the best tune ever!!!

can you tell I've just worked out how to embed videos on the blog?

I saw Justice at Roskilde and he played this twice and I loved him for it. Of course, at the time I had no idea whatsoever that it was him who actually did the tune.... d'oh.

I like this song too....

it's fab. what Andy refers to as "noodly bass".

I want your soul

My flatmate/very good friend (which is the higher on the scale? I'm never sure) Helen and I have agreed, enthused by "Jools' Hootenany"-watching, to make a different compilation CD every month this year, encompassing a different genre.

This month (i.e. due on Thursday), it's Soul. My knowledge of which stretches to having heard of Al Green and having snogged a girl whilst "Let's get it on" ...

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I like this song

I make no apologies

They're renovating the pub at the end of my street

I don't know if it's to re-open it or to lease it out as empty space, but I'm praying it's the former and it's a decent pub. It's been empty since I moved in but word has it it wasn't all bad (http://www.urban75.org/brixton/bars/two-woodcocks.html). Come summer I could be in heaven - the park at one end of the street and my local boozer at the other. If I remember to bring enough cash back home with me I'll never need to visit Brixton proper again

I'm apparently related to this dude

Edgar the peaceful. I like that.

bah humbug

Some prick called Simon who had a "Sperminator" t-shirt won it instead. Although I remember Murray saying he brought me one back from NYC so might have to see if he still has it....

I've just been mentioned on Radio 1!

oh god how you pass the time whilst having a quiet night in....

listening to Annie Mac, uber-foxy DJ who also has the best show on the radio in my opinion (listen again on radio one's website!); she has a competition to win an "I love New York" t-shirt for anyone who texts in with the worst t-shirt they own...

I divulged my fetching black one, bought from a mail order catalogue at the age of 15... Black, with a picture of Barney Rubble on it dressed in jeans and a leather jacket, with "Rubble without a cause" emblazoned in huge yellow letters down the side....

I was a cool kid, obviously. Anyway, seemed to tickle Miss Mac's fancy, and I am now "in the running" for the prize apparently.....

Link to all my photos

if you can't get enough of my photography, here's the link to the whole set.....

Poland photos

Can imagine it might while away a couple of minutes on a Thursday afternoon.....

Regarding the photos below, I'll just put the details here, as I can't get it to format right when I mix pictures and text. Unfortunately not as many of J and me as I would have liked - one of the hazards of there only ...

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Photos....

Back from Poland

Yes, am back in the fair British Isles (well, not so fair actually - the weather today was more Polish than Gdansk) after a fantastic trip to Poland. Still a bit stunned by how good it was - even the dreaded "meet the parents" went amazingly well! Not only did I not vomit through vodka consumption with J's dad, I even managed to vaguely impress him as I lasted on the first night until 1.30am, ...

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They've got it sussed these Poles

Hot chocolate with absinthe, 2 quid. Quality.

I should really be in bed

given that I've got to get up in 4 hours to get the bus to the airport.... am starting to feel extremely nervous now!! goddamn my random act of caution-to-the-wind spontaneity. If it wasn't for that I'd be dribbling in the Albert around now having wasted another 30 quid sitting in the local pub on a Friday night, and looking forward to a Saturday of watching football focus whilst hungover before ...

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Am I the only person that didn't notice the worst storm for 17 years?

Devastation across London. Public transport completely up the left. 100 Hyde Park trees uprooted. Walls collapsing, roofs taking off, and, sadly, people dying.

How did I miss it? I remember thinking "it's a bit blustery" yesterday morning on the way to work, and I got quite pissed off being delayed by half an hour this morning due to a non-existent District line, but overall, I have to say I didn't notice that there was a major storm taking place.

Hopefully when the nuclear apocalypse comes, I'll be equally blissfully unaware and sat in my flat watching Hollyoaks.

I hate being behind with technology

I'm always the last person to get technology.

When I was a kid, I had a Spectrum when everyone else had C64s.
I asked for an NES just before the Super NES came out
I asked for an Amiga just before the company went bust
I asked for a Game Gear when everyone else bought Gameboys (although to be fair, only the mighty Atari Lynx was better)
I got a playstation when the PS2 was launched.

See? I'm ...

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Bought a Polish phrasebook today

I'm f***ed.

Thought I could pick up at least a couple of words over the next few days. Of course I can!

Random sample of the "guide to pronunciation":

"The Polish consonants b, d, g, w and z are generally pronounced like the English b, d, g, v and z (me: "wow, that's easy to remember!"), but at the end of a word or when preceding certain letters, the pronunciation changes to: p, t, k, f and s respectively"

Me: so there's absolutely no rhyme or reason to it whatsoever.

They don't even tell you which letters cause the change! I'm shafted.

One phrase I have to learn:

nie mowie po polsku

(n-yeh moov-yeh po polskoo)

I don't speak Polish.

Leap years

Did you know that, whilst leap years occur every four years, if they fall on the first year of a century (i.e. 2000, 1900), it is only a leap year if the number is divisible by four? So 2000 was, but 1900 wasn't.

Fascinating, eh?

Lizzi googled me

and this is what she found

http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/647785

I knew I was grrrrreat!

New Year photies

Ah, New Year. 11 hours that swept past in the blink of an eye. All I really remember is standing in the living room of Pino and Stella's flat, feeling the floor pulsate underneath me. In the old days it took a set of Technics and a DJ with a bag full of records in order to have a party. Now it just needs a couple of blokes with their Ipods, to get 30 grown men and women singing along to "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen at the top of their voices.

What have we become....

Click here for the photos (they're not great)

O Moj Boze!

I'm going to Poland!!!

Yes, a new year, a new Tattie. I met my girlfriend on Sunday and she mentioned that next time she goes home, I should go too. I assumed she meant "next next time", as opposed to next week when she's heading back for 12 days. But no, she actually meant now.

Old Tony briefly tried to stick his oar in with cries of "but that's far too soon! what about work?! you have to save ...

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Urban75.org

Ok, so I'm being really shit at posting stuff since Christmas - although judging by the distinct lack of visitors I'm not sure too many people are bothered!

Anyway, I was going to update everything today but have to run out in a little while to meet Jennie and Chris in the pub - they're house hunting in Herne Hill! On the other side of the park to us!!! Bring on the summer.

In the meantime, I've ...

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Hope everyone had a fun festive period

I know I should probably write lots about what I got up to but I'm not in the mood at the mo. The January blues strike early! I think I just need an early night....

Suffice to say, I had a lovely time, and now have the cough to prove it.

happy new year

starting it hungover like a bitch. same as every year.