Britain's first gay wedding shop: Called Aisle Alter Hymn, the boutique offers tiaras for men and diamante ties. Very QTV. Aisle Alter Hymn is the creation of South Shields resident Lynn Lucas, who has opened the business next to a rugby club. A total of 336 civil partnership ceremonies have taken place in South Shields, Newcastle and Sunderland. Miss Lucassays: "I want people to come in as a customer and leave as a friend."
After 4 days of sitting in bed being ill, I just wanted to share how warm and fuzzy this made me feel. I think I overdid it on the Lemsip, I appear to have misplaced my sarcasm. Damn. Must try harder next time.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Friday, April 20, 2007
A little late I know...
...but I just wanted to say what an absolute travesty it is that the lovely Miss Lauren Laverne has been allowed to leave XFM, especially given that her replacement is Alex Zane, a man whose only distinction in the presenting profession is that he is slightly better than the charisma vacuum that is his Popworld co-host Alexa Chung.
Couldn't London's indie kids cope with intellegent conversation in the morning? Zane's contribution to this morning's listening? 'What 2 things would you never see together?'. Well sir, I could think of a certain local radio breakfast show host and the concept 'talent' for starters.
Maybe I'm disgusted by the fact that one of the most intellegent female presenters of our generation is no longer brightening up my mornings or maybe it's just because we had a Kenekie tribute band at uni and called ourselves Kenookie. It made sense at 18.
Couldn't London's indie kids cope with intellegent conversation in the morning? Zane's contribution to this morning's listening? 'What 2 things would you never see together?'. Well sir, I could think of a certain local radio breakfast show host and the concept 'talent' for starters.
Maybe I'm disgusted by the fact that one of the most intellegent female presenters of our generation is no longer brightening up my mornings or maybe it's just because we had a Kenekie tribute band at uni and called ourselves Kenookie. It made sense at 18.
Bad me.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6574907.stm
I know I shouldn't find this amusing but it really, really is. I know. I'm hell-bound. I'll keep seats warm for the rest of you.
I know I shouldn't find this amusing but it really, really is. I know. I'm hell-bound. I'll keep seats warm for the rest of you.
2 legs good, 4 legs better?
Were I still a stroppy teenage vegetarian I would be holding this up as proof of the fact that we shouldn't eat meat, but as I've given in to the gastronmic joys of our fishy friends recently I don't have a leg to stand on in the beast eating moral argument.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6560121.stm
I'm all in favour of the latest food health scare, after all, it gives the Daily Express a chance to write some stories other than 'Cherie Blair gave my house price cancer', but bacon giving you lung disease? I'm pretty sure there is a very solid scientific background that I'm just not quite clever enough to understand but for the time being I'm not going to get too concerned as my mates tuck into a restoritive fry up the morning after the night before. If any of you can explain it in peasant terms to me, please feel free.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6560121.stm
I'm all in favour of the latest food health scare, after all, it gives the Daily Express a chance to write some stories other than 'Cherie Blair gave my house price cancer', but bacon giving you lung disease? I'm pretty sure there is a very solid scientific background that I'm just not quite clever enough to understand but for the time being I'm not going to get too concerned as my mates tuck into a restoritive fry up the morning after the night before. If any of you can explain it in peasant terms to me, please feel free.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Return of the Childcatcher
Pop icon Madonna has offered a helping hand to Malawian children by proposing to take over the orphanage where she adopted baby David Banda. The 48-year-old singer, who is currently in the African nation with 18-month-old Banda and 10-year-old daughter Lourdes, announced her ambitions during her visit to the Home of Hope in the village of Mchinji. The Evita star says, "I might take over the orphanage because the pastor here is getting old and is about to retire. If Malawians will work hand in hand with me I will still help Malawi." Madonna is also reportedly looking for a home in Malawi, where she hopes to spend up to a month each year in order to manage the various charity projects she has embarked on in the poverty-stricken country.
Not happy with just buying one child, it seems the leathery old stick insect is now wanting to purchase an entire job lot of them. Though if she does buy a place over there hopefully it will mean she stops wearing flat caps, plus fours, shooting things and talking in that ridiculous cod British accent. And 'designing' what amounted to some manky tracksuits for H&M.
