distractedbyathing.net http://www.distractedbyathing.net A place on the web for Steve, Ali & Charlie Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:29:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Band Name Quiz (from 2002) http://www.distractedbyathing.net/2010/08/band-name-quiz-from-2002/ http://www.distractedbyathing.net/2010/08/band-name-quiz-from-2002/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:29:27 +0000 steve http://www.distractedbyathing.net/?p=618 This is a (silly) cryptic quiz we (EJC music club dudes) put together one evening… it greatly amused us at the time… wonder if it still does!

  1. able
  2. mega-voice
  3. swedish palindrome
  4. turkey relish
  5. st trinians
  6. polite snog
  7. not hate
  8. grunge heaven
  9. portacabbage
  10. bees arse
  11. fuzz/filth/stench/pigs/coppers/feds/rozzers
  12. confectionary
  13. not no
  14. samantha, darren & tabatha, under a spell
  15. skeletal 007 boss
  16. easy as 1-2-3…
  17. entrance and exit
  18. definite article, definitely
  19. same as it ever was
  20. west of asia
  21. John Logi Baird’s big idea
  22. wailing ghost in native america
  23. barbarella barbarella
  24. honeycomb buzz
  25. kebab before autumn
  26. electric gender bender
  27. big apple mannequins
  28. bland & blonde, neither IQ or ECU
  29. tiny boat races
  30. aa bottom
  31. bowie’s young dudes
  32. lame brains
  33. vietnamese capital sucks (NOT!)
  34. dark carrions
  35. mother & son immaculately linked
  36. chemical nocturnal sprinters
  37. chillier cocktail
  38. conversing crania
  39. citrus crush
  40. thankfully deceased
  41. depressed pearlmakers sect
  42. handmade in deutchland
  43. saline duct secretion goes bang
  44. overpopulated dwelling
  45. U 4 E Ah
  46. east of europe
  47. pretentious french face
  48. incomplete elements
  49. petrified flowers
  50. 3 footed feathered friends
  51. pleasure fraction
  52. from the ame
  53. oyster gridlock
  54. I own this messy massacre of love?
  55. airborne beatle in a flap
  56. profound indigo
  57. johan-sebastian-dude ike&tina turbo !!!!!!!
  58. knock knock
  59. curly, larry & mo
  60. lemon sorcery symphonia
  61. satans little helpers
  62. next noise for England’s capital
  63. metal maggie
  64. heavy metal airship
  65. scarlet monarch
  66. perverted nun
  67. division of naked apes
  68. rugs on drugs
  69. heavyweight oxymoron male
  70. ma, pa & kids, keeping the ships from the rocks
  71. pitter patter of…
  72. comfortable prison
  73. gothic remedy
  74. sanfrancisco rolls-royces
  75. soupey scottish valley
  76. le sid vicious
  77. satsuma soporific state
  78. glad start to the working week
  79. ocular dream state
  80. symphonic movement after dusk
  81. land of the rising sun
  82. not from these shores
  83. 3 of these to heaven
  84. always rises to the top
  85. buttoned up jumpers
  86. nixon/carter/clinton/reagan/bush
  87. annually, with jelly, icecream & cake
  88. first yell
]]> http://www.distractedbyathing.net/2010/08/band-name-quiz-from-2002/feed/ 0 Amazing (planned) Chinese bus reminds me of… http://www.distractedbyathing.net/2010/08/amazing-planned-chinese-bus-reminds-me-of/ http://www.distractedbyathing.net/2010/08/amazing-planned-chinese-bus-reminds-me-of/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:47:43 +0000 steve http://www.distractedbyathing.net/?p=611 This amazing public transport plan from China (found via slashdot)

China to build ginormous buses that cars can drive under

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/china-to-build-ginormous-buses-that-cars-can-drive-under-video/

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:tC3Xae0Vhh0JTM:http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/7431/catbus.jpg&t=1

Reminds me of the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro.

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Looking forward to the new home kit too:

The new home shirt – which will also feature a welcome return to a more traditional design – is to be revealed later this month.

via Knees up Mother Brown – West Ham United FC Online: News.

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STATIONTOSTATION Deluxe Box...mmmmmmm

I mostly buy music as mp3s these days… although I still buy a few CDs (especially where the CD is cheaper/the-same-price as a download). However this would be tempting.. even though I already have most of (nearly all) the music on multiple formats. I remember buying the “Live Nassau Coliseum” on a bootleg cassette at the Portobello Road market… and then some time later finding it as a vinyl bootleg – you can’t replicate that excitement of discovery via a torrent search.
I expect my/our generation (mid forties now) must be the last who will likely still lust after “owning the object”.

