Don’t annoy a dragon, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup
I have just come across some extremely beautiful music, performed by an amazing singer: Callaghan. She has just realised her first EP, which can be bought here or downloaded from iTunes.
There are a couple of her songs available to listen to on her website, but for a taster here is a video of her performing:
It’s Super Tuesday in America. The day when 22 states are voting in their primaries to select their candidates for the Presidency. It really is a crazy system they have.
It is down to Barack Obama v Hillary Clinton for the Democrats and John McCain v Mitt Romney for the Republicans. McCain is expected to emerge triumphant from the Republican race today, but no outright winner is expected to emerge for the Democrats.
If I had a vote, it would got to Obama. He is the future of America.
UPDATE: What if the whole world have a vote? [Hat-tip to Norfolk Blogger]
And you can track him online here!
Now it is Christmas, as I’m on holiday from work - for the next eleven days! Which I’m going to use to - apart from the obvious eating, drinking, and celebrating - to get started writing my We The People columns at the Wardman Wire [read a preview here].
I also thought I’d give this blog a bit of a spruce up for the seasonal festivities, hence the new header.
The BBC bleeped the word “faggot” in the Christmas song Fairytale of New York because they feared that it might offend some gay viewers. The offending passage goes:
This obviously and deservedly produced a hell of a lot of criticism from listeners and DJs alike, and the BBC has since backtracked from their absurd position. It’s hardly as if the word “faggot” was used as an attack on gay people in this context, or as if the BBC has not played some far more offensive lyrics masquerading as “music”.
The BBC have at least reversed this decision. But it is far more worrying to me that it could even be considered offensive, and thus worthy of being bleeped out. Political correctness gone stark raving bonkers!
It does fill me with some sense of hope for the future of society, however, quite how roundly they have been criticised for doing it. Long may this attack of common sense continue.
… is to download classic Christmas songs and get them into the Top 40. The power of the internet strikes again!
This is why I think that the internet and downloads will make, rather than break, the music industry. Cheaper, more accessible, music means that people will be far more willing to spend money on it! I have never bought CDs because of the expense, but I will buy downloads - they are cheaper and faster.
UPDATE: Six more CDs containing confidential data have been lost by HMRC.
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