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...