Jon's RamblingsJon's Ramblings - LiveJournal.comFood quiz- December 13, 2005 You Are French FoodSnobby yet ubiquitous.People act like they understand you more than they actually do.What Kind of Food Are Youhttp://jonhoneyball.livejournal.com/6265.html Horowitz- December 13, 2005 Talk about half-baked presenters like Clarkson versus the great writers like Setright and others, reminded me of the lack of any great musicians in the classical world today.As you can see, I'm listening to a cd of Horowitz. He was staggering, almost beyond belief in his technique. And his musicality was never in question, being the definitive player of many composers.I remember his last concert in London. It was the closest I have come to a religious experience -- the audience were on our feet.http://jonhoneyball.livejournal.com/5888.html Clarkson "Heaven & Hell"- December 13, 2005 So this is Clarkson's annual xmas offering -- his hour and a bit dvd of car fun.And this years is a dog. Tired, formulaic, boring, staid, repetitive, and verging on the offensive.Buying a 4k7 cheap car, brand new, and then proceeding to sledgehammer it in full view of the dealership is nothing short of crap television. That car could have revolutionised someone's life -- instead we get it used as the object of scorn for someone who is fresh out of ideas and is reduced to swaggering incoherently.http://jonhoneyball.livejournal.com/5827.html Music meme thingy- December 12, 2005 How many songs: 7903, 64.78GBSort by artist:first: 4 Non Blondeslast: ZZ TopSort by song title:first: "- Ave Maria, Ave maris stella" (ok, bad tagging....)last: Zooted (featuring Mike Zoot)sort by timeshortest: "Lucky(Rap) by Joni Mitchell, Minguslongest: 2h44:06, Little Britain, Complete Radio Series 1 (should really delete this crap)sort by albumfirst: 666 by Aphrodite's Childlast: Zoom, by ELOfirst song that comes up on shuffleThree Times A Lady -- Lionel RichieHow many songs come up when...http://jonhoneyball.livejournal.com/5456.html Big lens- December 12, 2005 One for the peeping toms...Big lenshttp://jonhoneyball.livejournal.com/5326.html Pedalbikes- December 12, 2005 Had a london cyclist hit the BMW last week. I was stationary in traffic, he rode way too fast through the static traffic and clipped my door mirror. Broke off the rear cover. I got out the car, he said "sokay, will snap back on" and pushed it back onto the door mirror, whenceupon it immediately fell off because all the plastic latches had been snapped off. I said "oi, I need your info to make a claim" and he said "fsck you", climbed on his bike and road off down a side street.If I hadnt been...http://jonhoneyball.livejournal.com/4881.html bentley armrest- December 12, 2005 So the RT has this hooooooooooge center armrest box between the front seats. It current contains:a) full-size alpine CD autochangerb) Motorola old-stylee GMS phone complete with full-size handset on a long coily cord (which you can put in the armrest of the rear seat if you wish)And there is still room for a couple of bottles of Bollinger in there.So what do I do Investigate getting a little "cocktail requisites" upgrade Fit a fridge BothIs it legal to get pulled over by the plod, and have a...http://jonhoneyball.livejournal.com/4847.html |