Fiery Furnaces – Charmaine Champagne
Of all the excellent songs on 2009's I'm Going Away by The Fiery Furnaces, this has to be one of my favourites. Punchy guitars, upbeat and a juicy chorus. Love it!
Washed up photography
Here are some lovely shots of flotsam and jetsam washed up on beaches.
The Comfort of Things
The big fear is that as modern life becomes more ‘modern’ and empowering, it actually fragments society into mere isolated individualisms and loses any sense of purpose or order. Attempts to combat this have included: Nationalism, trying to draw people together under...
Hugs for Monsters IE6 messages
I imagine the fame Joe of Hugs for Monsters fame has garnered from these IE6 splash pages is probably doing his head in a bit by now (sorry Joe!) The problem is, he said what sooo many webbies were thinking and put it so succinctly. As I can't find them on Joe's site...
Screened Out
In the early 80s, when the metallurgical industry in the Lorraine region entered its final crisis, the public powers had the idea to make up for this collapse by creating a European leisure zone, an "intelligent" theme park which could jumpstart the economy of the...