6PYsDDaTRmkwZErVFBEVfSF2SfmNX0y9Ny02-3PbkzY/s400/OC&K-Market-Days-Flyer.280.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441083019202198754" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluv7V_4JTo7yOkLfoZM3b3vSTQFrief8f7DeY-1ugYov-jEDkDMCCTznjhDGQHVtDpXnic_MuYthK9VO2z4h6R-8RFrHaaf6Vaif9c0DPTgTBEyK5F06MLIixVYgGbc5pNLGxMkbQE48/s1600-h/image.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluv7V_4JTo7yOkLfoZM3b3vSTQFrief8f7DeY-1ugYov-jEDkDMCCTznjhDGQHVtDpXnic_MuYthK9VO2z4h6R-8RFrHaaf6Vaif9c0DPTgTBEyK5F06MLIixVYgGbc5pNLGxMkbQE48/s400/image.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441083023324836738" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Don't forget, you can also buy my craft from my online store, or by contcating me for more information. I do commissions and I am currently a very poor student, so am willing to be exploited.<br /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-62516109202588726372010-03-29T15:22:00.000+01:002010-03-29T15:22:00.445+01:00Personal Genius: Gruff RhysI love <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_Rhys">Gruff Rhys</a>. Look at him:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2M3l0dV03VvOzT7a9qry_SNbBAzGvrm1zVonnZNvH8dcqvHkurKBa-4iGZfxFEFEKXbMGcuRJrUvm4vOvK0wH9AuMT2cjlaPZeBOByQTDU6OPBa8MCfNii-EGcauhSP9pAhlZE-1VgSg/s1600-h/3v12+Gruff+Rhys+in+de+lift.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2M3l0dV03VvOzT7a9qry_SNbBAzGvrm1zVonnZNvH8dcqvHkurKBa-4iGZfxFEFEKXbMGcuRJrUvm4vOvK0wH9AuMT2cjlaPZeBOByQTDU6OPBa8MCfNii-EGcauhSP9pAhlZE-1VgSg/s400/3v12+Gruff+Rhys+in+de+lift.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441091662175807362" border="0" /></a><br />He's mostly known for being the lead singer for Welsh-o-phile indie-psych-rockers <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Furry_Animals">Super Furry Animals</a>. However, here are some other reasons why I like him:<br /><br />1) He looks like he should be in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_and_Social_Education">Personal & Social Education</a> (PSE) video about respecting the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countryside_code">Countryside Code</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNuX3QmPTee_PnsLpOrJ_EmgmtI-ErZlrmNBNZ5xSSoGO_T6aWV6Whm4ivhp85URCL3-rh0rTbWTO3_VjECGZuni_0a_u14UhONhCeIJw42FaXedjjY_K0lAXO3yrEfkaytO7-2hmKZs/s1600-h/w-countryside_code_leaflet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNuX3QmPTee_PnsLpOrJ_EmgmtI-ErZlrmNBNZ5xSSoGO_T6aWV6Whm4ivhp85URCL3-rh0rTbWTO3_VjECGZuni_0a_u14UhONhCeIJw42FaXedjjY_K0lAXO3yrEfkaytO7-2hmKZs/s400/w-countryside_code_leaflet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441092674290917250" border="0" /></a><br />2) In his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Neon">Neon Neon</a> side project with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_Bip">Boom Bip</a>, he created the album <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_Style">Stainless Style</a>, a commentary on the life and times of DeLorean creator, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_DeLorean">John DeLorean</a>. Said album actually sounds like a DeLorean in its kitch retrofuturism, it's really quite marvellous. I would like someone to suggest to Messers Rhys and Bip that their next album should be entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">'Oh Mumsie! The Richard O'Brien Experience'.</span> Actually don't, that's my idea.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2TEVXWLXdd35clbgvwS-vwYJ_oQ9YxLX9ByzMA0rN0AnpW6FpGe4UF-6xzR_C61yOGJI4S2btJVTqgwefLtc5P57NVoSJhMcH2_bzToUWpufY2YBPvH0Fp8sOzv6FNEVTi1DomzWdVU/s1600-h/neonneon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2TEVXWLXdd35clbgvwS-vwYJ_oQ9YxLX9ByzMA0rN0AnpW6FpGe4UF-6xzR_C61yOGJI4S2btJVTqgwefLtc5P57NVoSJhMcH2_bzToUWpufY2YBPvH0Fp8sOzv6FNEVTi1DomzWdVU/s400/neonneon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441093195865780754" border="0" /></a><br />3) Super Furry Animals' Welsh-language album <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mwng">'Mwng'</a> is the highest selling Welsh-language album of all time and for this reason got a mention in Parliament, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_assembly">the