Friday, 20 November 2009

Monday, 16 November 2009

Word of the day



(Gar-mon-bo-zee-a); (def) pain and sorrow. Origin of word comes from the Black Lodge.

Saturday, 14 November 2009

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Paul Van Ryan - Find The Right Preacher (video)



Paul Van Ryan (often Paul Ryan) is a singer/songwriter/guitarist (and formerly of the quite awesome Circle3 - RIP) from Leamington Spa, UK, who's done a lot for me over the years, and the least I can do is shamelessly plug his considerable talents.

The last time I saw him was ridiculously long ago, and his debut solo album 'Man Of The Pee-Pole' (tongue-in-cheek title is complete with ridiculously unsubtle cover art) was only a couple of months old. A particular standout on the album was 'Find The Right Preacher', a stark acoustic piece that looks at religion and its followers. Paul planned to re-record it and make an accompanying video, and that is what he did, which I've only just come across. The new version is just astonishing. It comes out as a single on the 23rd of this month, and will be available from iTunes, so you don't have any excuses.

WARNING: Some adult content.



www.paulvanryan.com
www.myspace.com/paulvanryan

Saturday, 7 November 2009

RobinPlaysChords self-promotion post #?

http://www.purevolume.com/robinplayschords

For the free 'Paper Skies LP' download and new song 'No Worries'. There really is something there for everyone - with the possible exception of the extreme metal community. (Because I once was forced to listen to Mayhem and that shit was just WRONG.)

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Fennesz + Grouper + Natural Snow Buildings - St. Giles-in-the-Fields Church, London, 03/11/09

mog.com/RobinPlaysChords/blog/1570899

France's Europe minister accuses Tories of 'bizarre autism' on EU

guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/04/france-autistic-tories-castrated-uk

As someone with Aspergers syndrome, I'm not particularly pleased to see the term 'autistic' used in such a context (or being put upon such an anemic political entity as the Conservative party of the United Kingdom), but Lellouche's rant (for lack of a better term) may stick. With Hannan and Helmer jumping ship off the front bench, Cameron's not exactly in the rosiest position for a forthcoming Murdoch-leader-elect.