June 2008
14 posts
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Notes on The Fly - The Opera
This is the strangest news of the day. And this is my response to it on Metafilter:
I am the very model of a Brundle/fly mutation I’ve lost my hands and feet to more insectile adaption To crouching on the celing I’ve developed acclimation And now I sit and wait for all the further augmentations I hope to be acquainted with some feats of aviation Before they all insist on some more permanent...
ThingsIDidLastNight.com →
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More than you might care to know about Pizza Dough
[I used to be a chef. (Hence the nickname. Duh!) My old boss wrote to me saying he was starting a kitchen in his new place and could he have my old pizza dough recipe which, while not wishing to sound big headed, was probably the most stunning pizza dough known to man. I wrote him the following.]
[Also note that the quantities in this “recipe” make enough dough for a 20 cover...
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David Davis
In re David Davis’ decision to stand down as an MP in protest at the 42 Day Detention bill last night. Keegan and I have been exchanging high minded emails on this subject:
From: Joe To: Keegan Subject: David Davis The BBC is describing it as a “High risk strategy” Bwa hahahahahahahaha! From: Keegan To: Joe Subject: RE: David Davis I think it’s genius. Times are worrying when I like what...
I am using Ping.fm (doodah! doodah!)
Mere hours after telling you about my favourite songs of the moment, I hear a song by pasty-faced and effiminate indie punks The Manchester Orchestra* which is not only awesome, but also has a lovely lovely video.
Manchester Orchestra “I can barely breathe” from goclaygo on Vimeo.
* This band’s name obey’s the “Exoticism of Distance” rule that says that a...
Gustavo Dudamel and his Orchestra In Nationalistic...
I saw a tiny clip from this on the Culture Show last night. (Yes, that’s right motherfuckers, the Culture Show.) It’s Gustavo Dudamel conducting the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela*.
Now, never mind the performance which is second to none, and never mind the fact that it’s my favourite of all Bernstein’s tunes. (Yes, that’s right motherfuckers, I have...
Seven Songs
I’ve honestly based this on the Top 25 Most Played from the last seven days on my iTunes - removing only duplicate artists (12 of them are Gilbert & Sullivan. Seriously people, what the fuck?) and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John which I SWEAR MUST BE GEMMA’s FAULT.
So first up, there’s Big Girls Don’t Cry…
…which has been on a loop in my head...
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Seven Facts
No, seriously, I am really very busy. Not to mention important. However, the following facts need to be noted.
1) Your musical taste is trite and obvious. (And probably effeminate too.)
2) My musical taste is better, more trenchant, more relevant, more important than anyone elses.
3) If I like a song and you like a song, then I like that song for better reasons than you do.
4) If you like a...
ShiSho -- America Will Punch You
Yes, it’s the newest, bestest band in the freaking world. And that, my friends, is a molten bronze FACT.
Awesomeness personified in a movie soundtrack
I done a short story/comment fable. →
A small eternity with Becky Fogg
On the coach home from Liverpool last night my cousin Becky decided to treat us all to a short but wide-ranging lecture on, amongst other things, modern politics, religion and socio-economic theory. Edited highlights are available here before the talk is serialised in the Sunday Telegraph.