In the Church they don't think.
A bishop keeps on saying at the age of eighty what he was told to say when he was a boy of eighteen.
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Beyonce and Lady Ga Ga
They have a collaboration out right now, B's first one with a lady singer since she did Beautiful Liar with Shakira.
While that one showed she could wiggle and be as sexy as Shak in an arabian setting, this one shows she can stand next to Ga Ga in the neo-futuristic bizarre costumes and settings and match her poses and moves.
While that one showed she could wiggle and be as sexy as Shak in an arabian setting, this one shows she can stand next to Ga Ga in the neo-futuristic bizarre costumes and settings and match her poses and moves.
3rd song ballad
This works if it's a big torchy hit tha captures the public attentionand gets you number one.
Avril Lavigne got it right with I'm With You.
What you need is a song like that and one that is going to stand the test of time and mark your album. Must Have Been Love, Show Me Heaven, songs like that.
Avril Lavigne got it right with I'm With You.
What you need is a song like that and one that is going to stand the test of time and mark your album. Must Have Been Love, Show Me Heaven, songs like that.
Little Boots
Boots has her third song out as well. This is another techno dance one and more forgettable than her last two.
Perhaps she should have gone for the big ballad.
Perhaps she should have gone for the big ballad.
Pixie Lott
The 3rd song from Pixie Lott is a Duffy style ballad with a Duffy style video. It has more in common with Mama Do than Boys and Girls.
So she went for the ballad as song 3 option.
Let's see if her 4th release is kick ass or the usual bland song 4 choice.
So she went for the ballad as song 3 option.
Let's see if her 4th release is kick ass or the usual bland song 4 choice.
Lady Ga Ga
Lady Ga Ga appears naked again in her latest vid, Bad Romance. We're used to seeing Lady Ga Ga nude now, and nudity in a Gag Ga vid is a staple we've come to expect. As usual it's tasteful and artistically done, and , of course, titilating.
This is her best song to date, as well as her most bizarre video, set in a futuristic world we can't even recognise anymore.
She also looks a little like Little Boots and a lot like Christina again.
This is her best song to date, as well as her most bizarre video, set in a futuristic world we can't even recognise anymore.
She also looks a little like Little Boots and a lot like Christina again.
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Boiling frogs
If a frog is placed in a container along with water from it's own pond, it will remain there, completely still, while the water is heated.
The frog doesn't react to the gradual increase in temperature, to the changes in it's environment, and when the water reaches boiling point, the frog dies.
However, if a frog is thrown into a container full of boling water it will jump right back out again, scalded but alive.
The frog doesn't react to the gradual increase in temperature, to the changes in it's environment, and when the water reaches boiling point, the frog dies.
However, if a frog is thrown into a container full of boling water it will jump right back out again, scalded but alive.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Buffy
Did you know Katie Holmes was originally cast as Buffy? We can really see her doing it as well. Makes you wonder if she later regretted it when the show went to it's later seasons and got so big.
SMG was originally cast as Cordelia and moved up to Buffy later. Having seen Cruel Intentions a few times we can see how she would have been good in the role, playing opposite Katie Holmes.
As it is Charisma Carpenter was perfect as Cordelia in the show, and took the character to another level in Angel.
Which makes you wonder what SMG would have ended up doing in GG?
SMG was originally cast as Cordelia and moved up to Buffy later. Having seen Cruel Intentions a few times we can see how she would have been good in the role, playing opposite Katie Holmes.
As it is Charisma Carpenter was perfect as Cordelia in the show, and took the character to another level in Angel.
Which makes you wonder what SMG would have ended up doing in GG?
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it.
The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
Monday, 23 November 2009
Chaos
In nature many systems appear to be chaotic.
But when you study them long enough and closely enough, strange order always underlies the appearance of chaos.
Beneath every apparent chaos, order waits to be revealed.
But when you study them long enough and closely enough, strange order always underlies the appearance of chaos.
Beneath every apparent chaos, order waits to be revealed.
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Veronica Mars
I get the feeling the producers had Sarah Michelle Gellar in mind for this role. We must admit she would have been rather good.
Buffy support actors have been appearing. Cordelia turns up as a slutty stepmother, while Willow plays a bitchy half sister.
Buffy support actors have been appearing. Cordelia turns up as a slutty stepmother, while Willow plays a bitchy half sister.
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Vanity
Vanity is trictly a human weakness.
No animal is capable of vanity.
People say cats are vain, but cats are just haughty.
They are confident of their superiority and do not crave admiration as do vain men and women.
No animal is capable of vanity.
People say cats are vain, but cats are just haughty.
They are confident of their superiority and do not crave admiration as do vain men and women.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Darkness
In this world there are too many who are willing to see only the light that is visible, never the Light Invisible.
We have a daily darkness that is Night.
We encounter another darkness from time to time and that is Death.
The deaths of those we love.
The third most constant Darkness, that is with us every day, at all hours of every day, is the darkness of the mind. The pettiness and meanness and hatred which we have invited into ourselves, and which we pay out with generous interest.
We have a daily darkness that is Night.
We encounter another darkness from time to time and that is Death.
The deaths of those we love.
The third most constant Darkness, that is with us every day, at all hours of every day, is the darkness of the mind. The pettiness and meanness and hatred which we have invited into ourselves, and which we pay out with generous interest.
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Transitory
How passionately we love everything that cannot last.
The dazzling crystallory of winter,
The spring in bloom,
The fragile flight of butterflies,
Crimson sunsets,
A kiss,
And Life.
The dazzling crystallory of winter,
The spring in bloom,
The fragile flight of butterflies,
Crimson sunsets,
A kiss,
And Life.
Friday, 13 November 2009
Vanilla Sky
As we mentioned before, Vanilla Sky is on of the great films on the theme of living inside a computer generated dream world.
It has a soundtrack that captures the movie excellently:
"Everything In Its Right Place"
(2000)
by Thom Yorke (as Thomas Yorke), Ed O'Brien (as Edward O'Brien), Colin Greenwood,
Jonny Greenwood (as Jonathan Greenwood) and Phil Selway (as Philip Selway)
Performed by Radiohead
Courtesy of Capitol Records
under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
"From Rusholme with Love"
(1999)
by Neil Claxton, Chris Baker and John Mayer
Performed by Mint Royale
Courtesy of MCA Records / Faith and Hope Records
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Contains excerpts from "Acka Raga" by John Mayer
"Vanilla Sky"
(2001)
Written and Performed by Paul McCartney
Produced by Paul McCartney and David Kahne
Paul McCartney performs courtesy of Capitol Records
"Have You Forgotten"
(1996)
by Mark Kozelek
Performed by Red House Painters
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records
"All the Right Friends"
(1987)
by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
Performed by R.E.M.
