by Neil | Dec 30, 2011 | Cool stuff, Music, video
Recovering from lurgy and post novel/end of year ennui. In the meantime, have some music. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP9pnSXhibw] For dreaming nerds everywhere.by Neil | Dec 4, 2011 | Cool stuff, Music, video
The Cohen classic, covered to varying degrees of success over the years, suffers more often than not from people not interpreting the lyric correctly. Tim Minchin and Geraldine Quinn do not have this problem in this great raw version from Edinburgh ’05. They...by Neil | Mar 7, 2011 | Cool stuff, crazy hair, Music, video
Things got a little out of control again. I guess that’s one of the things life does when you’re busy making plans. Besides, out of control isn’t bad, indeed, some might say it’s an art form in its own right. On the subject of art riding a wave...by Neil | Jan 24, 2011 | Cool stuff, Music, Video
Mine was pretty good: not withstanding my clumsiness. However, I like the SF undertones mingled with the melodrama that underscored the late seventies and early eighties of this particular song. Here’s the Boomtown Rats from 1981 with the obvious but fun...by Neil | Jan 1, 2011 | Cool stuff, Diary, Music, Video
It’s 2011! Have a good one. And remember, the year is what you make it: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXO6BYFDiC8] Check out that hair. 🙂by Neil | Dec 27, 2010 | Cool stuff, Fantasy, Video
Back when I still did these things (*coughs* which is now, given it was in university, an increasingly and distressingly long time ago), this was cutting edge and done on a shoe string by just one guy. Something that I aspired to – though never hit – and I...