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Tag Archives: UK
Movies I’m Watching:It’s a Free World
I’ve always like Ken Loach movies because i’m a lefty symp and a sucker for women with British accents. The last one I saw from him was, if memory serves, My Name is Joe, i know that he’s done a … Continue reading
Music I’m listening to: Dido’s “Safe Trip Home”
I’ve never been a Dido fan, i don’t even know the name of any her songs save that “White Flag” one, but I did download her recent one. And although there are many nice tunes on it, there is one … Continue reading
Some Olympics photos from Marc Aspland of the Times UK
Olympics in Pictures via kwout This picture is from the Times UK photographer Marc Aspland: quite nice and painterly. He’s photoblogging the Games but if you’re in China you probably have to use a proxy to read his typepad.com blog. … Continue reading
Shanghai Expo tickets to go on sale Sept 28 for expected price of 160 RMB.
上海世博会门票9月28日首发 价格拟160元_社会频道_新华网 via kwout What is more interesting to me is this weird picture from the Xinhua article where I got this information. Maybe this design image has appeared somewhere else on the internet before, but this is the first … Continue reading
BBC Chinese on the “harmoniousness” of the Olympics
BBC 中文网 | 中国报道 | 奥运外围：当“和谐”被重复千遍 via kwout BBC Chinese journalist Meng Ke tells it like it is in the above article. He roasts some of the sacred cows of Olympics propaganda, like the “100 years dream of the Chinese … Continue reading
Movies I’m watching: Le Feu Follet and Naked
I think it was a happy coincidence that I watched Mike Leigh’s Naked and Louis Malle’s Le Feu Follet (The Fire Within) in succession, on the same day. Both are character-driven movies about men who, on the surface, appear to … Continue reading
Movies I’ve watched: Cassandra’s Dream
Is there any reason why Woody Allen should continue subjecting us to these morality tales? If you want to see the Abel and Cain-esque moral fallout that happens when two brothers once so close get in over their heads, you’d … Continue reading
Movies I’ve Watched: In Bruges
In Bruges Movie Reviews, Pictures – Rotten Tomatoes If you take a cursory look at what the people on Rotten Tomatoes are saying you’d find htat most people have a generally positive take on this film, starring Colin Farrell, Brendan … Continue reading
Portishead’s Third
Portishead’s latest album isn’t really trippy or hoppy. Pehraps I’ve just been out of the loop since their first album was released ages ago (haven’t followed them closely since, though I did like that album quite much); but they deifnitely … Continue reading