It seems that my vice of watching Living TV to catch CSI (not so much CSI: Miami or CSI:NY–these franchisees lack the ineffable appeal of the original Las Vegas series) is at least shared by J.G. Ballard (in his article in the Guardian Review)In his attempt to explain, “given that there are no interesting characters, […]
Bologna may have been relegated, but it’s not all doom and gloom in the world of football. Inter Milan President Moratti responded positively it would seem to the Zapatista challenge to a game. Moratti’s reply to Subcommandante Marcos, and the balaclaved Zapatistas response seem to have had little coverage in the Italian press, having been […]
Bologna may have been relegated, but it’s not all doom and gloom in the world of football. Inter Milan President Moratti responded positively it would seem to the Zapatista challenge to a game. Moratti’s reply to Subcommandante Marcos, and the balaclaved Zapatistas response seem to have had little coverage in the Italian press, having been […]
Jean-Paul Sartre was born 100 years ago today. His reputation has taken a bit of a battering since his death in 1980–his wilful blindness* to the atrocities perpetrated by Stalin is perhaps the biggest black mark against him. But don’t be put off by the stereotypical image of the bug-eyed monstre sacré wreathed in cigarette […]
Gufo – an Owl. Gufare – to hoot. On Saturday evening Italy’s Serie A drew to a close. The final match of the season, a playoff to decide relegation, took place in Bologna. Being but fair-weather fans, we opted to watch Bologna vs Parma from the comfort of a nearby bar (the beautiful evening and […]
Then the The Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection might be for you!However if you take advantage of this Amazon deal (You save $5,327.75!), you might want to put up a few extra shelves first:”…the 1,082 titles in the Penguin Classics Complete Library total nearly half a million pages–laid end to end they would hit the […]
A Guardian story discusses the possibility that the tax-free status for artists might be dropped because it is being ‘taken advantage of’ by millionaire writers and pop-stars. Among the high-profile artists availing of the tax exemption by living (at least part of the year) in Ireland are DBC Pierre, Michel Houellebecq, Alan Warner, Elvis Costello […]
Occasionally I use this blog as a platform to plug the efforts of the rest of my family to convert the rest of the world to the joys of StikAx system. I won’t recap what this neat little gadget actually does, because a London-based animator has produced a very slick movie that will do a […]
From a profile of Haruki Murakami*:”He follows a strict regimen. Going to bed around 9 p.m. – he never dreams, he said – he wakes up without an alarm clock around 4 a.m. He immediately turns on his Macintosh and writes until 11 a.m., producing every day 4,000 characters, or the equivalent of two to […]