Monthly Archives: October 2004

Noise and shouting

I’ve been reading through the November issue of Metal Hammer magazine and came across a less than favourable review of Glasgow thrash band Mendeed‘s debut album “From Shadows Came”: While there is no doubt that they can play, their songs … Continue reading

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Queen on Fire

I never saw Queen live in concert with Freddie Mercury. I scraped together the cash to travel down to London in 1991 to attend the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert at Wembley stadium, and stayed over at my Mum’s cousin’s flat … Continue reading

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Movie Ministry

After diocesan synod last night my priestly friend David asked if I’d heard about a website called Movie Ministry dot com. He’d been talking about it on BBC Radio Scotland last week, apparently. I’m a Radio 1 / Radio 4 … Continue reading

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Coffee and Cigarettes

http://coffeeandcigarettesmovie.com/ Two things I don’t do: coffee and cigarettes. But that doesn’t stop me wanting to see this new film by director Jim Jarmusch. It looks fun. It’s on just now at the Cameo cinema at Edinburgh’s Tollcross.

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Some days I hate computers!

How difficult should it be to take a couple of quick photographs with my JVC digital camera and transfer those picture files to my PC? You’d think it would be quite an easy task! Essentially I have two ways of … Continue reading

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Waxman 1.999w Pocket Chess

I’ve now uploaded Waxman 1.999w Pocket Chess for Windows to my PC Downloads page. Waxman has been one of my favourite chess games for Windows for years. It is fast, small, and with a beautifully simple and pleasing look. Great … Continue reading

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John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (aka John Peel)

What sad, sad news to learn that legendary DJ John Peel has died suddenly while on holiday in Peru. I was visiting our local Roman Catholic community when one of the priests, Fr John, returned home with the news that … Continue reading

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