Saturday, 22 October 2011
Planet Gallifrey: Matt Smith on Craig Ferguson
Planet Gallifrey: Matt Smith on Craig Ferguson: Here is Matt Smith's interview on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson from a few days ago.
Sunday, 21 August 2011
Oh and I've stuck some more tracks together for 8tracks no real theme this time just odds and sods that I thought would sound well together, still taking it for a test drive but please find it below if you like the errr likes of The Ramones, Buck 65, The National, Fever Ray, Warren Zevon, and the like.
Not lots to report this week as being one of the last few of the holiday its rather sped by.
Did see beautiful lies with Audrey Tautao, who it seems whenever you mention her name to people they automatically pull a "ahh shes lovely" face and who also seems to be predominantly remembered for her haircut (well if you judge two seperate people commenting on it as predominantly, well I do so leave it) . Anyway The film is a rather enjoyable french farce which although not exactly side splitting, well the old man in front of us did found it hilarious anyway, is a rather nice little film. Will say that thank goodness Audrey Tautao does inspire the "ahhh" face as her character is.......well frankly kind of horrible. I was struggling to see what anyone would see in her but I was rather happy when things seemed to work out for the best in the end (wait does that count as a spoiler? No? good in that case I was not expecting the aliens to appear at the end.)
Also today had a door step visit from a pair promoting Christianity, who seemed rather confused when I politely said I was an atheist but when asked why just said that I just was. Should I have said I felt it in my soul? Or that Jebus made me that way? Anyway they were rather polite and after asking if I knew anyone on the street who might need helpfrom the lord (does he do plumbing as our sink has been making funny noises) shock hands and shared names...Now T.O.H is suggesting that possibly they now know my name and my address I can expect more visits attempting to persuade me to change my mind about the whole lack of god thing, as the same thing has happened with the Jehovah witness who visits every Sunday to see if I've changed my mind so far I have managed to avoid her and am hoping that T.O.H might be able to say "please go away" (or words that that effect) for me....still waiting.
Did see beautiful lies with Audrey Tautao, who it seems whenever you mention her name to people they automatically pull a "ahh shes lovely" face and who also seems to be predominantly remembered for her haircut (well if you judge two seperate people commenting on it as predominantly, well I do so leave it) . Anyway The film is a rather enjoyable french farce which although not exactly side splitting, well the old man in front of us did found it hilarious anyway, is a rather nice little film. Will say that thank goodness Audrey Tautao does inspire the "ahhh" face as her character is.......well frankly kind of horrible. I was struggling to see what anyone would see in her but I was rather happy when things seemed to work out for the best in the end (wait does that count as a spoiler? No? good in that case I was not expecting the aliens to appear at the end.)
Also today had a door step visit from a pair promoting Christianity, who seemed rather confused when I politely said I was an atheist but when asked why just said that I just was. Should I have said I felt it in my soul? Or that Jebus made me that way? Anyway they were rather polite and after asking if I knew anyone on the street who might need helpfrom the lord (does he do plumbing as our sink has been making funny noises) shock hands and shared names...Now T.O.H is suggesting that possibly they now know my name and my address I can expect more visits attempting to persuade me to change my mind about the whole lack of god thing, as the same thing has happened with the Jehovah witness who visits every Sunday to see if I've changed my mind so far I have managed to avoid her and am hoping that T.O.H might be able to say "please go away" (or words that that effect) for me....still waiting.
Monday, 15 August 2011
One of my favourite...no actually it probably was my absolute favourite thing to do was to make mixes for people, hunting through my records finding that right selection of songs, deciding what theme it should have, if any (and the answer is yes even if the other person doesn't know about it) then sitting by the tape machine pause button at hand, then later the computer trying to cram 14 songs (14 songs usually fit the 74 odd minutes of a cd) sometimes DISASTER the computer couldn't quite fit the end of one, or skipped the beginning of another. Obviously with the advancement of the internet both the sharing of pictures of cats and music itself have changed, and yes I have just realised how old this makes me sound, oh I remember when all this was fields ect ect. Still I've enjoyed collecting a host of songs on spotify, listening to last fm radio and now Im really enjoying 8 track.Basically its a site where you create mixes and listen to others, looking for covers for your album, thinking of witty names oh I had forgotten how much I enjoyed that. Anyway love has been on my mind recently so for my fourth mix I collected songs that I find hit the love button (wait does that sound weird?) so I thought I'd share below
(wait does that sound weirder?)
