I should be asleep now as it’s 4.18am.
But I’m still buzzing from playing keyboards for Cats On Fire this evening at their Nottingham gig. I only played on three songs but I had tremendous fun and it was an honour to play with one of the best current pop bands around.
Yep, you heard [...]
Archive for July, 2007
The trial of Australian national David Hicks at Guantanamo Bay was a charade that served to corrode the rule of law, Australia’s top legal body has said.
The Law Council of Australia called government support for the US military tribunal process shameful.
In a report on the issue, the council drew a parallel with the case of [...]
A coalition of US military veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is suing the US government.
The class-action lawsuit on behalf of hundreds of thousands of veterans claims they have been denied disability pay and mental health treatment.
The legal case against the US Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) seeks widespread changes in the agency.
It [...]
The second anniversary of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes is to be marked by a ceremony on Sunday.
The Brazilian was shot dead at Stockwell Tube station on 22 July 2005 by police who had mistakenly identified him as a suicide bomber.
On Friday night an image of the Brazilian - accompanied by the words [...]
Phew! I though it’d be dead tonight because of the crappy weather but it was actually quite busy for a bit. And I had loads of requests! Eagle-eyed readers may notice that I even played Au Revoir Simone twice tonight as it was a happy/sad special occasion.
The best new track tonight was ‘Finer Feelings’ by [...]
A doodle what I just did.
Can you tell I didn’t get much sleep?
9 out of 10 Cortinas prefer the flavour of Juicy Fruit
Well, it’s 5.38 and I don’t think I’m going to get any sleep tonight. Er… last night. Yesterday. Today?
I seem to have come over a bit asthma-y wheezy. It’s not bad, just enough to have completely stopped me sleeping. I was dog-tired around 3am but [...]
Laydeez and genitals, may I present the world’s first LOLANT (as far as I’m aware)
Today is…
FLYING ANT DAY!
Flying Ant Day is an informal term for a day on which queen ants emerge from the nest to begin their nuptial flight. In most species, the male ants also fly alongside them, although they are smaller and [...]
You know, every once in a while a hip hop album comes along that makes me happy. I mean really happy. Tonight’s best new track is off such an album: ‘The Know How’ by The Upstarts. ‘Got What It Takes’ melds a deliciously liquid jazz guitar riff over a kickass beat and then… well, the [...]