A delight to start reading the Hitchhikers’ Gude books again, this time on the iPad. One question hovers like a threatening cloud everyone is desperate to ignore; will I read the sixth book in the trilogy, written by another author long after Douglas Adams’ death?
I don’t believe I’ve ever liked a song with a key change in the middle, and I’m not going to start now.
Matt Cardle’s version of ‘Many of Horror’ looks set to be this year’s damp blanket over the festive fire of goodness and mercy which should rightly dominate the end of the year. I’m sure he’s a nice guy, and he probably doesn’t have a say in any of this, so good luck to him for the future. But certain things need to be said…
Yes, ‘Many of Horror’ is the title of a very reasonable song by Scottish band Biffy Clyro, so why rename it to ‘When we Collide’? Actually we can all guess why, but who has the right to do such a thing? Biffy Clyro, some might argue.
Which is really the point. An artist who writes and records a song deserves better than this. Matt Cardle deserves better than this, too.
And we deserve better than being treated like idiots who can’t remember a title unless it’s in the chorus and need the artificial ‘lift’ of a key change.
Me, I’m going to use ‘Cage Against the Machine’ as my ringtone. That’ll show ‘em.
Is Welsh for tired, which is what I could be if I thought about it. This year has seen me re-record and remaster my 10CD Welsh course Cadw Swn. The audio downloads are now in the store, with just a few CDs to organize in the new year. Click here if you’re interested.
Storyboarding my first game in nearly 20 years. Too many ideas.
I must feel like George Harrison after leaving the Beatles; he had so much material he released the boxed set ‘All Things Must Pass’.
… isn’t what it used to be.
A long-running list of things I’ve seen in my lifetime now includes:
microwave ovens/personal computers/mobile phones/color televisions/drive-by shootings/brainwave entrainment/digital entertainment format wars/infinite possibilities/reality tv/laminate flooring conventions/blogs/the birth of disco/the death of disco/satellite tv/.coms/talentless television talent contests/recycling attendants/flat-screen televisions/5-blade razors/boredom-on-demand
Our decisions can be seen in our brains up to 10 seconds before we are consciously aware of them.
So says the work of John-Dylan Haynes, reported in the Online Wall Street Journal here.
We can play around with the same mediocrities in our entertainments or we can strive for something truly transformational. If we choose the former we’ll be forgotten in the blink of an eye.Topius, the Velveteen Fish
This will be an uncanny week for you and your friends.
Beware of large biscuits
Lucky number 31074321227653426781113
Lucky foodstuff – mink
Scandal – the Wiresnapper
A small egg in your jacket pocket will save your life this week.
Eat more fish.
Lucky timeslot – 1943
Fester, the war criminal
Be kind to small mammals this week. Next month may see an exiting change in your eating habits.
Lucky color – red
Lucky animal – tomato
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
William Blake