http://www.fallen-angel.co.uk Rob's Homepage Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:43:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am, by nature, a pretty organised person, generally more anal than the cast of a Treasure Island porn DVD, and I kind of like routines and distrust spontaneity. In fact, generally if anything disrupts or upsets my day's framework I get mintier than a spearmint condom and go round ... http://www.fallen-angel.co.uk/2010/02/23/an-unexpected-diversion/ I am suffering from unwelcome throbbing. Truth is I managed, during a state of mild inebriation, to sprain my ankle rather unpleasantly way back in August. This was following a terribly entertaining afternoon spent at the Ben and Jerry's festival on Clapham Common - an event which was officially about seeing ... http://www.fallen-angel.co.uk/2009/12/16/the-old-war-wound/ Now, I'll be honest. I hate strikes. I always feel that they are a way of a union punishing not only those they have a grievance against but also the innocent customers who rely on a provided service. And that usually includes me and I - like 99.9% of humans ... http://www.fallen-angel.co.uk/2009/10/22/up-the-workers/ It's not a surprise that, only a few days after starting to insinuate things about Stephen Gately's death, the Daily Hate Mail should finally publish a tasteless opinion piece to openly state that being gay inevitably means you'll end badly. Jan Moir has come up trumps really, even by the Mail's ... http://www.fallen-angel.co.uk/2009/10/16/jan-moir-poisonous-old-witch/ Someone states the obvious. Someone sneers at all you love. Someone preaches ugly manners, excluding some (including me). This is how I learned to hate Rock and Roll. (Tennant/Lowe) I was happily partaking of an internet forum the other day (one of a couple I frequent in fact) when a thread was started about a ... http://www.fallen-angel.co.uk/2009/09/02/how-i-learned-to-hate-rock-and-roll/ Just had to blog about these guys, a rather fit pop duo from (where else?) Sweden. First heard of them on Popjustice with a song called "M.A.G.I.C.", a nice optimistic little number which has been repeatedly in my iPhone's current favourites playlist. And now they're back with a new single "Into the ... http://www.fallen-angel.co.uk/2009/08/15/the-sound-of-arrows/ One of my favourite nightclubs is the one held every Saturday at Alter Ego in Manchester, entitled “Poptastic!” As you might tell from the name it’s one which caters for pop-lovers of all ages, split into a more serious indie room and a more unashamedly chart/cheese sound in the other. So, guess ... http://www.fallen-angel.co.uk/2009/06/23/hang-the-dj/ So, the screenwriter of the recent hit film "Milk", Dustin Lance Black, is suffering from a minor scandal at present as a result of the odious gossipmonger Perez Hilton. A tape has apparently been leaked of Dustin having sex with his boyfriend and Perez dutifully posted it on his webshite. Now ... http://www.fallen-angel.co.uk/2009/06/14/dustin-lance-black-woof/ So, we have a tube strike in full swing. What I'm finding most amusing is the fact that despite the strike, the Northern Line is operating at optimum levels - a complete contrast to its usual lacklustre service. Amazing that it takes the entire shut-down of the rest of the network to ... http://www.fallen-angel.co.uk/2009/06/10/what-a-refreshing-change/ A team of dedicated professionals over at PWL (or, PWE as it is now known) have been working through an horde of DAT tapes in the archive and have started to release waves of old PWL and Stock/Aitken/Waterman stuff to iTunes. So far they've just done the Kylie and Jason albums, ... http://www.fallen-angel.co.uk/2009/05/31/bankruptcy-looms/