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Splicing lyrics

awkward — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:25:02 +0000

A good game is mixing and matching song lyrics. You gotta sing ‘em though. Like: “This is major Tom to ground control/you’re a rocket man!” etc. More fun is Billy Joel: “Play us a song, you’re the piano man/but you’re always a woman to me.” I reckon you could write whole poems this way. It’s like genetic engineering. Here’s the bastard offspring of David Bowie and Strapping Young Lad:

c’mon little kiddies
you know major tom’s a junkie
hey, you failed like god in me
have i got a treat for you.
i’ve never done good things
I’ve never done bad things
at first it tastes all yummy,
then you start to turn blue

come on, and ask you mommy
want an axe to break the ice
your pennies are in hand

you can tell me, who’s your filler now?
all i am, helped me, i’m the filler
you know major tom’s a junkie
strung out in heaven’s heights
hitting an all time low

Once you’ve got your flashy postmodern poetry all lined up you can find a place for it at The Writer’s Directory of Short Fiction and Poetry Publications.

Nempnett Thrubwell QTVR

awkward — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:47:14 +0000

This is a Quicktime Virtual Reality movie. This was shot early on the 29th April 2006. I plonked my tripod over this gateway to catch the morning rays.

1.6 MB – Nempnett Thrubwell Quicktime VR

Click and Drag the image in a direction you wish to view.

SHIFT – Zoom in | CTRL – Zoom out.

Nempnett Thrubwell

Where is Inside Mac Radio? = Mac OS Ken

awkward — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:21:55 +0000

I’ve found Inside Mac Radio, it’s where they left it. I was wholly pissed off with being messed about, day in day out, by a podcast that was potentially great but generally late… or never.

Mac OS Ken
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Kraydiowaves

Damon Hill: Corporate ethos is ruining F1

awkward — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:19:19 +0000

Damon Hill says, "Corporate ethos is ruining F1". I tend to agree. I also remember the Damon Hill seasons as being seasons where I would be disappointed if I didn’t get to watch the race. These days I just follow the gossip, developments and results on the internet; it’s the only interesting bit left.

Paul Groom Photography

awkward — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:23:07 +0000

I was talking to someone about Canon cameras and the EOS range in particular today. He’s a freelance photographer based in Bristol, very nice work indeed.

HoustonChronicle.com – AOL explains its privacy policy

awkward — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:02:36 +0000

HoustonChronicle.com – AOL explains its privacy policy
Some light on the matter.

More on the AIM Terms of Service

awkward — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:05:02 +0000

Thrashing Through Cyberspace: More on the AIM Terms of Service
Yes even more, I’m linking to give it my micro gram of weight in google. I’d really like to know where things stand.

AOL Eavesdrops, Grants Itself Permission To Steal Your AIM Conversations

awkward — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:03:26 +0000

Thrashing Through Cyberspace: AOL Eavesdrops, Grants Itself Permission To Steal Your AIM Conversations
I use iChat a lot so I’m following this closely. Not really sure what the tactic is here but these aren’t the terms I agreed to.

Why The New EU Is Like The Old USSR

awkward — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 11:54:10 +0000

Why The New EU Is Like The Old USSR

Someone who can put a clear point of view without weaving the blanket of that helps to secure EU as passage of inevitability.
To see clearly stand back and look at the dynamics of Europe. Heads or tails the answer gives us one step closer to the “inevitability” and however we choose to resist the deeper the barbed hook wriggles.

Thirty Facts You Should Know About The EU

awkward — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:01:48 +0000

Thirty Facts You Should Know About The EU (taken from the book ‘England Our England’ by Vernon Coleman)
Published in 2003, so the figures quoted are probably even worse by now.