The two most underwhelming words in the english language. |
I'm at work. A huge box arrives, which I excitedly sign for in anticipation of unspecified free stuff and unbridled joy, for at least a few minutes, anyway. It's full of shower gel. Though fairly unde...
Posted by rob on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:09:00 PST |
accepting my lot |
The other day I found myself in Waterloo station on my way to work, having once more tried to one-up the tube network and avoid the 10-minute walk at Bank station by going half an hour out of my way. ...
Posted by rob on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:55:00 PST |
isles tour photos |
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Posted by rob on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:17:00 PST |
The Wake: Here Comes Everybody |
What a great album. Which on paper I shouldn't really like as Factory pretty much passed me by, in the sense that I was't even in England for any of it, and when I came back here the 'classic' Manches...
Posted by rob on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:20:00 PST |
'new rave' |
"We think about new rave on a daily basis here," says Steve Slocombe, founder of Super Super. "I can look at a plant pot and think, 'How new rave is that? And can I wear it?'"To which the answer is? "...
Posted by rob on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:26:00 PST |
britain's new napkin culture |
I've noticed a new trend among the denizens of Britan's service industry of late, that of pointless napkin bombardment. A case in point: I bought a coffee from Pret this morning at Bond Street, I'm no...
Posted by rob on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:32:00 PST |
'Roller Skating Here' |
..as that's what the roller rink in Sheffield is apparently called. Sheffield. It's the world's only fully-working open-air 1973 museum. A round of 4 drinks will cost you 7 pounds. They put their ho...
Posted by rob on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:03:00 PST |
dere must be more to doblin dan dis |
..bad partridgeisms aside, here's a bunch of photos from last weekend's Eurocultured festival. There's HUGE gaps, normally the camera helps me in these situations, though not this time it would ...
Posted by rob on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:07:00 PST |
singstar.. again |
I played Singstar again. I've lost my voice. Again. One thing you notice about Singstar afficianados is that there definitely exists an 'us and them' mentality, in the same way I'd imagine Middle Engl...
Posted by rob on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:45:00 PST |
So, I went to ibiza and actually enjoyed it. |
So, after taking a flight from Liverpool where people still actually clap when the plane lands, within an hour I'd been whisked to Manumission to see someone play for an hour. Which was quite enough. ...
Posted by rob on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:17:00 PST |
