Monthly Archives: January 2003
New music – Winter Thames Sunset
Finally got round to doing some proper recording this year. A short solo acoustic guitar tune is my latest entry in the Guitarist Home Recording Collective, one of my favourite mini-communities on the Net. Winter Thames Sunset (2.4MB mp3) The … Continue reading
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IDS and the Sangatte terrorist massive
Okay, let’s get this straight. You’re a dastardly Al Qaida terrorist and you want to wreak havoc on the nasty Western infidels in Britain. But first you have to get into the country. So, according to Iain Duncan Smith, who … Continue reading
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Double Indemnity
King’s College (where Nicola works) has a Film Studies degree, and the students’ film showings are both free and open to outsiders. Last night was Billy Wilder’s ‘Double Indemnity’. Now, I’m not a great consumer of crime fiction, but I … Continue reading
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The Cuss Control Academy
In both the ‘Only in America’ and ‘Obvious joke response required’ categories, comes this, the Cuss Control Academy. Learn why swearing is bad and, even more importantly, how to stop doing it. No shit…
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Flaming Lips live in London
Last night (oh wait… it’s past midnight… the night before last) I saw the Flaming Lips at the Forum in London. They’re one of my favourite bands, this was probably the fourth or fifth time I’ve seen them and they … Continue reading
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Elections in Venezuela
Hey, if I can do my little bit to make the world a nicer place, I’ll do it. There’s a campaign going on today, regarding the need for democratic elections in Venezuela.
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Find out what I’m listening to, right now!
>I’m greatly encouraged by some of the cool little programs coming out for the Mac (specifically for OS X) at the moment. NetNewsWire Lite is keeping track of all those news sites and blogs (the daily “if there’s anything that … Continue reading
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Saddam I am
Major issues transcend all concepts of ‘on-topic’ or ‘off-topic’. A sizeable discussion about the possible war against Iraq has broken out among the usual pro studio talk on the rec.audio.pro newsgroup this week. I reckon New Zealander Geoff Wood has … Continue reading
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G7 guitar notation software announced
Introducing myself to people and going through the old conversational motions of hometown/job/etc, I always use the convenient shorthand of “oh, I work for a guitar magazine”. That’s true, but my Guitarist work covers a range of stuff. At heart, … Continue reading
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John Le Carré on US/Iraq war
It’s happened again – another excellent article in the Times Online. This time it’s by John Le Carré, talking about the stupidity that is the Bush government and its itching desire to wage war on Iraq.
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