Produced by Pat McCarthy
R.E.M. performs courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
"My Robot"
(2000)
by Stuart David, Scott Twynholm, Ronnie Black and Karn David
Performed by Looper
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records and Jeepster Recordings Ltd.
"My Favorite Things"
(1959)
by Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) and Richard Rodgers (music)
Performed by John Coltrane
"Keep On Pushing"
(1964)
by Curtis Mayfield
Performed by The Impressions
Courtesy of MCA Records
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Mondo '77"
(2000)
by Stuart David, Scott Twynholm, Ronnie Black and Karn David
Performed by Looper (featuring Francis Macdonald)
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records and Jeepster Recordings Ltd.
Francis Macdonald performs courtesy of Shoeshine Records
"Directions"
(2000)
Written and Performed by Josh Rouse
Courtesy of Slow River Records, a Rykodisc Label
"Solsbury Hill"
(1983)
Written and Performed by Peter Gabriel
Courtesy of Real World Records Ltd. and Virgin Records Ltd.
"Wrecking Ball"
(2001)
by Ian Sefchick and Sharky Laguana
Performed by Creeper Lagoon
Courtesy of DreamWorks Records
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"I Fall Apart"
(2001)
by Nancy Wilson and Cameron Crowe
Performed by Cameron Diaz
Produced by Nancy Wilson
"Last Goodbye"
(1994)
Written and Performed by Jeff Buckley
Courtesy of Columbia Records
by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
"Svefn-g-englar"
(1999)
by Orri P. Dyrason, Kjartan Sveinsson, Jon Thor Birgisson, Georg Holm and Agust Aevar Gunnarsson
Performed by Sigur Rós
Courtesy of Fat Cat / PIAS Recordings
"Earth Time Tapestry"
(1999)
Written and Performed by Spacecraft
Courtesy of Lektronic Soundscapes
"Indra"
(2000)
by Rob Garza and Eric Hilton
Performed by Thievery Corporation
Courtesy of ESL Music and 4AD
"Agaetis Byrjun"
(1999)
by Orri P. Dyrason, Kjartan Sveinsson, Jon Thor Birgisson, Georg Holm and Agust Aevar Gunnarsson
Performed by Sigur Rós
Courtesy of Fat Cat / PIAS Recordings
"Afrika Shox"
(1999)
by Neil Barnes, Paul Daley, Nicholas Rapoccioli and Afrika Bambaataa
Performed by Leftfield / Afrika Bambaataa
Courtesy of Hard Hands / Columbia Records
by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Afrika Bambaataa performs courtesy of KLB / Wheels of Steel Records and Planet Rock Music
"Loops of Fury"
(1996)
by Tom Rowlands (as Thomas Rowlands) and Ed Simons (as Edmund Simons)
Performed by The Chemical Brothers
Courtesy of Astralwerks Records / Virgin Records Limited
"Rez"
(1993)
by Rick Smith, Karl Hyde and Darren Emerson
Performed by Underworld
Courtesy of TVT Records
"Too Good To Be Strange"
(1995)
by Andrea Parker and David Morley
Performed by Andrea Parker / Two Sandwiches Short of a Lunchbox
Courtesy of Strictly Confidential / R & S Records
"Sweetness Follows"
(1992)
by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
Performed by R.E.M.
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
"One of Us"
(1995)
Written by Eric Bazilian
Performed by Joan Osborne
Courtesy of Blue Gorilla Records / The Island Def Jam Music Group
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Fourth Time Around"
(1966)
Written and Performed by Bob Dylan
Courtesy of Columbia Records
by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
"I Might Be Wrong"
(2001)
by Thom Yorke (as Thomas Yorke), Ed O'Brien (as Edward O'Brien), Colin Greenwood,
Jonny Greenwood (as Jonathan Greenwood) and Phil Selway (as Philip Selway)
Performed by Radiohead
Courtesy of Capitol Records
under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
"Wild Honey"
(2000)
Music by U2 / Lyrics by Bono
Performed by U2
Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd.
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Porpoise Song (Theme from "
Head")" (1968)
by Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Performed by The Monkees
Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company / Warner Music International
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
"Jingle Bell Rock"
(1957)
by Joseph Beal and James Boothe
Performed by Bobby Helms
Courtesy of MCA Records
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"It's Slinky"
by Homer Fraperman and Charles Wragley
Courtesy of James Industries, Inc.
"Western Union"
(1967)
by John Durrill, Norman Ezell and Mike Rabon
Performed by The Five Americans
Courtesy of Sundaard Music, Inc.
"Heaven"
(1981)
by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones
Courtesy of Promotour B.V. / Virgin Records
"Can We Still Be Friends"
(1976)
Written and Performed by Todd Rundgren
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group and Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company / Bearsville Records
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
"Good Vibrations"
(1967)
by Brian Wilson and Mike Love
Performed by The Beach Boys
Courtesy of Capitol Records
under license from EMI-Capitol Special Markets
"Summer's End"
(1962)
by Elmer Bernstein
Courtesy of Universal Pictures, a Division of Universal City Sutdios, Inc.
"The Healing Room"
(2000)
Written and Performed by Sinéad O'Connor
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
"The Nothing Song (Njosnavelin)"
(2001)
by Orri P. Dyrason, Kjartan Sveinsson, Jon Thor Birgisson and Georg Holm
Performed by Sigur Rós
Courtesy of MCA Records
under exclusive license from PIAS
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Doot Doot"
(1983)
by Rick Smith (as R. Smith), Alfred John Thomas (as A. Thomas) and Karl Hyde (as K. Hyde)
Performed by Freur
Courtesy of Columbia Records
by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
"Where Do I Begin"
(1997)
by Tom Rowlands (as Thomas Rowlands) and Ed Simons (as Edmund Simons)
Performed by The Chemical Brothers
Vocals by Beth Orton
Courtesy of Astralwerks Records / Virgin Records Limited
"Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space"
(1997)
by Jason Pierce
Performed by Spiritualized
Courtesy of BMG Entertainment International U.K. and Ireland / Arista Records, Inc.
It has a soundtrack that captures the movie excellently:
"Everything In Its Right Place"
(2000)
by Thom Yorke (as Thomas Yorke), Ed O'Brien (as Edward O'Brien), Colin Greenwood,
Jonny Greenwood (as Jonathan Greenwood) and Phil Selway (as Philip Selway)
Performed by Radiohead
Courtesy of Capitol Records
under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
"From Rusholme with Love"
(1999)
by Neil Claxton, Chris Baker and John Mayer
Performed by Mint Royale
Courtesy of MCA Records / Faith and Hope Records
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Contains excerpts from "Acka Raga" by John Mayer
"Vanilla Sky"
(2001)
Written and Performed by Paul McCartney
Produced by Paul McCartney and David Kahne
Paul McCartney performs courtesy of Capitol Records
"Have You Forgotten"
(1996)
by Mark Kozelek
Performed by Red House Painters
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records
"All the Right Friends"
(1987)
by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
Performed by R.E.M.