oh and for some reason I've become obsessed with Tusk by Fleetwood Mac, a band I've never really had any interest in their later years, but my parents recently bought the album for an in law for some reason the song Tusk has just sat in my head for almost a week. I'm a sucker for big pounding drum beats and Tusk delivers big time (ha thats my Tim Westwood voice) plus it sounds kind of nothing like their other stuff ((I think! please let me know if I'm wrong (considering its just me that reads this this is a note to myself, also buy more soya milk and))
Anyway looking on youtube (home of sleepy animals and people miming to songs) and it appears to also be a favourite of marching bands. Now being English (yes shocking I know) marching bands just seem kind of cool and different to me, its possibly my time as a Scout marching through town, but synchronized playing of instruments (I was going to write synchronized marching but that makes me sound slightly fascist) and drums/horns just seems win win. I found this video below as an example
See brilliant, plus I only spotted the man dressed as a roman centurion at the very end.
(wait does that sound weirder?)
oh and for some reason I've become obsessed with Tusk by Fleetwood Mac, a band I've never really had any interest in their later years, but my parents recently bought the album for an in law for some reason the song Tusk has just sat in my head for almost a week. I'm a sucker for big pounding drum beats and Tusk delivers big time (ha thats my Tim Westwood voice) plus it sounds kind of nothing like their other stuff ((I think! please let me know if I'm wrong (considering its just me that reads this this is a note to myself, also buy more soya milk and))
Anyway looking on youtube (home of sleepy animals and people miming to songs) and it appears to also be a favourite of marching bands. Now being English (yes shocking I know) marching bands just seem kind of cool and different to me, its possibly my time as a Scout marching through town, but synchronized playing of instruments (I was going to write synchronized marching but that makes me sound slightly fascist) and drums/horns just seems win win. I found this video below as an example
See brilliant, plus I only spotted the man dressed as a roman centurion at the very end.
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
More music and the odd "hack"ing (no I cant really make that witty title sorry)
Hello, have probably recovered from Millsaddedon 2011 in whhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifich Mills's around the country mounted a campaign against London, the score? Three, two probably we can defiantly claim the natural history museum and true we almost lost out when it came to lunch times but the final night at a party held in the building where the kings speech was filmed (and finding wearing plaid at an all white dress party doesn't always go down well) and also finding same building has a jacuzzi in the basement (presumably the bit where Colin Firth is in it with Geoffry Rush is in the DVD extras). So Sunday was rather.......tiring and funny enough Monday too.
Still up to speed now more or less and realised I haven't really written anything whilst on holiday mainly because I've tried to go out and do....things well things that cost nooooo money still it means I have re discovered the joys of sleeping in, and watching movies (a seperation is amazing by the way) also been watching the phone hacking scandal open up and float around somewhat like a giant wasp thats been brought into a room, no one really likes to acknowledge its there, everyone is flapping their hands and its kind of a bastard. It has struck me though about Rupert Murdochs whole "oh I'm just an old man whos a bit doddery I didn't know anything." a plea used usually by war criminals who apparently were fine to slaughter andmassacre but now have a bit of a cough and cant hear well so cant possibly stand trial now thankyouverymuch. Whats worse is that people have been saying they even felt sorry for him! Really! and again Really! For what, twenty, thirty years Murdoch has controlled, manipulated, bullied and basically bulldozed his way through politics and media and now apparently hes a bit old so we should go easy, sorry but again Really!?! The other question is that with Rupert and James Murdoch claiming they didn't know anything (plus Rebekah Brookes and I presume Pierce "human slug" Morgan as well) doesnt this actually make them really bad bosses, after all it was apparently going on for years, was credited with breaking the Sven Goran Ericsson affair (which I presume is in no way an admition of guilt actually saying in a book thank god we had phone hacking) and used by tens possibly hundreds of journalists and yet the supposed bosses knew nothing..? We could just presume that they really didn't know anything in which case they are aweful bosses who apparently couldn't even run their news rooms....
