My Top 10 iPod tracks - 010411

1. (-) - If - Colette


2. (-) - Cantara - Dead Can Dance


3. (-) - Fun 'n' Frenzy - Josef K


4. (-) - The Angle - Josef K


5. (-) - Threat To Creation - New Age Steppers/Creation Rebel


6. (-) - Bring It On - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds


7. (-) - My Bonnie Lass - The Amaryllis Consort


8. (-) - Hark All Ye Lovely Saints - The Amaryllis Consort


9. (-) - Fair Phyllis - The Amaryllis Consort


10. (-) - Close (To The Edit) - The Art Of Noise

Regards,

djp

Irish Motor Show 2011

Some nice pics of some nice motors...

Nothing hugely exotic on show. A sign of the recession perhaps. Big play being made on the hybrids. Got there first...;-).

Regards,


djp

And the ringtone for March 2011 is...

..."English Roundabout" from XTC's 1982 album, ENGLISH SETTLEMENT.

Yowza!

Regards,


djp

My Top 10 iPod tracks - 010311

1. (-) - Beautiful Liar (Main Version/Album Version) - Beyoncé and Shakira
2. (-) - Fallen Leaves - Billy Talent
3. (-) - Liza - Al Jolson
4. (-) - Bad Boys (feat. Flo Rida) - Alexandra Burke
5. (-) - Gives You Hell - The All-American Rejects
6. (-) - Not The One For Me - All-Girl Summer Fun Band
7. (-) - Wandering Ghost - Antelope
8. (-) - For Today I Am A Boy - Antony and The Johnsons
9. (-) - Perfect Fit - Apostle Of Hustle
10. (-) - Energy - Apples In Stereo

Regards,

djp

And the ringtone for February 2011 is...

..."Stupid and Shallow" from the Futureheads' debut album. Marvellous!

Regards,


djp

My Top 10 iPod tracks - 010211

1. (-) - Part - Lamentate for Piano and Orchestra: Spietato - Alexei Lubimov
2. (-) - Part - Lamentate for Piano and Orchestra: Fragile - Alexei Lubimov
3. (-) - Part - Lamentate for Piano and Orchestra: Pregando - Alexei Lubimov
4. (-) - Part - Lamentate for Piano and Orchestra: Lamentabile - Alexei Lubimov
5. (-) - Part - Lamentate for Piano and Orchestra: Fragile e Conciliante - Alexei Lubimov
6. (-) - And Memories Fade - Cousin Silas
7. (-) - Pollards Moor - Cousin Silas
8. (-) - Standege Tunnels Disused - Cousin Silas
9. (-) - Star Nursery - Cousin Silas
10. (-) - The Dreams (Running) - Delia Derbyshire and Barry Bermage

Regards,

djp

2010 vs 2011

Time to do the annual resolution review thingy (I know you all enjoy it so much...)

2010 Resolutions

1. To get to see Arsenal play at least once this year - FAILED. Just not in the form for discretionary travel in 2010...:-(
2. To visit a country I've never been to before - FAILED. As per 1 above, plus nowhere interesting came up during the course of the working year
3. To start cycling again as soon as the weather improves - EPIC FAIL, as you might say. I think I went cycling once. Had a puncture. End of story.
4. To generally get the oul' bod a bit more together - FAILED. I stuck with the Wii Fit for a while, but fell off the wagon fairly quickly once I was back at work.
5. To undergo a spot of elective surgery - I discussed the matter with my consultant and came to the conclusion that there were too many risks involved, so I decided not to go ahead with it. And that concludes that matter.
6. To either change my car or keep it for longer - SUCCEEDED. Sold the Lexus - bought a Prius. Delighted with it. But Mrs. P is on notice that as soon as I come across an affordable Lexus hybrid, I'm in like Flynn
7. To have a better year at work than I had last year - SUCCEEDED pretty much, although I went through a ropey enough patch in the Autumn
8. To see friends more - EPIC FAIL
9. Not to volunteer to do anything for anyone under any circumstance - SUCCEEDED
10. To stop wrecking me own head - SUCCEEDED pretty much

And so to 2011:-

1. To get to see Arsenal play at least once this year
2. To visit a country I've never been to before
3. To start cycling again as soon as the weather improves
4. To generally get the oul' bod a bit more together
5. To start doing a bit of handiwork around the house
6. To get back into doing a bit of picture painting (I kid you not...)
7. To have a better year at work this year than I had last year
8. To see friends more
9. Not to volunteer to do anything for anyone under any circumstance
10. To stop wrecking me own head.

