July 2011
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I've been Google- ed, after 6 years ...
June 2011
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See sense over #Senna ...
Please don’t be negatively influenced regarding Senna the movie - as it’s fascinating for modern Formula 1 fans - by my perspective of Senna the racing driver. The cornerstone of his driving legacy is seen every time a car puts its front tyre up the inside of another’s rear axle, then claims this as a legitimate overtaking manoeuvre. Except in Senna’s era, the subsequent...
April 2011
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T[ip]T[oe]-ing Closer To The Edge of a 3rd...
In visualising speed, 3D has finally found a use beyond being a lo-lumen gimmick. It’s closer to the edge of actual visceral reality than Formula 1 high definition television, for example. Regarding this one-off documentary specifically, a commercial professionalism does appear to be encroaching on the Isle Of Man’s week-long Tourist Trophy races. Yet the tradition of...
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"In His Image": Good Friday 2010 Papal Q&A, Rai Tv...
Q. Holy Father, I want to thank you for your presence here, which fills us with joy and helps us remember that today is the day in which Jesus showed His love in the most radical way, that is, by dying on the cross as an innocent. It is precisely on this theme of innocent sorrow that is the first question that comes from a seven-year-old Japanese child who says: “My name is Elena. I am...
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On the MS rag ...
It’s that time of the month again - when you wish you’d gone to bed with a hot water bottle, and just pulled the sheets over your head. Two & a half hours in, nine reboots of twenty-six patches in five batches, and the bloody purge has finally dried to a trickle. Many would dismiss Windows XP as menopausal but, as I am acutely aware at the moment, it remains a fertile breeding...
March 2011
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my @CineWorld terminates tomorrow, but look when...
I found the cheque stub when searching for the contract’s paperwork. The date doesn’t just precede my credit history, it’s virtually pre- internet, and definitely pre- email & sms services [which I only began to use a year later]. On that last subject, I fondly recall the http://www.uboot.com/eng of 2001, who gave free unlimited sms-ing from the web to any mobile. Even...
January 2011
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a one & a half hour Morning Glory ...
To great relief, Rachel McAdams managed to supply my viewed Morning Glory with a happy ending. Sure, it got a little flaccid three quarters of the way in, but the pace & friction of the earlier experience managed to squeeze out a reasonable climax - mainly through the affection generated whilst snug in the folds of the warm narrative. It was a slick ride worth paying for. Think of it as...
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the @SwanQueen wanted to be perfect ...
See the full gallery on posterous Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman. On her narrow shoulders rests Black Swan, in very much the same way as Taxi Driver fell in Robert De Niro’s; except the physical committment to her role has been more extensive than missing out on a few burgers & staring at just her own reflection in one mirror. (12715 KB) Watch on posterous...
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T-Mobile UK's Capped Data Rate actually is ...
Since WebNWalk [& later its offspring] was first launched some 5yrs odd years ago, Capped Data Rate has referred to the speed at which your data connection is throttled - not any volume usage limit [the latter having varied extensively from 10GB/3GB/2GB/1GB/750MB/500MB/50MB/ to 40MB dependant on tariff]. The standard handset connection has always been limited to 3G speeds, irrespective of...
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my Desire ...
awoke me this morning; and will keep me a-quiver until at least Wednesday, when a replacement sim arrives [today’s engineering thinking being that the current card has been fried in trying to maintain hsdpa connectivity]. (3260 KB) Listen on posterous Such times, naturalmente, are the most exciting in any romance with technology. When all is pristine, hopeful for the future,...
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I think I preferred the meat dress ...
Though this is a bit German sausage. Or is that a touch of sauerkraut on my part ? [courtesy gaga mugler]
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Winstone ... "you dirty ***t" !
It’s rare for Ray Winstone’s dialogue not to feature the line, “You’re a dirty CN*T, you cn*t !”; and I couldn’t help thinking that exposure to such language has influenced his daughter Jaime’s interests, as she presented her recent programme at http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/xhdzl/ . From there, my id slithered into action - slyly cataloguing [as that...
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TMK - let me add hot buttered vitriol to your...
