Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Football Fever is upon us
Four years ago, the boozers were open at 7.00 in the morning. I used to go into work by train and the pub near the station was full of England supporters. For me football supporter = football hooligan, so I thought I, as well as many other commuters, would be jumped and have the fuck beaten out of us on our way to work; but for the duration of the World Cup these guys were well behaved.
I'm not particularly interested in football, but the World Cup is something different. It's the culmination of all the world's football meeting together with the result that I develop a real interest in the game. Every time England gets kicked out the World Cup my support defaults to the Netherlands - there is something really attractive about their bright orange football kit. I also had memories of Johanne Kruyff - he was a real blitz on the pitch - nearly as good as Pele - a superb international player.
Football is a passionate sport, but when it comes to club football, I think I am going to be bored. The premier league is full of unremarkable games - when I look at Premier Division matches, it is like watching laundry going round in a really expensive washing machine. No risks, everything is safe - complete bollocks - very expensive bollocks.
I'm not particularly interested in football, but the World Cup is something different. It's the culmination of all the world's football meeting together with the result that I develop a real interest in the game. Every time England gets kicked out the World Cup my support defaults to the Netherlands - there is something really attractive about their bright orange football kit. I also had memories of Johanne Kruyff - he was a real blitz on the pitch - nearly as good as Pele - a superb international player.
Football is a passionate sport, but when it comes to club football, I think I am going to be bored. The premier league is full of unremarkable games - when I look at Premier Division matches, it is like watching laundry going round in a really expensive washing machine. No risks, everything is safe - complete bollocks - very expensive bollocks.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Trashy Telly on BBC 4
I watched Dan Cruickshank's programme on BBC2 about modernist architecture on BBC2 - it was well-written, beautifully presented, excellent production values etc. I thoroughly enjoyed it, brilliant!.
Switched over to BBC 4, Living with Modernism - what we had was a guided tour of 50's house by this incredibly rich couple who had renovated said home for the public to see. The programme was complete bollocks, like I fucking care about what you think about your fucking home!
I am doing my best to avoid programmes with 'real people' living in 'real homes' as they = shit. In addition to this we had some wankole presenter with all the blasted presenter script = shit. I just could not cope, I had to turn the programme off.
Switched over to BBC 4, Living with Modernism - what we had was a guided tour of 50's house by this incredibly rich couple who had renovated said home for the public to see. The programme was complete bollocks, like I fucking care about what you think about your fucking home!
I am doing my best to avoid programmes with 'real people' living in 'real homes' as they = shit. In addition to this we had some wankole presenter with all the blasted presenter script = shit. I just could not cope, I had to turn the programme off.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
New Labour's Local Election Campaign
The Council Elections are on. New Labour is spending its lord-"loans" money in earnest. I am being bombarded with hard copy mail from the local New Labour party and why I should vote for them. These comminiques come personally addressed to me via the Royal Mail. It's a sign of the times, New Labour membership has been drastically reduced for obvious reasons. Having said that, the membership has been replaced by a moneyed and more powerful membership who can pay for the printing of leaflets and posting them. It seems that the New Labour current election campaign is based on slagging off the other parties.
Let us look at New Labour's achievements:-
- Selling off the NHS (they call it partnership, but the partners can charge what they fuck they like on goods)
- Selling off schools (ditto the above)
- Throwing money at the rich while planning to make the poor poorer by making them pay.
- Allowing undesireable foreign criminals to remain in the uk.
- Having "private" love affairs but using facilities of one's "public" office to maintain one's said affair.
The British Electorate need New Labour like Dracula needs a crucifix. At least old Labour had some integrity and generated some creative tensions in society - something for the Tories to be up against and not to ape.
Let us look at New Labour's achievements:-
- Selling off the NHS (they call it partnership, but the partners can charge what they fuck they like on goods)
- Selling off schools (ditto the above)
- Throwing money at the rich while planning to make the poor poorer by making them pay.
- Allowing undesireable foreign criminals to remain in the uk.
- Having "private" love affairs but using facilities of one's "public" office to maintain one's said affair.
The British Electorate need New Labour like Dracula needs a crucifix. At least old Labour had some integrity and generated some creative tensions in society - something for the Tories to be up against and not to ape.
