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On rewatching Battlestar Galactica
Easter. Wanted to travel, but everywhere was too wet, too cold, too dear. And so I am rewatching Battlestar Galactica, Season 1, for the fourth or fifth time. Starbuck: Now, if you were human, you’d be just about ready to … Continue reading
Did I mention I loathed the 90s?
Anyone watch Pop on Trial, the 90′s with Stuart Maconie, Caitlin Moran, Goldie and Paolo Hewitt on BBC 4? Oh. My. God. The. Smug. Goldie’s the only one I didn’t want to throttle. He seemed a lot more interesting than … Continue reading
Bourgeois? Moi?
“A permanent contract? My god, Prol, how bourgeois you’ve become!”, said the actor at the party. Bour-bloody-geois yourself, Mr Double-Income-Two-Kids House-In-Swanky-Part-Of-Town.
She’ll be back
Hotpress announces Sinead O’Connor’s comeback. Pray she keeps it together this time. She’s still feisty: “Religious songs with bad words, that’s the best way I could describe it!” she explained. “Been thinkin’ for years the religious area of music has … Continue reading
On the other side of the river
This one goes out to a friend who’s moving house today. Emigrating, as he calls it, although he won’t be crossing country borders. But the river is wide and the feeling deep. As I write this, he’ll have locked the … Continue reading
Simply, having, a wonderful (pre) Christmas time
Curry score: 2 (Local take-away and the still fabulous Rasa Samudra) Celebrity score: 1 (Tracy Emin @ the ICA) Art score: 3 (Osbourne Samuel gallery, Raphael exhibit at National Gallery, 100 artist see God at the ICA) Sleep score: +/- … Continue reading
They are the magic
“The musical genius of S Club 7 lives on!” – Top of the Pops presenter, 2004. As the man said, god help us all.
It’s the culture war, stupid
This is for those Dutch politicians claiming four more years of the Bush administration is a victory for its policy on the ‘war on terrorism’. BBC: Most important issues. ‘moral issues more important than Iraq’ BBC: 11 states reject gay … Continue reading
Book that holiday, baby, he said
Trying to book a holiday is doing my head in. The idea of going somewhere to do nothing all by myself is frightening in itself. Having to decide where and when is well nigh impossible. I should really learn to … Continue reading
