I just encountered a significant music VDO that dates from when I was in my mid 20's and I just had to write something quick about it.
The group was Flowered Up and the song was Weekender. It was a song that spoke about the nothingness I felt then and the ways I and my friends went about trying to forget what we felt inside.
I didn't hear anything more from Flowered Up after this song. Who cares this was their seminal moment and the VDO spoke directly to me and captured everything that was wrong in my life at the time.
I once met the main lead at a party once, Lee something, suffice to say he really didn't need to do that much acting for this VDO and Helen I still don't know how you could have just returned it without taking a bit out for all of us!
Click here for something more intellectual and deep about this VDO
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
11 significant events
which might be cause for Man City fans to start getting a bit worried: -
1. Pojaman Shinawatra’s (his wife) takes a fancy to a bit of land up for auction on Moss Side. Thaksin not wanting to let the little lady down uses his influence to have the council change the conditions for potential buyers a couple of days before the proposed sale forcing out all the competition.
After that he gets cancelled all holidays for council employees over New Years so that the real estate deal can be processed, coincidentally avoiding the land being reassessed for a higher and more realistic market rate
2. Thaksin decides to beef up security at the stadium and decides to buy a new baggage handling system for the stadium. Orders 26 CTX 9000s to handle the expected volume of bags even though Paris Charles De Gaulle has less than half that number. The US describes this as a "perfect case study in backhanders for government officials"
3. Thaksin sets up a two-and-three digit lottery scheme to help the local community in Moss Side because he is such a giving person. This becomes an instant success with the poor who feel good about helping others whilst also having a chance to improve their lives.
On closer inspection it turns out there wasn't a proper accounting or auditing system in place and no-one knows exactly how much money was taken or where it actually went or how it was used.
4. Forgetting he is no longer an international statesman Thaksin decides to improve Man City's relations with Myanmar (Burma to you and me) and sets up a loan to Burma.
Burma borrows £70million from Man City's accounts so that the jolly generals can purchase some Man City shirts that are being flogged by a company owned by our erstwhile ex-politico.
5. In the effort to gentrify Moss Side for the expectant celebs and glitterati that will soon be descending on City. Thaksin sets up a sapling purchase scheme with the local council to "green up" Moss Side this scheme will produce 90 million saplings over three years.
Irregularities start coming to light when residents complain about the poor quality of the trees. The £200million project is also marred by delays as 16 million trees are yet to be delivered.
6. Thaksin establishes a housing scheme for the poor in Manchester. Uses another £200 million of Man City's money to build housing for the poor on greenfield sites.
Only problem is they are shoddily built, some don't even get connected up to utilities, and are in the middle of nowhere far from any built up areas or jobs.
7. Thaksin decides that Manchester airport is too small and decides to use Man City's money to build a new airport on some marsh land. Furthermore he decides to build a new city around this area as he believes living under a flight path would be such a pleasant living environment.
Despite protests he convinces the local council to finance the plan. The council starts to look into purchasing the land and discovers that all of the land is owned by Thaksin's wife and his associates
8. Thaksin decides to do something about the drug problem on Moss Side and convinces the local police to have a shoot to kill policy on drug dealers. This results in the death of 2000 Man City fans most of the victims if not innocent are low level street dealers.
After Thaksin proclaims the success of the scheme, drugs soon start reappearing on the streets only this time sold by little Asian lookng blokes.
9. Thaksin commenting on an away match abroad that went a bit wrong after the deaths of 78 Man City fans, after police rounded them up and tied their hands behind their backs before heaping them on top of each other into the back of trucks in 40 degrees heat.
After the majority of the City fans had been found to have died from suffocation or heat related reasons, Thaksin commented that was it was their own fault as they had been on a bender and hadn't eaten properly for the last two week and so they were probably already weaker than they should have been and so were responsible for their own deaths.
10. Thaksin puts his son Phantongtae in charge of the club, nuff said.
11. Thaksin and Man Utd need I say more?
1. Pojaman Shinawatra’s (his wife) takes a fancy to a bit of land up for auction on Moss Side. Thaksin not wanting to let the little lady down uses his influence to have the council change the conditions for potential buyers a couple of days before the proposed sale forcing out all the competition.
After that he gets cancelled all holidays for council employees over New Years so that the real estate deal can be processed, coincidentally avoiding the land being reassessed for a higher and more realistic market rate
2. Thaksin decides to beef up security at the stadium and decides to buy a new baggage handling system for the stadium. Orders 26 CTX 9000s to handle the expected volume of bags even though Paris Charles De Gaulle has less than half that number. The US describes this as a "perfect case study in backhanders for government officials"
3. Thaksin sets up a two-and-three digit lottery scheme to help the local community in Moss Side because he is such a giving person. This becomes an instant success with the poor who feel good about helping others whilst also having a chance to improve their lives.
