Maritime. Punch drunk love?
Tonight’s top tune came courtesy of recommendations by both Dan Bennett and Malcy Reveal. It was ‘Some One Has To Die’ by Maritime. This popular beat combo comprises former members of The Promise Ring and The Dismemberment Plan but sounds nothing like either of those bands. Well… a wee bit like TPR [...]
Archive for August, 2004
Thousands of opponents of US President George W Bush have taken to the streets of New York to demonstrate against his foreign and domestic policies.
The protest, which organisers say drew an estimated 250,000 marchers, comes a day before New York hosts the Republican Party convention.
(Source: BBC News)
For those of us who don’t like being ruled [...]
Have you ever looked closely at a strawberry? I mean, really closely? They’re fascinating, the seeds, the dimples they sit in, the pattern on the skin. And the shimmering surface within which you can see little details.
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I swear… it was only a few, procured purely for photographic purposes. Yummy.
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A few more snaps, including a puzzling pavement inscription…
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The other day I met up with Steve and Meg and got a few snaps of them.
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Robert Capa
This week’s pics are dedicated to Robert Capa, who was a self-made man and a brilliant photographer. He was an anti-fascist and leftist, though he rejected recruitment by the Stalinist Communist party in his native Hungary at an early age.
Capa is most famous for his coverage of wars. Even if you don’t think [...]
I watched an excellent documentary about Robert Capa last night. I’ll write more about Capa when I do tonight’s Scream photos but there’s one point that stuck out from the story, recapped here:
In Paris he participated in the beginnings of the agency Alliance Photo and met the journalist and photographer, Gerda Taro. Together they invented [...]
The Good Life. Richard Briers is in the suit
Tonight’s top tune was ‘Lovers Need Lawyers’ by The Good Life. Originally a side project of Cursive bloke Tim Kasher, this band seems to have matured into a wholly different and coherent prospect in their own right. Their new album, ‘Album Of The Year’ is a rip-roaring [...]
For nearly three weeks, a plucky underdog has been fighting a massively more powerful and better equipped enemy.
But you won’t have heard about it like that. Because that enemy is us.
All that time, USK forces have been laying down a barrage on the Iraqi holy city of Najaf. Their opponents? Ordinary Iraqis who reject [...]