Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Olympian Effort
Defended the corporate line: yeauch!
Overslept: but still feel knackered.
Creative: used artistic endeavours to brighten up the workplace.
Get your chocolate fix and save the environment. Green & Black's anyone?
Olympic Legacy: a 25,000 seat athletics stadium that no one needs (and without a "anchor" tenant); a crumbling Crystal Palace "National" Stadium; a shocking lack of swimming facilities in London; a hardcore of displaced people; a huge debt for London taxpayers (possibly). But, the opening ceremony will be breathtaking no doubt including "entertainment" luminaries such as Sting, Suggs and the Spice Girls and Seb Coe will flash his boyish smile.
"Ebb's Folly" - Will Oldham and Jim O'Rourke
"Piano" - Tricky
"E-Pro" - Beck
"Graine De Beaute" - Monade
"This is Why You Love Me" - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
"7:25" - Mogwai
"Renaissance Man" - Sebadoh
"Loaded" - Primal Scream
"Sell Me Back My Soul" - King of Woolworths
"Slip Inside This House" - Primal Scream
"Paro Fadeout" - Microstoria
"Easy Money" - King Crimson
"Anamorphose" - Stereolab
"Ruin It, Ruin Them, Ruin Yrself Than Ruin Me" - Kid 606
"End of a Century" - Blur
The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy hair - Led Zeppelin
Labels: daily bollocks, iPod, olympics, Work
:: Posted by pete @ Sunday, September 23, 2007
Olympic Death Pit
Life sucks. Have another drink.
Oh dear what can the matter be/Gwyneth Coles is stuck in the lavatory
The fence cut the bridge in half: on the west side of the canal, there was the usual grimy bustle of Hackney's remaining factories, all wheezing forklifts and tight Victorian yards; on the 2012 side, silence. I looked through an unusually large gap in the fence. There was a street of intact and handsome old industrial buildings, a billboard advertising the new Lexus, and roads and pavements eerily populated only by traffic cones, like a scene from a post-apocalyptic film.
Do I want the Olympics in London? Yes. Do I want the Olympics in London to bankrupt the city/country? Hell no. Do I want the Olympics to be an opportunity to kick start East London? Yes. Do I want the London Olympics to be an excuse to lay waste to East London and put nothing into the community? Hell no.
Missed a London cycle event. Ken had a ride. Now deliver some cycle paths rather than cycle routes (a waste of paint and a danger to cyclists, motorists and pedestrians).
Weekend Cyclist. Two rides. 50km. No falls.
iPod-dolatry
"Hair Dude, You're Stepping On My Mystique" - Out Hud
"This Bum's Paid" - Out Hud
"Dad, There's A Little Phrase Called Too Much Information" - Out Hud
"Story Of The Whole Thing" - Out Hud
"Abillera" - The Necks
"Listening In Depth" - Labradford
"Dead Dogs Two" -cLOUDDEAD
"If I Was Santa Claus" - Atmosphere
"Powder" - Bedhead