July 2004
severed hand
‘If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller’ by Italo Calvino How well I would write if I were not here! If between the white page and the writing of words and stories that take shape and disappear without anyone’s ever writing them there were not interposed that uncomfortable partition which is my person! Style, taste, …
brutalised
I deserve a slap. I missed this one first time round. Tonight, via City Comforts, through to John Udell and then finally on to Keith Pleas, I’ve found a great article on the much talked about Seattle library by Rem Koolhaas. Keith Pleas is a software architect. By making comparisons with an enthusiastic Seattle Times …
Grandad
We have a winner! James gets in first with a combination of vague memories and Google. The text in question is the lyrics to Grandad – the #1 hit from 1971 sung by Clive Dunn. For reasons I’m not prepared to explain, it popped up via the Winamp shuffle button at work this morning and …
Now it’s in my mind?
Ten points to the first person who can tell me the source of the following poetry. I’ve been sitting here all day thinking Same old thing ten years away thinking Now my days are gone, memories linger on Thoughts of when I was boy Pennyfarthings on the street riding Motorcars were funny things, frightning Bow …
route
just found the source of this Vonnegut article – via biroco, via cloud23 back to In These Times.
horse play
Somebody should warn all the Shire horses across the world – they’re about to get sued.
Summertime love
Alright!
request denied
I’m not allowed to request the Sex Shop Boys because it’s only just been played – I’ve gone for Boys by Sabrina instead. Can’t wait.
radio purgatory
Mistyped URLs often provide sublime discoveries. Searching for something different to listen to here at the office this morning, I suggested that we try Radio Paradise – a site that my father-in-law recently suggested to me. I passed on the address incorrectly and we ended up at Paradise Radio – ‘The Legends Of Italo-Disco And …