Month: July 2005

Exterminating liberals

There’s a good piece today by Arcadi Espada on the conflict of interests that prevents press and politicians commenting on the call by Oriol Malló in the state-financed Avui for the extermination of those opposed to the nationalist-socialist status quo. I’ll be surprised if the courts manage any better.

Hengelo liberation diary

The Telegraph is publishing ((free) login required) the wartime recollections of WF Deedes, who passed through Hengelo and, one assumes, Oldenzaal on his way to Germany with the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in 1944-5.

Cest

A good friend writes: It is quite disturbing when a dating site’s pairing system suggests getting together with one’s sister.

Soundmen

Soundmen are like surgeons: you, the patient, prepare as best you can for what you are about to undergo, but at the end of the day/night your destiny is in the hands of an egoist full of chemicals who hasn’t slept for a week.

Nuther nutter

If you thought the PP’s favourite gay-hater, Aquilino Polaino, was Spain’s biggest psycho, then you really should try Cataloony Oriol Malló.

Choir photos

Here. You don’t need to speak Korean: let the popup open, hit the Photos tab on the right, and open Polifonica on the left. There are also videos floating around that need nailing down, including the TV3 one from last year. It seems that Someone Famous is coming along tomorrow night, so I’m slightly alarmed…