Month: August 2014
Radio.com Interview
Lovely interview with Dan Weiss of Radio.com which you can read by clicking here.
I had a blast chatting with him and, as usual, acted like a total gobshite.
White Town – I Wanna Be Your Ex
Yaaaay! Above you can see my NEW SINGLE!
It’s called ‘I Wanna Be Your Ex’ and it’s now available for download from
The song is, as ever, about more than one thing. A lot of it is about my frustration with conventional relationships, both sexual and non-sexual and how annoyed I am by the compartmentalisation of feelings expected therein.
It’s also about kissing. And the memory of wrapping one particular person up in a big fluffy towel as she stood naked, wet and beautiful.
Hope you enjoy it! š
Lee Thompson Young
I only just found out that Lee Thompson Young, pictured above, committed suicide last August.
I was watching the season 5 premiere of Rizzoli & Isles and when they had the scene at the end where Frost dies in the crash, I thought āThatās a shame, he must have got a better offer or a film or something.ā
Googled him and no.
His family have set up a foundation to help combat the stigma around mental illness:Ā Lee Thompson Young Foundation
Only 29. Fuck.
DJs Complaining
Drone Creeps Out Vancouver Man
Drone was āa couple of feet away from my patio, camera pointed right at me.ā
(Source:Ā arstechnica.com)
THE FUTURE IS CREEPY.
Still, could have been worse ~ could have been a government drone like the ones Obomber uses to murder Pakistani children.
Over 3,000 innocents murdered by the USAā¦. no wonder theyāre supporting Israelās razing of Gaza, they both use the same play book.
Amnesty Accuses Police Of Violating Human Rights In Ferguson
Amnesty International traditionally sends observers to war zones and countries with authoritarian regimes. Now, in a first for the human rights organisation, it has deployed staff to cover an event within the US itself.
A team of 15 has gone to Ferguson, Missouri, to monitor claims of police violations during the protests which erupted following the 9 August shooting of an unarmed black teenager.
[But] Steven Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty International USA, told the BBC that he was disturbed by the military-style tactics. And even though tensions in the town seem to have calmed, he said he would be urging local police forces to undertake more training in how to handle protests.
(Source: BBC News)
Watch the embedded video from Ferguson, Missouri.
Choice quotes from Amnesty International USA Executive Director, Steven Hawkins:
“We are seeing excessive use of police force in peaceful protest activities.”
“The police clearly not engaging in policing but more in a militarised response to peaceful protest.”
“There is no medical presence, no ambulances on the scene.”
“There is clearly a lack of training of local police within the United States, in terms of their understanding of human rights standards.”
“Here we are, asking to have a meeting with the Chief of Police and our letter hasn’t even been acknowledged, let alone addressed.”
“Even though the curfew has been lifted by the state governor, the police are still acting as if there is a curfew.”
So, bear all that in mind when you see reports about the poor, dear police in Ferguson and how they’re bravely and respectfully trying to handle a violent crowd of enraged troublemakers.
That whole narrative is brought to you by the US government and its police stooges.
It is bullshit. See for yourself.
Wheezer
The past month Iāve been wheezing and short of breath, relying on old inhalers to settle me enough to get to sleep. I thought it was just a reaction to dust from when I was tidying attic stuff.
Iāve been feeling run down and havenāt been able to do my normal gym routine or emowalks!
Today, I popped in to the doctor and when the nurse measured my peak flow and blood oxygen, they were both way down. So, Iām now on a steroid inhaler for three months plus Amoxicillin for a week! No wonder I felt shit in the gym! Just goes to show: get yourself properly checked out if youāre feeling peaky.
FoxNewsBeat
No reports about the police harassment, about officers who have removed their identifiers, about police pointing weapons at peaceful protestors.
Yet Another Racist UKIP MEP
Comments made by a UKIP MEP about a Thai constituent have been described as outrageous by the womanās husband.
South East MEP Janice Atkinson described Fa Munday, a UKIP-supporting mobile food seller in Ramsgate, Kent, as a āting tong from somewhereā.
Her comments were recorded by BBC South East Today following an interview. (Source:Ā bbc.co.uk)
The weirdest part of this story is not that yet another UKIP leader is outed for their racism, itās that they were racist to a party member.
And that any Thai person could be so naive as to not recognise that UKIP is a racist party.Ā
What next? Jew outraged by chilly welcome at Nazi Party fundraiser?