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The soundtrack to the gritty, urban, soulful, sexually-free, action-packed, anti-establishment, Grant-Morrison-scripted, teenage-freedom, Michael Bay summer blockbuster that was never made.
Yet.
Fantastic.
But is it Gossip?
Or The Gossip?
What's one of your favorite quotes?
Submitted by Georgie-boy.
"The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas" - Linus Pauling.
It was a special Welsh-themed event, with screenings of vintage Welsh pop TV show "Disc-A-Dawn" preceding the ex-Gorky's Zygotic Mynci member's show.
In a word it was lovely, especially for someone extremely jetlagged. It would be kindest to say that the lyrics were undemanding - but his guitar and banjo playing more than made up for that.
I walked out with the album, and also the Welsh Rare Beat compilation compiled by Gruff Rhys, Andy Votel et al.
Also walked out with a conviction to get back to my schoolboy standard of Welsh-speaking before next St. David's Day...
Many thanks to Russell for turning me on to the event. Cracking stuff.
Along with the estimable Aleks Krotoski of The Guardian, Adrian Hon of MindCandy/PerplexCity and others, I'll be at
"The Convergence Conversations: Game's up - what can other businesses and policy makers learn from online games?".
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - please can you stop using gentle nu-folk songs on all of your advertisements in order to prove how human and approachable you are?
It's not working to disguise the abstract and willfully-complex nature of your service plans, and it's boring.
thanks.
Do you read the Sunday paper? Which one(s)?
The Observer, generally. The weeks when it's the OFM, specifically.
There's something of the apocalyptic preacher about this
"The human race has spent two industrious centuries unearthing the planetary dead and setting them aflame in the sky. There is hell to pay for an affront like that, and it's all ahead of us in this century".
Bruce Sterling on the Viridian List, as quoted by John Thackara on the Doors of Perception mailing list
What are your Superbowl plans? What's your prediction and why?
Submitted by danatmedog.
I'm going to watch Wales Vs Ireland 6 Nations Rugby Match, which doesn't stop every ten seconds for commercials...
Prince sounds good tho'...
