Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been hearing a lot of accusations and assertions about the causes and responses to the floods which have deluged our little island. What I find most interesting is the continual references to Climate Change which has replaced the 19th century caveat of Act of God which broadly translates [...]
I am a self-confessed news-junkie, consistently fascinated by what’s going-on around the globe. So with the rise of RSS news feeds this seems like an ideal panacea for my kind of addiction however I was unable to find the sort of thing I was looking for. Yes there’s Google desktop and Yahoo widgets but most [...]
American Man
European Man
OK ladies, which would you prefer to wake-up next to?
To all those who have been having problems lately trying to leave comments a sincere apology. This was due to software upgrades by my hosting company which left my spam-checker inoperable. I spent some time over the weekend upgrading my wordpress and all associated scripts and you should have no more problems from now on.
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Gioconda’s Smile by Manos Hadjidakis (Produced by Quincy Jones)
Some years ago I spent some time living in mainland Greece working as a teacher and maintain some very fond memories of the country and its people. One such vivid memory is the music of Manos Hadjidakis who is particularly famous for his score for Never on [...]
I was standing at the end of the platform listening to my MP3 player with my nose in the evening paper when over over the sounds of light jazz I became aware of shouting at the other end of the platform. As I glanced over the top of my paper I noticed a young black [...]
I’m currently trying to watch the “Live Earth” concert on my [carbon obscene] plasma TV, however I can’t hear the bands very well as its being drowned out by the constant noise of passing helicopters leaving the Battersea London Heliport. The helicopters started at about 08:30 this morning as they shuttled limousine passengers hither and [...]
My wife has been complaining that the music I put on her MP3 enabled mobile phone was too chilled for her workouts down the gym, she loves my taste in music generally but found that it really didn’t help her focus on her exercise program.
Being a wild-child of the ’90s House scene she likes her [...]
