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am i still ill? Archive for November, 2005
November 29, 2005 at 09:10 · Filed under Entertainment
Serial money-grabber and general grifter Mike Joyce is at it again..
Ex-Smiths drummer Joyce appeared on BBC Radio 6 (6Music) last night, plugging the fact that he was selling rare Smiths paraphernalia on eBay.
Obviously not content with receiving 25% of Smiths royalties since 1996 and a £1million lump sum for doing absolutely nothing creatively when the band existed, he’s quite obviously in a spot of money trouble again since he is still proving that he is totally talentless, with the failure of another new band.
There are some very rare items up for sale, but, who would want to buy them when they have the signature of a greedy traitor on them?
eBay seller: riseupandkill (on behalf of Mike Joyce)
November 28, 2005 at 18:14 · Filed under Moblog, Personal
No internet connection tonight, some little vagrant bastards decided to take it upon themselves to set the NTL junction box at the end of my street on fire so cable broadband and telephone are out.
Luckily we have Sky satellite TV else I’d be totally screwed.
The NTL engineers are working on it right now though, so hopefully won’t be too long before it’s all back.
November 28, 2005 at 12:03 · Filed under Moblog, Personal, Technology
I saw this in a quirky little store in Ashbourne and knew I had to have it.
The geek in me prevails once again.
November 26, 2005 at 19:03 · Filed under Moblog, Personal
We’re in the Peak District this weekend, expect a post on Monday.
We’re staying at the Boars Head hotel just for a relaxing break before the Christmas rush starts.
The picture that you see is of the sunset as we were driving the car back from Bakewell to the hotel after spending the day there, nice little town. Country life is so different to city life.
November 24, 2005 at 13:24 · Filed under Comment, News
Well, today is the day. Judgement day, if you will.
Today is the day that society begins a fast descent into unmitigated decline.
Don’t expect anybody to turn up to work tomorrow.
Doctors, Nurses, Politicians or Bus Drivers, all will resign their posts in favour of being at the pub.
Or so the Daily Mail would have you think.
Yes, that’s right, as of today, we, as Brits can buy booze any time of day or night.
Pubs & Clubs, licenses permitting, can open longer, some even 24-hours if they like.
Selected supermarkets, mainly Tesco, which already have large amounts of 24-hour stores, will be able to sell you a bottle of whatever tickles your fancy at any time.
I for one will welcome the change in the law.
So much so that I and my friends will be out tonight celebrating the fact we can now drink with less barriers to overcome, actually being able to go out on a weekday night without being forcibly removed from our seats by burly bouncers at 11pm sharp will be a welcome change.
Contrary to popular belief, there are people out there, many people in fact that enjoy a drink, like to go out and do not cause trouble.
I have been drinking in Cardiff city centre no less than two nights a week for almost 5 years now.
In that time, I have never had to speak to a police officer1, never been in a fight, never robbed anybody, not stolen a car, not even indecently exposed myself.
OK, I’ve been a little loud at times. But who cares when you’re walking down a street that is 100% shops and thus, there is nobody there to hear you?
I stand firm. The new licensing act is a very good idea and, as with anything, it is the minority that spoil it.
1Except for one time that my mate Ricky & I got stopped and searched by the police whilst walking home from a house party, simply for the fact that ‘two guys walking down a street at 5:30am is a bit odd’
November 23, 2005 at 15:24 · Filed under Moblog
The new video to the new James Blount single, ‘Goodbye my lover’ today got its premier, exclusively to mobile phone users. Customers of the 3UK network, like me, can download and watch the new video, starring ‘The OC’ actress Mischa Barton, before anybody else.
I do like the album but am never really bothered with music videos. I’m definitely not an MTV watcher and do not agree with the phrase ‘Video killed the radio star’ at all, but I did feel some sort of need to get this, being the techophile that I am.
It really does go to show how mobile phones play such an important role these days, not too long ago no record company would even think about giving premiers to anybody other than national radio & tv stations.
