Monday, March 31, 2008

The Book of Revelation Book/Film



Having read the book some time ago,I was surprised to see that an Australian Film has been made. The book is originally set in Amsterdam - so you'd think euro-chic exploitation would be just around the corner. (ala Baise moi without the guns) .

What struck me about the book (I can't comment on the film as I have not seen it yet) was the premise of 'normal' life torn away in seconds, A man (who is a Dancer- so sic physically attractive and desirable ) goes out to buy a pack of cigarettes and is abducted by three cloaked women for 12 days.
The journey of the book is the character trying to put his life back in order after the 'event' and how he emotionally feels about what has happened to him. Did he enjoy it ? was it a wish fulfillment fantasy? was it the empowerment of these women at the expense of his ego and imprisonment? These questions and more are raised.

Books and films that deal with sexuality in all it's -shall we say non normal desires - are always going to be hard on the eyes.and yet anything that reflects human desires in whatever shape or form is not to be ignored because the cost of doing so leads to closure of the mind, with that in mind the filming of 'Book of Revelations' is to be applauded - however whether it is as effective as film as it was as a book I will have to wait and see.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Brett Anderson 'We Can Be Anyone' Lyrics


You can almost feel the 'emotional tension' when listening to this song.

We Can Be Anyone

Evening arrives with it's scandals and lies
and it's breeding grounds
and the lights on your face show up all the mistakes
so I dim them down

You are electric tonight you are connected tonight
you can be anyone
you feel the tension inside as I turn out the lights
you can be anyone

Evening is here with it's scandals and fears
and it's shadow play
and the lights on your arms show the scratches and scars
so I turn away

You are electric tonight you are connected tonight
you can be anyone
cos if I turn out the lights If I screw up my eyes
you could be anyone

And as this tensioning night
and with this feeling inside
we can be anyone

cos if turn out the lights
if I screw up my eyes you could be anyone

Evening arrives with it's scandals and lies
and it's shadow play

and the lights on your face show up all the mistakes
so I turn away

Friday, March 28, 2008

Keane 'A Bad Dream' Lyrics.

Why do I have to fly
Over every town up and down the line?
I'll die in the clouds above
and you that I defend, I do not love

I wake up, it's a bad dream,
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind

Where will I meet my fate?
Baby I'm a man and I was born to hate
And when will I meet my end?
In a better time you could be my friend

I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Wouldn't mind it


If you were by my side
But you're long gone,
Yeah you're long gone now

Yeah
Where do we go?
I don't even know
My strange old face
And I'm thinking about those days
And I'm thinking about those days

I wake up, it's a bad dream
No one on my side
I was fighting
But I just feel too tired to be fighting
Guess I'm not the fighting kind
Wouldn't mind it
If you were by my side
But you're long gone,
Yeah you're long gone now
Yeah


Linked Photo taken by myself.

Portishead - Machine Gun


Well Portishead return to the land of the 'Living' with a new single.

A bizarre mix of Old school Portishead and Aphex Twin , think there may be a bit of Kraftwerk in there as well.

Excellently diverse not to everybody's taste I am sure but it's got something deep in it's soul.

P2P Limewire/Frostwire vs Transmission on Mac OSX Leopard.

Well I updated to Leopard some months ago, and ever since then Frostwire which I was currently using died (Something to do with the 'Mac Firewall' methinks).
After an exhautive search of the WWW the answer was 'not out there' so did what some posts suggested and installed 'Limewire' , this worked for a while but still showed that I was behind a 'Firewall' (even though I had set security to allow Limewire access to ports).

Limewire over the last week or so has slowly died...great connection on start up then ..pooh.
This morning I researched the web and no more info available. so had to get my thinking cap on.

So reverted to 'Transmission' and as of this morning it is working ok  (fingers crossed and wood touched - and somewhere in my local area there is a 3 legged rabbit).

So the answer to all those people who are trying to use P2P apps on Mac OSX 10.5 'Leopard' is to use 'Transmission' instead.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Horton Hears a Who! (Best film of 2008....?)


I have to say it's not many times a film lives upto your expectations, but Horton Hears a Who! did (well ok apart from the naff song bit at the end).
This film is excellent does what it says on the 'tin' and is full of film refs for the movie buffs (2001/Invasion of the bodysnatchers etc...) so plenty for adults as well as kids.
Infact the funniest film I've seen since RV
Throughly recommended to all.