We first mentioned this one almost a year ago (08.11.2009 NEWS: STATION TO STATION FOUR DISC SET DUE NEXT YEAR) and it is with much pleasure that we are now able to exclusively announce the release of EMI’s 3-CD Special Edition and 5-CD, DVD and heavyweight vinyl Deluxe Edition of David Bowie’s massively influential 1976 album, Station To Station …along with the much bootlegged fan favourite: Live Nassau Coliseum

From: davidbowie.com/news

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Family Group at Dennis' 70th

Uncle Dennis is soon to be 80.. can it really be 10 years ago since we got together to celebrate his 70th?

Here’s some photos from that event 10 years ago plus some other old family ones which were dusted off on that occasion.

Photo set – click HERE

]]> http://www.distractedbyathing.net/2010/06/photos-for-dennis-birthday/feed/ 0 Photos/Videos of Day out with Wendy, Richard & Girls & Dogs & Horses. http://www.distractedbyathing.net/2010/06/photosvideos-of-day-out-with-wendy-richard-girls-dogs-horses/ http://www.distractedbyathing.net/2010/06/photosvideos-of-day-out-with-wendy-richard-girls-dogs-horses/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:12:24 +0000 steve http://www.distractedbyathing.net/?p=595 Horsing around

Horsing around

Charlie and I had a great day out with (sister) Wendy and family over in Cumbria yesterday. Charlie had an excellent horse riding lesson with Wendy and progressed to enjoying “rising trot” under her tuition.

Photo Set here

There’s also some Videos here

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Stoke’s Dave Kitson leads call for non-league youth investment

West Ham’s Jack Collison and Aston Villa’s Curtis Davies have joined the striker in asking for money for grassroots football

From the Guardian

Our nearest pro club Darlington (beware – awful flash encumbered website!) were just relegated from League 2. They have recently announced new Advanced Development Centres in partnership with a non-profit company Elite Advanced Development – website for the Darlington one here.

I made some inquiries about this as they were inviting kids to attend trials – here’s a news item from our footy club website.

To the crucial question  “who is funding the professional football club’s Advanced Development Centres ” the answer is – the kids themselves – or of course rather their parents/families via weekly fees and having to buy the required kit.

I think given the amount of money in professional football – it’s outrageous that a pro-club does not have the resources to run these types of academies. Darlington FC’s financial problems are well known (recently emerging from administration). However many other lower league clubs are following the same route – with players/parents effectively funding the academies.

I sympathise with the plight of the clubs – for them it may well be this method or no academies – but I refuse to join in with it.

Well done to Kitson, Collison & Davies for taking a stand and highlighting the issue.

Stoke’s Dave Kitson leads call for non-league youth investment

West Ham’s Jack Collison and Aston Villa’s Curtis Davies have joined the striker in asking for money for grassroots football

]]> http://www.distractedbyathing.net/2010/05/young-premier-league-footballers-try-to-do-some-good/feed/ 0 Momus: Bubble Music – following on that Heaven 17 80s revisit… http://www.distractedbyathing.net/2010/05/momus-bubble-music-following-on-that-heaven-17-80s-revisit/ http://www.distractedbyathing.net/2010/05/momus-bubble-music-following-on-that-heaven-17-80s-revisit/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 09:21:54 +0000 steve http://www.distractedbyathing.net/?p=589 Enjoyed this…. hadn’t come across Momus before… know nothing about all his other stuff (should I?). This definitely sounds like an early 80s Japan/Sakamoto/YMO kinda thing (includes samples of “Bamboo Music”) -  Fun!

Momus: Bubble Music

via YouTube – Momus: Bubble Music.

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Win 3.0

Nice Reg article about the 20th anniversary of the launch of Windows 3.0 and it’s impact on computing and the industry (and notes the importance of Solitaire!).

Us Unix Workstation people sneared at the time of course – and (as linux users) still do ;-)

Any Windows anniversary is an excuse to watch this stunning promo-video for an earlier 386/2.1 version. If you’ve never seen this you MUST watch (if you don’t have time for it all – jump to around 7 mins) . What were they thinking!?

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Heaven 17: The Story of Penthouse and Pavement

They came across as likeable still down to earth guys…. and the insight into their Sheffield roots was nice (the scenes with Gregory’s parents).

I loved Penthouse and Pavement at the time… especially this 12″ single of ‘Play to Win’ – which is in a box in our loft and overdue a dusting off and play…

Heaven 17 – Play to Win 12\” [B.E.F. Disco Mix]

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