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Flight of the Conchords – Bret You Got It Goin On

Posted in Watching on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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Midlake and FOTC

Posted in Listening, Watching on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A lighter post. Two things that have made me happy in the last few weeks. First: the band Midlake and their incredible album ‘The Trials of Van Occupanther’. I only heard about the group when an American friend, Staton, added a video of their song Roscoe to his facebook profile. Such melodic songwriting and beautifully [...]

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Praia da Luz

Posted in Thinking, Travelling on September 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »

The tiny seaside resort of Praia da Luz in southern Portugal seems utterly unsuited to the magnitude of the story that has unfolded here.New-build villas with terracotta roofs and palm trees; cheap and cheerfulnewsagents flogging postcards, beachballs and inflatable sharks; a sandy,beautiful golden beach across which a few families attempt valiantlyto gain some enjoyment from [...]

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The Bourne Ultimatum

Posted in Watching on September 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »

I’m happy to say that seeing the final Bourne film some weeks after its release in no way dulled its brilliance, despite higher stakes of anticipation. The film resets the standard for action movies just as its predecessors did, most probably because its director, Paul Greengrass, (of United 93 fame) again brings his signature intelligence [...]

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Cheat Neutral

Posted in Thinking, Watching on September 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Carbon offsetting promised an effortless way to feel guiltless about your carbon footprint. You pay some company every time you go on a flight and they’ll invest your money in one of various projects that promises to ‘offset’ the amount of carbon you’ve just used – a wind farm in a developing country; a solar-panel [...]

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