Mostly shite
Is All New Top of the Pops not the most uninspired name they could conceivably have chosen for it? It’s quite suitable in that respect, though. Why do they think that getting some unknown bloke with no discernible talent to present basically the same programme will somehow revitalise the show (see also The Official Chart With Wes)? And why does the ‘all new’ theme tune sound almost identical to the one off the old Chart Show? Still, I liked Kylie’s new song (sounds bizarrely like the Neptunes), and Blazing Squad’s hundreds of identical scally dancers (although I think they may have stolen the idea from the Wu Tang Clan; there’s two bands you never thought you’ld see in the same sentence). What is ‘flip reverse it’ supposed to mean (I know what it sounds like it means, but it can’t possibly, can it?).
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Meatloaf’s flacid cock
So, it looks like Meatloaf is impotent. I guess, in a way, that’s kind of a relief.
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Who we are
Harry’s Place, hang-out of the pro-Dubya left (although not as bad as Oliver Kamm’s repulsive ass-kissing), had a particularly stupid post about the anti-globalisation movement, denouncing it for being ‘nihilistic’, and a big SWP front. It enraged me so much I wrote a comment, which I’m reposting here because I quite like it as a characterisation of (some parts of) the political movement I see myself as part of.
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Fucking English
Ten times as many words as French, and still no equivalent of parole.
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In the biblical sense
I’ve just noticed I’m about to apply for a PhD at a department which runs a course called ‘Ecce Queer: The Future of Queer Theory’. And to think, originally, my reason for applying there was just that I liked their expertise on Spinoza.
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Best description of the Neptunes ever?
“I like it when Jay gets all schmatlzy and maudlin, and they provide his best backdrop for this, like a robotic casino bar band playing pre-programmed Moody Blues covers on an endless loop.� This is from technicolor, the blog of a music journalist from America, which has some good stuff on it. Also, Alistair describes the new Neptunes album as sounding “like a Now album. From the future,� which seems about right to me.
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A rather trivial point
This is really rather obvious, but it hadn’t occoured to me till today. ‘Life for rent’ by Dido is one of those tremendous things which acts as a metaphor for itself. A sort of love song cast in the form of a sustained metaphor about house prices – how could you communicate anything more about Dido?
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I’m surprised it took me so long to notice
How much do Jane’s Addiction sound like Flowered Up? (Hint – the answer is ‘a lot’).
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A joke (from Sarah Brealey)
Tony Blair is at his weekly meeting with The Queen, when he turns round and says:
“As I’m the PM, I’m thinking of changing how the Country is referred to and I’m thinking that it should be a Kingdom.â€?
To which the Queen replies, “I’m sorry Mr Blair, but to be a Kingdom, you have to have a King in charge – and you’re not a King.�
Tony Blair thought a while and then said:
“How about a Principality then?�
To which the Queen replied, “Sorry again, but to be a Principality, you have to be a Prince – and you’re not a Prince, Mr Blair.�
Again, Blair thought long and hard and came up with, “How about an Empire then?�
The Queen, getting a little pissed off by now replied, “Sorry again, Mr Blair, but to be an Empire you must have an Emperor in charge – and you are not an Emperor.�
Before Tony Blair could utter another word, The Queen said: “I think we’re doing quite nicely as a Country.�
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