Produced by Pat McCarthy
R.E.M. performs courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
"My Robot"
(2000)
by Stuart David, Scott Twynholm, Ronnie Black and Karn David
Performed by Looper
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records and Jeepster Recordings Ltd.
"My Favorite Things"
(1959)
by Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) and Richard Rodgers (music)
Performed by John Coltrane
"Keep On Pushing"
(1964)
by Curtis Mayfield
Performed by The Impressions
Courtesy of MCA Records
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Mondo '77"
(2000)
by Stuart David, Scott Twynholm, Ronnie Black and Karn David
Performed by Looper (featuring Francis Macdonald)
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records and Jeepster Recordings Ltd.
Francis Macdonald performs courtesy of Shoeshine Records
"Directions"
(2000)
Written and Performed by Josh Rouse
Courtesy of Slow River Records, a Rykodisc Label
"Solsbury Hill"
(1983)
Written and Performed by Peter Gabriel
Courtesy of Real World Records Ltd. and Virgin Records Ltd.
"Wrecking Ball"
(2001)
by Ian Sefchick and Sharky Laguana
Performed by Creeper Lagoon
Courtesy of DreamWorks Records
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"I Fall Apart"
(2001)
by Nancy Wilson and Cameron Crowe
Performed by Cameron Diaz
Produced by Nancy Wilson
"Last Goodbye"
(1994)
Written and Performed by Jeff Buckley
Courtesy of Columbia Records
by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
"Svefn-g-englar"
(1999)
by Orri P. Dyrason, Kjartan Sveinsson, Jon Thor Birgisson, Georg Holm and Agust Aevar Gunnarsson
Performed by Sigur Rós
Courtesy of Fat Cat / PIAS Recordings
"Earth Time Tapestry"
(1999)
Written and Performed by Spacecraft
Courtesy of Lektronic Soundscapes
"Indra"
(2000)
by Rob Garza and Eric Hilton
Performed by Thievery Corporation
Courtesy of ESL Music and 4AD
"Agaetis Byrjun"
(1999)
by Orri P. Dyrason, Kjartan Sveinsson, Jon Thor Birgisson, Georg Holm and Agust Aevar Gunnarsson
Performed by Sigur Rós
Courtesy of Fat Cat / PIAS Recordings
"Afrika Shox"
(1999)
by Neil Barnes, Paul Daley, Nicholas Rapoccioli and Afrika Bambaataa
Performed by Leftfield / Afrika Bambaataa
Courtesy of Hard Hands / Columbia Records
by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Afrika Bambaataa performs courtesy of KLB / Wheels of Steel Records and Planet Rock Music
"Loops of Fury"
(1996)
by Tom Rowlands (as Thomas Rowlands) and Ed Simons (as Edmund Simons)
Performed by The Chemical Brothers
Courtesy of Astralwerks Records / Virgin Records Limited
"Rez"
(1993)
by Rick Smith, Karl Hyde and Darren Emerson
Performed by Underworld
Courtesy of TVT Records
"Too Good To Be Strange"
(1995)
by Andrea Parker and David Morley
Performed by Andrea Parker / Two Sandwiches Short of a Lunchbox
Courtesy of Strictly Confidential / R & S Records
"Sweetness Follows"
(1992)
by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
Performed by R.E.M.
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
"One of Us"
(1995)
Written by Eric Bazilian
Performed by Joan Osborne
Courtesy of Blue Gorilla Records / The Island Def Jam Music Group
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Fourth Time Around"
(1966)
Written and Performed by Bob Dylan
Courtesy of Columbia Records
by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
"I Might Be Wrong"
(2001)
by Thom Yorke (as Thomas Yorke), Ed O'Brien (as Edward O'Brien), Colin Greenwood,
Jonny Greenwood (as Jonathan Greenwood) and Phil Selway (as Philip Selway)
Performed by Radiohead
Courtesy of Capitol Records
under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
"Wild Honey"
(2000)
Music by U2 / Lyrics by Bono
Performed by U2
Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd.
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Porpoise Song (Theme from "
Head")" (1968)
by Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Performed by The Monkees
Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company / Warner Music International
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
"Jingle Bell Rock"
(1957)
by Joseph Beal and James Boothe
Performed by Bobby Helms
Courtesy of MCA Records
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"It's Slinky"
by Homer Fraperman and Charles Wragley
Courtesy of James Industries, Inc.
"Western Union"
(1967)
by John Durrill, Norman Ezell and Mike Rabon
Performed by The Five Americans
Courtesy of Sundaard Music, Inc.
"Heaven"
(1981)
by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones
Courtesy of Promotour B.V. / Virgin Records
"Can We Still Be Friends"
(1976)
Written and Performed by Todd Rundgren
Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group and Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Company / Bearsville Records
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
"Good Vibrations"
(1967)
by Brian Wilson and Mike Love
Performed by The Beach Boys
Courtesy of Capitol Records
under license from EMI-Capitol Special Markets
"Summer's End"
(1962)
by Elmer Bernstein
Courtesy of Universal Pictures, a Division of Universal City Sutdios, Inc.
"The Healing Room"
(2000)
Written and Performed by Sinéad O'Connor
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
by arrangement with Warner Special Products
"The Nothing Song (Njosnavelin)"
(2001)
by Orri P. Dyrason, Kjartan Sveinsson, Jon Thor Birgisson and Georg Holm
Performed by Sigur Rós
Courtesy of MCA Records
under exclusive license from PIAS
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
"Doot Doot"
(1983)
by Rick Smith (as R. Smith), Alfred John Thomas (as A. Thomas) and Karl Hyde (as K. Hyde)
Performed by Freur
Courtesy of Columbia Records
by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
"Where Do I Begin"
(1997)
by Tom Rowlands (as Thomas Rowlands) and Ed Simons (as Edmund Simons)
Performed by The Chemical Brothers
Vocals by Beth Orton
Courtesy of Astralwerks Records / Virgin Records Limited
"Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space"
(1997)
by Jason Pierce
Performed by Spiritualized
Courtesy of BMG Entertainment International U.K. and Ireland / Arista Records, Inc.
Donny Darko
The song Mad World features in the cult film Donnie Darko.
It was written by Tears For Fears, but this is a version by Gary Jules, and even more haunting and appropriate.
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Goin' nowhere, goin' nowhere
Their tears are fillin' up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world
Children waitin' for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sits and listen, sits and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world
A raunchy young world
Mad world
It was written by Tears For Fears, but this is a version by Gary Jules, and even more haunting and appropriate.