On closer inspection it turns out there wasn't a proper accounting or auditing system in place and no-one knows exactly how much money was taken or where it actually went or how it was used.
4. Forgetting he is no longer an international statesman Thaksin decides to improve Man City's relations with Myanmar (Burma to you and me) and sets up a loan to Burma.
Burma borrows £70million from Man City's accounts so that the jolly generals can purchase some Man City shirts that are being flogged by a company owned by our erstwhile ex-politico.
5. In the effort to gentrify Moss Side for the expectant celebs and glitterati that will soon be descending on City. Thaksin sets up a sapling purchase scheme with the local council to "green up" Moss Side this scheme will produce 90 million saplings over three years.
Irregularities start coming to light when residents complain about the poor quality of the trees. The £200million project is also marred by delays as 16 million trees are yet to be delivered.
6. Thaksin establishes a housing scheme for the poor in Manchester. Uses another £200 million of Man City's money to build housing for the poor on greenfield sites.
Only problem is they are shoddily built, some don't even get connected up to utilities, and are in the middle of nowhere far from any built up areas or jobs.
7. Thaksin decides that Manchester airport is too small and decides to use Man City's money to build a new airport on some marsh land. Furthermore he decides to build a new city around this area as he believes living under a flight path would be such a pleasant living environment.
Despite protests he convinces the local council to finance the plan. The council starts to look into purchasing the land and discovers that all of the land is owned by Thaksin's wife and his associates
8. Thaksin decides to do something about the drug problem on Moss Side and convinces the local police to have a shoot to kill policy on drug dealers. This results in the death of 2000 Man City fans most of the victims if not innocent are low level street dealers.
After Thaksin proclaims the success of the scheme, drugs soon start reappearing on the streets only this time sold by little Asian lookng blokes.
9. Thaksin commenting on an away match abroad that went a bit wrong after the deaths of 78 Man City fans, after police rounded them up and tied their hands behind their backs before heaping them on top of each other into the back of trucks in 40 degrees heat.
After the majority of the City fans had been found to have died from suffocation or heat related reasons, Thaksin commented that was it was their own fault as they had been on a bender and hadn't eaten properly for the last two week and so they were probably already weaker than they should have been and so were responsible for their own deaths.
10. Thaksin puts his son Phantongtae in charge of the club, nuff said.
11. Thaksin and Man Utd need I say more?
Friday, June 15, 2007
Veracity Gambit taking a chance on truth!
Check in for the latest gossip from Veracity Gambit our gal about town, who will bring you the latest comings and goings, to-ings and fro-ings, ins and outs, laughs and shouts.
Last night your gal Veracity checked in with the Bangkok Pickle Gang as they celebrated the birthday of the delightful Pab.
Things started badly for our intrepid birthday girl as she was left on her own-some nursing a glass of something warm. Sources say she might have been ordering green tea but the waitress was actually topping it up with Baileys and coffee!!! Quelle horror!!!
Could it be that the news about increased coffee imports to Thailand have some truth? It seems our favourite femme fatale has bruised her behind by falling well and truly off the wagon once again.
Later on when things moved to the Met Bar our birthday gal was seen sitting in a corner clutching a bottle of Baileys to her chest. It seems that not so long after that she was seen making an exit with Mr Right, only his name was Mr Baileys and he came in bottle, glug... glug... glug... anyone?
Hey how about that transatlantic couple? It seems not all is right in the world as their living situation is not working out as well when they are apart, sources tell us that they having problems with getting enough personal space.
Maybe they should go back to being 12 hours apart?
We were told that Danny and Chandra had an intimate dinner to try and patch things up at Chez Jak and Pu???
Last night at the Met Bar there seemed to be an argument amongst our intrepid tricksters as Chandra and Jak had some harsh words for each other across the room about some song?
Seems like those arse-twisting classes might have been more than just for practice!!! Anyone else thinking third wheel?
I suggest the dashing Doctor shouldn't waste any time with a visit to Dr Love, he needs to contact the pest control on how to move that cuckoo out of the nest.
What about the Winsome Wiyada? She seems to have resigned herself to the state of the relationship and sat in the corner eating some cake, well actually the whole cake!!!
Bless her we still love you as much as ever.
Kemika our favourite vamp turned up sporting a whole new look, this girl changes outfits faster than Superman, what can I say she pulled it off and made a stunning statement, Tres Chic Supergirl!
Also in attendance last night was our favourite Quiet American Barry Dols jetting in to see the gang before jumping on a plane on Monday to go visit his family in Washington, oops I mean New Jersey.
