Showing posts with label Moorland Road. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moorland Road. Show all posts

Friday, 21 November 2008

Take that dyslexia!

Today could have been better.

Having spent in excess of £3 in Moorland road McColl's (The Booze Buster) on: 4 pints of Full Fat Milk, Maryland Cookies (2 for £1.30 (I got the original and double chocolate chip varieties)) and the Guardian newspaper, I later found out I could have bought Woolworths for £1... and still have had enough money to purchase the cookies and the paper.

I have also heard 'Dakota' by Sterephonics twice; once on We7.com in the process of research for a presentation due tomorrow on peer-to-peer services and how they can become legitimate, and secondly, on Series 22: Episode 8, of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, which I was streaming in high quality from BBCiplayer.

This show was OK at best, immediately dousing what was left of the fire in my spirit, by telling me Bill Bailey "never felt comfortable" on the show. He seemed such a happy man.

Buzzcocks also featured Mitch Hewer of Britania High (and Skins) fame. I had also seen more than I liked of said show (Britannia High) watching Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, although Brooker was funny as ever. Simon Amstell's quip; "Take that dyslexia!", was a brighter moment, although did little to salvage the show which was now exuding through a layer of tediousness into complete monotony.

That-man-who-spoke-too-loudly-on-The-Hard-Sell:-Cigarettes-and-alchol-(narrated by Phil Jupitus another Buzzcocks star)'s Information Flash!

A good advert will have some of the following qualities:


  • Punch

  • Humour

  • Style

  • Wit

  • Immediacy



Humidity Update: John's humidity reader displayed a reading of 83% after he returned home around 11:15pm. He subsequently turned the dehumidifier to 'ON'.

Saturday, 15 November 2008

Cube 2 - Hypercube

As I was trawling through the charity shop in Moorland road (Shaw Trust), I noticed a man purchasing the sequel of the film 'Cube'; 'Cube 2 - Hypercube'. On VHS no less.

Contained in the film's profile on IMDB, the "Plot keywords", marked with a spoiler alert, reveal the descriptions "Head ripped off, stranger, blood on shirt, kidnapping, stabbed in the chest".

John Cordy, who claims to have seen the film, says it's about people trapped in a four dimensional cube (a tesseract). On the subject of the cube's added dimension, he quipped "it added an extra dimension of fear". Exciting stuff.

Update: The "Plot Keywords" have changed since the post. Still marked with a spoiler alert they now read: "Dying during sex, split screen, surrealism, suicide attempt, sex". For an extensive list click here.