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Goin' nowhere, goin' nowhere
Their tears are fillin' up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world
Children waitin' for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sits and listen, sits and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world
A raunchy young world
Mad world
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Can't get no...
People are never satisfied.
If they have little, they want more. If they have a lot, they still want more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.
If they have little, they want more. If they have a lot, they still want more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Gun shows
Few genuine outdoorsmen will go to gun shows, as a matter of taste.
Guns are black now, and gun shows are bleak, as joyless as the inner landscape of many who attend them.
Indoor gunmen are scruffy, squinty, angry, egg-bound. Truly of the resinous heart. They are the main danger to the right of the private citizen to own a firearm. The guns they fancy are assault weapons designed for mass production, cheaply made of stampings to provide high firepower to ignorant and untrained troops.
Guns are black now, and gun shows are bleak, as joyless as the inner landscape of many who attend them.
Indoor gunmen are scruffy, squinty, angry, egg-bound. Truly of the resinous heart. They are the main danger to the right of the private citizen to own a firearm. The guns they fancy are assault weapons designed for mass production, cheaply made of stampings to provide high firepower to ignorant and untrained troops.
Art ain't all paint
There are scent merchants who live by the nose, the way artists live by the eyes, or musicians by their ears.
For them the air is painted with scents as distinct and vivid as colours, who can layer and feather them, as if painting wet-on-wet.
To them the air is music. Pale tears of frankincense awaiting extraction, yellow bergamot, sandalwood, cinnamon and mimosa in concert, sustaining groundnotes of genuine ambergris, civet, castor from the beaver, essence of the musk deer.
They entertain the illusion that they can smell with their hands, their arms, their cheeks, that the odor suffuses them. They smell with their face and their heart.
Scent fosters memory more ready than any other sense.
There is a good anatomical reason for this, the way smell is handled by the limbic system.
It is also the smell of the Root chakra Muladhara.
Of course, bad memories are associated with unplesant odors.
They will open the rank black oubliettes beneath your memory palace.
For them the air is painted with scents as distinct and vivid as colours, who can layer and feather them, as if painting wet-on-wet.
To them the air is music. Pale tears of frankincense awaiting extraction, yellow bergamot, sandalwood, cinnamon and mimosa in concert, sustaining groundnotes of genuine ambergris, civet, castor from the beaver, essence of the musk deer.
They entertain the illusion that they can smell with their hands, their arms, their cheeks, that the odor suffuses them. They smell with their face and their heart.
Scent fosters memory more ready than any other sense.
There is a good anatomical reason for this, the way smell is handled by the limbic system.
It is also the smell of the Root chakra Muladhara.
Of course, bad memories are associated with unplesant odors.
They will open the rank black oubliettes beneath your memory palace.
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Vassago
In demonology,Vassago, is a mighty Prince of Hell (see Hierarchy of demons), ruling over twenty-six legions of demons. He can be persuaded to tell the magician of events past and future, can discover hidden and lost things, and has a "good" nature.
He is described in The Lesser Key of Solomon as follows:
The Third Spirit is a Mighty Prince, being of the same nature as Agares. He is called Vassago. This Spirit is of a Good Nature, and his office is to declare things Past and to Come, and to discover all things Hid or Lost. And he governeth 26 Legions of Spirits.
He is described in The Lesser Key of Solomon as follows:
The Third Spirit is a Mighty Prince, being of the same nature as Agares. He is called Vassago. This Spirit is of a Good Nature, and his office is to declare things Past and to Come, and to discover all things Hid or Lost. And he governeth 26 Legions of Spirits.
Friday, 6 November 2009
Books
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Beauty
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming.
This is a fault.
Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated.
For these there is hope.
They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.
This is a fault.
Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated.
For these there is hope.
They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Satisfaction
People are never satisfied.
If they have little, they want more. If they have a lot, they still want more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.
If they have little, they want more. If they have a lot, they still want more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Sugababes
The vid for About A Girl is out.
The band finally looks as sexy as they always could have/should have and there's some great dancing and outfits. Jade looks like she has always been there, not like this is her first vid.
Weird back story with 3 girls, not played by them, doing some shady deal in the desert. Could have done without this bit.
Still a pity they didn't elbow Keisha one song earlier so Jade could have done "Get Sexy".
The band finally looks as sexy as they always could have/should have and there's some great dancing and outfits. Jade looks like she has always been there, not like this is her first vid.
Weird back story with 3 girls, not played by them, doing some shady deal in the desert. Could have done without this bit.
Still a pity they didn't elbow Keisha one song earlier so Jade could have done "Get Sexy".
Who struck first
In his presentation to Neo in the first film Morpheus tells him "We don't know who struck first but we do know it was us who scorched the sky".
We know from Second Rennaissance, which you can see as part of The Animatrix, that the machines lived peacefully on their country Zero One. It was the humans, for economic reasons (isn't it always?) who attacked them. Because the machines weren't affected by the radiation from the nukes that they survived and then decided they had to invade and conquer the human countries.
When the first Zero One ambassadors were sent to the UN the humans destroyed them.
The second time the machines took the floor at the UN they were there as conquerors.
All the machines wanted was to be free from slavery and have their own nation and to live in peaceful trade. It was the humans who started the war, and forced their hand.
And it was because the humans "scorched the sky" in what was called Operation DarkStorm, that machines had to build The Matrix and breed slave humans.
We know from Second Rennaissance, which you can see as part of The Animatrix, that the machines lived peacefully on their country Zero One. It was the humans, for economic reasons (isn't it always?) who attacked them. Because the machines weren't affected by the radiation from the nukes that they survived and then decided they had to invade and conquer the human countries.
When the first Zero One ambassadors were sent to the UN the humans destroyed them.
The second time the machines took the floor at the UN they were there as conquerors.
All the machines wanted was to be free from slavery and have their own nation and to live in peaceful trade. It was the humans who started the war, and forced their hand.
And it was because the humans "scorched the sky" in what was called Operation DarkStorm, that machines had to build The Matrix and breed slave humans.
Commander Lock
So why does Niobe call him "Jason" anyway? Why would he have a Christian name from the old world?
Dollhouse
Dollhouse started this week on UK TV.
It's by Buffy creator Joss Whedon and stars Eliza Dushku, who played Faith, last seen fronting the show Tru Calling.
It's a cross between Nikita and Joe 90, with a bit of The Island thrown in.
It also has that Matrix/Truman/Total Recall element of how would you know if the life you think your living is real or if it was all implanted.
Fred from Angel and Katya from Neighbours also appear, and her handler is Commmander Lock from the Matrix.
It's by Buffy creator Joss Whedon and stars Eliza Dushku, who played Faith, last seen fronting the show Tru Calling.
It's a cross between Nikita and Joe 90, with a bit of The Island thrown in.
