I haven’t listened to the Cardigans in a while, so here’s one from 2005’s Super Extra Gravity. Some fine wine would go down well this evening… And you, you need to be nicer…
Arts
Films
I really need to see this now. The classic thriller predicted the rise of Thatcherism and the transformation of London’s Docklands into an area of unbridled commerce. For the re-release of the film, I revisited the streets where mobsters once ran wild. The reputation of The Long Good Friday rests on two things. The first […]
Aircraft & Flying
Films
*jaw-drops* Via: Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 performs near-vertical takeoff in test flight – video | World news | The Guardian
Arts
Cycling
Films
Groningen is a cycling heaven, bicycles, and perhaps more importantly, people, have been put front and centre as the focus of the city, rather than focusing on moving cars around. Bikes are a normal part of life, rather than being some sort of strange hobby. “The bicycle isn’t considered to be a strange ‘toy’, it’s […]
Equality
Films
“We who are parents, brothers and sisters, colleagues and friends of Ireland’s gay citizens, we know how they have suffered because of second class citizenship. This referendum is about them, and them alone. The only children who are certain to be affected by this referendum, are Ireland’s gay children. It is their future that is […]
Arts
Cycling
Films
Fredrik Gertten has a new documentary film out, which looks very interesting: I have, give or take, mainly peddled the line that it’s not a war between the two-wheeled and the four-wheeled: how could it be, when a lot of us are both drivers and cyclists (and sometimes, inevitably, also pedestrians)? It seemed to me, […]
Arts
Films
Sounds
This looks good: Before the film was shown at Sundance in January, director Brett Morgen dedicated it to Kurt’s mother, Wendy O’Connor; his sister, Kim Cobain; and to his daughter, Frances Bean. Three women we’ve barely heard from regarding their loss, even though they’ve been forced to grieve publicly for 21 years. They wanted the […]