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May 11, 2010

Lies and betrayals, fruit-covered nails, electricity (Pavement at Brixton, 10 May 2010)

Yesterday I covered Stockton’s finest pitcher. Today, it’s Stockton’s finest band, Pavement. Last night I saw the first of their four gigs at London’s Brixton Academy. I’d write a straight review, but that somehow doesn’t seem appropriate for a band that has offered such a skewed, distorted and fuzzy take on rock music. Plus, y’know, it’s just easier to spew out some sort of stream of conciousness. Readers, welcome to my brain on Pavement… Read the rest of this entry »

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May 10, 2010

Perfecto! Dallas Braden pitches a perfect game

Yesterday, Dallas Braden, of the Oakland Athletics pitched the nineteenth ever perfect game in the major leagues.

In a little over a week he has gone from an amusing footnote on the 2010 season to a historical figure in the sport. Read the rest of this entry »

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May 7, 2010

The Not Knowing

So, parliament is hung, the three major parties are negotiating (or not, as the case may be), and we’re really none the wiser on what is going to happen in terms of the next government and next Prime Minister (of course, this post could be out-of-date any second!). Read the rest of this entry »

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May 6, 2010

None of the above?

I commented today on the ever-excellent Planet Harris blog that: “I think there should be a ‘None of the above’ option. If that wins, then there should be a re-election in that constituency, with all new candidates.” It seems like someone has taken this idea rather literally… Read the rest of this entry »

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May 5, 2010

Liverpool’s season: A post-mortem

I was just listening to some of tonight’s Manchester City/Tottenham Hotspur game, where both sides are fighting for the fourth spot in the Premier League and the place in next season’s Champions League that comes with it. As a Liverpool supporter facing a Champions League-free 2010/11 season, I began to think that should be us.

Then I realised that no, it really shouldn’t be us. Read the rest of this entry »

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Month: May, 2010