Farewell Troubadour

Sad news indeed to hear today of the passing of John Martyn.
He has been an enormous influence, and an amazing, if troubled, artist.
May you always be remembered kindly.
Thank you for the music.

Wunderbar the Song Smith

Totally Awesome.
Microslave/soft have developed an application that makes up music for you based on what you sing to the computer.
This is what happens when Liam Gallagher’s vocals are fed into the machine.
This proves for once and for all that the computer knows best when it comes to creative summing.

The Elusive Masal Bugduv Conspiracy

Right. First off, I don’t know or care about football or any sports,
BUT, I do love an old internet spoof, and this is a good one.
The Times recently published a list of 50 hottest young footballers, and included on it a certain Masal Bugduv, a Moldovian striker.
The only problem with this is that he doesn’t [...]

Playmobil Security Checkpoint

This is not a Hoax.
Playmobil, in their infinite wisdom, have brought out a Security Checkpoint.
You can get it on Amazon here.
Most entertaining comments and tags abound.
Tags (from Amazon):

police state (36)
amazon oddities (34)
tyranny (30)
fear (27)

martial law (27)
fascism (18)
playmobil (13)
1984 (11)

educational (7)
cool (3)
fud (3)

Comments include the following:
“…The best thing about this product is that it teaches kids [...]