Welsh Assembly</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcT1729tp-PsylZeT4TzCuRu6QU_iu54XnQg87q-YU9LVJRqeLENjy7pLKWRepVrMPpqlHBiXOEox7-pWiqKnJWDwSlJl3fKpLQoiqwPwuGOvWfVy9FdWoyZk7dUgAUwLGvw4tDgjcjI/s1600-h/welsh_assembly_rrp06_07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcT1729tp-PsylZeT4TzCuRu6QU_iu54XnQg87q-YU9LVJRqeLENjy7pLKWRepVrMPpqlHBiXOEox7-pWiqKnJWDwSlJl3fKpLQoiqwPwuGOvWfVy9FdWoyZk7dUgAUwLGvw4tDgjcjI/s400/welsh_assembly_rrp06_07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441093998235502674" border="0" /></a><br />4) I would not be surprised to learn that he has been an extra in Welsh lanugage soap opera, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pobl_y_cwm">Pobol Y Cwm</a>. However, I could not find any evidence, so here you go:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fiIy0o-MNdxoFwJrmjdmnVj2_gmMFgl5TiJr8zFFO7rwmY3WqMlRJD4uxlVq1AiPnhm97W45rDYoyxNsTsMtrCoUoVl5gebjQA5KjT0QbCectsMhXYeAN2YGFnqiq8IyaWC9KenqjEk/s1600-h/_40406799_pobolpobol203.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fiIy0o-MNdxoFwJrmjdmnVj2_gmMFgl5TiJr8zFFO7rwmY3WqMlRJD4uxlVq1AiPnhm97W45rDYoyxNsTsMtrCoUoVl5gebjQA5KjT0QbCectsMhXYeAN2YGFnqiq8IyaWC9KenqjEk/s400/_40406799_pobolpobol203.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441095070493999890" border="0" /></a><br />5) In the top photograph he is holding a keyboard that I own, a rather special Casio effort that comes with song cartridges. there is a Beatles one but sadly no Super Furry Animals one. What this does prove is that we should be friends so if anyone could pass the memo on, please do.<br /><br />So, Gruff Rhys:<br /><br />1) Friendly face<br />2) Sensitive historian<br />3) Political pioneer<br />4) Potential TV star<br />5) Casio enthusiast like me<br /><br />Lovely stuff.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-34530133389830634442010-03-22T15:13:00.000+00:002010-03-22T15:13:00.601+00:00Living in a BoxIdols. Leaders. Inspirations. We all need them. The problem is, they're generally human, and humans die. And when they die, they're gone, at least physically speaking. Of course you can say their spirit lives on, and stuff like that, but unfortunately, they're not there, and considering my only interactions with massively influential people is that I get shouted at by them, it's quite a big difference.<br /><br />Anyway, this needn't be a problem anymore, thanks to taxidermy. Enter academic behemoth University College London - so attached were they to their utilitarian founder Jeremy Bentham, they stuffed him:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDR-CIGYf1CAY4gCtkaWbAP7m-kiYve6K1dEOauVxjLY14uFZzYUEbsVQWR6_8lgvJpbVc2i3tPHjyjeD3EVTqNWwuOaDEvtV6m8Jn4IodBFBvPH6TLIcaPbrh7pB1ynLs5RxjTM1K6I/s1600-h/Jeremy_Bentham_Auto-Icon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDR-CIGYf1CAY4gCtkaWbAP7m-kiYve6K1dEOauVxjLY14uFZzYUEbsVQWR6_8lgvJpbVc2i3tPHjyjeD3EVTqNWwuOaDEvtV6m8Jn4IodBFBvPH6TLIcaPbrh7pB1ynLs5RxjTM1K6I/s400/Jeremy_Bentham_Auto-Icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441088050267783586" border="0" /></a>Quote: <span style="font-style: italic;">"Hiyaaaa!"</span><br /><br />What is better is that they have also put him in an action pose, inside a box on which is written 'JEREMY BENTHAM'. Anyway, I was reminded by this as I walked past him the other day, and by this rather stoic notice on the BBC's front page:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjrQr1hIUWSswmcWC5ym3y-h3HUnyHLv2xRz9qW4mtCHymCiJwJB5JG8SRnHLgzPGEJtVXG1cyuMI9xJyT27ArX7i24yZjsy550tctTBSm4504sdCDYtSRZ5LPKNqa9woukBao_CyLkY/s1600-h/bentham.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjrQr1hIUWSswmcWC5ym3y-h3HUnyHLv2xRz9qW4mtCHymCiJwJB5JG8SRnHLgzPGEJtVXG1cyuMI9xJyT27ArX7i24yZjsy550tctTBSm4504sdCDYtSRZ5LPKNqa9woukBao_CyLkY/s400/bentham.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441088057006804562" border="0" /></a><br />Apparently they got Stuffed Bentham and made him attend the UCL big wig meetings, where they would vote on things and Jez would be marked down as 'absent'. Touching stuff. It's quite easy to be sentimental about things after you've stuffed said things and they can't shout back at you: 'I AM NOT ABSENT, I AM JUST FULL OF FEATHERS'.