Sshh. Don't Mention It.- September 13, 2007 They used to joke that you shouldn't mention The War (at least not in the same breath as the English World Cup victory of 1966). Maybe they still joke about it, I am not sure. Then again, perhaps it wasn't a joke. Maybe people were serious about that and, in polite company, you shouldn't mention The War. I thought it was a joke because Basil Fawlty first taught me that mentioning The War was not good: although spilling soup is not good and he didn't seem overly concerned about pouring hot...http://www.musak.org/entries/2007/09/sshh_dont_mention_it.shtml Green Before Her Time- September 11, 2007 I've been a little frivolous recently. Listen To Musak's been a bit frothy of late. Pot snacks, presentation tips, Bifidus Digestivum and the like. Yet here at Listen Towers we really have a serious side. It's not all reboot your train and Sir Terry here. I do care about important things and some events that are worth mentioning don't want to be made light of. When something is worth noting it can appear a little disingenuous amongst the nonsense that is written here but you mustn't take it...http://www.musak.org/entries/2007/09/green_before_her_time.shtml A Mastery Of Technology- September 10, 2007 I am writing this episode of Listen on one side of the screen while watching an episode of Queer As Folk (US version) on the other side of the screen. I'm playing it from my computer's built-in DVD. I am doing this as I am sat in a hotel room in Oslo. See, the relentless march of technology allows me to mutli-task in ways I would never have imagined a few years ago. You could almost say I am stunned. But I am not. I am just bored in a hotel room. Having said that, it would be great if all...http://www.musak.org/entries/2007/09/a_mastery_of_technology.shtml |