Windom

think i might attend.... for my first time.... be gentle

-That its better to be the organ grinders monkey, than the monkey grinders organ-

-that dogs can't look up-

a dab hand at painting too.....

John Ralston Saul would be near the top o my list

Think John Wayne Gacy may have tarnished the rep of clowns a tad.....

Jeremy whilst there are other factors in pricing individual loans, the fact remains that the spreads on their own cost of finance and the terms on which they are lending are almost unprecedented. Base rates are low to stimulate the economy but any beneficial effects are greatly reduced by banks unwillingness to pass them on. As we've seen with tracker mortgages creeping up despite no movement in underlying rates.

You ever worry about becoming serial killer? he asked downing the last of his pint.

skynet

the usual accidental hash from the Dam, i blame it on a big coat with many pockets and a somewhat forgetful state....

Speaking as a (for my sins) financial analyst, the banks are profitable as they are able to borrow at govt rates due to the guarantee (or outright ownership), but instead of increasing lending activity they are hording cash, and are still charging high commercial rates to buinesses thus retarding the recovery. It amounts to a massive transfer of wealth to the same sucking vortex that lost it all in the first place.

Actually one movie that i found the most affecting was called the 25th Hour, early 70s one with Anthony Quinn (not the recent crapo action flick of the same name). One of the most exhausting movies ive ever seen. Saw it years ago, caught the beginning just as was planning to head off to bed but was captivated and 3 and half hrs later it finished. Long story short but it deals with a Romanian peasant during WWII, the town mayor takes a shine to his wife and then denounces him as a Jew when the Nazis roll through. He then ends up in a concentration camp for a while, escapes with the help of the Jewish underground, who then refuse to help him any further when they find out he isnt jewish, captured again, concentration camp again etc etc. Several years later he is picked out of a work detail by Nazi propagandist as having the perfect Aryan profile, thus graces the cover of Jack Boot Monthly, camp gets liberated by the Americans he then imprisoned in US POW camp due to being unwilling nazi pin up boy. Needless to say the wife and family are subjected to various horrors back in Romania which i wont go into. Anyway it continues in this vein. One of Quinns finest roles, his stoic reslience in the face of an unfolding series of horrors all of which outside of his control is nothing short of brilliant.

There is also the amusingly named S&M Tools, hadware shop on Leather Lane, appropriately enough, in Farringdon

because 'Monkey is irrepressible!!'

spank

Ah Bell, master of the stylish 30 and then out

Yeah but the followup of "The Somersaulting Doorknobs" was a triumph

Hero by the Crouching Tiger mob was pretty fine otherwise old Clint faves are 'Play Misty For Me', and the 'Outlaw Josey Wales' shades Unforgiven IMHO

Tom Waits

quite an eclectic line up, also has The Prodigy, Patti Smith, Roots manunva, Darkwood dub, Manic Street Preachers, Grandmaster Flash, and masses of DJs

G'day Just wondering if anyone else is going to EXIT festival in Serbia week after next? Reputed to be pretty good, interesting line up: Kraftwork, Artic Monkeys, Madness, and er... Korn, plus many many more over 4 days. Anyone been before? supposed to have been voted best European festival in 07, mind you who votes in these things is beyond me.

easy - roast pork rolls at the market on Saturday, pigtastic

i get many boondocks related comments, and then every time they come down they seem astounded thats its only 15min on train from Lon Bridge, despite having done the trip before

mmmm F grade meat - more snouts and entrails....

runs