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-10080810265060382942010-03-15T15:09:00.000+00:002010-03-15T15:09:00.176+00:00Deviant Sexual Practices AfootAgain, some classic commentary from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">MSN</span> web output mandible:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1tZRQ3fuz_3te0LukXRHAa6wiH76gB0WYEsL9ASeDB7O87V8hKLFX9JR6eaeelaipTM-t8a1LwZsLY-zyVkPxSTcTIN7xoikOYmwOplgD1JaN53yCNfMHSeU4WSOk01K8I2rax5i_Qo/s1600-h/cheryl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1tZRQ3fuz_3te0LukXRHAa6wiH76gB0WYEsL9ASeDB7O87V8hKLFX9JR6eaeelaipTM-t8a1LwZsLY-zyVkPxSTcTIN7xoikOYmwOplgD1JaN53yCNfMHSeU4WSOk01K8I2rax5i_Qo/s400/cheryl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441085417574693234" border="0" /></a><br />A year? That's some mad <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">tantric</span> sex thing right there. Is that legal? Wouldn't some kind of rot set in? Isn't that more Ashley's cup of tea? Answers on a postcard before things start to get sick.<br /><br />Also, wouldn't a year-long video eat up the world's bandwidth something awful? We all know how crazy we are for a bit of over-intrusive celeb coverage, after all...bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-8939688984505847592010-03-08T14:45:00.000+00:002010-03-08T14:45:00.241+00:00Our Radio RocksI've got a radio show and have done for some while. It is on <a href="http://www.rarefm.co.uk/">www.rarefm.co.uk</a> from 3-4pm on Thursdays. It's really good and you should listen to it, to be honest.<br /><br />But sometimes people can't tune in for whatever reason, so I got told about this amazing website called <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/">MixCloud</a>, where I can create podcasts of my shows. It's really fantastic and easy to use. More Importantly, it's easy for you to use, so you can listen in and whatnot. How fantastic. Yes!<br /><br /><div><object width="300" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=18"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="flashVars" value="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/bangbangbangpowpowpow/bang-bang-bang-pow-pow-pow-10-dec-2009.json"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/bangbangbangpowpowpow/bang-bang-bang-pow-pow-pow-10-dec-2009.json" width="300" height="300"></embed></object><div style="clear: both; height: 3px;"></div><p style="margin: 0pt; padding: 3px 4px; display: block; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/bangbangbangpowpowpow/bang-bang-bang-pow-pow-pow-10-dec-2009/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&term=cloudcast_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;">Bang Bang Bang Pow Pow Pow - 10 Dec 2009</a> by <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/bangbangbangpowpowpow/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&term=profile_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;">Bangbangbangpowpowpow</a> on <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&term=homepage_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;"> Mixcloud</a></p><div style="clear: both; height: 3px;"></div></div><br /><br />I mean, just try this baby out for starters! I'll be posting these up on the blog as and when they happen. You can also access all this stuff via <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/bangbangbangpowpowpow/">http://www.mixcloud.com/bangbangbangpowpowpow/</a> .<br /><br />Also, don't forget you can enjoy the BANGBANGBANGPOWPOWPOW Spotify playlist: <a href="spotify:user:richardbendalljones:playlist:5pzxwyRTzTEcYujXUPznU7">BANG BANG BANG POW POW POW</a><br /><br />Don't wet yourselves too much, like.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-69380496226082134272010-03-01T14:53:00.002+00:002010-03-01T14:53:00.928+00:00Crifty Crafty UpdateI do craft, you know? Brooches, badges, coasters, necklaces, hair barettes, medallions, lifestyle solutions, cool point opportunities. I do it all. I'm doing it at this craft fair in Stoke Newington on 6-7 March, details below.<br /><br />It has been arranged by Of Cabbages and Kings who sell some stuff in a shop in the area. So good on them. I hope to sell lots of stuff and show off my fancy new business cards. You should definitely come along and say hello, perhaps buy something. Apparently cups of tea are going to be 20p a go. So get involved with that, at least.