What were the great ideas of the last century? A random list might include abstract art, behaviourism, corporate identity, automation, digital theory, futurism, the uncertainty principle, Gestalt psychology, industrial design, jet engines, fast food, television, the marginal productivity theory of...
Great Ideas listed The Independent Skip Links * Skip to navigation * Skip to primary content * Skip to secondary content * Skip to tertiary content * Skip to footer So Tony Blair, what are you doing to save the planet? Science Rain (AM and PM) 14° London Hi 21°C / Lo 12°C Search Query: Go...
My Life as seen through History of India History of India Timeline of Indiab Hustory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Indian_history Interested in contributing to Wikipedia? Timeline of Indian history From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search History of South Asia (In...
To some "progressive rock" expired in the mid to late 70's in the wake of punk rock and thereafter a return to the basic song structure of DIY indie rock, the days of 15min hammond organ'moog synths seemed over, the drum solo was confined to jazz and "rock" was in the "safe" hands of either poodle...
David Fincher to Produce CG MoCap Feature "The Goon" (slashfilm.com) "Feed me, feed me comics," booms Hollywood. According to TheGoon.com, /Film fave, David Fincher, has optioned movie rights for The Goon with plans to adapt the Dark Horse comic book into a CG animated film from Blur Studio. If this...
One of my favourite TV Shows as a kid in the mid 60's was Batman and Robin", my mothers apron doubled as a bat cloak and the stair bannister was my bat pole. The posting also gives me the opportunnity to post Link Wray's cover of the theme track which amonst others has been covered by both The Who...
New Lawsuit May Kill 'The Hobbit' (eonline.com) The Lord of the Rings bling is a lot like the One Ring. Everybody wants it. The estate of Rings mastermind J.R.R. Tolkien is the latest to launch a legal salvo against New Line Cinema, suing the studio for using "creative accounting" to cheat the...
Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: FW: Social Security Changes......(please do this)] > > PETITION for President Bush : > > > > Dear Mr. President: > > > > > > We, the undersigned, protest the bill that the > Senate voted on > > recently which would allow illegal aliens to access > > our Social Security. > > > > >...
Who or what are your musical influences? 10000 Maniacs 10cc 112 12 Rounds 16 Horsepower 1927 2 Pistols 2 Unlimited 24 Gone 2gether 2pac 3 Colours Red 3 Doors Down 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts 30 Seconds to Mars 311 38 Special 3gs 3lw 3rd Faze 3t 4 Non Blondes 4hero 4him 50 Cent 54 40 54 Seconds 59 Times...
This is the new hyperlinked index to all posts on the Hobo site (and there are many!) and more to come. If you scroll down the blog - posts are not all in order anymore but this index arranges them according to easy find categories - But first other links - (with some cool You Tubes of Cov bands and...
Its festival season once again, and as usual the City of Manchester manages to serve up a healthy platter of local talent all crammed into the bank holiday weekend in venues around the Northern Quarter. Its called the MAPS Festival and it’s the brainchild of several local promoters who have all...
In 2003, the nation's favourite 100 books were documented. I hoped to have read quite a few/ the majority of them. I was disappointed, if I'm honest. Disapponted because I hadn't read most of them and disappointed because there were a large number I would never read (genre, author, boredom level,...
This bands debut single "The Trumpton Riots" from 1986 remains an all time favourite, whilst they never really went away they are once again somewhat back in the limelight with their new album with the great title "CSI:Ambleside" History The band's first single, "The Trumpton Riots", topped the...
After reading a friend's blog on this same subject, I decided I really should do it as well. I go through my busy life not thanking the people who help me do what I do all the time- Not thanking the people who make my life easier and more enjoyable. I don't thank the people who deserve my gratitude...
MUSICPAUSE n.: the moment – usually some time in your late 20s or early 30s – when you start thinking that all music "these days" is crap. (From Jon Sufrin, Toronto) Musicpause appeared in the January 24th version of Toronto Star's weekly feature "The week's best invented words". I think...
BOOKS BOUGHT: McSweeney's #27--Dave Eggers (editor) The Bostonians--Henry James The Baron in the Trees--Italo Calvino Invisible Cities--Italo Calvino Civilwarland in Bad Decline--George Saunders When You Are Engulfed in Flames--David Sedaris Swann's Way--Marcel Proust Slapstick--Kurt Vonnegut God...
I organized a reunion lunch with a few of the folks from my Form II year. Since Knight Rider is coming back, so are we. We have not sat down together in 23 years. And everyone was instantly recognizable. The last person is someone random—she knew two of the people and we invited her to sit with...
another day, another dollar, I know you haven't had any music reviews for a while, well what a treat I have for y'all today, apart from watching Dr Feelgood DVD's back-to-back,.. we have MGMT - do this band take the award for most boring, unoriginal Neil Young Arcade Fire imitators of all time, does...
OK folks. Same deal: Bold for books I've read. Underlined for books I've read and loved. Italics for books I mean to read. Crossed through for books I have no intention of ever reading. Here goes: THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS by Henry Adams THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE by William James UP...
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