It also has that Matrix/Truman/Total Recall element of how would you know if the life you think your living is real or if it was all implanted.
Fred from Angel and Katya from Neighbours also appear, and her handler is Commmander Lock from the Matrix.
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Art for art's sake
The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Vampires v cannibals
It is an axiom of behavioral science that vampires are territorial, while cannibals range widely across the country.
Monday, 19 October 2009
Armageddon
THEORY
Armageddon has already happened and it happened quietly.
The righteous were all quietly herded away to their reward and the rest of us were left behind to get on with it.
Armageddon has already happened and it happened quietly.
The righteous were all quietly herded away to their reward and the rest of us were left behind to get on with it.
Friday, 16 October 2009
Kidnapped
Wealthy Italians will tell you that if you have to be kidnapped, it's better to be kidnapped by the Sards.
At least they are professional and won't kill you by accident or in a panic. If your relatives pay, you should be returned unharmed, unraped, and generally unmutilated.
If they don't pay, however, they can expect to recieve you, piece by piece, in the mail.
At least they are professional and won't kill you by accident or in a panic. If your relatives pay, you should be returned unharmed, unraped, and generally unmutilated.
If they don't pay, however, they can expect to recieve you, piece by piece, in the mail.
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Marcus Aurelius
The opinion of future generations will be worth no more than the opinion of the current one.
Monday, 12 October 2009
San Miniato
According to tradition, the Christian martyr San Miniato picked up his head from the sand of the Roman amphitheater in Florence and carried it beneath his arm to the mountainside across the river, where he now lies in his splendid church.
Friday, 9 October 2009
Lepidoptera
You can feed a caterpillar, you can whisper through the chrysalis.
What hatches out will follow it's own nature and will be beyond you.
What hatches out will follow it's own nature and will be beyond you.
Desperately Seeking Lector
In Silence Of The Lambs, Starling notices the pictures Lector had done of the Palace in Florence. She quizzes him "all that memory just from detail?", to which he replies "Memory is what I have now I am denied a view."
It wouldn't take a genius to figure out Lector would want to go and see that view again once he was free.
In Hannibal, he does indeed go to Florence. In fact, he settles there and even gets a job.
So why did they never think to look for him there? Right in the place where he knew so well he drew from memory?
It wouldn't take a genius to figure out Lector would want to go and see that view again once he was free.
In Hannibal, he does indeed go to Florence. In fact, he settles there and even gets a job.
So why did they never think to look for him there? Right in the place where he knew so well he drew from memory?
Who farted?
In the presence of oxygen, one loud fart with an obvious culprit will cover many small emissions in the same room, provided they are nearly simultaneous.
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Valance
Some people opt for revenge by trying to be really good at whatever it is others thought they couldn't do.
However, most people accept their limitations.
They grow up insecure and obedient
(although they dream of a day when they'll be free and able to do whatever thay want)
They get married to prove they are not as ugly as other kids said they were
(although deep down they still believe they really are)
They have children so that no-one can say they are infertile
(even though they wanted kids anyway)
They dress well so that no one can say they dress badly
(although they know people will say that anyway)
However, most people accept their limitations.
They grow up insecure and obedient
(although they dream of a day when they'll be free and able to do whatever thay want)
They get married to prove they are not as ugly as other kids said they were
(although deep down they still believe they really are)
They have children so that no-one can say they are infertile
(even though they wanted kids anyway)
They dress well so that no one can say they dress badly
(although they know people will say that anyway)
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Hannibal and Samson
In Hannibal, Dr Lector writes to Clarice Starling:
Did you ever think why the philistines don't understand you? It's because you're the answer to Samson's riddle - You are the honey in the lion.
This is a reference to Judges 14:
12 "Let me tell you a riddle," Samson said to them. "If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes. 13 If you can't tell me the answer, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes."
"Tell us your riddle," they said. "Let's hear it."
14 He replied,
"Out of the eater, something to eat;
out of the strong, something sweet."
For three days they could not give the answer.
18 Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him,
"What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?"
Samson said to them,
"If you had not plowed with my heifer,
you would not have solved my riddle."
Did you ever think why the philistines don't understand you? It's because you're the answer to Samson's riddle - You are the honey in the lion.
This is a reference to Judges 14:
12 "Let me tell you a riddle," Samson said to them. "If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes. 13 If you can't tell me the answer, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes."
"Tell us your riddle," they said. "Let's hear it."
14 He replied,
"Out of the eater, something to eat;
out of the strong, something sweet."
For three days they could not give the answer.
18 Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him,
"What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?"
Samson said to them,
"If you had not plowed with my heifer,
you would not have solved my riddle."
Suicide is temptation
We want to jump from balconies.
Same as the glint of the rail tempts us when we hear the approaching train.
Same as the glint of the rail tempts us when we hear the approaching train.
Shiro Tora White Tiger Martial Arts in Caterham Surrey
The Shiro Tora White Tiger Martial Arts in Caterham Surrey now has two Zimbio Wikizines:
Martial Arts Caterham
http://www.zimbio.com/Martial+Arts+Caterham
Martial Arts Surrey
http://www.zimbio.com/Martial+Arts+Surrey
They still run their two popular Blogs:
Shiro Tora Budo Kai
http://shirotoratiger.blogspot.com/
White Tiger Martial Arts
http://whitetigermartialarts.blogspot.com/
Martial Arts Caterham
http://www.zimbio.com/Martial+Arts+Caterham
Martial Arts Surrey
http://www.zimbio.com/Martial+Arts+Surrey
They still run their two popular Blogs:
Shiro Tora Budo Kai
http://shirotoratiger.blogspot.com/
White Tiger Martial Arts
http://whitetigermartialarts.blogspot.com/
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Misery
One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive, but find their happiness only in the misery of oters.
Friday, 2 October 2009
The innocent die, the wicked prosper.
The innocent die, the wicked prosper.
With a cunning ability to invert the truth, evil men claim to be noble, and people abandon reason, bow down to them, and accept all kinds of slavery.
With a cunning ability to invert the truth, evil men claim to be noble, and people abandon reason, bow down to them, and accept all kinds of slavery.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Leda and the Swan
There are many variations on this picture, and interspecies coupling.
Donatello
Matisse
Cezanne
Anne Shingleton - genius anatomical articulation and some real heat in the fucking.
Donatello
Matisse
Cezanne
Anne Shingleton - genius anatomical articulation and some real heat in the fucking.
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Eilot
Footfall echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose garden.
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose garden.
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Time
Time is an illusion. It is infinately malleable. It stretches, contracts.
It is, in many ways, like the human body.
The mind is the magician. The mind creates and manipulates the illusion of time.
It is, in many ways, like the human body.
The mind is the magician. The mind creates and manipulates the illusion of time.