<img src="file:///C:/Users/Richard/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><br /><br /><br />DETAILS:<br /><p style="text-align: left;">6-7 March 2010<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">11am - 5pm, Abney Hall, 73a Church Street, Stoke Newington, London N16 0AS</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">FREE ENTRY</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">From designer knitwear and hand-printed stationery to glitzy jewellery and gorgeous home wares, each weekend a different selection of designers and makers will be peddling their wares.</p><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-align: left;">Hot and cold drinks and tasty treats available</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="font-family:American Typewriter;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://www.ofcabbages.co.uk/OCK-News.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ofcabbages.co.uk/OCK-News.htm</a></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">NICE PICTURES:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJP3zNQY0005s5aC7Xwp9t0Abwva46BHBGKJpoDzLga5jS4cSEhLkxZpqzetGwi7rdmJBClJAa-tdaZkuYIZGAdqvbG7CiEjXO6PYsDDaTRmkwZErVFBEVfSF2SfmNX0y9Ny02-3PbkzY/s1600-h/OC&K-Market-Days-Flyer.280.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJP3zNQY0005s5aC7Xwp9t0Abwva46BHBGKJpoDzLga5jS4cSEhLkxZpqzetGwi7rdmJBClJAa-tdaZkuYIZGAdqvbG7CiEjXO6PYsDDaTRmkwZErVFBEVfSF2SfmNX0y9Ny02-3PbkzY/s400/OC&K-Market-Days-Flyer.280.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441083019202198754" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluv7V_4JTo7yOkLfoZM3b3vSTQFrief8f7DeY-1ugYov-jEDkDMCCTznjhDGQHVtDpXnic_MuYthK9VO2z4h6R-8RFrHaaf6Vaif9c0DPTgTBEyK5F06MLIixVYgGbc5pNLGxMkbQE48/s1600-h/image.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluv7V_4JTo7yOkLfoZM3b3vSTQFrief8f7DeY-1ugYov-jEDkDMCCTznjhDGQHVtDpXnic_MuYthK9VO2z4h6R-8RFrHaaf6Vaif9c0DPTgTBEyK5F06MLIixVYgGbc5pNLGxMkbQE48/s400/image.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441083023324836738" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Don't forget, you can also buy my craft from my online store, or by contcating me for more information. I do commissions and I am currently a very poor student, so am willing to be exploited.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-54941721464094881752010-02-22T14:34:00.004+00:002010-02-22T14:44:44.829+00:00NEWSFLASH - THE MOON IS ON THE EARTHI was reading the highly informative feature section on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">MSN</span> website. Travel Editor, Simon Busch was feeling whimsical enough to compile a list of the most boring places on Earth. Fair enough, some places <span style="font-style: italic;">are</span> pretty boring, but in the grand scheme of things even Coventry is pretty luxurious, with its lack of starvation, relatively adequate sanitation facilities and abundance of roundabouts. Just because somewhere doesn't provide all the vim and vigour that one may personally require to make their own beige existence more acceptable to them, that doesn't mean to say it's all Slough's fault. I think people should make their own fun and quit whining.<br /><br />Still, kudos to Simon for thinking out of the box on his feature:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSRfHCUa-NrY1oAtYTUBOCImJIa_GH72lFy1CueiYwgr4p16V14B_Loch_XiOaWrdPdHbWjJhT1OVSJuSHlDpO53ephyphenhyphenEpi0-1nYhzzvL58WKIbVza3yZv7E6OQSezFi9MBK03vrBNN8/s1600-h/moonblog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYSRfHCUa-NrY1oAtYTUBOCImJIa_GH72lFy1CueiYwgr4p16V14B_Loch_XiOaWrdPdHbWjJhT1OVSJuSHlDpO53ephyphenhyphenEpi0-1nYhzzvL58WKIbVza3yZv7E6OQSezFi9MBK03vrBNN8/s400/moonblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441078325035930162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The issue being that, as far as I'm aware, the moon isn't 'on Earth'. In fact, the picture itself shows the moon as a different entity to Earth. Is a picture editor having a quick chortle to himself here? Or does Simon know something we don't?