No team is truly seamless and despite having worked together for over six years we're not without our rifts. Nick is a music buff, Kathryn hasn't got the first clue... put this together and it doesn’t always make for the easiest gigging experience. Now for the first time in three years we finally agree on something (and it's not just the strawberry milkshake beer), however, will it finally erase the awful memory of Frank? … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2013
News Snapshot: Nigella’s Worst Christmas Show Ever
December 19, 2013 by 2 Comments
Thursday 19th December Italian Off the Menu for the Foreseeable Future Another awful week in the press for poor old Nigella Lawson. We’re not trying to kick her whilst she’s down or anything… we just like writing silly songs. … [Read more...]
News Snapshot: Boomers Stole Your Retirement
December 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Monday 9th December Baby Boomers: Living the High Life, Causing Maximum Seethe... and Loving It Record numbers of Baby Boomers are being hospitalized for recreational drug use, whilst a growing percentage are pootling off on ‘adult gap years’. As the Baby Boomers get to act like teenagers again, many people are at last coming to terms with the fact that their twilight years will not be quite as easy going… and they know just who's to blame. … [Read more...]
News Snapshot: Bob Dylan the “Railing Man”
December 1, 2013 by 3 Comments
Sunday 1st December Bob Dylan, His Spot Welder & a Pit Full of Iron Ore On 18th November Bob Dylan opened an exhibition of his iron gates entitled Mood Swings. This came as a surprise to many, but not to those who knew all about the singer’s early days and the industrial heartland from which he hails… Robert Zimmerman was raised in Hibbing, Minnesota... a grand old town in Saint Louis County. At the edge of the town sits the largest open pit iron mine known to man, and this pit provided the raw materials for America's industrial revolution. The town was also home to some of the most skilled metal workers in the world. The locals called them... 'The Railing Men'. Bob Dylan forges Iron Gates Stare inside the frames you'll see his fate In the place of bars, Are scrap metal parts And even one with a nice small bronze guitar He's seeing clearly now Bob sings just like a singer, yes he does He plays tunes just like a singer, yes he does And he paints just like … [Read more...]
Bitcoin Fever: 2013 – The Year of a $110 Million Online Heist
Aside from “twerking” the only word that has made both the Oxford and Collins “word of the year” list is “Bitcoin”… and this is little wonder to anyone who has been following the story. In 2013 Bitcoin has caused nothing but greed, debate and bafflement in the online world. It has leapt in value, been accepted in an ever increasing array of stores... and at the start of December was at the heart of the biggest online robbery of all time. Have you been caught up in Bitcoin fever yet? … [Read more...]