After completing Half Life 2: Episode II I went to see what else got installed when I bought the Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PC DVD). Portal is by far the most imaginative game I have played in a long time – with a portal gun you fire it at…
A Night at the Opera
After watching a documentary about the 1975 Queen album ‘A Night at the Opera’ last night on BBC3 or 4 (can’t remember which) I am listening to it today. Note to self – make sure not to sing along with the tracks here in the office… blm
Why the Kaiser Chiefs are the Kaiser Chiefs
It all down to a South African football (soccer) team called the Kaizer Chiefs. They saw the name and thought it sounded cool apparently…
Kaiser Chiefs
Since we have just got tickets to see them in April I’ve been listening on good old MP3 at work and Minidisc on the bus to Employment I’m intrigued to see where they got their name from since I found out about our last gig Franz Ferdinand.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
This week and last I’ve been listening to the soundtrack of “O Brother, Where Art Thou”. I can only describe it as a sort of wild west soundtrack with banjos, fiddles, probably moonshine jugs, and double bass made from a broomhandle and a tea-chest. Most amusing and quite different. I’m…