Monday, March 24, 2008

T.I.A. comes to the UK at last (Heathrow Fingerprint Scanning to be a reality).

Having just finished watching the 'Last Enemy' on UK tv , I find the announcement of Fingerprint 'Control' rather alarming. The future of citizen control is coming soon to a country near you.

All this technology is being used to prove you 'Guilty' rather than to prove you innocent.

Want to borrow a library book sir ?  'Just scan your fingerprint please/ Want to complain about Council services sir ? 'Just scan your fingerprint sir so we know who you are 
Want to take some cash out of the ATM? .....Just scan your fingerprint.
I could go on but you get my drift.



The future is 1984.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Ferrari at Malaysia ....Oh Yes!

Well the Malaysian GP went a tad better than the Oz one did (though Massa managed to make an idiot of himself yet again)
Raikkonen was supreme throughtout the race, lived up to his name 'Iceman' once again. 

You know something i think we've got a strong chance this year of winning the Constructors title if we could just get Massa to perform consistently

...and remember kids you heard it hear first - Massa will be out of Ferrari this season.

Snow Patrol Lyrics take two....

'We Can all Run away now they're all dead'.

One step too far 
Is not far enough away from here 

Stay close to me 
Don't relax your grip on my right hand 

But you are all I really want in this life 
You could be the summer rain on my face 
You push a little tear into my eye lid 
Don't torture yourself thinking that it must sting 

Don't turn your head 
Pretend they're all dead and gone by now 

Can you feel that? 
Feels like breath on the back of my neck 

But you are all I really want in this life 
You could be the summer rain on my face 
You push a little tear into my eye lid 
Don't torture yourself thinking that it must sting

Manic Street Preachers cover Rihanna's 'Umbrella'


Shimmering Guitar sound, Worth a listen for that alone.
And I have to say a pretty cool version to boot!

Friday, March 21, 2008

Who watches the 'Watchmen' ?


Well the comic book that refused to be filmed is due for release in little less than a year, lets hope it turns out better than the disaster that was 'Sin City'!!

Saddleworth, Whit Friday Band Contest (And Whit Walk)

A bizarre link I know , but a piece of my past , and a lovely one at that.
Nostalgia is a powerful thing never forget that.

Snow Patrol 'Chocolate'

The one and only snow patrol song for me...

This could be the very minute
I'm aware I'm alive
All these places feel like home

With a name I'd never chosen
I can make my first steps
As a child of 25

This is the straw, final straw in the
Roof of my mouth as I lie to you
Just because I'm sorry doesn't mean
I didn't enjoy it at the time

You're the only thing that I love
It scares me more every day
On my knees I think clearer

Goodness knows I saw it coming
Or at least I'll claim I did
But in truth I'm lost for words

What have I done it's too late for that
What have I become truth is nothing yet
A simple mistake starts the hardest time
I promise I'll do anything you ask...this time

Thursday, March 20, 2008

BBC wins rights to F1 from 2009 onwards

Bernie Ecclestone announced today that the F1 tv rights have been transferred to the BBC (UK Viewers) for the start of the 2009 season.
As the link above describes 'the BBC has some innovative new ideas' lets hope one of those is HD coverage !!

See also BBC news Story

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Arthur C Clarke Dies

A sad day for Science Fiction fans worldwide. He will be sorely missed. A true pioneer of Science mixed in with fact and fiction.
A foreteller of Satellite technology that we now in our modern world take for granted.

A great visionary.

Brett Anderson 'Infinite Kiss'

And when your clothes are on the ground
and your hair is falling down
Will you surrender to it now?
Because yes only we exist in our symphony
of flesh in our universe of bliss

In the infinite kiss, the infinite kiss

As it subjugates you now, as it pins you
to the ground like a tethered animal
As it drags you by the hips and it forces
you to this, it is hell but it is bliss

It's the infinite kiss, the infinite kiss

As you move like a machine and the child within
you screams 'when was heaven so obscene?'
It's our playground of excess, it is poetry made
flesh, it's our symphony of bliss

The infinite kiss, the infinite kiss

Monday, March 17, 2008

China subjugates Tibet once again....

China has proved itself once again to be a 'Force' of conquest in Tibet rather than realize that Tibet is a separate Country and not China's to rule as it sees fit.