Not happy with just buying one child, it seems the leathery old stick insect is now wanting to purchase an entire job lot of them. Though if she does buy a place over there hopefully it will mean she stops wearing flat caps, plus fours, shooting things and talking in that ridiculous cod British accent. And 'designing' what amounted to some manky tracksuits for H&M.
Ahahahahahahaha
U2 are writing songs for a new Spiderman musical. Just thought I'd share the comedy.
http://www.nme.com/news/u2/27791
http://www.nme.com/news/u2/27791
Ah, the joys of a free market...
Now, call me a grumpy old bag, and lord knows it’s happened many a time over the years, but this really narks me in a major fashion:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6474181.stm
As I’m sure many a gig goer has noticed it’s gone from wandering down to your local ticket outlet (and tell me, where have they all gone. Ah, I remember the ticket booth just outside Piccadilly Records in Manchester…), and seeing what was on in the next couple of weeks to a major military operation requiring 6 landlines. 4 mobiles, 17 computers and the ability to hack into the mainframe of Aloud’s website just to have a sniff of getting tickets at 9am release time for any even vaguely recognisable band these days.
And then what happens? Charming little scrotes like the one above have got there before you and are selling the tickets they bought, not for the love of the band but for sheer profit, on eBay not 5 minutes later.
Yes I know, market forces, supply and demand, each to their own, blah, blah, blah, however, when, and I don’t want to sound like the letters page of the NME here but, people with a genuine interest in seeing a band end up paying through the nose because some money grubbing git who can’t be arsed getting a Saturday job to earn his cider money has snapped them up and is then selling them back to the market at inflated costs it makes me sick.
Yes, people could just not buy them, I’ve missed out on many a gig as a matter of principle, but that’s because I’m stubborn, but realistically that’s not going to happen whilst we have such a vibrant music scene and a passionate audience in this country.
What would make sense? Hmm, let’s think. Obviously it can’t be made illegal to resell tickets, otherwise what would happen when you’ve been dumped by the girl you bought Justin Timberlake tickets for (though why would you have been with her in the first place)? You’re hardly going to want to go with you and your rugby mates are you? Slightly more sensible, put a cap on the amount they can be resold for. Face value plus a fiver so you get your booking fee back seems reasonable. But can we see eBay, the biggest culprit in the growth of the bedroom tout, going for that? When they make more of a percentage on the sale as the price rises? Well, I wonder…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6474181.stm
As I’m sure many a gig goer has noticed it’s gone from wandering down to your local ticket outlet (and tell me, where have they all gone. Ah, I remember the ticket booth just outside Piccadilly Records in Manchester…), and seeing what was on in the next couple of weeks to a major military operation requiring 6 landlines. 4 mobiles, 17 computers and the ability to hack into the mainframe of Aloud’s website just to have a sniff of getting tickets at 9am release time for any even vaguely recognisable band these days.
And then what happens? Charming little scrotes like the one above have got there before you and are selling the tickets they bought, not for the love of the band but for sheer profit, on eBay not 5 minutes later.
Yes I know, market forces, supply and demand, each to their own, blah, blah, blah, however, when, and I don’t want to sound like the letters page of the NME here but, people with a genuine interest in seeing a band end up paying through the nose because some money grubbing git who can’t be arsed getting a Saturday job to earn his cider money has snapped them up and is then selling them back to the market at inflated costs it makes me sick.
Yes, people could just not buy them, I’ve missed out on many a gig as a matter of principle, but that’s because I’m stubborn, but realistically that’s not going to happen whilst we have such a vibrant music scene and a passionate audience in this country.
What would make sense? Hmm, let’s think. Obviously it can’t be made illegal to resell tickets, otherwise what would happen when you’ve been dumped by the girl you bought Justin Timberlake tickets for (though why would you have been with her in the first place)? You’re hardly going to want to go with you and your rugby mates are you? Slightly more sensible, put a cap on the amount they can be resold for. Face value plus a fiver so you get your booking fee back seems reasonable. But can we see eBay, the biggest culprit in the growth of the bedroom tout, going for that? When they make more of a percentage on the sale as the price rises? Well, I wonder…
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