Archive for July, 2007

*Proper* rock ‘n’ roll : )

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Me, Sam, and Simon saw an awesome band from my hometown on Monday night called Mr Derry. If you like your rock ‘n’ roll loud & gutsy, and laced with blues and garage rock, then go to www.myspace.com/mrderry and check out their music.
ps - I am always keen to get photos of drummers at gigs […]

Good Noise: Volume 28

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

Grrrrrr. Meant to be done last weekend and as is too often these days, I just don’t get the time to do it…on time. To be added at a later date with the other ‘lost’ editions of Good Noise.

To dye for…

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

From reuters.com:
UK food safety body urges stop on Red 2G meat dye
Now, come on, did you *really* think your meat was still red all by itself when you pick it up off the supermarket shelf? No, they dye it with a potentially cancer-causing chemical…

The ‘other white meat’

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

Extracts from a email I just received from PETA:
“Most people clearly love milk, yet how many of us really know the true pain that goes into every pint?
The life story of a cow in the dairy industry is one of great sadness and suffering. A cow has a natural lifespan of 25 years, but on […]

Green car insurance

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

I’ve just reinsured my car with these guys - CIS - and a good price too considering I live in London…