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This Volkswagen commercial combines ‘Lost in Translation’-type images with Richard Burton’s evocative reading of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood. Gorgeous. (via Vanderzande.com).

I’m not that keen on motorcars in general, but I do keep telling people that driving through cities at night and London in particular is one of my favourite things in the whole wide world.

See also www.night-driving.com.

One more video from The Police’s concert in the Amsterdam ArenA. I was all set to video the whole song… and then I hit the wrong button, so I missed the first few bars. I know it looks like I was miles away from the stage, but I was in the – huge – front enclosure.

Setlist:
Message In A Bottle
Synchronicity II
Walking On The Moon
Voices Inside My Head
When The World Is Running Down
Don’t Stand So Close To Me
Driven To Tears
Truth Hits Everybody
Hole In My Life
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Invisible Sun
Walking In Your Footsteps
Can’t Stand Losing You
Roxanne
Encore:
King Of Pain
So Lonely
Every Breath You Take
Next To You

The Police are great at jazzing up their songs. Not something I’m terribly keen on, but  I enjoyed the night out with friends. The sound was ok for Amsterdam’s ArenA standards. Sting wore skinny pants, his legs like matchsticks. Tantric me arse. Andy yawned a bit one point. He always sounds off key in his solos. Stewart Copeland’s still very, very good. And looks like mathowie. The crowd was old like me. 50 quid bloke cloned x 50,000. I enjoyed the night out, but the music didn’t move me, nor transport me back to my young years in any way.

Performing ‘Love is a losing game’ at the Mercury Awards.

Yeah, it’s from Popbitch. Lazy post.

Youth pastor’s slip of the tongue.

Here’s one for the weekend. Enjoy.

Knut’s a young Polar Bear in Berlin’s zoo. He was born a twin in December 2006, but his brother died 4 days old. Knut is being mothered by a zookeeper.

Nine minute (so it fits on youtube?) director’s cut, starring Scarlet J.