So the choice is either they are massive massively incompetent to run business or they knew about the hacking tough choice...
Still up to speed now more or less and realised I haven't really written anything whilst on holiday mainly because I've tried to go out and do....things well things that cost nooooo money still it means I have re discovered the joys of sleeping in, and watching movies (a seperation is amazing by the way) also been watching the phone hacking scandal open up and float around somewhat like a giant wasp thats been brought into a room, no one really likes to acknowledge its there, everyone is flapping their hands and its kind of a bastard. It has struck me though about Rupert Murdochs whole "oh I'm just an old man whos a bit doddery I didn't know anything." a plea used usually by war criminals who apparently were fine to slaughter andmassacre but now have a bit of a cough and cant hear well so cant possibly stand trial now thankyouverymuch. Whats worse is that people have been saying they even felt sorry for him! Really! and again Really! For what, twenty, thirty years Murdoch has controlled, manipulated, bullied and basically bulldozed his way through politics and media and now apparently hes a bit old so we should go easy, sorry but again Really!?! The other question is that with Rupert and James Murdoch claiming they didn't know anything (plus Rebekah Brookes and I presume Pierce "human slug" Morgan as well) doesnt this actually make them really bad bosses, after all it was apparently going on for years, was credited with breaking the Sven Goran Ericsson affair (which I presume is in no way an admition of guilt actually saying in a book thank god we had phone hacking) and used by tens possibly hundreds of journalists and yet the supposed bosses knew nothing..? We could just presume that they really didn't know anything in which case they are aweful bosses who apparently couldn't even run their news rooms....
So the choice is either they are massive massively incompetent to run business or they knew about the hacking tough choice...
Monday, 1 August 2011
Sunday, 17 July 2011
quick pea and ham soup and small ramble
My CD player is currently refusing to play the junior boys so evil glares at that, although it does remind me that apart from metronomy and Tuneyards (capitals be damned) I havent bought anything for a while, although as it is now officially school holiday (yay) I have plenty of time to potter before finally deciding not to buy anything which is my usual way.
T.O.H has been trying to cut down on gluten this last few weeks and generally it doesnt make sense time wise or in effort to cook two full dinners so Ive been having similar meals (with added bread for my gluten fix hmmm gluten) and so thought I'd jot down a quick and easy recipe, plus have noticed I havent put any food up for ages.
My mum and dad got me (or mamma and pa bought one, if your posh) a hand held blender for my b day which has been so useful not just in soup making but also pestos, making minted peas (which is simply just cooked peas mint jelly and some oil, even peanut butter, anyway this is a recipie for pea soup its very very easy and changable to your needs (for example Im not a fan of really thick soup so the first time I added less peas) its also very easy to make a veggie version simply cook the onions as directed, add the stock salt and pepper and cook the peas for 15 minutes before blending, making it far quicker and way cheaper.
ingredients
about 2 pounds of peas (if using frozen defrost first (and wash) )
around 2 litres of stock (I used two cubes of gluten free stock cubes but you can obviously just use veg stock instead) (oh and I also added a pinch of tumeric as I like the colour) (also I like brackets)
1 onion finely chopped
a small butter portion
1 small bacon joint (I used a sainsburys basic one around 350 g and made sure it didnt have too much fat, I suppose to make it even healthier trim most of the fat off first)
in a large pan melt butter add the onion and cook until soft, add the bacon joint and enough water to just cover the joint (around 2 litters should do it), bring to a boil, reduce slightly and cook for around one hour turning the joint halfway through, by now the bacon should be nice and soft so skim any fat that floats to the surface remove the joint and add the peas, cook the peas for 10 to 15 minutes and as you do take off any fat from the joint and shred the meat, after the 15 minutes blend the soup and add salt and pepper to taste, add the meat and re heat the soup serve with nice thick bread and butter or if your gluten free rice cakes crushed up give the soup a bit more chunk.
anyway thats it, suggestions or changes always welcome. Its Sunday so going to continue to potter in PJs and plan on seeing the Princess of Montpensier in a bit yay sundays yay holidays YaY generally
T.O.H has been trying to cut down on gluten this last few weeks and generally it doesnt make sense time wise or in effort to cook two full dinners so Ive been having similar meals (with added bread for my gluten fix hmmm gluten) and so thought I'd jot down a quick and easy recipe, plus have noticed I havent put any food up for ages.
