probably the most underrated band ever

On Monday, I received two DVD’s (’Ascension’) containing 225 minutes from some of the last shows by The Chameleons in San Francisco from October 2002. Great songs, great lyrics, great artwork. Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. PS. Don’t bother commenting that this contravenes rule 3. I know.

June 28, 2006

the crucifixion of Wayne Rooney

On Friday, I saw the massive Rooney crucifixion poster on the westbound M4 in Brentford near the GSK offices. I think the Nike creative is an interesting use of religious imagery. Deliberately provocative but much better than the unimaginative, banal media advertising we normally see in the UK although my wife was heard to mutter ‘Ugly man, ugly face, ugly poster’.

June 26, 2006

the curious case of the missing 'About' page

Collin from that esteemed, well respected publication ‘The Blog Review’ was kind enough to review this humble blog and raised the thorny question of an ‘About’ page. The absence of an ‘About’ page is one of Collin’s pet hates and Lorelle also thinks they are very important. While I agree that background information about the author may be interesting and contact details may be useful for establishing dialog that isn’t suited for comments, I don’t think that the lack of an ‘About’ page is necessarily a habit of an ineffectual blogger. ...

June 21, 2006

Fathers Day

Someone in my family was lucky enough to receive a Sony PSP over the weekend. The Sony PSP is a fun device. The PSP can play music. The PSP can surf the Internet. The PSP can even view photos and DVD’s. The PSP is also pretty good as a games console apparently. The PSP is attractively styled in black although, bizarrely, my model came with a hideous white strap and incongruous white earphones. ...

June 19, 2006

born of frustration

When you are trying to print something in a hurry, there is nothing worse than discovering that your work of art has just been queued behind a monster 764 page document. As you are stood by the printer wondering whether to hang around, return to your desk or to submit the job to that printer on the fifth floor, the printer LED displays ‘Attention: Out of Paper’. Naturally, there is no paper in the print room so you go to the stationery cupboard for more ammunition and load Trays 1, 2 and 5. ...

June 19, 2006