wheresrhys

As well as web development I also play guitar for a living in a two piece irish band. As well as a few regular and irregular gigs in pubs and cafes we play a lot on the street. If you want to understand world politics try busking; it’s world of bullying capoeira gangs and nervous conservatoire students is as great a microcosm of power struggles and injustices as you could get.

But I digress.

The crime that has no name of the title of this post is the act of videoing a busker/street performer, but not putting any money in. (You know who you are. You can tell when you’re one of them because nobody likes you). Walking past and dancing a bit and not putting any money in is borderline cheeky, but taping it for extended enjoyment and not thinking it’s worth paying for is beyond belief. I can just imagine them sharing the holiday videos with bored relatives, and when they get to the musical highlight the proud projectionist delivers the voice-over: “Oh yes – these guys were great. Really enjoyed them. I would’ve given them some money but, you know my policy: When it’s at all possible to be a bastard… Be a bastard!”

Well, the next one of you who comes along, I’m giving you the finger.

Let’s see how that looks on your family holiday video.

And yes – that is a picture of an amoeba.

Cherry Oh Baby by Eric Donaldson

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Also, I’m not a fan of twitter. It seems to be an enemy of introversion, and introversion has been responsible for a great many good things in the history of humanity, and good times in my life too.

Anyway, here is some pretty good twitter-bashing.

Biz Stone: It’s the messaging system we didn’t know we needed until we had it

Stephen Colbert: That sounds  like the answer to a problem we didn’t have until I invented the answer.

Just a quick post to keep on providing an mp3 download of Citizen’s Band, that rare hidden Super Furry Animals song that’s almost impossible to rip from the Guerrilla CD. The old link from my old blog doesn’t work any more, so it’s shifting to here, where I can host it myself.

Here’s the track. Go ahead – knock yourself out, kiddo.

On the other hand, if you’ve never heard it, have  a listen:

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