I’m so tired from watching TV I have to have a nap

“I’m so tired from watching TV I have to have a nap” Thus spake Philip Chawner, 53, in the Daily Mail inspired newspaper and TV witch-hunt which kicked off in ‘Closer’ magazine.  The ensuing rants from outraged people are predictable but it all just looks like a bit of entrepreneurship from the Chawner family to [...]

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Eleven Men Die and World Sighs with Relief

Taj operation finally over, casualty figure very high – reports NDTV.com Justifiably, the world sighs with relief. Some are glad that the shooting has stopped. Some are glad the killers are dead. Currently, the dead number ~200, the killers, 11.  A ratio of ~9:1 killed per killer. In recent years there seem to have been [...]

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Joe Meek, Captain Beefheart, can’t play music, can’t read music, so what!

In last week’s webcast from Collective Voice (7 Feb 2008), presenter Rory mentioned that Joe Meek, the iconic gay gun-toting creative genius couldn’t read or write music notation or even play an instrument. Yet he somehow made iconic tunes that most people will recognise even if they don’t know who did what. This is the [...]

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