Watch this space...

Regards,

djp

And the ringtone for January 2011 is...

..."18 Carat Love Affair" from The Associates' 1982 album, SULK. Brilliant stuff!

Regards,


djp

My Top 10 iPod tracks - 010111

1. (-) - Go - The Apples In Stereo
2. (-) - Yeah Yeah (D. Ramierz Radio Edit) - Bodyrox
3. (-) - The More That I Do - The Field
4. (-) - Viking Funeral - Jah Wobble
5. (-) - Hold On (feat. Snoop Dogg) - Quazedelic
6. (-) - Bring On The Nublies - The Stranglers
7. (-) - Zooropa - U2
8. (-) - Powers Track 1 - A.J. Partridge
9. (-) - Powers Track 2 - A.J. Partridge
10. (-) - Powers Track 3 - A.J. Partridge

Regards,

djp

This week's comedy beer is...

...Franziskaner-Hefe-Weissbier. German, doncha know. 5.0% but very light to drink and not overpowering the way a lot of weissbiers can be. Go on, try it!

Regards,


djp

And this week's comedy beer is...

... Shepherd Neame's Rudolph's Reward. Nice tasty real ale. 4.0% on the bottle, but 3.7%according to the internet. Who to believe, eh?

Regards,


djp

And the ringtone for December 2010 is...

..."Millions", from XTC's 1979 album, Drums & Wires.

Regards,


djp

My Top 10 iPod tracks - 011210

1. (-) - Drug Free - B. J. Snowden
2. (-) - Koririkio - Jah Wobble
3. (-) - K Dub 05 - Jah Wobble
4. (-) - Paradise Circus (feat. Hope Sandoval) (Gui Boratto Remix) - Massive Attack
5. (-) - Hot In The Airport - Y. Bhekhirst
6. (-) - Walls Of Jerusalem - Yabby You
7. (-) - Even Ms. Butterfly Knows The Sun Shall Set On Every Empire - 1000 Aeroplanes Crashing In The Night
8. (-) - Onederful (Planet Rocka Dub) - Arthur Baker
9. (-) - Adir Adrimi (feat. Victoria Hanna) - Balkan Beat Box
10. (-) - Far Away - Best Coast

Regards,

djp

This week's comedy beer is...

...Young's Luxury Double Chocolate Stout. 5.2 %. UK. Does't taste of chocolate as such, but definitely feels velvety, and has a nice chocolatey aroma as the stout warms up.

Nice - not one for prolonged drinking, but definitiely a lovely occasional treat.

Regards,


djp

And the ringtone for October 2010 is...

..."Knuckle Down" from XTC's magnificent 1982 album ENGLISH SETTLEMENT. Enjoy!

Regards,


djp

My Top 10 iPod tracks - 011110

1. (-) - Fading Signals - Cousin Silas
2. (-) - Dancing Queen - Abba
3. (-) - Bad Boy For Life - Black Rob, Mark Curry & P. Diddy
4. (-) - Totally Wired - The Fall
5. (-) - I Wish I'd Never Said That - Hal
6. (-) - Tubby's 1 - King Tubby & Linval Thompson
7. (-) - Trizzy Turnt Up - A-Trak
8. (-) - No Way Of Knowing - A. Tent
9. (-) - Stunt Girl - a.c. acoustics
10. (-) - There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve - A.C. Newman

Regards,

djp

This week's comedy beer is...

1795 Original Czech Lager. "Proper" Budweiser - not that American stuff. 4.7%. Tasty enough, but reminds me vaguely of non-alcoholic beer. Hmmm....

Regards,


djp

From beautiful Chinese artist...

"Zhao Shumei, an artist, a beautiful Chinese girl, graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts comprehensive painting professional. She used various fine arts techniques in oil painting, Chinese painting and prints to show her feeling of life and understanding of arts. With female-specific delicate, kind, sensitive and loves to feeling life, her painting from her deep heart, displayed on the paintings. She and her paintings as beautiful.

More information please see her website ......"

Regards,


djp

Yesterday was beautiful...

Regards,

djp

None more freaky...

Apropos yesterday's posting, it now emerges that in the last two days, while on my perambulations on the Nenagh Péripherique, my iPod, while on "shuffle" mode, has twice played the song "Hey Chicken" by Loose Fur. A remarkable song with interesting ideas about time signature. Well worth checking out...

Regards,


djp