Blindsided

More minimalistic brilliance from Bon Iver.

Unusual Buildings (4)

What about this low environmental impact house in Wales? From the website “You are looking at pictures of a house I built for our family in Wales. It was built by myself and my father in law with help from passers by and visiting friends. 4 months after starting we were moved in and cosy. [...]

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Lay Off Jacqui!

Can we criticise her husband’s viewing of a couple of porn movies at the taxpayers’ expense? The poor man must be under terrible pressure being not only a  full time paid assistant but also a husband to a woman who could be at her, ahem, second residence so much of the time. And of course [...]

Wayne’s World

Aw naw. It seems that when one tabloid saga ends, as sure as the Sun rises and its reflection glints in the Mirror another one comes along. Apparently Wayne Rooney’s missus is expecting a wean. One can only imagine the swathes of trees which will fall victim to the amount of column inches that this [...]

The Life of Brian

This is possibly my favourite film of all time. I remember seeing it for the first time at a cinema in Edgeware Rd. London as a midnight movie not long after its release. Whilst sometimes Mony Python’s TV series could be a little hot and cold, the films were brilliant. I noticed yesterday that Sue [...]

It’s a Dog’s Life

As I blog this morning I have this strange sensation of being watched.

Ruritania and Greater Ruritania

What a hoo hah we had this week with Broon, in the middle of the deepest economic crisis since records began, suddenly deflecting focus by drawing attention to The Royal Family. It’s always a safe bet to distract media interest away from the real issues isn’t it? The general opinion seems to be that the [...]

Dog Day

When I went to work this morning I had a vague notion that I might go to the Scottish SPCA Animal Rescue Centre at Milton. I thought I might see what dogs were there. This wasn’t of course to get a dog today, absolutely not – just to have a look then sensibly go and [...]

Mike Scott

Here he is with one of my all time favourite songs “Bring ‘em all in”. If I live long enough to have a funeral, I’d like this song played at it. It is simply superb. The vid also includes the almost as good Every Breath is Yours.