Well OK, it’s late… Having read some more about the adventures of Julius Ceasar has rather sharpened my mind than make me ready to sleep, so I’ve gone for the Hot Chocolate approach… So to finish the teaser off, it’s Hot Chocolate and… Blueberry Liqueur
The Hot Chocolate is from Tesco, but the Blueberry Liqueur is from Fonthill Glebe Wines. Picked up a 20cl bottle from the local farmers’ market before Christmas and the 20% ABV liqueur is a nice little accompaniment to the aforementioned bedtime drink aswell as over ice cream…
That was so nice I shall have to have another 
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When I found no music from a band/artist beginning with the letter V in my A-Z music collection I uttered the word “Bollocks” to which Kalina asked
You have some interesting and unique words over there, what does “Bollox” mean? Like, does it mean shit or something? :p
To which I replied
Kalina – According to our home-grown comedian ‘Brummy’, Jasper Carrot, bollox are zits. So next time you meet an English chemist/pharmacist just ask “have you got anything for these bollocks?” 
Nah, I’m joshing ya, actually it’s slang for balls and accordingly affords itself the privelege of being a cuss word too 
Well, International folks, would you like to see the word in action? (You may need QuickTime6 too see this) Do you wanna see some English people uttering the magic word? I only just mentioned the VW Polo bomber ad the other day, and then I find this little gem of theirs… VW/Bollocks
Thanks again to Kontraband
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Now, I’ve never been much of a fashion victim, sorry, dedicated follower of fashion and everytime fashion trends happen I steer well clear of them. My most favourite clothing trend to avoid has been the fake faded jeans epidemic; You know, the jeans that look worn, lived in, used, like someone has had an active life, done things…
Fake, all fake. That biker/metal group of friends I used to hang out with as a babe in arms bought me up with the attitude of the “originals” – jeans that you worked and played in. The jeans never got washed and had a real character (life!) of their own.
Now, 2004/2005 step in Howies, “Cardigan Bay’s third-largest clothing company”. They summed it up a good and proper when they said, in their Autumn/Winter catalogue…
“We think a jean’s history should be created by the person wearing them and not a chemical process in a factory”
Ha. What say, fake jeans wearing person? Image is nothing, Life is Everything.
Just out of interest, did you see what Howies had to put up with from the denim nazis
Oh and, checking out to see who else mirrored my sentiments, someone else thought that faded jeans are for assholes though whether they saw Abercrombie & Fitch’s HUGE collection of fake worn denim at as much as $125 a pop I don’t know.
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Well, after the rather cool Hate Something, Change Something Honda ad and the funky Citroen C4 ad we now have the VW Polo bomber ad. This is something else. Believe me.
There is some debate as to whether this was supposed to get out or not, but you can check out the news over at wizbangblog.com
My own opinion? I have none. Offensive, disgusting, funny? Who knows, but at least everyone gets to see what all the fuss is about
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11:20 – Been working since 08:00 and had about ten cups of tea (Clipper fairtrade) and half a dozen slices of toast (Warburtons wholemeal with Anchor butter – more on the environmental/ethical reasoning later ) but now I am suddenly overcome with the urge to buy and devour chocolate.
I’m offski to the local shop, will report back on things chocolate…
12:18 – It’s good to have the Co-op just around the corner (about 300 yards or so) and their selection is quite good. And best of all I was impressed with seeing the Fairtrade chocolate – a Dark Chocolate and the Fruit & Nut Milk Chocolate, which I grabbed. No milk chocolate, just fruit & nut.
Strong nutty scent (almonds), chewy raisins and very creamy milk chocolate. Nice. And I ate the lot too
The other thing about the Co-op is they print all the consumer information on their products’ labelling. Apart from the usual warnings, like “This product may contain nuts” (on a bag of nuts) this chocolate has a caffeine warning – that whole bar was a 30mg hit…
I don’t think I can handle the 200g Cadbury’s Dairy Milk with Turkish centre… I think I’m gonna be sick…
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Binoculars
This particular pair of binoculars are 13×70 with a zoom to 36×70 and night vision optics so, although you can’t see in total darkness like infra-red goggles, you can see in low light conditions.
I was going to go for a pair of 8×30 binoculars or even some 10x50s, but when these 13-36x70s came up at the right price I grabbed a pair
The detail on the surface of a full moon is great on full zoom but with the magnification a tripod is definately advisable.
Looking forward to doing some plane spotting when the Farnborough Airshow comes round again. In the meantime they shall be gathering dust.
Buy binoculars, they’re fun
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OK Brits. If you get the chance watch BBC2 at 9pm tonight (Friday 21st January) there’s an interesting documentary on entitled “The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon”
I think I missed the first one last week, but there’s tonight’s episode and another next week.
It’s about the recently discovered works of the film pioneers Sagar Mitchell & John Kenyon – quite a few hundred of their short films were found stashed in drums in the basement of a derelict shop in Blackburn, Lancashire in 2002. There’s about 26 hours of film and it has been restored by the BFI (Britsh Film Institute) and the BBC.