<br /><br />To be honest, making fun of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">MSN's</span> editorial <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">frontliners</span> is a bit of a low blow. Most of these people are operating on around 12p an hour, having to churn out 'content' which is 'accessible' to a 'wide audience' under 'demanding time pressures'. All of which combines to make for pretty atrocious reading. And I haven't even started on the comments below the articles, which I shall refer to as 'ENGAGE <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">GUFFHOLE</span>'.<br /><br />Still, there lesson here is pay peanuts, get monkeys. Not that Simon Busch is a monkey, but the readership is certainly being treated like one. A bulbous, collective monkey brain, babbling incoherently about Katie Price while gyrating against the activity play area in their local park.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-82979453801735267142010-02-07T15:03:00.001+00:002010-02-07T15:03:54.025+00:00WE HAVE CONTACTHi,<br /><br />you can now email me at bangbangbangpowpowpow@gmail.com<br /><br />That is all.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-41939069506827080092009-12-10T21:27:00.001+00:002009-12-10T21:27:00.032+00:00You Autocomplete MeFollowing a previous foray into searching for something on the information superhighway, I discovered the apparently popular phrase 'Fancy a rank?', thanks to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Google's</span> unintentionally hilarious <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Autocomplete</span> function. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Autocomplete</span> is like purposefully leaving sentences unfinished in front of a hyperactive <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">autist</span>, so desperate to solve the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">quandary</span> of your half-utterance that they resort to suggesting that you were meaning to talk about the Third Reich, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_chain_%28sex%29#Daisy_chain">daisy-chaining</a>, or well, both.<br /><br />Anyway, there are a lot of clever people out there, like the clever person who pointed me in the direction of <a href="http://autocompleteme.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Autocomplete</span> Me</a>, a blog which highlights exactly these esoteric <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">autocomplete</span> results. Here's a taster:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAYsOgk49xE2QDY6wtl1nn0fI5AEOp7IKWXzGfljuhi-YGd0JLaWt2Dg7mQAUZml-Gqi9VMPhstl4m6vAPGcqJNRvEf0FmOBhg60zTwSV9OpglUhyDrK1CD7ItO74psV6A7LyAHZvTsY/s1600/autocomplete+me.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAYsOgk49xE2QDY6wtl1nn0fI5AEOp7IKWXzGfljuhi-YGd0JLaWt2Dg7mQAUZml-Gqi9VMPhstl4m6vAPGcqJNRvEf0FmOBhg60zTwSV9OpglUhyDrK1CD7ItO74psV6A7LyAHZvTsY/s400/autocomplete+me.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409270347023030818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A big shout out also goes to the clever people who unfortunately thought up the idea of this blog before I did. Kudos, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">dudos</span>. In other news I have been using my powers of the Russian language for the questionable purpose of helping friends to get a bit of lady love, and hand-crafting the most intricate and boring spreadsheet known to man.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-42147728409641528722009-12-07T15:19:00.000+00:002009-12-07T15:19:00.239+00:00Flickr LinkgasmOh, by the way, you can look at my Flickr photostream here:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/44474320@N04/<br /><br />This is where I'll be putting photos of craft and stuff*.<br /><br />* This means that some photos may include my face so be vigilant.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-13156590919867650452009-12-04T12:26:00.000+00:002009-12-04T12:26:00.260+00:00Review of the Century #9It's always fun moaning about stuff.