Archive for September, 2009
Spider, man!
A big hairy spider has made the mother of all webs outside my front door!
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It’s managed to create this masterpiece in the space between my neighbour’s porch and the tree in my garden, a distance covering a good metre and a half. I’ve already knocked the web down once (accidentally I must add) only to find it rebuilt the very next morning. I’m going to admit defeat to Mr. Spider and let his wonderful web stay where it is.
Nature is ace isn’t it?
Noodles
The Noodles of the Gods
Before I update the World of Me with a huge report from this year’s RAFTA Project, I would just like to add that Shin Cup Noodles are possibly one of the best noodle-in-a-cup-based foodstuffs in the world. Ever.
Hotel Paradiso
Another year, another RAFTA project. Bums on seats people, that’s what we need…
Speedway
The final race begins
“I want to go and see the Speedway” says my dad. It was bound to happen sooner or later, my dad is a massive speedway fan and he religiously watches the race meetings whenever they’re shown on Sky Sports. In his youth he used to take part in bicycle speedway in his home village of Brinkworth and in the 60′s he used to watch all of the home races at Swindon’s Abbey stadium – his last visit being in 1967, so it was about time that he went back to the home of the Swindon Robins to enjoy the sights and smells of motorcycle speedway one more time.
Green Man
A few weeks ago myself and a couple of chums spent a weekend at the foot of the Welsh mountains, at Glanusk Park near Brecon. We were attending The Green Man Festival, an independent ethically-minded music festival that features a wide-range of music, art and friendly jolly-japery that seems to be missing form the larger corporate festivals.
Aside from the Saturday evening headliner, Jarvis Cocker, most of the acts sat firmly in the smaller, independent corner of the music industry. It’s always a joy to come to these events and discover new music; artists such as the electro-acoustic James Yuill, the wonderfully eclectic Gang Gang Dance and the downright daft Unicorn Kid had not crossed my music radar until the festival weekend.