Yndi sell out

Yndi Halda's news just keeps on flying. It turns out that the launch party release scheduled for tomorrow night (Friday 17th November 2006), at the Water Rats club in Kings Cross, London, is sold out.
All this, despite the fact that they have hardly been in contact with each other since the summer, let alone been practising ("about four months" according to drummer, Ollie Newton, in a telephone interview).
If you still don't know of the beautiful music that these guys produce, I suggest you purchase the E.P. when it is released. You are probably most likely to get it on the internet at this stage.

George Best fivers? Sinn Fein selling out? I missing all the action back home.

First, it became apparent that Sinn Fein have gone the way if the Communist party in Soviet Russia, New Labour in Soviet Britain, or Metallica (at least in the eyes of the meanest of fascist 'Ra dickheads), leaving behind what they once stood for, and selling out to the masses (the issue being whether, or not, to accept nationalised policing - how can you sell your heroin when there's a police force breathing down your neck). Now the Shinners are the subject or security concerns from within their own ranks.
Then there's the news of George Best getting a comemorative fiver issued to him, and that they are being sold on ebay for more than a fiver...(I would have thought of that).
And finally, RoI actually won a match. Although, it was only against San Marino, and they only scored five goals (which may seem a harsh criticism, but San Marino had an average Goals Against tally of 10 goals per game before the match).
Seems I missed all the action back home. The only thing happening in London is some oul doll whining on about her plans for the next year.

Corn Flakes - The perfect foodstuff.

Upon tucking into a refreshing, yet substantial and fulfilling bowl of Corn Flakes the other day, I came to the realisation that Corn Flakes are the perfect foodstuff for humanity.
They are easy to prepare - can you handle the pouring of milk, and Corn Flakes?
They are easy to clean up after, all you have is a bowl and a spoon.
The ingredients (unlike any other healthy (by healthy, i mean lack of unhealthiness)) are cheap to obtain. Milk and Corn Flakes, so it's perfect for students
Guilty liberal types can rest easy with the fact they are not pollutting the planet/killing innocent animals etc eating corn flakes.
And one gets most of the sustanance one needs from corn flakes.
So Corn Flakes should become the national dish. Jamie Oliver would prefer that than the old "turkey twizzlers"
"But what about the farmers," your socialists may say. Tell them to switch their trade to Corn and/or milk production and they'd make a mint. It might help us to stop subsidising the lazy (or stubborn) bastards if they'd change their business practices.
"But the population of other farm animals would explode to epic proportions." Nuh-uh. For a start, they wouldn't be bred for the sole purpose of being eaten, and survival of the fittest would start to kick in - the smart pigs would start to realise there is not enough food to feed all these fat bastards, and turn to canibalism.

Are celebrities superhuman? RIchard Hammond is OK!

BBC | UK | Clarkson gives Hammond 'All-Clear'

With news that Richard Hammond is all but healed, after being close to death less than a month ago, it confirms everyone's deepest suspicions (well, everyone at Hello Magazine, anyway) - celebrities truly are superhuman.

Consider Bono's escapades in saving the world, while being a mild-mannered rock star by day.

Or the intrisic inability of celebrities to grow old, eg. Halle Berry (40); Johnny Depp (43); Pamela Anderson (39); Brad Pitt (43), and Susan Sarandon, a plastic-free 60-Year-Old.
Also, their chronic inability to die/retire (see:The Rolling Stones - minus Brian Jones, obviously, RIP and all that)

Or their apparent immunity to hard drugs (almost entirely reserved for Motley Crue, and argueably, Ozzy Osbourne)

Or the insatiable appetite for sex (Paris Hilton... she has to be famous for something - otherwise this post is pointless)


So it must be true that people are pre-destined to become celebrities due to their superhuman abilities. Which is why no cumstain from Big Brother has ever been on a TV since. (With the possible exception of Jade Goody, who has the superhuman ability of being thick as monkey shit.)

Update (3 August 2012) -  I'm going to update this post to include the subsequent knowledge (from this South Park episode) that Magic Johnson has AIDS and has managed to avoid the Grim Reaper for years, and David Beckham seems to have a superhuman invulnerability to negative headlines. After countless career setbacks that would have destroyed the mental health of even the most stubbornly saccharine emoticon, including being burned as an effigy for petulantly kicking out at an opponent, acting as Alex Ferguson's target during kicking practice, Beckham has constantly resurrected his career, often in a more successful state then before said incidents. Now, after suffering the ignominy and dream-shattering of not being called up for the Olympic squad, he took part in the opening ceremony instead, carrying the torch. On a speedboat on the Thames. In a tuxedo. Through Tower Bridge.

Al-Jazeera: a godsend for journalism

Al-Jazeera, the Arabic news channel has long been the thorn in the side of George Bush and his cronies.
The White House has long tried to paint the News channel as a terrorist network. They point out that Al-Qaeda tapes often (if not always) surface on Al-Jazeera. This is obviously true, Al Qaeda are hardly going to send tapes to Fox News, where the tranlation will probably be inaccurate, and edited suufficiently to make Dubya seem like the Messiah - if itr even gets shown at all.
What the White House is really afraif of is Al-Jazeera's knack of constantly embarassing their Iraq policy, through good journalism, and proper investigation. And with a new English-language version of the chamnnel opening in Washington, and London, this is likely (here's hoping) increase multifold.
Now it seems that the channel has scored another coup over the regime. One of the top US State officials has said the US' Iraq policy was rife with "arrogance and stupidity."
See, give someone a decent platform, and the truth will emerge.