
31 October 200722:14:31
Putting on my top hat - simply the best

30 October 200723:18:30
Trash capsule (via snarky)

29 October 2007
28 October 200722:41:28
I saw these guys playing on Saturday night in Zef's in Ambleside - they were very good indeed.

26 October 200712:59:26
Good grief (via strange new products)

25 October 2007
24 October 200723:15:24
Just back from David Murray Quartet at the Caedmon Hall. Most excellent indeed. (Andy Hamilton (89) turned up to watch him.)
15:04:24
San Diego sunrise (link needs a .jpg - I think the link is longer than my database field so it keeps going wrong....)

23 October 2007
22 October 2007
21 October 200720:03:21
I can't work out which is more annoying - the even earlier start to xmas nonsense or the sticker on a bag of apples saying "Happy Halloween". Halloween is not a festival (in this country) so please don't try to make it one.

19 October 2007
18 October 200715:58:18
Shoulder pad alert!!! I suppose the birds have to land somewhere.
15:56:18
Birdland : Maynard Ferguson. I love the way at on epoint he stands in front of the section sort of pretending to conduct and they are all just ignoring him. They also manage to make parts of the tune sound like "Jump". Nice tenor playing.

17 October 200719:25:17
Coldest night so far and the central heating breaks. Oh well.
16:54:17
An emusic download today of Miles In Copenhagen 1960 - Coltrane in the band of course. Fabulous, fabulous live version of So What. Amazing solo from JC.

15 October 200720:09:15
See proof!!!! (And find out about those christian-built highways back home) (Update: seems it is a spoof. Thank goodness)

12 October 200718:12:12
Regular service resumes when I'm not ill....

10 October 200709:09:10
Clifford Brown really was amazing.

9 October 2007
7 October 2007
6 October 200720:12:06
Jazz workshop at the Sage, Gateshead today. Which was good.

5 October 200722:07:05
Damn, the Bajofondo Tango Club are touring but are not coming anywhere near here (unless I've missed them) - go and see them if you get the chance though.

4 October 2007
3 October 200717:12:03
I just saw someone wearing a t-shirt that read "You will regret reading this t-shirt when the sketch artist asks you to describe my face"
14:01:03
This is more like it. (But since when have broccoli and corn been exotic vegetables? Even in India.)
14:00:03
Lotteria Squid Burger (somewhere on the page - I can't read Hangul...)
13:58:03
Freshness Burger - spam burger

2 October 2007
1 October 2007
30 September 200722:40:30
Juts finished the new Pratchett
- very good indeed I thought. There's a new Bill Bryson too

29 September 200708:21:29
To Edinburgh today

28 September 200709:01:28
Mpemba Effect: every ice rink maintainer knew this long before 1969.

27 September 200715:34:27
Great quote on No Rock&Roll Fun : "So, that's Shed 7, MC Hammer, the Inspiral Carpets and EMF all on tour in the UK at roughly the same time. No wonder nobody's bothered to invent time travel; there's nothing bloody left in the past to go back and visit."

26 September 2007
25 September 200713:22:25
What is the point of a "Best of Complete XXX" album?

24 September 2007
23 September 200722:43:23
Hey, I got a name check on Language Log! Fame indeed!
18:31:23
RIP Marcel Marceau - I saw him once in a tiny theatre in Edinburgh in the 60s. He was fantastic. The only people in the audience were me and my friends. About 6 of us.
00:07:23
I popped into SL for a minute - still as buggy as ever. Crashed three times within 30 secs of logging in.
00:03:23
Thanks to the BBC catch-up weekend I am now up to episode 5 of Heroes.

22 September 200708:53:22
Yakult town (via Kiainet)

21 September 2007
19 September 2007
18 September 2007
17 September 2007
16 September 200721:25:16
Just been on a boat at the mouth of the Tyne watching the QE2 come up the river (on the 3rd attempt). Lots of boats, firework display, parachute flares to make a "red carpet". It was good. If I have any decent photos I might put them online.

15 September 2007
14 September 200708:50:14
Lovely stuff (via the justified and ancient Daily Jive)

13 September 2007