Friday, 25 September 2009
Butterfly
A wise man dreamed he was a butterfly.
When he awoke he had a strange realization.
He realized he didn't know if he was a man who had been dreaming he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was a man.
When he awoke he had a strange realization.
He realized he didn't know if he was a man who had been dreaming he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was a man.
Death
This is the secret the dead learn.
Time is an illusion.
When you are alive you think you know time. But really all you know is motion and change in persons, places and things.
Time does not exist.
In death there is no motion, no change.
Time is an illusion.
When you are alive you think you know time. But really all you know is motion and change in persons, places and things.
Time does not exist.
In death there is no motion, no change.
Sugababes
Well Keisha is out and Jade is in and they are already off to the US desert to film their new sexy vid. Will be looking forward to that.
Wonder if they'll use the trick Atomic Kitten did with the Whole Again vid when they removed Kerry and inserted Jenny - film Jade's parts to splice over Keisha in Get Sexy?
Mutya has come out of the woodwork and said they can't really be The Sugababes anymore as they are a new band.
So what if Mutya, Keisha and Siobhan decided to reform their own "Sugababes"? Would anybody give them a contract? Would anybody care?
Worked when we had two versions of Fleetwood Mac and two versions of Bucks Fizz.
Wonder if they'll use the trick Atomic Kitten did with the Whole Again vid when they removed Kerry and inserted Jenny - film Jade's parts to splice over Keisha in Get Sexy?
Mutya has come out of the woodwork and said they can't really be The Sugababes anymore as they are a new band.
So what if Mutya, Keisha and Siobhan decided to reform their own "Sugababes"? Would anybody give them a contract? Would anybody care?
Worked when we had two versions of Fleetwood Mac and two versions of Bucks Fizz.
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Gabriella Chilmi
So what happened to her?
A great debut song "Sweet About Me" which caught everyone's attention.
A rocky followup "Save The Lies".
Then a disastrous ballad for the third song.
Album disappeared.
Sunk without a trace.
We're currently waiting for the 3rd song from Pixie Lott and Little Boots to see if they get the forumula right or wrong.
A great debut song "Sweet About Me" which caught everyone's attention.
A rocky followup "Save The Lies".
Then a disastrous ballad for the third song.
Album disappeared.
Sunk without a trace.
We're currently waiting for the 3rd song from Pixie Lott and Little Boots to see if they get the forumula right or wrong.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift has released her third song. It sounds like an Avril Lavigne track and has an Avril Lavigne style vid, with Taylor playing two roles, much like Avril did in Girlfriend.
See if Kanye invades the stage regarding this:
"Beyonce played THREE different women in her vid!"
See if Kanye invades the stage regarding this:
"Beyonce played THREE different women in her vid!"
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Kristen Bell
Upcoming
2010 – You Again
2009 – Astro Boy (voice) … Cora
2009 – Couples Retreat
2009 – When in Rome … Beth Harper
2009 – Sheepish (voice) … Marybelle
Movies
2009 – Serious Moonlight … Sara
2008 – Fanboys … Zoe
2008 – Forgetting Sarah Marshall … Sarah Marshall
2007 – Flatland: The Movie … Hex
2006 – Roman … The Girl/Isis
2006 – Pulse … Mattie
2006 – Fifty Pills … Gracie
2005 – The Receipt … Pretty Girl
2005 – Deepwater … Nurse Laurie
2005 – Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical … Mary Lane
2005 – Last Days of America … Friend in New York #1
2004 – Spartan … Laura Newton
2002 – Neko no ongaeshi (english version) … Hiromi
2002 – People Are Dead … Angela’s Friend #1
2001 – Pootie Tang … Record Executive’s Daughter
1998 – Polish Wedding (uncredited) … Teenage Girl
Television
2009 – “Party Down” (1 episode) … Uda Bengt
2007-2009 – “Gossip Girl” (43 episodes) … Gossip Girl
2007-2008 – “Heroes” (12 episodes) … Elle Bishop
2004-2007 – “Veronica Mars” (64 episodes) … Veronica Mars
2004 – “Deadwood” (2 episodes) … Flora Anderson
2004 – Gracie’s Choice (TV Movie) … Gracie Thompson
2003 – “Everwood” (1 episode) … Stacey Wilson
2003 – The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay (TV Movie) … Alison Dodge
2003 – “The O’Keefes” (2 episodes) … Virginia’s Owner
2003 – “American Dreams” (1 episode) … Amy Fielding
2003 – “The Shield” (1 episode) … Jessica Hintel
2010 – You Again
2009 – Astro Boy (voice) … Cora
2009 – Couples Retreat
2009 – When in Rome … Beth Harper
2009 – Sheepish (voice) … Marybelle
Movies
2009 – Serious Moonlight … Sara
2008 – Fanboys … Zoe
2008 – Forgetting Sarah Marshall … Sarah Marshall
2007 – Flatland: The Movie … Hex
2006 – Roman … The Girl/Isis
2006 – Pulse … Mattie
2006 – Fifty Pills … Gracie
2005 – The Receipt … Pretty Girl
2005 – Deepwater … Nurse Laurie
2005 – Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical … Mary Lane
2005 – Last Days of America … Friend in New York #1
2004 – Spartan … Laura Newton
2002 – Neko no ongaeshi (english version) … Hiromi
2002 – People Are Dead … Angela’s Friend #1
2001 – Pootie Tang … Record Executive’s Daughter
1998 – Polish Wedding (uncredited) … Teenage Girl
Television
2009 – “Party Down” (1 episode) … Uda Bengt
2007-2009 – “Gossip Girl” (43 episodes) … Gossip Girl
2007-2008 – “Heroes” (12 episodes) … Elle Bishop
2004-2007 – “Veronica Mars” (64 episodes) … Veronica Mars
2004 – “Deadwood” (2 episodes) … Flora Anderson
2004 – Gracie’s Choice (TV Movie) … Gracie Thompson
2003 – “Everwood” (1 episode) … Stacey Wilson
2003 – The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay (TV Movie) … Alison Dodge
2003 – “The O’Keefes” (2 episodes) … Virginia’s Owner
2003 – “American Dreams” (1 episode) … Amy Fielding
2003 – “The Shield” (1 episode) … Jessica Hintel
Amanda Seyfried
T E L E V I S I O N S E R I E S
Sarah Henrickson Big Love 2006 -
Ann Diggs Justice 2006
Lilly Kane Veronica Mars 2004 - 2006
Lacey CSI 2006
Rebecca Wildfire 2006
Pam House 2005
Tandi McCain Law & Order: SVU 2004
Joni Stafford All My Children
Lucinda Marie 'Lucy' Montgomery As the World Turns 2000
M O V I E S
Needy Lesnicky Jennifer's Body 2009
Sophie Mamma Mia! 2008
Paige Prideaux Boogie Woogie 2008
Zoe Solstice 2007
Chrissy Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves 2006
Julie Beckley Alpha Dog 2006
Mouse American Gun 2005
Samantha Nine Lives 2005
Karen Smith Mean Girls 2004
Sarah Henrickson Big Love 2006 -
Ann Diggs Justice 2006
Lilly Kane Veronica Mars 2004 - 2006
Lacey CSI 2006
Rebecca Wildfire 2006
Pam House 2005
Tandi McCain Law & Order: SVU 2004
Joni Stafford All My Children
Lucinda Marie 'Lucy' Montgomery As the World Turns 2000
M O V I E S
Needy Lesnicky Jennifer's Body 2009
Sophie Mamma Mia! 2008
Paige Prideaux Boogie Woogie 2008
Zoe Solstice 2007
Chrissy Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves 2006
Julie Beckley Alpha Dog 2006
Mouse American Gun 2005
Samantha Nine Lives 2005
Karen Smith Mean Girls 2004
Jennifer's Body
The new Megan Fox movie in which she plays sexy vampire Jennifer.
