Bloc Party |
Bloc Party released Intimacy, their third album, recently. I was going to wait until the physical version came out, but after listening to them repeatedly over the weekend, I decided I would go for th...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:31:00 GMT |
This country (and the world basically) is well and truly fucked |
I'm reading a book just now called "Squandered: How Gordon Brown Is Wasting Over One Trillion Pounds Of Our Money", and although I'm only about 60 pages in, it's already making utterly depressing read...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:40:00 GMT |
Thailand - Where You Can Buy Ties |
Am I the only fucker who hasn't been to Thailand? I'm looking at people's profiles on a different site just now, and everyone seems to go on about having been to Thailand, or that Thailand is their fa...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:05:00 GMT |
Public Enemy: Number 1? Definitely. |
Just back from seeing Public Enemy playing the whole of It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, the greatest rap album of all time. They're just the first of a few bands I'll be seeing playing ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 17:32:00 GMT |
Ladytron live: a massive disappointment |
Les and I went to see Ladytron at the Oran Mor tonight. Ladytron are one of my favourite current bands, and the songs I've heard from their soon-to-be-released 4th album, Velocifero, are absolutely fa...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 17:35:00 GMT |
Stuff To Do This Year |
I’ve been thinking recently that I’ve achieved very little in the past 8 years. At school, I was fucking superb. At uni, I got lazy. I should have been gunning for a first; instead, I just...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:42:00 GMT |
People Have No Respect & The Joe Strummer Film |
I saw Julien Temple's new film about the life of Joe Strummer - The Future Is Unwritten, Brilliant film. Everyone should see it, whether they're a Clash fan or not (certain Clash fans shouldn't be all...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:56:00 GMT |
Have you seen the state of the album charts? |
I used to think the singles chart mattered. Then I grew up and realised it didn't matter what the fuck was at number one, particularly considering efforts to essentially buy the top spot, like at Chri...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:09:00 GMT |
The English Language |
I'm teaching myself German just now. Although I did German for 4 years at school, I've basically forgotten it all (apart from certain words like Käse and certain phrases like Ich habe Käse gekauft.) ...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:39:00 GMT |
Simple Minds/Bassists |
Been listening to Simple Minds this evening, and then watching a few of their videos on youtube. Couple of hilarious ones (80s promos usually are), but also some suprisingly cool looking ones. I've al...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:02:00 GMT |