The Deaths in Tibet by Chinese troops is reprehensible and should be roundly condemned by other nations. Sanctions against China are surely the only way it will realize it has gone too far this time.
(Remember 'Massacre in Tiananmen Square' anybody?).

I for one do not want my Country (UK) to be competing in the Olympic Games at 'Beijing' this summer , if the Country that is 'Hosting' the games commits human rights infractions without a care or concern for life or sovereignty of that people or state.

Sign the Government e-Petition (UK Residents only) Boycott the Beijing Olympics

I really don't care if it is a great world trade partner..... money is not everything.
The time to stand is now and 'enough is enough'

NIN (Nine inch Nails) You tube Festival for 'Ghosts'

NIN are doing a fan submitted Videos for their new album 'Ghosts' the idea is described by Trent Reznor in the 'Link above'

General idea is you 'compose' a piece of Video for a Track (or even tracks) from the Ghosts album , and submit it , and if your lucky it gets included.

So get thinking ...you just never know :)

For those of you who are not aware of Ghosts the link will explain a bit more.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

F1 Australia - Not a good Ferrari day out....

Todays race was not a good race to watch if your a Ferrari fan (I am) , talk about how much worse the result could have been, geez makes me wonder sometimes why I bother getting up at 04:15am!

Thanks guys - can you get your act together for next wknd please ! 

See link below:
Race Report Australia

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Zero-Sum Lyrics....

'And you never get away
And you never get to take the easy way
And all of this is a consequence
Brought on by our own hand
If you believe in that sort of thing
And did you ever really find
When you close your eyes
Any place that was still
And at peace
And I guess I just wanted to tell you
As the light starts to fade
That you are the reason
That I am not afraid
And I guess I just wanted to mention
As the heavens will fall
We will be together soon if we
Will be anything at all'


Trent Reznor.

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The great things you have to fight for in life, the pointless things just fall into your hand.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Poetry moment

" I asked your friends if they had seen you around?
They said yes but they had seen you wearing a frown.
We came to this point my love , through words that were cast like stones, into a shallow pool of love"

Photosinferno 

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Eve of the Eve of F1 2008

Well it all starts tomorrow night  (Practise starts in 90mins but I have to get up in the morning so will have to miss the live Web streaming of that on the ITV.Com website :( )

However all is go for Qually and the race so am soooo looking fwd to having me F1 back ... to mis-quote a famous commentator.. it's (nearly) go go go of the 2008 F1 season! 

(about bloody time an all lol)

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

A bit of a lyric thing with the blog at the moment - 

"I put one foot forward and ended up thirty yards back.
And am I losing touch or am I just completely off the track?
And I don't know why I want to voice this out loud,
It's theraputic somehow".


Wombats -  Moving to New York
I've got the hump with my phone (LG Viewty) cos the bluetooth is not working with my Mac - my relationship with this phone has got an end date I can see it coming.

Thought provoking 'Keane' lyrics

Lyrics to 'He used to be such a Lovely Boy'

Time to leave this town
now your dreams have all let you down,
No one here will miss you now,
Time to wake up and look around.

He used to be a lovely boy,
lovely boy, lovely boy.
He used to be a lovely boy.

Turn away and turn a head,
just a hopeless dreamer she said,
Eyes of cloud and feet of lead,
find a shore that needs you instead.

He used to be a lovely boy,
lovely boy, lovely boy.
He used to be a lovely boy.

Time on your hands,
world at your feet,
no adventure left incomplete.


Find a place where you can hide
from the love that holds you inside,
time's so unkind,
like an old friend leaves you behind.

Mac OSX  'Blog Widget'

Just found the world's coolest 'Blog' Widget,
I can now add txt straight onto the blog via a 'Dashboard Widget' , this has probably been around for eons but hey it's new to me! and it's cool for adding that 'instantaneous thought' to the blog , which was the reason i started the blog in the first place.

Feedburner ??

Well I've started a 'feedburner' profile , and to be honest I'm just so confused with it . It just ain't going to make it onto this blog at the moment. Infact I don't think i understand it. 
And as they say if you don't need it ya don't use it. (Well they don't say exactly that but you catch my drift).
I hate getting up late, throws you out for the rest of the day , think it is something that just happens  - it feels like your whole body and mind is out of sync with the 'hour' of the day.



Tuesday, March 11, 2008

My sense of 'creativity' has waned somewhat of late.