Could this be a sign of things to come? Perhaps a first look at a Speilberg blockbuster on our 176×208 screens? Who knows.
Also, please do not correct my spelling of his name.
James Blunt’s real name is actually Blount, I just refuse to use the name given to somebody by asshole record company executives for them to appear more ‘PR friendly’. See the wikipedia for confirmation.
November 22, 2005 at 12:41 · Filed under Uncategorised
It’s about that time of year again.
Nevermind the switching on the town christmas lights, the coming of cold weather and the savage hunt to find the hat and gloves that have invariably been pushed as far to the back of the cupboard as possible.
You can tell because it’s time for Starbucks to break out their red, snowflake emblazened cups and fill them with Coffee and a substance that, although I have very little idea of what it is, is damn addictive.
Albeit rather sickly, it is still highly addictive.
I am of course talking about the infamous ‘Eggnog Latte’
It’s a phenomenon like the ‘Strawberries & Cream’ drink that they used to bundle out every summer, before it became a permanent menu item, nobody knows where it comes from, but when it’s time, it comes. Almost as if it just knows.
Yum.
November 22, 2005 at 09:55 · Filed under Uncategorised
From Morrissey-Solo.com
An anonymous person writes:
Whilst reading the free MEN light newpaper this Thursday i was shocked and ashamed to discover that David Cameron (possibly the next Tory leader) is a self proclaimed Smiths Fan.
The paper was asking both David Cameron and David Davis what they knew about Manchester and where they have been. Cameron stated that he had been to Salford, so he could go and pose outside Salford Lads club!
Can this be true? Or just more political propoganda?
It has to be said though, Cameron has been putting himself out there as the ‘younger, hipper’ candidate, compared to his rival that dinosaur David Davis.
Here are some other examples;
While being interviewed on London’s community radio station, Life FM, Cameron was urged to “put a shout out” to listeners, the Old Etonian hesitated for a moment before replying: “This is a great project, this is a great community, keep backing it, keep it real”.
also
Mr Cameron - the self-styled “change candidate” - admitted, during quickfire questions on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, that he liked “boxers”.
Also, after some Google-digging, I have found that Mr Cameron is a company director of hip bar chain, Tiger Tiger, watering hole of the stars and uber-rich. (Which also has recently opened a branch here in Cardiff)
Disclaimer:
I would like to say that, no matter how ‘young, hip and cool’ David Cameron is, or is trying to portray himself, I still do not condone the Conservative party or any of their policies. In fact, the ideals of the Tory party are the complete opposite from my own. I’m a Liberal Democrat. In case you didn’t already know.
November 20, 2005 at 14:44 · Filed under Moblog
This is my first moblog post. I have Wordpress setup now so that I can simply send a picture message to a prior specified email address and it get published straight to my blog, no more middle men (ie. Flickr), it’s all ‘in-house’. The joys of having my own server 
The picture is of Laura and Vikki, taken in Liverpool when we went up for my birthday weekend two weeks ago.
November 17, 2005 at 10:27 · Filed under Uncategorised
The title of the new Morrissey album, to be released in 2006 and the tracklisting has been released.
True-to-you.net, website of the great Morrissey fanzine are reporting that it is to be called ‘Ringleader of the tormentors’. Usually, if True-to-you say it, then it is so. Plus, both .com and .co.uk domains for the title have been registered by Sanctuary Group, Morrissey’s record company.
The tracklisting is also apparently to be as follows;
1. “I Will See You In Far-off Places”
2. “Dear God Please Help Me”
3. “You Have Killed Me”
4. “The Youngest Was The Most Loved”
5. “In The Future When All’s Well”
6. “The Father Who Must Be Killed”
7. “Life Is A Pigsty”
8. “I’ll Never Be Anybody’s Hero Now”
9. “On The Streets I Ran”
10. “To Me You Are A Work Of Art”
11. “I Just Want To See The Boy Happy”
12. “At Last I Am Born”
I just cannot wait, after the masterpiece that was ‘You are the quarry’, this new record will hopefully be similarly enthralling.
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