<br /><br />= <br /><br />Deaf Leaf Echo – Faint Violet Whiff<br /><br />The ‘80s were great for lots of things. One of these things was music, so it makes sense that lots of musicians nowadays hark back to 20 years ago on their quest to be The Next Big Thing. Equally, the ‘80s were full of things WTF?!, things best forgotten and so on. Deaf Leaf Echo have accidentally picked the latter. ‘Faint Violet Whiff’ provides a churning dirge of guitar-driven riffery, roots of which may be found in the back catalogues of The Cranberries and perhaps, gasp, U2, but it is the myriad layering of generic effects that place this effort in a world of its own.<br /><br />Notable are references to Nabokov’s Lolita, an epic piece of literature about the perils of kiddy-fiddling. And Dead Leaf Echo are certainly epic. But perhaps this should ring warning bells, as Deaf Leaf Echo’s Achilles Heel seems to lie in not being able to leave alone things that should be left alone. This in mind, despite overzealous guitar drones and a vocal affliction designed for the Smashing Pumpkin inside us all, DLE have a command of song structure to be admired. The emotion they evoke so melodramatically owes in most part to the variety of texture in their sound. ‘Denial’ builds up an air of optimistic anticipation reminiscent of Sigur Ros and tension is palpable, but there is certainly room for improvement.<br /><br />They might not want to hear this, but Dead Leaf Echo are playing the one trick pony. Emotional bands should create emotional music, but in creating a concept album based upon the complex relationship between two characters, a wider scope of emotion could make the whole ordeal more appealing, and, dare I say, more likeable. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but this will be enjoyable for those who enjoy the particular niche market Dead Leaf Echo are aiming for. What this niche is exactly, however, is hard to tell.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-27829924927715244352009-12-01T12:22:00.000+00:002009-12-01T12:22:00.241+00:00Less Than 20 Word Story #2The grass was green, full and lush. The cows has not been munching that day. Shame about the slaughter, really.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-73443024264696746252009-11-28T12:18:00.000+00:002009-11-28T12:18:00.251+00:00Postmodern Haiku #3I think I'm aheading for an anthology. <br /><br /> = <br /><br /> Shimmy up the pipe.<br /> Shimmy further up the pipe.<br /> Until you fall off.<br /><br /> =<br /><br /> I quite like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus">Sysiphean</a> imagery in this one. OH GET ME.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-37155188874706132142009-11-25T12:01:00.000+00:002009-11-25T12:01:00.484+00:00You, who do you fancy?I was well up for a drink last night. In London there are literally kagooglezillions of pubs, ranging from the god awful to the sublime, and in each category prices can range from the bargainous to the eye-extractingly exclusive. The website I wanted was the very good <a href="http://www.fancyapint.com/">Fancy A Pint</a>, but as I was making my way there (in true stand-up comedy fashion), look what happened:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aYLKlfv2td6oXmfaYxb_kGNO87r_MYnp1r7AHpZhMkTi0WK4ynXjUsDWBJfSZGBlunUOM4eL1OflW_iY2V2yPIOwE7uxk6HU_OdpWkRXOKxdSeX5yu3o2Gif20CS7px3G6GjLVGsf8Q/s1600/fancy+a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aYLKlfv2td6oXmfaYxb_kGNO87r_MYnp1r7AHpZhMkTi0WK4ynXjUsDWBJfSZGBlunUOM4eL1OflW_iY2V2yPIOwE7uxk6HU_OdpWkRXOKxdSeX5yu3o2Gif20CS7px3G6GjLVGsf8Q/s400/fancy+a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406898041371048418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Oh dear. What a damning indictment of (specifically British) society. I wouldn't normally mind, but I was secretly ashamed of myself at the 'fancy a bum' reference, pointed at a particular section of Friday night cringe-fest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balls_of_Steel_%28UK_TV_series%29">Balls Of Steel</a>, which, as puerile as it is, actually makes me laugh, mostly due to the relentless nature of the interrogation, and the chap's incredibly serious facial expression. Judge for yourself:<br /><br /><object id="veohFlashPlayer" name="veohFlashPlayer" width="410" height="341"><param name="movie" value="http://www.veoh.com/static/swf/webplayer/WebPlayer.swf?version=AFrontend.5.4.6.1007&permalinkId=e181318WaHyYN98&player=videodetailsembedded&videoAutoPlay=0&id=anonymous"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.veoh.com/static/swf/webplayer/WebPlayer.swf?version=AFrontend.5.4.6.1007&permalinkId=e181318WaHyYN98&player=videodetailsembedded&videoAutoPlay=0&id=anonymous" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" id="veohFlashPlayerEmbed" name="veohFlashPlayerEmbed" width="410" height="341", align=center></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><br />Sorry about that.