De-Lovely
Listening to: Miss Otis Regrets – Bryan Ferry – As Time Goes By www.delovelymovie.com OK, mid-work-day post, in case I forget:This biopic I must catch. Someone mentioned it once, about how it glosses over the seedier bits of Cole Porter’s life. Fuck that. It’s got Cole Porter’s songs, and a calvacade of cameos by Sheryl […]
National (Service) Identity
Listening to: Sorrow – David Bowie – The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 I was reading someone’s blog entry about how Singapore was totally devoid of any history or culture or national identity worth talking about, when I felt awash with indignation. The government had to invent national symbols, she wrote! Ignoramus! The lion city […]
In moderation
Listening to: Baseball Theme – Vince Guaraldi Trio – Jazz Impressions Of A Boy Named Charlie Brown I still like my drink. Even if I can no longer drink all night without feeling crook. I felt crook all weekend after Friday night, when me and my mates attended Fly’s 5th anniversary nonsense party at Centro. […]
Blogger has a new toy
Listening to: If not for you – Olivia Newton-John – Back to Basics More stuff to keep me occupied when I’m bored (and that’s pretty often). Pretty nifty thing that lets you upload photos to your blogger blog, like so: Benny & Kenny, Dec 2002. You can even take screenshots, like so.
Geneva and other conventions
Listening to: O Mio Babbino Caro – Renée Fleming – Voices The first of the accuseds in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal was sentenced at a special court martial to 1 year’s imprisonment, reduction in rank, and discharge. I won’t say how ridiculously light the sentence is, regardless of whether the bastard has agreed to […]