Monthly Archives: June 2009
It Felt Like a Kiss
I’ll be in Manchester this weekend, at the Kraftwerk gig (just had to mention… sorry!) Now I’m also hoping I’ll be able to get tickets for ‘It Felt Like a Kiss’, a show put together by film maker Adam Curtis … Continue reading
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1Q84
Very excited to read today that Haruki Murakami has revealed some of the inspiration for his new book: Murakami has now admitted that he had “long wanted to write a near-past novel similar to George Orwell’s futuristic novel 1984″ Only … Continue reading
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Normal service resumed
In a bar last night, the DJ played Pulp’s Common People and the crowd, a drunken mass of former St Martins sculpture graduates, sang along without a shred of self-awareness to cause them disquiet. I felt like pointing out that … Continue reading
And though you tell me that you love me…
It’s the weekend, at last. The sun is (almost) shining, I’m going out dancing tonight, life can’t be all hate, hate, hate. Time to put it all to one side for 48 hours – click on the link below and … Continue reading
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The Rewrite Squad
So today The Times struck a blow for openness and honesty in public life, with a blistering exposé of… an anonymous detective constable who had been writing an often amusing blog about the trials of modern policing. Blogger ‘NightJack’ had … Continue reading
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Stop being a sap!
Yes, you read that right. Release your inner anarchist in a Sid Vicious meets Agyness Deyn ensemble That sound you can hear is either Sid spinning in his grave or me banging my head against a wall, I’m not sure … Continue reading
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