By mattr on October 30, 2008
Two of the most awesomest programmes on the TV – get mashed up into one great video.
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By mattr on October 29, 2008
About three years after my last memory of early music came my first real discovery into electronic music – the sound which shaped my tastes for many years. One of the stand out memories for me in my early electronic collections as this track : John Foxx – Underpass.
I remember listening to this constantly [...]
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By mattr on October 29, 2008
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By mattr on October 29, 2008
Like a little miniature David Beckham – Freddie Ljungberg joins the Seattle Sounders
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By mattr on October 17, 2008
Check this amazing video out – just two and half minutes, and I guarantee you will say ‘wow’ at the end…
Posted in random, video | Tagged mindreading, prediction, video
By mattr on October 16, 2008
Continuing my series (#1, #2) of formative music – this is the marvellous Mr Blue Sky by the Electric Orchestra, taken from their 1977 album – Out of the Blue. You can wonder at how Jeff Lynne got his hair to look SO HUGE.
I remember the cassette of this album in my dads Mini Clubman [...]
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By mattr on October 14, 2008
Amazing pictures from The Sun – not that one – but the big orange ball one…
Posted in asides | Tagged photo, photography, sun, sunflares, sunspots
By mattr on October 13, 2008
Second a new series of posts about formative music. I was reminded of this recently by a facebook post from an old neighbour. This is Uptown Top Ranking by Althea and Donna.
This is another strong memory from childhood parties, and also I remember this being on Top of the Pops back in 1977 – I [...]
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By mattr on October 11, 2008
This is not a food blog, ever, there are many better people at cooking than me – but because my forays into the kitchen are quite rare, I must mention this one. We invested in a relatively cheap slow-cooker (Morphy Richards), mainly because I love stews and the like in the winter. I got to [...]
Posted in Food | Tagged carbonnade, Food, mattsexperimentsinthekitchen
By mattr on October 11, 2008
Absolutely brilliant and scarily accurate remix of Gordon Brown at the Labour Party Conference – from the brilliant cassetteboy. (via)
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