The 100 year old films illustrate late Victorian/Early Edwardian Britain and show, of all things, the first footage of Manchester United in action (I bet everyone is standing up and other moving images of pre-WW1 Britain.
There’s more info about the programs over at the beeb and also the BBC’s original report of the story back in 2002.
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Bloc Party are one excellent band and tipped to be hot in 2005, whatever that means. First heard Bloc Party whilst watching Soccer AM one Saturday morning when the track Banquet accompanied a feature. Check out the page for the Banquet MP3 – good stuff. And the Banquet Lyrics are included below
Their LP Silent Alarm is out on the 14th February and they’re touring the UK in early March. Thing is – the concerts are totally sold out already. Oh well, looking forward to seeing ‘em at the London Forum on Friday 4th March
And if you check out the bandmembers’ bios at the official Bloc Party website you’ll notice Joy Division, New Order, The Smiths and Black Sabbath being amongst their varied influences…
Bloc Party – “Banquet”
A heart of stone, a smoking gun
I can give you life, I can take it away
A heart of stone, a smoking gun
I’m working it out
Why’d you feel so underrated?
Why’d you feel so negated?
Turning away from the light
Becoming adult
Turning into my soul
I wanted to bite not destroy
To feel her underneath
Turning into the light
She don’t think straight
She don’t think straight
She’s got such a dirty mind and it never ever stops
And you don’t taste like her and you never ever will
And we don’t read the papers, we don’t read the news
Heaven’s never enough, we will never be fooled
Turning away from the light
Becoming adult
Turning into my soul
I wanted to bite not destroy
To feel her underneath
Turning into the light
And if you feel a little left behind
I will see you on the other side
And if you feel a little left behind
I will see you on the other side
Cos I’m on fire
Cos you know I’m on fire when you come
Cos you know I’m on fire
Cos you know I’m on fire so stub me out
Cos I’m on fire
Cos I’m on fire
Cos I’m on fire
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Well, that’s another weekend over and that was my mate’s Stag Night in Southampton on Saturday too.
Now, Stag Nights are normally seen as raucous events but when you have a bunch of friends with well above average IQs “Neanderthal tendencies” are happily missing. We hit the pub for a couple, met some new people in the group and then headed off to the curry house.
On leaving the pub, the best man, whom I’d not been introduced to, sparked up a mad comedy conversation about “wouldn’t the female bouncer look nice wearing nothing but an earpiece – Phwooar!”. When we got the curry house and I sat down next to him he admitted that he thought I was just some random geezer walking down the road LMFAO what a nutcase LOL. Oh, and we got lost on the way there too.
The curry house was good – Popadom Express – don’t let the name fool you as to the quality of the place – slightly colonial yet very contemporary feel to it. Food was good, service was good, the Polish serving wench was cute and so was the fiery red-head.
Shame about the lager though – Don’t like lager or Grolsch at the best of times, but at least they could have had some Kingfisher or Cobra… or even some Tiger or Singha beer would have better accompanied the meal.
And the toilets were in the middle of a maze in the basement – lucky I took a roll of twine with me and didn’t find the Minotaur going for a piss
Then the best man got us lost again on the way to the lapdance club. It wasn’t half as seedy as places used to be, the girls were all very pleasant and mega cute too. If only I could have taken a photo of the pole-dancer for you – Wow, bendy lady and what a performer…
And that was it, all very civilised The wedding reception may be another matter though…
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Was thinking the other day…
Is there an artist for every letter from A to Z in my music collection?
I’ll be right back with the answer… gotta thumb through my CDs… All LPs here, no EPs or singles counted…
A – Alkaline Trio – “From Here to Infirmary”
B – Butthole Surfers – “ElectricLarryland”
C – The Clash – “Combat Rock”
D – Dr. Octagon – “Dr. Octagaonecolygyst”
E – Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.) – “Eldorado”
F – Fun Lovin’ Criminals – “100% Colombian”
G – Girls against Boys “Venus Luxure No.1 Baby”
H – Helmet – “Aftertaste”
I – Iron Maiden – “Powerslave”
J – Joy Division – “Heart & Soul”
K – Korn – “Life is Peachy”
L – Layo & Bushwacka – “Low Life”
M – Massive Attack – “No Protection”
N – Nine Inch Nails – “Things Falling Apart”
O – Orbital – “In Sides”
P – PreFuse 73 – “Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives”
Q – Queens of the Stone Age – “Songs for the Deaf”
R – Rammstein – “Mutter”
S – System of a Down – “Toxicity”
T – Tricky – “Pre-Millenium Tension”
U – Underworld – “Second Toughest in the Infants”
V –
W – Weezer – “Weezer”
X – Xmal Deutschland – “Tocsin”
Y – Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Fever to Tell”
Z – The Ziggens – “Pomona Lisa”
Bollox, looks like a fail in the V department. Not even a single to back me up here. I did have a copy of Voivod’s excellent “Nothingface” vinyl once upon a time until my mate accidentally swapped it for some cheesy old disco hits LP. Mission for the day… get back my Voivod LP
Anyone got any suggestions for a band/artist begining with V to fill the void in the collection?
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