Sticking close by was the consummate party girl Naughty Niki who was beautifully coiffed and boy that girl can dress! She looked like she was challenging Kemika for Queen of the ball. Silly girls don't they know that Veracity is always at the top of this tree?
And Big John is now more Slim John!!! It seems that whisper about him making friends in Rangoon with some doctors especially skilled with plastic tubing could be true!
Poor old Shawn and Jason were inconsolable after King James had been usurped by the Spurs!!! It seems that the twosome were incommunicado by the end of the night too! Calling Magarita!
Our favourite "politico" 'O' was seen skulking in a corner discussing the weather with anyone who cared to listen. Anyone up for a round of coup d'etat?
Kemika and Dottie Lotte were seen cutting a rug on the dancefloor, what can I say? White girls don't dunk! but they certainly can dance!
Someone who defintely wasn't dancing last night was David W. the enigmatic playboy spied me across the room and made a quick exit to go check on some erm... papers!
Lastly we go to the sweetest couple in Bangkok Ippy and Mark who looked like "pigs in mud" as they cooed with each other in a corner.
Ippy looked particularly chic and svelte last night, could it be that the trip to the UK had been more than to visit Mark's folks? She mentioned something about the gym but I didn't know they had gyms on Harley Street!
That's all from your fave gossip gal Veracity Gambit, check in for the next time the mood takes me. Ta! Ta!
All of the above was written in jest and should be taken that way.
Last night your gal Veracity checked in with the Bangkok Pickle Gang as they celebrated the birthday of the delightful Pab.
Things started badly for our intrepid birthday girl as she was left on her own-some nursing a glass of something warm. Sources say she might have been ordering green tea but the waitress was actually topping it up with Baileys and coffee!!! Quelle horror!!!Could it be that the news about increased coffee imports to Thailand have some truth? It seems our favourite femme fatale has bruised her behind by falling well and truly off the wagon once again.
Later on when things moved to the Met Bar our birthday gal was seen sitting in a corner clutching a bottle of Baileys to her chest. It seems that not so long after that she was seen making an exit with Mr Right, only his name was Mr Baileys and he came in bottle, glug... glug... glug... anyone?
Hey how about that transatlantic couple? It seems not all is right in the world as their living situation is not working out as well when they are apart, sources tell us that they having problems with getting enough personal space.
Maybe they should go back to being 12 hours apart?
We were told that Danny and Chandra had an intimate dinner to try and patch things up at Chez Jak and Pu???
Last night at the Met Bar there seemed to be an argument amongst our intrepid tricksters as Chandra and Jak had some harsh words for each other across the room about some song?
Seems like those arse-twisting classes might have been more than just for practice!!! Anyone else thinking third wheel?
I suggest the dashing Doctor shouldn't waste any time with a visit to Dr Love, he needs to contact the pest control on how to move that cuckoo out of the nest.
What about the Winsome Wiyada? She seems to have resigned herself to the state of the relationship and sat in the corner eating some cake, well actually the whole cake!!!
Bless her we still love you as much as ever.
Kemika our favourite vamp turned up sporting a whole new look, this girl changes outfits faster than Superman, what can I say she pulled it off and made a stunning statement, Tres Chic Supergirl!Also in attendance last night was our favourite Quiet American Barry Dols jetting in to see the gang before jumping on a plane on Monday to go visit his family in Washington, oops I mean New Jersey.
Sticking close by was the consummate party girl Naughty Niki who was beautifully coiffed and boy that girl can dress! She looked like she was challenging Kemika for Queen of the ball. Silly girls don't they know that Veracity is always at the top of this tree?And Big John is now more Slim John!!! It seems that whisper about him making friends in Rangoon with some doctors especially skilled with plastic tubing could be true!
Poor old Shawn and Jason were inconsolable after King James had been usurped by the Spurs!!! It seems that the twosome were incommunicado by the end of the night too! Calling Magarita!
Our favourite "politico" 'O' was seen skulking in a corner discussing the weather with anyone who cared to listen. Anyone up for a round of coup d'etat?Kemika and Dottie Lotte were seen cutting a rug on the dancefloor, what can I say? White girls don't dunk! but they certainly can dance!
Someone who defintely wasn't dancing last night was David W. the enigmatic playboy spied me across the room and made a quick exit to go check on some erm... papers!
Lastly we go to the sweetest couple in Bangkok Ippy and Mark who looked like "pigs in mud" as they cooed with each other in a corner.
Ippy looked particularly chic and svelte last night, could it be that the trip to the UK had been more than to visit Mark's folks? She mentioned something about the gym but I didn't know they had gyms on Harley Street!
That's all from your fave gossip gal Veracity Gambit, check in for the next time the mood takes me. Ta! Ta!
All of the above was written in jest and should be taken that way.
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