September 2011
4 posts
August 2011
3 posts
“It is out of all proportion to its surroundings. On the Tate Modern bridge the...”
– The Shard is a broken society’s towering achievement | Jonathan Jones
But isn’t the point that in 20 years’ time, it inevitably will sit within a city of towers?
“Now once more the belt is tight and we summon the proper expression of horror as...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
2 posts
“After all the self-serving, morally selective posturing we’ve heard from...”
– William Saletan
“When “Germany’s first hiking trail for nudists” opened on May...”
– Hike Naked: Germany Opens New Nude-Friendly Nature Trails - TIME
You know what? I kinda want to go to there.
May 2011
4 posts
April 2011
1 post
“Moviegoers around the world headed to “Rio” for the weekend.
The 3D...”
– Yahoo News
Doesn’t anyone go see films with real people in any more?
March 2011
3 posts
the noise it makes →
thenoiseitmakes:
I go around with a Zoom H4n recording machine, recording everything. My main thing is trying to capture the remembered but otherwise lost performances of the great musicians I see.
With bootleg recording you want as much sound as possible to go straight into the mikes without bouncing off…
The marvellous ajdehany’s new bootleg blog. Go see.
February 2011
9 posts
WatchThese people are (a) my friends and (b) amazing.
January 2011
3 posts
December 2010
2 posts
“I politely requested a GAY SCREENER. The agents smiled (as did I), and said...”
– Tom at LAX
November 2010
4 posts
“Thank you for registering with CNET UK.
As part of your membership, you are...”
– You mean those newsletters I expressly said I didn’t want to subscribe to when I registered?
October 2010
2 posts
“Geeks are—by most definitions—obsessive. Sure, there are garden-variety geeks...”
– Gizmodo’s Joel Johnson gets thoughtful about Geeks Versus Hipsters
September 2010
2 posts
Listen
August 2010
10 posts
Synonyms For Churlish: An open letter to the... →
Dear Sir/Madam,
For a moment there, you were my hero. The previously lacklustre self-promotion that littered your feed was briefly enlivened, albeit with the word ‘cunt’. You, our National Theatre (which, according to my friend Hannah, only put on its first female playwright a few short years…
It is possible I know to whom this is referring.
““Sufeeyan” Skyler Starsky Stevens is an extensive alliteration and...”
– Uncyclopedia. Ever reliable.
“that the ban off the push for a full 20 record I have blocked the main the Avrat...”
– The comments on Facebook blog posts aren’t getting better.