Author Archives: adrian
Happy Bloomsday!
Happy Bloomsday! I first read James Joyce’s Ulysses seven or eight years ago. Since then, I’d always intended (but never managed, either through forgetting or being engrossed in some other book) to read, or rather be in the process of … Continue reading
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(Not) down in the Tube station at midnight
London is a vibrant, exciting capital city, with a 24-hour party vibe. Well, that’s the marketing angle, but even in the reality occupied by those of us who don’t need ludicrous “urban designer wear” there’s a few things you can … Continue reading
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New music – Talking About Nothing on a Summer Evening
A little bit of new music. It’s a short collaboration with my good pal Rick Booth… Talking About Nothing on a Summer Evening (3.2MB mp3) Here’s how it happened… Rick gave me a recording of his guitar part, a solo … Continue reading
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Venezia/Bologna
It’s been a while… my lame excuse comes in the shape of a short trip to Italy, courtesy of some cheap Easyjet and Ryanair flights. Having only ever seen Venice on an all-too-brief day trip, we spent three days there, … Continue reading
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Ageing
Catching up on a backlog of entries from Richard Herring’s excellent blog, I came across this entry, which made me (a person of roughly the same age as Richard, although seemingly with less grey hair) laugh a lot. Especially this … Continue reading
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The Lego Mac
Did you play with Lego as a kid? I did, obsessively, but I never built a Mac out of Lego. Daniele Procida, from the uk.comp.sys.mac newsgroup, built one, and he’s selling it on Ebay. (As the Ebay link will have … Continue reading
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Doug Boucher on the state of music
I talk about music a lot. I frequently despair at the superficial, artless machinations of the music industry and the seeming mistrust of creativity. I get myself into a terrible froth sometimes. But in a post to alt.music.mike-keneally, Doug Boucher … Continue reading
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Third division play-off, first leg
5-3?! Nice to have the two-goal cushion, but what happened to the second best defence in the Nationwide League?
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Could Kenny G be classed as a terrorist?
Just a couple of good links to tide you over until I can string together some words of my own… An article from AlterNet could so easily be about life in one of the dictatorships that George Bush wants to … Continue reading
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iTunes 4 and the Apple Music Store
Apple have released iTunes 4, the latest version of one of my favourite pieces of Mac software. Version 4 comes with AAC encoding and playback facilities; it’s nice to see Apple keeping up with new developments, even if I’m having … Continue reading
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