Friday, February 25, 2005
Monday, February 21, 2005
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Elvis Costello and the Imposters...
...live at the Usher Hall last night. 3 hours of quality songs and entertainment, a great Valentine treat from Rach.
He's hard to pidgeonhole. His records cover rock, pop, punk and ballads, and include collaborations with Burt Bacharach, the Brodsky Quartet, Michael Tilson Thomas and the LSO. He's recently been commissioned by Denmark's state opera to write an opera based on the life of Hans Christian Anderson.
I'd just class him as great writer, singer, performer and songwriter, playing with a great band, especially Steve Nieve on keyboard / theremin / hooter.
Highlights were hard to spot, but my personal favourite 'What's so funny about peace, love and understanding' inspired many veterans of the 70s to get up and dance like old people at weddings who should know better. The lady next to me air-drummed throughout, attempting all fills and hi-hat details. Sadly she had no rhythm whatsoever.
His homepage is here.
For any Elvis virgins, I'd recommend the following albums:
The very best of... £9.99 from Amazon, 2 CDs, bargain.
New Album, The Delivery Man, from Amazon (£10.99) and straight to ipod from itunes (7.99).
1992 album Brutal Youth, one of the soundtrack albums to my first year in Sheffield. Amazon.
Fopp have also got a few albums in for a fiver.
He's hard to pidgeonhole. His records cover rock, pop, punk and ballads, and include collaborations with Burt Bacharach, the Brodsky Quartet, Michael Tilson Thomas and the LSO. He's recently been commissioned by Denmark's state opera to write an opera based on the life of Hans Christian Anderson.
I'd just class him as great writer, singer, performer and songwriter, playing with a great band, especially Steve Nieve on keyboard / theremin / hooter.
Highlights were hard to spot, but my personal favourite 'What's so funny about peace, love and understanding' inspired many veterans of the 70s to get up and dance like old people at weddings who should know better. The lady next to me air-drummed throughout, attempting all fills and hi-hat details. Sadly she had no rhythm whatsoever.
His homepage is here.
For any Elvis virgins, I'd recommend the following albums:
The very best of... £9.99 from Amazon, 2 CDs, bargain.
New Album, The Delivery Man, from Amazon (£10.99) and straight to ipod from itunes (7.99).
1992 album Brutal Youth, one of the soundtrack albums to my first year in Sheffield. Amazon.
Fopp have also got a few albums in for a fiver.
Monday, February 14, 2005
A dark sporting weekend...
It's like the good old days!
How did we lose that game against the French? It is easy to say that Jonny might not have missed the 6 kicks, but to go from total first half dominance to repeatedly giving away kick-able penalties to a very much in-form Yachvili was just daft. So we're now in the same half of the table as Italy and Scotland, both of whom might just feel they're in with a shout. As for Ireland away in 2 weeks, we've simply got no hope unless we can find a kicker and some savvy.
Updated - Jonny will definitely miss the Ireland game.
In terms of world rugby, I suppose it's good that less results are foregone conclusions - although England's early 2000's dominance was great, there were far too few matches where the result could have gone either way. But I just wish we could play better...
Cricket - England's test match success continues to be mirrored by our one-day failures.
SWFC's unbeaten 10-match run ended at home against Bradford on Saturday.
How did we lose that game against the French? It is easy to say that Jonny might not have missed the 6 kicks, but to go from total first half dominance to repeatedly giving away kick-able penalties to a very much in-form Yachvili was just daft. So we're now in the same half of the table as Italy and Scotland, both of whom might just feel they're in with a shout. As for Ireland away in 2 weeks, we've simply got no hope unless we can find a kicker and some savvy.
Updated - Jonny will definitely miss the Ireland game.
In terms of world rugby, I suppose it's good that less results are foregone conclusions - although England's early 2000's dominance was great, there were far too few matches where the result could have gone either way. But I just wish we could play better...
Cricket - England's test match success continues to be mirrored by our one-day failures.
SWFC's unbeaten 10-match run ended at home against Bradford on Saturday.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Friday, February 04, 2005
Bond 21: Casino Royale...
It's official. The next James Bond film will have a Fleming title, the first since 'The Living Daylights'. Martin Campbell, director of Goldeneye, is back in the chair.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
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