Monthly Archives: March 2007

>This arrived today. Only took 2 months. And they’re sorry if there was a delay. I’ve been wondering about the “alternative service”, though. 9 miles a day? They didn’t send someone off on foot, did they…?

>Zweitausendeins (Two thousand and one) is a cool outfit.They’re CD, book and DVD mail order with a few brick and mortar locations around the place.Mine is in Frankfurt, just up the road from a good Japanese supermarket and stand-up sushi … Continue reading →

>Jefito”s currently and unfairly hostless for the time being I’ve uploaded his second-but-last post content for anyone who’d care to avail themselves. Blue Moon” (download) (featuring vocals from Tanita Tikaram), “Honeymoon Nights” (download), “Marionette” (download), “Toward the Infinite White” (download), … Continue reading →

>There’s an outfit here in Germany called Jacques Weindepot. They’ve got a great concept – a limited range of good, reasonably priced wines from small producers, you can taste everything, they have sensible opening hours and pleasant and knowledgeable people. … Continue reading →

>They called back. They didn’t really want to answer any questions, but I heard all sorts of fuzzy-feel-good crap about how BAT wants to promote coexistence between smokers and non-smokers and how they’re going to exchange the air in pubs … Continue reading →

>Germany’s politicians have finally seen the light and are actually going to introduce non-smoking legislation. So it’s not a big surprise that British American Tobacco – around 25% of the market in Germany – had a full page advert in … Continue reading →

> Kurt Beck never was the sharpest knife in the drawer. How he made it to head honcho of Germany’s (SPD) Labour Party and to the exalted position of Premier of Rhineland-Palatinate is beyond me, but I don’t claim to … Continue reading →

>Chuck Berry sang it first. Lyrics The Beatles sang it second The Beatles sang something else, too Happy Birthday, Elise…!

> Music at home until I was 11 was radio. 1YA mostly – BBC World Service news, light classical, that sort of stuff – with a bit of Sunday Morning Requests as a treat. Courtesy of the NZBC. Then we … Continue reading →