If only this movie had been as concise as its title, instead of the sprawled torture that was it’s reality. Ostensibly I was watching a heist movie, but the only theft was of my sense of credulity. Picture Ocean’s 11 played by the cast of your local church group’s pantomine of Mother Goose, and then know that Tees Maar Khan was worse. In fact, let me spare you...
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I slept through their New Year's Eve fireworks ......
but I was around to see London’s display and to re-watch the full display when I surfaced again later in the afternoon In any event[s], good fortune and warm wishes to you all in [courtesy bbc]
December 2010
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the Fab Horsemen ...
trample over their genre predecessors, Dread Zeppelin ! See the full gallery on posterous It’s difficult to anticipate just how perfect a match the Beatles & Metallica are. See the full gallery on posterous [courtesy beatallica] Posted via email from noSPicedhAM Less
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Trent, my stomach is somewhat damaged ...
The Virgin Mary hasn’t been up the duff for 2000 years now, and I fear it’ll take that long to clear my tum of plum duff! [courtesy nin] Posted via email from noSPicedhAM Single
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What does Santa do on his day off?
Why, as the rest of us, he dances like an intoxicated fool. Merry Christmas 2010 - especially to you ho ho hoes!
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Girding my girth for Xmas Dinner ...
I’ll have one of each, please. [courtesy bbc] Posted via email from noSPicedhAM Single
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Burlesque:
… “A literary or dramatic work that ridicules a subject either by presenting a solemn subject in an undignified style or an inconsequential subject in a dignified style”; which - frankly - is the kindest comment that could be made of Cher & Christina Aguilera here. Burlesque is not a movie suited for analysis, as it’s so bad, it’s BAD! Still,...
The 8" snowfall of the 17th was more shallow by...
but still made for some incongruent [panettone?] shapes. Posted via email from noSPicedhAM Lite
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Tron 3D
in 2D here, as is apparent. See the full gallery on posterous tron-birthday-party-invitations-printable-1110.pdf (1580 KB) View this on posterous tron-shrink-charms-studio-printable-0710.pdf (1735 KB) View this on posterous tron-recognizer-printable.pdf (1228 KB) View this on posterous tron-door-hanger-printable-0710.pdf (1009 KB) View this on...
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"We wish you a woozy Xmas", [XA]2010 !
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speak up Boy, I can't hear you swearing from over...
(3983 KB) Watch on posterous Just as Amuurhica had recovered from Johnny Rotten’s original harangue, Badly Drawn Boy had to happen. Posted via email from noSPicedhAM Less
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iz bak ...
though I’ll have to ease myself into the routine of blogging more than Twitter’s 140 characters again, and vigorously squeeze the dessiccated lemon of my creativity.
Please excuse the pips, in the meantime.
February 2010
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Intermission
… for perhaps a year, as - frankly - I’ve run out of things to say!
Thanks to Rebecca @OrangeFilm , I'm now equipped...
Yes, I am indeed a winner [of the Orange Wednesday Film Club Unstoppable Competition of 24/11/10]. That brings my lifetime prize [of any kind] total to 3 ! Posted via email from noSPicedhAM Lite
Backseat ... sleeper
Safe in the car, from another urban Bonfire Night’s firework barrage. Posted via email from noSPicedhAM Lite
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Makes a change to be around creatures that are...
See the full gallery on posterous from the Elisabeth Svendsen Trust, this afternoon. Posted via email from noSPicedhAM Lite
Enthiran: original local distributor detail [from...
As briefly mentioned last night, The Robot [the most expensive South-East Asian movie ever made] played as I Robot - if the latter had been a musical comedic romance about Frankenstein, his monster, & an ageing Miss World. I watched it in the original Tamil; though outcast myself by failing to whistle, clap, and sing along with the rest of an enthusiastic audience. That said, one member did...
Dear Ms [fill in own name]: I Like …
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heads up, Environment - PlayCom is packin' !
Firstly, I should congratulate all concerned in supply of the pictured item: *Yay* my order wasn’t lost/stolen/transported elsewhere. However secondly, albeit I had remarked that a previous such purchase had been dropped through the door, contained solely in a jiffy box: I hope it was truly necessary to pack a solitary little black box in cardboard packaging large enough for Moses to...
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I'm Expendable ?
You’ll be after a taste of my big brass … knuckles, then !
Bbc Radio 3: the voice of young, urban, South...