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-25102954611879302282009-11-22T14:12:00.000+00:002009-11-22T14:13:08.637+00:00Letters Page #4That's right, kids! It'd the return of the BBBPPP retard gawp-o-thon. Seriously though, stop laughing. It's not funny. Gogol would have argued that you're just laughing at yourself - that's bad enough. But the truth is you'd be laughing at the utterly horrific absurdity of modern society, which also includes injustice, ignorance and devoted self-absorption. Welcome to the 21st century - look how far we've come.<br /><br />LOOK DADDY, NO BRAIN CELLS!<br /><br />Take, for example, this particular specimen:<br /><br />==<br /><br />Dear BBBPPP, if you had a row with your ex and a few weeks later ask her come for a drink with you and she texts you saying: "Seriously now, why would I meet up for a drink after how you have spoke to me?" What does she want me say? What is she saying?<br /><br />BBBPPP: She's saying that she's surprised to have found someone as idiotic as herself. The tragicomic irony is that due to this idiocy, she is yet to work out the significance of it all and you are yet to work out that she is a tit.<br /><br />Then...<br /><br />Dear BBBPPP: If a girl says shes over her ex when you get with her and says she's falling for you. Then you end it and she says she still loves her ex and wants him back, but he has a new girlfriend and is happy with her. Then the girl is supposed to be dating someone else now. What should you do and whats going on in her head?<br /><br />BBBPPP: Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. You should alert the nearest nurse as you've got a flatliner on your hands. In the mental sense, there is nothing going on in her head. She has still got the audacity to be suckling on the planet's painfully finite resources, yet manages to contribute nothing but migraines.<br /><br />Then...<br /><br />Dear BBBPPP: Why would your ex-girlfriend, who you ain't spoke to for a month and she says she doesn't want you, start to have ago at you when you have just spoken to your mate, who she says she kissed last week but he denies it, asking why I was having ago at him then she starts to cry after you have ago back at her then tells everyone you pushed her when you didn't?<br /><br />BBBPPP: Because she's an attention-seeking psycho? Honestly, maybe she's right, and you're just forgetting how much of a spurt you are. Maybe you did push her. Anyone who hasn't yet decided to move on with their life has a mental imbalance and could be capable of anything.<br /><br />Then...<br /><br />Dear BBBPPP: Why would your ex say nasty things that hurt you?<br /><br />BBBPPP: Because you won't leave her alone and maybe word has got out that you're spending all your time querying this issue to third parties. TIME TO MOVE ON, BUDDY.<br /><br />==<br /><br />Love, eh?bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-55415580647823081992009-11-08T15:10:00.001+00:002009-11-08T15:10:00.196+00:00Postmodern Haiku AlertIf it can't be done in 17 syllables, get over yourself.<br /><br />=<br /><br />Utility's great!<br />Makes things useful, like shaving.<br />Shame it's my penis.<br /><br />==<br /><br />See? Easily done.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6185156412770187239.post-6535050326130389622009-11-05T12:57:00.000+00:002009-11-05T12:57:00.551+00:00Less-than-20 word storyCitizens! Less is more!<br /><br />==<br /><br />"Ouch!", squeaked mum.<br /><br />Rory looked agog with the harsh realisation that he had clasped the wrong anus.<br /><br />==<br /><br />End transmission.bbbppphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09248480621811319832noreply@blogger.com0