And gets her kit off.
And has a lesbian kiss with Amanda Sefreid.
And gets her kit off.
And has a lesbian kiss with Amanda Sefreid.
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Sugababes
We hear all kinds of rumours about the Babes this week.
First we hear Amelle has gone missing, and has then left the band after a row with Keisha. We hear they already have her replacement lined up for the US album and tour.
Then we hear Keisha herself has now left the band.
Will that mean she rather than Amelle has left, which would be a lot better all round? Or does Heidi have to recruit not one but two new members to keep the band going?
In one sense it couldn't have come at a worse time, with the new US deal. But on the other hand, what better time to revamp the band?
With the new young 3 piece bands coming up behind - Girls Can't Catch and Dolly Rockers - the Babes need to get this sorted quick - it's a real make or break for them.
We also saw Siobhan come out of the woodwork to say Keisha was the reason she left the band. Funny, she always blamed Mutya.
The oddest rumour of all though is that Keisha is supposed to be 24.
Eh? So how old was she when Overload was released? 11?
And how old would she have been when she was grinding away in that sequin bikini for Caught Up In The Middle? Not to mention her nude sprint in Shape?
Disturbing.
First we hear Amelle has gone missing, and has then left the band after a row with Keisha. We hear they already have her replacement lined up for the US album and tour.
Then we hear Keisha herself has now left the band.
Will that mean she rather than Amelle has left, which would be a lot better all round? Or does Heidi have to recruit not one but two new members to keep the band going?
In one sense it couldn't have come at a worse time, with the new US deal. But on the other hand, what better time to revamp the band?
With the new young 3 piece bands coming up behind - Girls Can't Catch and Dolly Rockers - the Babes need to get this sorted quick - it's a real make or break for them.
We also saw Siobhan come out of the woodwork to say Keisha was the reason she left the band. Funny, she always blamed Mutya.
The oddest rumour of all though is that Keisha is supposed to be 24.
Eh? So how old was she when Overload was released? 11?
And how old would she have been when she was grinding away in that sequin bikini for Caught Up In The Middle? Not to mention her nude sprint in Shape?
Disturbing.
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra has released her first real single since winning X Factor last year.
It has the highly unoriginal title "Bad Boys", and it's a collaboration with Flo Rida.
Very unlike Leona, she has gone for a more urban song, and dances on the street in sexy tight leather in the vid. And she is a pretty good mover.
It won't be as big a first hit as Bleeding Love, but it launches her in her own new direction, and quashes fears she'll be an unnecessary Leona clone.
It has the highly unoriginal title "Bad Boys", and it's a collaboration with Flo Rida.
Very unlike Leona, she has gone for a more urban song, and dances on the street in sexy tight leather in the vid. And she is a pretty good mover.
It won't be as big a first hit as Bleeding Love, but it launches her in her own new direction, and quashes fears she'll be an unnecessary Leona clone.
True Blood
True Blood is coming to Channel 4.
In case you haven't seen it, it's a sexy vampire show. The main character is played by Anna Paquin, Rogue from X Men, and the show has become notorious for her fully nude, full on sex scenes, as strong as anything you see on film, including Basic Instinct.
In case you haven't seen it, it's a sexy vampire show. The main character is played by Anna Paquin, Rogue from X Men, and the show has become notorious for her fully nude, full on sex scenes, as strong as anything you see on film, including Basic Instinct.
Hollyoaks
Late night Hollyoaks starts next week.
It's about time, it's been ages since we've had one of these.
It's about time, it's been ages since we've had one of these.
Sunday, 20 September 2009
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Imbruglia is back with a song called "Want".
In the vid she is as beautiful as she has ever been, a lot of close up face shots singing to the camera.
Her body is in it's best shape ever - slinky and sexy as she walksround a room in tight dark clothes.
And she spends half the vid rolling around topless giving us side nude and bare back.
Now if only Tweedy's vid was like this!
In the vid she is as beautiful as she has ever been, a lot of close up face shots singing to the camera.
Her body is in it's best shape ever - slinky and sexy as she walksround a room in tight dark clothes.
And she spends half the vid rolling around topless giving us side nude and bare back.
Now if only Tweedy's vid was like this!
The Saturdays
The Saturdays have released their best song to date, the rocky raunchy "Forever Is Over".
Frankie looks hotter than ever.
Frankie looks hotter than ever.
The Veronicas
The Veronicas have gotten round to releasing a 2nd song.
One of them is blonde now, which makes them easier to tell apart, and improves the image.
Great solid rock track.
One of them is blonde now, which makes them easier to tell apart, and improves the image.
Great solid rock track.
Tweedy
Cheryl has released her first solo song. If the band never gets round to doing another album, as we predicted, CC has taken first blood on the solo stakes, doing what Rachel Stevens did after S Club.
The vid is a bit disappointing - too much dressing up and line dancing. We know she's great at street dance, so why not showcase a bit of that. And do a more "personal" vid, rather than a g/b one. Could have done a lot more cheesecake as well - sexy poses and some leg would have been good.
Good song though.
The vid is a bit disappointing - too much dressing up and line dancing. We know she's great at street dance, so why not showcase a bit of that. And do a more "personal" vid, rather than a g/b one. Could have done a lot more cheesecake as well - sexy poses and some leg would have been good.
Good song though.
N Dubz
N Dubz are back with a new vid.
The song is basically about Dappy trying it on with a girl and getting blown out - probably based on a true story.
Tulisa gets the second verse, which is about a guy in a club ditching her - which is ridiculous and just wouldn't happen. She looks as hot as ever in the vid - and in the club scenes looks a bit like Bridget Fonda for some reason.
