“I’m going to make a farm” by El Koala, big hit in Spain at the moment and puts those pretty-boy rock bands in the shade.
Ole, la madre que lo pario…
(Hail the Mother who bore him)
Friday night we joined up with Jane, Joy and entourage for a night of dancing at the Brixton Academy. The night’s highlight was New Zealand Reggae/Soul/Hip-Hop fusion band Fat Freddy’s Drop which I’d never encountered before that night but was willing to give it a try. Not at all bad but there was a bit [...]
For some years now I have become somewhat renowned amongst my friends for my insatiable taste for down-tempo, laid-back chillout music. Indeed an evening at Two Wolves Towers is as good as guaranteed to be set to a score of electro-jazz, house and world music washed down with a few glasses of ice-chilled Sancerre. Its [...]
There has been many column inches dedicated to the subject of falling birth-rates in Europe over the last few months, it seems these days we are too selfish to face the sacrifices required to breed, so this film comes as a timely reminder that in the natural world there are creatures that are prepared to [...]
Seeing as its Sunday today it would seem appropriate to get onto my pedestal and give a sermon about this week’s news that the translation of the gospel according to Judas is soon to be available. Now in my youth I read the bible from cover to cover (OK I skipped Numbers) on more than [...]
Last night we finally got to watch the infamous docu-tainment piece Super Size Me (2004) on television where the intrepid host threatens his long-term health by eating nothing but fast food for a month interspersed with info-mercials on the business practices of the American fast food industry, very much in the style of Bowling for [...]
Over the years Jane Austen’s most popular novel Pride and Prejudice has suffered greatly in the hands of period costume dramas made for TV and equally forgettable movie versions devoid of the humour and astute anthropological observations that the author intended. It was I suppose only a matter of time before someone was eventually going [...]
Now I do realize that some restaurants are just not supposed to be gastronomic Meccas but cater to that simple straightforward requirement that you sometimes have for something more utilitarian and affordable. Affordable is on my agenda these days (very much so) so enticed by the offer of a buy-one-get-one-free offer at the new TGI [...]
The other night we watched the movie “Enemy at the Gates” (Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris), set in war-torn Stalingrad. I would rate it as a good film and worth a watch. If that is you can get past the overwhelming “lovey-ness” of the cast which right from the outset hits you [...]
With the cold-snap in full swing we decided to stay at home and enjoy a movie so we rented “The Chronicles of Riddick”. I didn’t expect anything more than light entertainment from this movie but I was not quite prepared for how truly bad it was. From the rather ropy special effects, the cliche story [...]
We went out last night with some friends to see new movie “Closer” (Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman), based on Patrick Marber’s edgy 1997 stage play. While it does have imperfections I would say that I would mark it as a “Highly recommended” reasonably complex relationship movie. The performances were [...]
Last night we watched “The Pianist” (Roman Polanski). I will admit I was a little cool to the prospect initially as I was not really in the mood for a heavy-weight movie but I was pleasantly surprised by the out-come as I was easily drawn into this excellent movie. Its very well acted, scripted and [...]
