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01.03.08My Week In MediaChallenged by m'colleague Neil to reveal what I've been consuming, media-wise this week, I am delighted to flash my digital hem, as it were, particularly because it affords me the parallel opportunity to apologise for being AWOL since before Christmas. I've been away, you see, and as a result, my media consumption for the past week has been a bit different in many ways to what I might otherwise have consumed. What I read Despite not being in the office (or perhaps because of it), I've enjoyed reading the paper: The Guardian, of course and particularly enjoyed the NYE quiz special edition ...
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09.11.07A guessing gameSo every day on my way home I pass by the Hammersmith Apollo gig venue. And at least one day in three, pretty much, there's a different band (or comedian) on. But I don't actually get to see the front of the Apollo until the bus pulls out of the bus station. So before that, between the tube and the bus, I get to see hoardes of people swarming the underground station, on their way to the gig, or picking up some refreshment (a sandwich and a neon alcopop, usually) from the Tesco Metro before they go in. And as a result, ...
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08.24.07Wholesome / LoathesomeI have a problem. Ever since I caught his live performance of this song at V festival (on the box - I wasn't there), I've had Mika's Grace Kelly song stuck in my head. Except. Somehow, in my head, I've transferred it to be about Ruth Kelly, which makes it into a whole different song...Do I attract you? Do I repulse you with my queasy smile? Am I too dirty? Am I too flirty? Do I like what you like? I could be wholesome I could be loathsome I guess I'm a little bit shy Why don't you like me? Why don't you like me without making me try? I try to be ...
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06.25.07Complete that lyricSo, for the last few weeks, I've had a fragment of a pastiche song lyric floating in my head as I sit idly on the tube, but haven't managed to get any further with it. In the spirit of harnessing our collective wisdom/crowd-sourcing, I thought maybe you might be able to help. The tune: Coldplay's In My Place (video link) The lyrics so far:On MySpace, On MySpace Were contacts I couldn't erase Just get lost Oh yeah Well, I said I hadn't got very far. Over to you.
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06.25.07Oui, je regrette quelque choseI went to see La Môme (La Vie en Rose), the acclaimed Edith Piaf biopic, this weekend. On the positive side: Leading actress Marion Cotillard was very good, managing to not only span four decades but also various physical and mental states during the film. Her approach to the character was embodied, in everything she did, and that made her engaging to watch. The girl sure knows how to lip-synch along to vocal performances. Kudos for that - it's easy to look fake (see Top of The Pops in days gone by for that) but hard to not just match the pace but ...
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06.22.07Feeling Festive?So in 2001, I wrote a post about how you could recreate your very own Glastonbury festival experience in the comfort of your own home. Given that six and a half years have passed, and things have moved on a bit, and in honour of the festival's arrival this weekend, I thought it might be worth looking at updating it again. So, building on the previous post, and without further ado, here's DIY GLASTONBURY 2007 Continue Reading...
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03.13.07You Make Me Feel Like DancingPicture the scene: I'm walking down the street, or sitting on the bus, minding my own business and listening to my iPod, through headphones. Then a song comes on, and I have an almost uncontrollable urge to bust a move, right there, despite the fact that a) no-one else can hear the music b) the song is naff or otherwise cheesy c) I can't dance. Some of the songs that have made me do this recently: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean Starship - We Built This City Mittwa from the film Lagaan Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen Cheb Mami & K Mel - Parisien du Nord Level ...
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02.05.07Musical odditiesI'm sure I've written about this before, but I can't find it on the site, so excuse the duplication. My entrant for worst musical bridge ever? The bit in the middle of Lionel Richie's Say You, Say Me. It's at about 2:50 in this clip: Thing is, SYSM is a plodding, end-of-the-school-disco kind of smoochalong song. It's not very exciting, but then, it's not supposed to be. It only exists to go on romantic soundtrack compilation albums and to provide a backing track for teenage acned fumbling. Except suddenly, nearly three minutes into the croonfest, Richie suddenly decided to insert a segment ...
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01.29.07Tales from the OCD-esque music frontlineThis is where I reveal slightly too much about my OCD-esque tendencies when it comes to music. Although it's been a while - too long - since I had the pleasure, there's something unspeakably pleasing about flicking through a stack of LPs, standing heavy vinyl in their smooth carboard sleeves, succumbing to gravity as they tip past your fingers. I can almost hear the fluhmpf of air escaping as they tumble to rest against each other. A sensual pleasure. And although CDs are rather unloveable in their plasticness and ubiquity, there's something weirdly calming about seeing row upon row of one's own ...
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01.24.07Revolting QueueThe area of London where I live is pretty much the only place in this city where I still see people queueing for the bus. To be honest, that's one of the reasons I like living there. I want to live somewhere where people are courteous and considerate. In fact, I want to live in 1930s small-town England, but that's another story. The other morning, I witnessed near anarchy on the rivertide-lapped streets of south-west London, as the beautiful natural orderliness of things was disturbed by the actions of An Outsider. Burn him! Burn him! When I got to the bus stop, ...
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