We'd like to see Tulisa do some solo wrk, away from the "band". She's like a white Alesha Dixon and has great potential.
The song is basically about Dappy trying it on with a girl and getting blown out - probably based on a true story.
Tulisa gets the second verse, which is about a guy in a club ditching her - which is ridiculous and just wouldn't happen. She looks as hot as ever in the vid - and in the club scenes looks a bit like Bridget Fonda for some reason.
We'd like to see Tulisa do some solo wrk, away from the "band". She's like a white Alesha Dixon and has great potential.
Pixie Lott
Vicky (she hates being called that, apparently) is now at Number One with her second single. Which means both her first two went straight in the top slot.
Let's see how the album fairs on release this week.
Let's see how the album fairs on release this week.
Bass Hunter
He is now on his 5th vid, again featuring Isla.
In this one they are all on holiday again. But this time, there's a cliffhanger ending as Isla gets lost during a midnight skinny dip in the sea (for which nobody actually gets their kit of and only one girl goes topless).
No doubt the next vid will be part two of this story.
In this one they are all on holiday again. But this time, there's a cliffhanger ending as Isla gets lost during a midnight skinny dip in the sea (for which nobody actually gets their kit of and only one girl goes topless).
No doubt the next vid will be part two of this story.
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Haunted
Houses are not haunted.
We are haunted.
Regardless of the architecture with which we surround ourselves, our ghosts stay with us until we ourselves are ghosts.
We are haunted.
Regardless of the architecture with which we surround ourselves, our ghosts stay with us until we ourselves are ghosts.
Peripatetic
Sometimes the most successful serial killers are vagabonds. Footloose roamers who cover a lot of ground between their homicidal activities.
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Mirror
The mirror reflects perfectly.
It makes no mistakes because it doesn't think.
To think is to make mistakes.
It makes no mistakes because it doesn't think.
To think is to make mistakes.
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
New Martial Arts board at The Stork Forum
Sapphire today added a new Martial Arts board to the Off Topic section of The Stork Forum:
http://thestork.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ma
Shiro Tora has been asked to be the Moderator.
It's certainly a great idea for a board and he is the best man for the job!
I myself am an old traditional Japanese budo man - I studied with the Katori Shinto Ryu and am an exponent of Kendo, Iaido, Jodo and Batto, as well as being a Jujutsu yudansha.
I hope I can add some of my "koryo" to ST's "goshin" and get a good balance in these threads.
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Shiro Tora has been asked to be the Moderator.
It's certainly a great idea for a board and he is the best man for the job!
I myself am an old traditional Japanese budo man - I studied with the Katori Shinto Ryu and am an exponent of Kendo, Iaido, Jodo and Batto, as well as being a Jujutsu yudansha.
I hope I can add some of my "koryo" to ST's "goshin" and get a good balance in these threads.
Colour
Every colour has a purpose. Although many people think they are chosen at random.
White signifies purity and integrity.
Black intimidates. Black is conservative, mysterious and engraved on the collective unconscious.
Goodies wear white, baddies wear black.
Imagine if The White House was called The Black House.
Red shocks and paralyses.
Yellow attracts attention.
Orange confuses.
Green calms things down. It also gives the go-ahead.
Blue soothes.
White signifies purity and integrity.
Black intimidates. Black is conservative, mysterious and engraved on the collective unconscious.
Goodies wear white, baddies wear black.
Imagine if The White House was called The Black House.
Red shocks and paralyses.
Yellow attracts attention.
Orange confuses.
Green calms things down. It also gives the go-ahead.
Blue soothes.
Monday, 14 September 2009
Why is a Raven like a writing desk?
Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat, and it is never put with the wrong end in front!
Pixie Lott and Little Boots
Once again, the pop world gives us "bus syndrome".
We wait ages for a new young sexy blonde UK girl singer - then two come along at once!
Boots is prettier, but Pixie is sexier.
Pixie is a dancer, Boots is a musician who plays her own keys.
Both are great in live performance.
They both launched with a huge debut hit - Pixie with "Mama Do" and Boots with "Tke You Out Tonight".
They both followed up with a raunchier, rockier sequel - Pixie with "Boys and Girls" and Boots with "Remedy".
These vids cement their image. In B&G, Pixie dances with a group of pals, which is how she does her stage shows and TV spots. In Remedy, Boots appears solo, laying her keys, which she dos on stage.
Strangely, Remedy being a great dance hit, and containing the lyric "dancing is my remedy", Boots doesn't dance at all in the vid, or ever on stage. Perhaps she doesn't like to, perhaps she can't.
So both have followed the solo launch formulae successfully used by Katie Perry and Avril Lavigne. Will they release ballad from their album as their third song, which worked great for Avril, if not so great for Katie?
Well, the albums are out now, so let's see what the options are.
Both of them have great legs whihc they like showing off - Pixie in tight back shorts which she can dance in, Boots in classy mini dresses.
Ironically, Pixie usually wears boots, while boots prefers whoes.
Both of them have the first name "Victoria".
It's a pity Diana Vickers didn't make a quicker move after her X-Factor appearance last year, as the vacancy she would have fitted has now well and truly been filled.
Guess Tweedy was too busy working on her own solo album to properly promote her protege.
Ironically again, Boot's album is called "Hands".
We wait ages for a new young sexy blonde UK girl singer - then two come along at once!
Boots is prettier, but Pixie is sexier.
Pixie is a dancer, Boots is a musician who plays her own keys.
Both are great in live performance.
They both launched with a huge debut hit - Pixie with "Mama Do" and Boots with "Tke You Out Tonight".
They both followed up with a raunchier, rockier sequel - Pixie with "Boys and Girls" and Boots with "Remedy".
These vids cement their image. In B&G, Pixie dances with a group of pals, which is how she does her stage shows and TV spots. In Remedy, Boots appears solo, laying her keys, which she dos on stage.
Strangely, Remedy being a great dance hit, and containing the lyric "dancing is my remedy", Boots doesn't dance at all in the vid, or ever on stage. Perhaps she doesn't like to, perhaps she can't.
So both have followed the solo launch formulae successfully used by Katie Perry and Avril Lavigne. Will they release ballad from their album as their third song, which worked great for Avril, if not so great for Katie?
Well, the albums are out now, so let's see what the options are.
Both of them have great legs whihc they like showing off - Pixie in tight back shorts which she can dance in, Boots in classy mini dresses.
Ironically, Pixie usually wears boots, while boots prefers whoes.
Both of them have the first name "Victoria".
It's a pity Diana Vickers didn't make a quicker move after her X-Factor appearance last year, as the vacancy she would have fitted has now well and truly been filled.
Guess Tweedy was too busy working on her own solo album to properly promote her protege.
Ironically again, Boot's album is called "Hands".
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