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Wearing vodka goggles ...
I may be, but doesn’t Ms Basinger look - not wishing to be indelicate - a little … airbrushed, given her age? Still, you would. [courtesy Esquire]
January 2010
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My Name Is ... SRK
[courtesy bbc]
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From Greer to Slattern[ity (sic)] ...
One notes that to shout “get your t**s out for the lads!” remains a truly offensive remark to women [though it would always have been so, to ladies]. Yet it appears to be a proud feminist statement when actually releasing said glands unprompted. It’s a rare outing now when one’s sight isn’t accosted, or path tripped, by an elevated cleavage. Exhibitors of pronounced...
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Biting DFA ...
An old track, and not strictly of the Radio series, but I do enjoy DFA’s work [as previously noted at http://nospicedham-less.posterous.com/966562 ].
[courtesy interscope]
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covering The Book Of Eli [in chocolate]
Perhaps I’ve seen a few too many global [movie] devastations this past month, but The Book Of Eli ill-served its audience by being released after The Road; for it seemed pale by comparison. In fact, on consideration, it was The Road - but for American Christians who enjoy their fighting Blade-style, and costumed by an understated Mad Max. The entire conceptual premise of the movie is...
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Baffled by Bafta ...
Bafta must have neglected their morning coffee this morning, with Avatar nominated as their Best Drama - best cgi certainly, but drama? James Cameron doesn’t do that, any more than his wife does insight. I can only assume The Hurt Locker is riding some “let’s support our brave troops” sentiment; whilst Nowhere Boy drifts in the syrup of beatified Beatle sentiment. In...
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The gag reflex ...
An acquaintance [ @Ltjgrice ] had an unfortunate inadvertant tooth swallowing tonight. It’s said that Jackie Kennedy’s wealthy second husband [Aristotle Onassis] would humiliate her in company; by slurring her perceived idyllically-mannered history, in regaling his guests with the indiscretion “You see this woman here? She swallows anything I put before her.”. This...
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Lowest of the low ...
In Haiti, the aid agencies that have been howled at 24hrs/day by news media commentators - for insisting that a secure distribution infrastructure be in place before aid commences, to minimise chaotic criminality - have been proven correct as looters prey on their fellow afflicted. This is just one example of why reporters are held in such low esteem. For not only do they chatter at the point of...
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Being scathing: insult to injury ...
BUPA, you shoestring medical services provider! What’s the point of having a specialist Physiotherapy centre, yet being too tight-fisted to shell out some of your fees on clearing paths & carparks of ice & snow. You may as well be tipping people out of their wheelchairs, nicking their crutches, and kicking legs out from under them directly. Caring profession, my (snow-ground) rear....
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Playing shake, rattle & roll ..
Doubtlessly a comment as unsavoury as it is untimely, but the Haitians must still be quaking in their boots over yesterday’s tremors.I wonder though of the general relevance of international disaster & accident presentation at a local audience level. Is information weighted as “news” simply because video footage is available to fill television airtime? The medium shapes the...
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Popping something unpleasant in my mouth ...
Bought a packet of Rowntree’s Fruit Jellies, expecting something like pastilles; and because “taking time out of an active life to enjoy a sweet treat”. Instead of fruit, I discovered pepper/nettle/spinach/carrot, but the only taste is this kids’ sweet other ingredient of PIG FAT. How can pork gelatine be legitimate confectionery? It’s said that Britain has no...
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I'm not cut out to be a roadie ...
Travelled The Road last night, and still stunned by the depth & breadth of cinematic acting therein. Viggo Mortensen was quite extraordinary If you’te of an emotional disposition, viewing The Road after being immobile on the road for hours - hellbound in the snow of this Uk winter - you may even feel some slight melancholic pull to … well, top yourself.
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Spilling blood breaks the tedium of the snowbound...
I didn’t say much about Daybreakers a week ago, for it’s too efficient a movie to require much comment. It proved an exciting techno-flash dash through 21st century bloodsucking; with some interesting innovation of vampire conceptuality, mixed with insights borne of modern self-interest & mass economics. Better writers than I could point to a commentary on climate change....
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She got legs ...
and she knows how to use them! [courtesy the top & the pins of ms alesha dixon]
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Boom - it’s 2010 !
Ah, now...