My mum and dad got me (or mamma and pa bought one, if your posh) a hand held blender for my b day which has been so useful not just in soup making but also pestos, making minted peas (which is simply just cooked peas mint jelly and some oil, even peanut butter, anyway this is a recipie for pea soup its very very easy and changable to your needs (for example Im not a fan of really thick soup so the first time I added less peas) its also very easy to make a veggie version simply cook the onions as directed, add the stock salt and pepper and cook the peas for 15 minutes before blending, making it far quicker and way cheaper.
ingredients
about 2 pounds of peas (if using frozen defrost first (and wash) )
around 2 litres of stock (I used two cubes of gluten free stock cubes but you can obviously just use veg stock instead) (oh and I also added a pinch of tumeric as I like the colour) (also I like brackets)
1 onion finely chopped
a small butter portion
1 small bacon joint (I used a sainsburys basic one around 350 g and made sure it didnt have too much fat, I suppose to make it even healthier trim most of the fat off first)
in a large pan melt butter add the onion and cook until soft, add the bacon joint and enough water to just cover the joint (around 2 litters should do it), bring to a boil, reduce slightly and cook for around one hour turning the joint halfway through, by now the bacon should be nice and soft so skim any fat that floats to the surface remove the joint and add the peas, cook the peas for 10 to 15 minutes and as you do take off any fat from the joint and shred the meat, after the 15 minutes blend the soup and add salt and pepper to taste, add the meat and re heat the soup serve with nice thick bread and butter or if your gluten free rice cakes crushed up give the soup a bit more chunk.
anyway thats it, suggestions or changes always welcome. Its Sunday so going to continue to potter in PJs and plan on seeing the Princess of Montpensier in a bit yay sundays yay holidays YaY generally
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Hello there, Monday to Wednesday was a three day residential school trip which as you would expect was rather....tiring and have returned home to find I have developed the sickness bug thats been going around (a rather bad habit at school is that as soon as anyones sick you can guarantee that sooner or later you will get it too) so have now also been off for two days feeling sickly ewwwww
anyway Glastonbury is currently on this weekend to which my brother has headed off so theres a certain amount of Mills envy (despite the rain) and right now Im looking out for him as Morrisey sings/makes witty comments I gave him my inflatable pilllow to take away and a list of things to bring and now rather glad I recommended wellies and bin liners. Although a question about glastonbury exactly who brings those massive flags you see waving around? and more importantly whats the point?
On a sadder note just seen that Peter Falk has passed away, I think I've mentioned my love of columbo before and my weekends (and other days of the week) are made so much better if I manage to catch a repeat of an episode, the deceptively smart sleuth battling wits with murders (and if I remember right a kidnapper or two) has shaped crime television since it first aired (see modern programs like The Mentalist which featured a direct lift from Prescription murder the other week) which comes down a lot to Peter Falks amazing performance, thats not mentioning The Princess Bride or Murder by death in which he stared (I love his very confused Humphry Bogart/classic private eye role)
anyway Glastonbury is currently on this weekend to which my brother has headed off so theres a certain amount of Mills envy (despite the rain) and right now Im looking out for him as Morrisey sings/makes witty comments I gave him my inflatable pilllow to take away and a list of things to bring and now rather glad I recommended wellies and bin liners. Although a question about glastonbury exactly who brings those massive flags you see waving around? and more importantly whats the point?
On a sadder note just seen that Peter Falk has passed away, I think I've mentioned my love of columbo before and my weekends (and other days of the week) are made so much better if I manage to catch a repeat of an episode, the deceptively smart sleuth battling wits with murders (and if I remember right a kidnapper or two) has shaped crime television since it first aired (see modern programs like The Mentalist which featured a direct lift from Prescription murder the other week) which comes down a lot to Peter Falks amazing performance, thats not mentioning The Princess Bride or Murder by death in which he stared (I love his very confused Humphry Bogart/classic private eye role)
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