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Shibuya
A few photos from my recent trip to Japan
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Jeffrey Lewis – Orgone Accumulator
Went to see Jeffrey Lewis and Peter Stampfel at the Windmill, Brixton (fab venue) last night. At first I was disappointed that he didn’t play any of his solo stuff, but all the songs worked great. Highlights included a poem about Pussy Riot, a very funny ‘short film’ (actually a comic) called After Dark, but I really, really loved a very unexpected and feedback-laden cover of Hawkwind’s Orgone Accumulator.
1992 – me caught on camera headbanging in the front row at 3’05” and 3’35”
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Front page? Champion!
Quite pleased to get a photo of mine on the front page of the local paper
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Champions at Champion Hill
The most joyous day I’ve ever had at football. Well done Dulwich Hamlet.
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I’ve got the POWER
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Happy Easter
Happy Easter
Connected clocks in modern phones, radios, computers and watches have taken the fun out of putting everything one hour forward to mark the start of summer time.
Thankfully, microwaves are still pre Internet and it’s extra geek fun to have to work out baffling buttons on a strange device in a holiday cottage.
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Idea
If Chas & Dave wanted their own brand of muesli, they could call it Gertcha Bircher.
First street run in eight and a half years. Very pleased to have broken a pattern (and nearly an ankle)
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In films set in the future…
…tomorrow’s cars always look a bit crap
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Face
Face
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Bossy
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Another great Dickens character
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Food pr0n
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From the top of the Shard
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On the twelfth day of xmas
My true love re-planted the tree
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Making the FA Cup special again
The Champions League has eclipsed what used to be the most important and exciting football tournament. It seems that no-one cares *that* much about it these days.
But there’s one thing that people still love about the world’s oldest football competition. And it’s this special quality that could bring it back to the fore.
Giant killing.
Everyone loves it when the proverbial minnows beat the big teams. But the random nature of the draw means that too few crazy gangs get the chance to take on the culture clubs.
There’s nothing more deflating that having a camera in the dressing room of a non-league team who’ve fought their way through countless preliminary rounds dreaming of an away trip to the upper echelons, only to find they’ve drawn Lincoln at home.
So let’s rig the draw. And ensure more David vs Goliath possibilities.
It’s not as wrong as it sounds. Indeed other sports routinely use this model – tennis is an good example. The reason why we get a few exciting upsets, yet invariably end up with a big final is due to this method. Yes – seeding.
Let’s seed the FA Cup. The third round would be more exciting than ever with the lowest ranked teams guaranteed a shot at the big boys. It’d mean far fewer mundane pairings and far more Ronnie Radford moments.
Seeding – putting drama back in the FA Cup.
