HD strangeness

Just a quickie. Is it just me or is it idiotic to advertise HD Televisions on TV. If you already have a HD television, you dont need an advert to convince you of its benefits. If you dont have an HD tv, the adverts going to look shit anyway, so all in all, what the fucking point?

About time

Its been too long since my last post, and so so much has happened. Not least that steven, my shout for emphatic victory, did actually prevail in Masterchef. To be honest i was somewhat underwhelmed by his menu in the final. It was all good and well cooked and all that, but it didnt have the 'wow factor' or interesting quirqyness of some of his earlier dishes. Any way he was a worthy winner and i wish him and his rye cheeky smirk all the best.

I have also been marveling at the Life series on BBC. With Father nature as the narrator and super slow mo looking more real than actual reality, its an absolute winner, although i find the explaning bit at the end more boring than Jack Straw attempting to give answers in Questiontime. Nick Griffin will have to wait, as my downloading of a new episode of Arrested Development is almost complete. if your not familiar with the series, I suggest you get smart, and get on it sucker.

Be Nice

I always make sure that when i send something back from a restaurant (which is relatively regularly) i make sure that I'm nice about it. A combo of smarmy customer plus returning food is a sure way to have your food tampered with ( if you know what i mean). so remember people, be nice.its for your own good, or that champagne froth may not be what you hope it is.

African Franco

Without wanting to sound to wanky, some images have just fascinated and drawn me to them recently, non more so than an image I found of the Spanish dictator Franco. This evidently isnt it, but is inspired by it!

Stroszek

Saw the film Stroszek thanks to my friend Leo being involved in a festival of Werner Herzog films. Inevitably Herzogian, a bleak but yet sporadically comic and often poignant film about an societal outsider, talented yet defunct, fragile and insightful. The film is undeniably odd, however I find that the power of these films is that Herzog manages to find subjects on the very periphery of our culture, and yet these people identify with us all. I found myself drawn to the character, intensely sympathetic to his hurt.

I hear that Ian Curtis committed suicide after watching this film, a fact a find easy to believe. Despite this, i did find moments of hope within, not least that the actor who played the lead, despite much of the story having parrallels with his own life, actually released an album of his own recently. A note of hope within the moody landscape often presented by Herzog.

precious things

Found these old photos that are printed onto glass today in Islington. Cost me £4 for 3. bargin. These kind of things really make me wonder about the history of them and whether somehow its not right for me to steal them in a way. i mean i have no intrinsic relationship with them other than that they facinate me. anyway, here they are for all to enjoy, and on reflection, i think that the enjoyment is justification enough.

Zombieland

Not a bad movie, and the Bill Murrey cameo is excellent ( yes i did just ruin the surprise), but the truth is, that Jesse Eisenburg is a poor mans Michael Cera. The problem is that the review I had heard was from my movie Guru Mark Kermode. He does get it badly wrong sometimes e.g. high school musical 3,( Never saw it, but it is just not possible that it is anything above turgid shite), but all in all, his word is nigh on gospel. Mark gave it a glowing review as did the reviewers the week before as i recall, citing that it was a movie about relationships that just happened to have zombies in it. With my expectations so high, sadly the film just did not really live ( yes its a slight pun for a zombie movie) up to them. Had i not heard any review then the film might have fared better, but then again, i doubt i would have gone to see it. The vicissitudes of life.

The trailers to the movie - usually my favorite part- were terrible. As Maya often points out, the trailers are usually so good, that you kind of feel disappointed that your not going to watch that particular movie and instead your going to watch some other crappy film. This time however we got the Megan Fox movie and something titled The Vampires Assistant. Need i say more?

The Nazi Chef - Its not Michel Roux Jnr

Tonight the Professional Masterchef broke the laws of physics. They sent both chefs through. After both Daniel and Steve (my shout for the win since the start) got through the service with the chef from Wiemar Germany circa 1939, a man who also defies scientific law by actually not having any facial muscles and therefore no facial expression. In all my years of watching Masterchef, in all its forms, including many many repeats on UK Food, I've never seen them send 2 chefs through to the next round.
As an extra bonus, Chef Nazi's younger brother, who just happens to reign from Manchester - Ryan- who is also incapable of smiling, produced 2 highly average plates of food (is this possible?). In any event the miserable twat got knocked out, and that's all that matters. If I was ever to take an apprenticeship at a Michelin starred restaurant I'd want it to be with the fatherly "pretty as a picture" Michel Roux Jnr, despite the fact that even though he's French (sort of) he doesn't seem to be able to pronounce the word 'Michelin' properly, instead referring to the award strangely as ' MiTCHelin'. Idiot.

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Fast Food

Lets be honest, im never going to continue to write this many blogs every day, but i did want to point out something that really annoys me. When you go to a resturant and you order food, and somebody else who comes and orders later than you gets there food first. Even if the food they order is easier to make and thierfore quicker, resturants should be mindfull of these eventualities and make sure that i get my food at the proper time.

The maze

Larry back again

Genius, genius genius. I'm officially in love.....with Larry David. Which is actually a bit of a major concern as i basically see myself as a younger British version of him, so in fact, like I've always suspected, I'm sort of in love with myself.
Anyway the new series begins on Thursday on More 4 at 10.55 so be sure not to miss it. The man is a genius. For example, a line taken from the advert:

Larry: "I'd rather have the thieves than the neighbours.The thieves don't impose"

Old Woman: "What are you talking about?"

Larry: " Neighbours want your time, the thieves want your things. I'd rather give them things than time."

This statement, as well as being supremely comic, is also extremely perceptive and shows Larry to have - paradoxically for such a selfish person - a subtle moral brilliance. To him, time is more precious that possessions. A lesson to us all.

Dim

I remembered what the Dim reminder was about. I dont mind going into restaurants which have dim lights, and i actually usually prefer when the lights are a bit brighter, so i can see that there not shtupping me with the food. What i dont like is mid way through a meal they dim the lights so that while i could once see my meal, im now temporarily blind and annoyed.

bit of crumpet

I gave myself 2 reminders on my phone about what to write tonight, but i did'nt understand the messages i gave myself. the clues i gave myself was 'dim' and 'coo'.
Earlier on went to go see the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the RA. Wanted to go in, but at £12 was bit pricey, so sat outside with my mate in the sun and enjoyed the free statue. Often it seems when you go to a gallery theres some sort of rush to "complete" the show somehow. to see every peice shown. Outside in the sun, somehow i felt a pressure to 'justify' meeting a friend by wondering if i should have a cup of tea.its sad really that just meeting a friend didnt seem enough in a way without some sort of capital expenditure.
In the end i just sat with my mate and shot the breeze.Glorious

Napolian

around town

Red Ed

Captain Huglin at your command
Stopped this guy in the street and asked if i could take his photo. Did it for 2 reasons. 1stly just wanted to see if i had the balls to do it. its harder than you might imagine. 2ndly a bit of a homage to the Sartorialist. When he asked me why i wanted to take his photo i replyed 'because your well dressed'.
Old George - a real dude from malta who has owned this hairdressers place in Islington for 56 years. The photo is of him when he was 16. The place closed down 6 years ago and he only opened up so he could show it around to a prospective buyer. arsenal fan, and a good man.

franco - where's your head at?

plummers and bummers

over the past 2 days i've had 5 different opinions regarding the supremely and worryingly large wet patch on my bedroom carpet.not one, i repeat not one has given me a definitive answer as to what the problem is.plummers and bummers

In the beggining of creating

there has to be a beginning - and it may as well start here.