saviour of the universe… no, that’s Flash. Anyway, went to see Crash – The Film – with Simon. It is amazing. This is a must see film. Deep, moving, at times hard hitting, emotional, real, cutting… the film deals with the issue of racism in LA, with virtually every ethnic angle covered!

The film uses a series of overlapping short stories revolving around key central characters. Go see.

Zach Braff. Now, he’s a genius. By now you know that I love the film Garden State, but also, Scrubs. How funny is Scrubs? Who knows what the heck is going on most of the time, but it appears most nights on my tellybox on C4, E4, E4+1, $4, and provides many many chuckles. Good stuff Zach buddy.

I’m hoping to get along to these… (difficult on a school night though!)

8th Oct – The Go! Team – QMU

12th Oct – Sufjan Stevens – The Venue Oran Mor (with big ScottP)

14th Oct – Ballboy! – Glasgow ABC2

21st Oct – Tom Baxter + Cass – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut

16th Nov – The Decemberists – Glasgow ABC2

17th Nov – The National – King Tuts Wah Wah Hut

27th Nov – The Frames – QMU

Wanna come? Let me know… this list is subject to change as more tours are announced!

If you want to get into some Good New Music then check out these links…

elbo.ws mp3 blog dashboard

sub pop records (always a few here)

pitchfork media – reviews, news, downloads

3hive – sharing the sharing

pure volume – listening to me – allegedly

People post the MP3s for free, but remember if you like the artist buy the music, this gives them money with which they can buy berries and honey. When an artist eats this magical combination they can then make more music… and the cycle continues…

Not that great Monty Python sketch… but Spam Art. That’s right. Art into Spam, or Spam into Art maybe!

This has been blatantly plagiarised from Gareth:

“Bush: One of the worst disasters to hit the U.S.”

Do you suppose that Michael Moore was on work-experience in the Sky offices that day?

… i’m in an ethnic minority.

Check out this article.

the need for… ah Top Gun… the need for Gary Speed. How Wales have missed him. Often the unsung hero, working away in the boiler room, midfield engine, solid full back, weighing in with some mighty headed goals…
Walking through the Hampden Crowd the other day, there was an air of disappointment after Scotland only managed a 1-1 draw with the supposedly mighty Italy. Our expectations on these isles are always high. We lost 1-0 at home to our local rivals, but the gulf in squad and FIFA rankings (although who believes those?) surely alludes to an easy away win.
Wales and Scotland, realistically, are both diddy teams, but we always place great expectations on their shoulders. Wales has only a handful of professional teams. We just happen to be neighbours with one of the best leagues in the world, so our fortunate our players can play there. We are a small country, ranked 83rd, not that those rankings account for much – Haiti are challenging us strongly at 87th! So, realistically, with no professional league, a population who play many other sports, we shouldn’t be that good…
But when we played Italy at home, we beat them 2-1. Since that day hopes soared. Unfortunately we never had the same starting 11 throughout that campaign. Now we are rebuilding looking towards 2008. We were good in 2004. Before that we were good in 1994. A missed penalty cruelly denying us a trip to the USA. Let’s hope it’s not 2014 before we are good again…

Wales Line Up v Italy 16-10-2002
Paul Jones
Mark Delaney
Gary Speed
Andy Melville
Danny Gabbidon
Mark Pembridge
Robbie Savage
Craig Bellamy
John Hartson
Simon Davies
Ryan Giggs

Currently listening to and trying to get into…

The Decemberists – Picaresque
The Arcade Fire – Funeral

The Raveonettes – Pretty in Black
The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema

I ordered two books from amazon. Wow. Well, that’s not strictly true. I ordered two books through amazon, from other sellers as they were way cheaper and had faster estimated delivery times. Although I had placed many orders from amazon before, their marketplace was new to me. I was a little worried, although I don’t know why, but the orders came very quickly and at a fraction of the high street price. Books for school, interesting if you are interested! Full of bright ideas this one… (does exactly what it says on the tin)