I was quietly impressed by the request of the Deep Purple lead sing Ian Gillan to fans exhorting not to buy a recently re-released live recording of the band performing at the Birmingham NEC in 1993 because it was a bit shit. He could just as easily have let Sony to continue to sell the CD and raked in the royalties but he asked fans not to bother because it was just before the band split and was extremely ropey. On top of that, Sony BMG apparently didn't tell him they were planning to re-release it (which probably miffed him a bit) and it has...
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Posted by Captain Flymo on 11:51 pm with No comments
I have just spent the evening helping a friend paint his new flat to cover the years of vile colours and second hand fag smoke. Can someone tell me why it is when using a paint roller that you roll and roll and roll until absolutely no more paint will come out but if you then go to wash out the damn thing several spare gallons will magically appear from it necessitating what seem to be several hours of washing out?Anyway, I am going to Ireland for the weekend (family do - how very thrilling. I am going to miss all the 6 Nations rugby AND going...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Posted by Captain Flymo on 7:36 pm with No comments
I first heard of Nick Drake some years ago whilst listening to a cover CD from Mixmag (August 2001 issue, if you're interested), which was part of a series called The Bedroom Sessions. Essentially, these CD's were mixes done by various artists from the world of dance which comprised a selection of their influences and this particular one covered the British house/pop crossover outfit Faithless. There were a number of worthy old-skool hard hitters such as Nu Yorican Soul, Dillinger and A Man Called Adam, some contemporaries like Bent and MJ Cole,...
Monday, February 19, 2007
Posted by Captain Flymo on 9:11 pm with No comments
There's been a lot of fuss about size zero models recently (well, American size zero - thats a UK size four but I suppose that doesn't sound as good in a headline) and the organisers of the Madrid Fashion Week banned size zero (or unhealthily thin at any rate) models from their catwalks last year and this year's Milan fashion week is seeing many fewer size zero models. About time too. These really skinny models just look hideous. Why starve yourself to a medically unsafe weight when all it does is make you look like a crack head who's one bong...
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Posted by Captain Flymo on 11:34 pm with No comments
You know, sometimes I think about the possibility of an asteroid hitting earth and killing us all (cue any number of disaster movies) and I conclude that we're pretty much doomed should a near earth object (NEO) end up being so near that it's touching us in a quite terminal way. But fear not! The Association of Space Explorers (no, really) has come up with a proposal to create a plan (organised by the UN, an outfit who would struggle to sit on a toilet the right way round) to save us in the event of a giant asteroid heading our way.I feel so much...
Posted by Captain Flymo on 9:21 pm with No comments
Ever wondered exactly what the difference is between science and religion? Well, here it is in flowchart form. Don't you just love dog...
Posted by Captain Flymo on 11:49 am with No comments
I'm going to go all geeky on you for a minute or two. If you aren't even remotely interested in technology, then look away now.An article in Slashdot caught my eye claiming that in the past five years, server power consumption in th US has doubled. At first, I thought they meant each server had doubled it's usage but it seems that what they mean is that overall consumption by servers in the US has risen from 0.6% of consumed electricity in 2000 to 1.2% in 2005. This is attributed to all sorts of things including the rise of the Blade centre. But,...
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Posted by Captain Flymo on 9:17 pm with No comments
Last week, I was overcome by a strange and irresistible urge to go for a run. Now, this was odd on more than one front. For a start, I'm a bit of a lard bag if I'm being honest. Obviously, running would be a good thing to help shift some of that flab which would be doubly handy as I seem to have agreed to take part in a 12 hour mountain bike XC enduro race (as part of a team of 8) at this years Bristol Bike Fest. So being a chubber is not, in itself, a problem although the reason I am currently carrying some excess pie, as my mate Chris who's from...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Posted by Captain Flymo on 7:31 pm with No comments
The abomination formerly know as 'Dr' Gillian McKeith has been told by the Advertising Standards Agency here in the UK that she must stop using the title Dr as it is misleading. Brilliant! Common sense prevails!For those of you not in the know, this hideous woman (apparently referred to in medical circles as 'The Awful Poo Lady' - all will become clear) has made a very large pile of cash punting alleged health foods, potions, lotions and powders along side lucrative book and TV deals. Just how much of the health food products are snake oil is probably...
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Posted by Captain Flymo on 11:09 pm with No comments
Well not really. This is just filler until I write something worthwhile (playing a poker tournament or two tomorrow so you never know I must just rant about that). OK Go, one of my current top listens, are getting a rep for minimalist but inventive self-directed videos for their songs and this one (for the single Invincible) is no exception. You may well have seen the others as they did the rounds last year (they're on Youtube and I highly recommend taking a peek if you haven't seen the...
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