Author Archives: adrian
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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Libby Purves on internet child porn
Despite being a guitarist and occasional Who fan, I’m keeping fairly quiet about the whole Pete Townshend thing. I don’t know the facts any more than the tabloid press do, and while I hope Townshend is innocent, it’s perfectly possibly … Continue reading
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The world’s weekly trip to Sainsbury’s
Last week the Guardian ran an article in its Weekend magazine about the weekly food consumption of families in different parts of the world. For each of the families featured (in Mongolia, Mali, Turkey, USA, Japan, Bhutan, Cuba and Bosnia) … Continue reading
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Unusual productivity for the new year
I don’t know whether it’s the new year feeling, the unseasonably (for London) snowfall or just some freak alignment between Mercury, Jupiter and my anus (obChildishJoke for astronomers there) but I seem to be starting 2003 in a froth of … Continue reading
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A new chapter…
Activity here should get a little more regular from now on. I started this site (or rather, its predecessor) back in 1998, but it was really just the standard “My Home Page” type of thing with the added novelty of … Continue reading
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Malta
Been out of the online loop, so to speak, for a while… including a week and a half’s holiday in Malta. Now, I might write a proper entry at some point, but the brief summary is… Fascinating history Cheerful, friendly … Continue reading
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Christmas on Mars
Whoo! From the Flaming Lips website, the news of Wayne Coyne’s debut as a film director, Christmas on Mars, which he describes as… Maybe ‘Eraserhead’ or ‘Dead Man’ crossed with some kind of fantasy and space aspects, like ‘The Wizard … Continue reading
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