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Up The Hill Backwards
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An eclectic blog of thoughts,cooking, ranting, technology and a growing music tape archive.
Recent Posts
The Story Of An Enduring Minimalist Piece
In 1971 Gavin Bryars and Alan Power were working together on a film about people living rough in the Elephant and Castle area of London and around the Waterloo Station area. The film ultimately did not see the light of day however Gavin Bryars wa...
No drunks in our house
Back in the day when I did my psychology education it soon became apparent that the young parent contingent would happily shout down any research that would point to any probable detrimental effect that parents could have on their offspring but who w...
DJ Deck Of Choice To Die?
It is rumoured that a classic workhorse of the music DJ is to stop being manufactured in February 2010. The Technics SL1200 series of vinyl turntables first saw the light of day in 1972 as a Hi-Fi turntable with an improved MK2 model released in 1978...
Schoolies week and the culture of skulling it to excess
more about “BBC News – Schoolies week in Australi…“, posted with vodpod I was only listening to a phone-in on ABC Canberra radio the other day which was debating the culture of drinking amongst the young in Australia.Whilst ...
Who Pays For Banking?
more about “BBC News – Banks win Supreme Court ca…“, posted with vodpod UK banks have won their appeal at the supreme court over the matter of unfair bank overdraft charges. David Buick, market analyst with inter-dealer bro...
Robin Hood Robin Hood Riding Through The Bank
A rare example of humanistic altruism in the now much hated world of banking comes from Germany. Erika Schmidt, the manager of a bank branch in Germany was found to be transferring money from rich clients into the accounts of those who were heavily i...

