Strangely Perfect

I Wish I Was a Girl – by The Pink Fairies Wem Copycat, Wem Copycat, Wem Copycat Ironic or what? Oh I tripped down the street in my fashion, Arousing Ladies passion, But they misunderstand my eyes, They don’t know that I’m just after their guys. The instrumental and vocal bit after the verse above [...]

Many moons ago I read the short story with the above title. Although not one of Pohl’s best works, it has nevertheless left an obviously lasting impression on me. Written in the mid-fifties, it’s a future tale of consumerism gone mad. In the tale, it’s illegal not to consume as much as possible.  The hero [...]

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 [...]

Apocalyptica featuring Till Lindemann: Helden Since I first heard this version, it won’t leave my head, which means for me, as a lingering tune, it fully deserves the soubriquet, “Strangely Perfect”. I don’t care if no-one agrees with me as music is something that is perceived in an individual’s mind, at one point in time.  [...]

As part of my (recent!) continuing mission to question all politically motivated acts based on scientific data, I’ve decided to check up whether the boffins are right or if Mayor Ray Nagin is pulling a fast one, or even if it’s a knee-jerk over-reaction following the public cock-up that was Katrina. New Orleans residents flee [...]

In an unequivocal demonstration that the world really is warming up, an ice wall in South America has broken in winter, for the first time ever.  This means that for all of human history in that part of the world, this has never, ever happened before!  Think about it – never, ever. So each time [...]

After the recent evacuative pleasure I had after eating several serious amounts of short-grain brown rice, I was reminded of something I saved to my hard drive a while ago that I got from the web. So I  thought I’d share the anally comic missive below with everyone.  I don’t claim it’s a work of [...]

Extra information about the final years of Crawling Chaos when visiting the White Elephant in Ashington last weekend

Well Holly be Damned! I’ve a fantastic tape to work through using my new Denon DRM-540. There are fantastic live versions of heaps of Chaos mostly as very original variations of a common theme. There’s an LP’s worth and the best thing is that all the tracks just roll off… I’d really forgotten how very, [...]

I’d just like to state that in my opinion that the above statement is absolutely true and totally undebatable.    In fact I’ll continue by saying that the whole she-bang is the biggest form of rip-off since Ronnie Biggs sold himself to punk. Is it bad?                  Yes Why is this bad?      Because beneath it’s bland exterior, [...]

10/07/2007: I’ve found that Holly is on myspace here as Mr Symptom. He’s reworked the Trouty Hobin keeping my keyboard riff but removing his original guitar work and called “the punk trout”. Different vocals are just as daft though. Neat. the punk trout Compare and contrast with original Trouty Hobin