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July 14, 2010

Building international coalitions through beer, American indie rock, college football and other delights

A little over a month ago England drew with the United States at the World Cup, and I lost a bet with Zac from the fine blog Building International Coalitions Through Beer And Pavement.¹ Luckily, losing the bet just involved writing a blog post, rather than parting with huge wedges of cash or undertaking embarrassing forfeits. However, being the terrible, lazy, busy man that I am, it is only now I have got around to the task at hand… Read the rest of this entry »

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July 12, 2010

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire

The Suburbs by Arcade Fire.

How about this hot new band, eh?

But seriously, I’m rather looking forward to hearing more of this sort of thing soon, when the album comes out.

Now the World Cup is over, maybe I’ll acknowledge there is more to life than twenty two men kicking a ball around and start writing about other subjects. Should be fun. For me, at least. And maybe for you, with any luck, dear reader.

July 2, 2010

A half of Hospital Porter please…

Howdy folks. A couple of World Cup-free days to recharge the batteries and reflect that…well, maybe it was time I posted something that is not about football. I mean, the second round games were pretty entertaining, and there is still a lot to look forward to, plus away from the World Cup my beloved Liverpool have a new manager in Roy Hodgson, which is an encouraging appointment (although I’m reserving judgement), and can pre-season training really have started already, but wasn’t this meant to be a blog post about something, anything, other than football? Well, how about beer, then? Read the rest of this entry »

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June 21, 2010

We interrupt this programme to bring you an important announcement

Hi folks. A brief break from the World Cup frenzy, as I bring you some ‘real life’ news of a non-sporting nature. Late Saturday afternoon my Significant Other made me the happiest man in the world, when she accepted my proposal of marriage. We’re really very, very happy. Read the rest of this entry »

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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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