Archive for February, 2007
StumbleUpon
There are so many social | bookmarking | community | personalised content websites out there, that it is difficult to decide which is the best | useful | entertaining | easy to use.
I have just stumbled upon StumpleUpon
First impressions are good. There seems to be a real element of discovery and it seems less [...]
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Brakes
Despite Google’s insistence on returning Kwik Fit, this has nothing to do with the automobile. It is about the guitar, the drum and the voice.
They had great reviews when they released their album, but I let them pass me by. I saw them support the Long Blondes last week and I got them.
Some songs are [...]
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A Very Nice Mosh Pit
What a lovely time we had at our first gig in The Year of the Gig. The Long Blondes at the Astoria, very ably supported by The (fun loving) Brakes and the excellent Fields.
I have never known a nicer mosh pit. Everyone leapt within their own personal space, careful not to tread on anyone’s toes.
No [...]
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Today is the New Valentines Day
Tuesday is the new Monday, grey is the new black and today is the new Valentines Day.
All the garish heart shaped tat that the global crushing, consumptive, insipid and unimaginative could not sell is now half price.
I love my wife everyday. I do not need a day created by land filling marketeers to confirm [...]
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Happy Birthday Monty
Slowing down and greying, but still our best Beesht.12 years old today. As a puppy he ran and ran and would not look back. He would lose himself in muddy fields, on railway lines, his nose to the ground….. a nose on legs.Now, he walks slowly, sniffs slowly and slowly lifts his back leg to [...]
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Bloc Party
Thank God. The new album sounds good.
It is always a worry when a band with obvious talent, originality and promise, release their second album…. and Bloc Party were a bigger worry than most.
Their early singles, ep’s and first album were uniformly good. Live, they were full of energy and purpose.
And so, we can [...]
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Get a First Life
I have heard of Second Life, but I have never been tempted to look at its website. Now I don’t need to as I have been led to this ‘Get a First Life’ website which seems much more appropriate for me. Not only that, it is filled to the brim with pithy wit.
Look at it, [...]
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