Trust an article debating the existence of God to produce hundreds of comments (over at the Guardian here). Anyone who has been to church knows that God is only a part of it and the witty banter and free refreshments are just as important.
I first watched this film in Durham waiting for term to start and I've watched it many times since - absolutely brilliant. If you've never seen it and are interested in three hours of interweaving stories about life, death, love, regret, sadness, illness, family, hope, depression, abuse, television, insecurity, peace, fame, hope and frogs falling from the sky then go and buy it on DVD.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter reckons penalties should be scrapped in time for the next World Cup in 2010, declaring: "When it comes to the World Cup final it is passion and when it goes to extra time it is a drama, but when it comes to penalty kicks it is a tragedy. Football is a team sport and penalties is not a team, it is the individual." Possible alternatives include a replay or reducing the number of players on the field... more at the Guardian here.
Amy, Jes and Pernilla having fun on holiday in Venice. No wonder we got so many weird looks.
What better way to celebrate the imminent arrival of the next Bond film than by watching all 20 previous instalments? I could spend all day thinking and not come up with a better idea... so I've decided to try and watch them all, in order, in the two months before Casino Royale comes out. As dedicated Bond fans will know, that means starting with 1962's Dr No, with Sean Connery as 007. As it happens, some of the staff at film mag Empire have had the same idea - see here.
I rented out Belleville Rendezvous from Blockbuster and it's well worth a watch if you like strange little films that are a bit different from everything else. An old woman and her dog give chase when her grandson is kidnapped by the mafia, and there's virtually no dialogue at all... which is good.
Shortly before he helped form international supergroup R.E.M., Michael Stipe was in a band called Tanzplagen... and they have a MySpace page with some of the old songs on here.
After four long years, Damien Rice has finally got round to recording and releasing a new album, as reported on NME.com here. It's called 9 and will be out on the 6th of November.
David Lynch's latest movie Inland Empire premiered at the Venice film festival and the first reviews are appearing on the Web - The Times calls it "one of the most impenetrable films ever made" so it looks like we're all in for a treat... as yet there's no UK distributor signed up so the three hours of madness might have to wait until 2007.
Greg and I enjoy the sights of Venice.
"Look as though you've just murdered someone..."
A couple of memorable moments from our two weeks in Venice... "TAKE A PICTURE!"
This website is a place to post photos, links and anything else that my friends might want to look at and make fun of.
'Voice of Harold' is an old R.E.M. b-side... its lyrics are the sleeve notes of a gospel album called The Joy of Knowing Jesus - "chill bumps appear and I am frozen in the web they weave, as they reveal their innermost selves with the outpouring of their hearts".
