I’ve just got the email full of “Tommy Cooper” jokes for the (approximately) millionth time. They are great jokes and Tommy Cooper was a comedy genius, but unfortunately the jokes weren’t written or performed by him. They are actually written by another great British comic called Tim Vine. Whilst there are certain upsides in having… Continue reading Correct Attribution
Month: April 2003
Labyrinth
Doing the whole Bowie completist thing means that you have to buy some pretty dodgy CDs. A prime example is the Labyrinth soundtrack that I picked up on Ebay last week. I expected that I’d play it once to check that it was undamaged and then file it away forever, but I reckoned without the… Continue reading Labyrinth
Vinyl Fetish
There’s an interesting article in today’s Guardian about a group who are proposing a new music chart which would take account of internet downloads. One throwaway line caught my attention. The author mentions that 7″ vinyl is a thing of the past. I hadn’t really thought about it before but that’s probably true. You don’t… Continue reading Vinyl Fetish
Religious Beliefs
I did the Belief-O-Matic test to work out what religion I should be (got the link from pne). Quite surprising results. Non-thesist came in only 7th (with a 70% match). It was interesting to read about other “religions” who matched my beliefs closely. Most of my close matches (obviously) don’t insist on a belief in… Continue reading Religious Beliefs
Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army (again)
I went to see Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army. It’s an incredibly moving film and well worth seeing. Unfortunately it’s unlikely to get a general cinema release so if you weren’t at the Bloomsbury Theatre over the last couple of days then you might not be able to. Actually, in the Q&A afterwards it… Continue reading Jeremy Hardy vs The Israeli Army (again)
“Holly is the new Buffy”
Abysmal UK tabloid The Daily Star ran a story today saying that “actress” and “singer” Holly Vallance will be taking over the part of Buffy from Sarah Michelle Gellar in the next season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s unfortunately not on their web site, but their sister paper The Daily Record is running a… Continue reading “Holly is the new Buffy”
David Bowie
I’m trying to complete my collection of David Bowie CDs. This isn’t as simple as you might think. In 1990/91 most of Bowie’s albums (from Space Oddity to Tin Machine) were re-released with extra tracks. These are generally singles and B-sides which were released at the same time as the album in question and many… Continue reading David Bowie
New Toy
We bought a new widescreen TV. It’s a Panasonic TX28DK1 if anyone’s interested in such details. There’s one feature that I’m very impressed by. That’s its intelligent picture resizing algorithm. By looking at the amount of of black screen around the picture it calculates whether the transmission is in 16:9, 14:9 or 4:3 and adjusts… Continue reading New Toy
Religious Festivals
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve no objections at all to a four-day weekend. I just wish we could give it some label doesn’t link it with 2000 year old superstitions.
Saving Private Gellar
Whilst I’m a big fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I’ve never really been a fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar. She’s not the strongest actor in the cast and I’ve read interviews with her where she says stuff that I really can’t agree with. She often comes across as a bit of a bimbo. And… Continue reading Saving Private Gellar