Monday, February 28th, 2005

Time	Event
10:50a	Glorious I would say NWA is a good demarcation of when rap crossed over [to the "dark side"]. It became much more about guns, drugs and gangs, while the early 80's was more about dancing, and had an innocence and an energy which I found appealing. This is just glorious. Bear in mind also that the dear fellow cites Malcom McLaren as one of his examples of the right way to do hip hop. I think we may just have found dear Vladimir a partner. They can circuit bend together. (3 Comments | Comment on this)
12:04p	Frankie Avalon (ain't never meant shit to me) Cray supercomputer on sale on eBay. It's incredible how quickly computers lose their value - in a fortnight's time he'll probably end up donating it to the local school, who will be grateful but a little confused. Personally, I'd want to know how many frames per second it can manage in Doom 3 before buying. If you can't get a decent frame rate, you may be seeking another way to pass the time. Might I suggest a little game I've cooked up called Sudan 1 bingo? The rules, in short: ( It's the game that separates the girls and the boys... into contaminated and uncontaminated! ) (Comment on this)
1:55p	Mixed feelings department Whenever I hear a tale of striking back at the forces of capitalism, the cheer dies in my throat as I realise that the people on the receiving end of the bug-eyed ranting are never the ones at fault. Complaining has always been a problem for me - capitalism dictates that there has to be profit, which means you are never going to get the full value of what you have paid for. Why grouse? I realise that others, possibly simply because they are better at it than I, have achieved much in terms of apologies, satisfaction and compensation by complaint, and I woudl certainly not wish to denigrate the practice. Having said which, this account has provided me with one of my favourite responses to a tale of consumer woe ever: Someone call whine one one and have someone dispatch a Waaahmbulance. And in the UK, it works even better. Whine whine whine. Genius. (2 Comments | Comment on this)
5:37p	The critics point to a 1999 study by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, which found that low earners tended to fare worse under the Galveston plan than under social security. Bush plan to abolish social security will disadvantage poor. Well, who would ever have imagined. MacGyver. That's who. MacGyver. Angus MacGyver would have imagined. He was always one of my favourite pupils. (3 Comments | Comment on this)

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