The Blog is Back!
You'll notice there's a 10-week gap between this entry and the previous one. You may think the reason is probably because I couldn't be a**ed to write anything while the sun was out. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, I haven't been able to publish anything, because as with ... Click here to read the rest...
Gigfest!
Three gigs on consecutive weekdays - something of a record, methinks. Friday, and to the Cambridge Corn Exchange for a token dose of modern pop'n'roll, with The Zutons. Their selling point is more than just the originality of a female sax player at the forefront: they've cracked the formula of ... Click here to read the rest...
Eurovision, so much to answer for
Just when you think the Eurovision Song Contest is past its sell-by date, like every year, it comes back and provides you with some unmissable entertainment once more. Now, the idea of getting the public to vote, which has been running these past few years, is obviously stupid; if there ... Click here to read the rest...
Joe Royle leaves Ipswich.
I'm delighted that Royle has gone. I didn't want him in the first place, along with all those in the North Stand who were chanting "Royle out" before he'd even been appointed nearly four long seasons ago. In all that time, I think we'd agree he really didn't win over ... Click here to read the rest...
Restaurant 22, Cambridge has a website!
Last night we ate at Restaurant 22 at 22 Chesterton Lane, Cambridge. I wouldn't normally think this worthy of a blog entry, but there seemed to be no record of the restaurant having a website when I scoured the search engines the day before. However, when we got there, its ... Click here to read the rest...
She will put us all to shame…
Mrs R is doing the Race For Life in June, committing herself to running 5km for charidee. Doesn't sound much, 5 kilometres, but then I think: "Hang on - I'm really proud of myself for being able to run for 20 minutes on the treadmill at 10km an hour". And ... Click here to read the rest...
Cambridge Folk Festival 2006 lineup announced
They've announced the lineup for this year's Folk Festival which takes place in my back garden (-ish) and it's an intriguing one. Nice to see they've continued the trend of the last few years by avoiding the pop acts (it hasn't hurt the ticket sales, so why not?) Headlining is "a ... Click here to read the rest...
Real-life Simpsons intro
Just how long did this take to do? Utterly fantastic. Click here to read the rest...
More British than a British thing
There's a half-decent, half-British, half-American Half Man Half Biscuit interview on Popmatters today. It says: "A big part of America's problem, of course, is that Half Man Half Biscuit (HMHB to their friends) are so very British that, to a lazy listener, they must sound positively alien." Count the missus ... Click here to read the rest...
Sky+ …too noisy for the bedroom?
Well, we thought so. Full marks to Sky for agreeing to exchange our new Sky+ unit for a coventional Digibox, but really, they should warn you about this in the first place. For a start, the more recent Sky+ 40Mb boxes, made by Thomson, are really noisy compared to the ... Click here to read the rest...