All entries for June 2004

Job Hunt

Job Hunt continues….

have been to the job centre who were rather disinterested and registered with a couple of agencies but no luck as yet…
I spend far too much time scouring the web in hope of a lucky break – you never know

good job I had a job during term-time or I'd be even more desparate

: 29 Jun 2004 10:31 |  Comments (4) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

RHCP

Phew… am home now – have had a ferw very busy days – but finally some time to relax.

Went to see Red Hot Chilli Peppers in Cardiff on Wednesday night, along with 63,000 other people – it was an incredible atmosphere and a great performance. I've waited a long time to see them and although I am not too keen on their more recent stuff it was still well worthwhile and a brilliant night.

: 25 Jun 2004 13:59 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Sorry…

but it's really hard to blog, get ready for the end of term and work 9–5 at the same time… ill do my best after Wednesday – am off to see RCHP in Cardiff..

: 21 Jun 2004 23:38 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Euro 2004

Just finished watching the Sweden Italy game. Is it just me or do all of the 'big' teams have some sort of attitude/mentality problem…

Italy – born to defend
Spain – chokers
England – born to lose
France – complacent

: 18 Jun 2004 22:21 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Beres Hammond

Beres is one of my favourite ever artists – and this compilation is a great introduction.

If you like reggae and haven't heard this dude then check it out now!
He's very laid back, very cool and he has an unforgettable voice.
At a time when slack Dancehall is taking over this guy shows how it should be done. Mixes lovers, light dancehall riddims, roots and soul to create a unique style.

My personal favourites are – They're Gonna Talk, Rockaway and Sweet Lies – although with such a large back catalogue to choose from every track here is a classic.

you can pick it up off some places for around 12ish quid and with 2Cds thats a bargain

can't wait to see him live

: 17 Jun 2004 23:13 |  Comments (8) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible

Just made Natal Red Kidney Bean Chilli for dinner – went remarkably well – was very nice…

wish I had more money to buy nicer food though

its good book loads of recipes from around the world – comprehensive

covers recipes and ingredients from India, Britain, the Caribbean, Africa – just about everywhere really

good pictures and clear instructions too

: 16 Jun 2004 22:34 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Exams Done

Woo-Hoo finished me exams – nuff said – here on in football, beer and payed work…

: 15 Jun 2004 21:02 |  Comments (2) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

trying out the image stuff

Writing about web page http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/lbatten/gallerydetail/garden/?imageNum=1

Just messing around with the image uploads and gallery stuff really –
this should lead to a nice image of my old garden which i unfortunately wont be sitting in and drinking beer in this summer

still can't really get the hang of it all…
i cant make my image come up in the standard entry box

: 13 Jun 2004 15:28 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Vado a Roma

Woo-Hoo! Booked my flight to Rome last night, i spend first term of next year in Venice and am going to Rome for 10 days beforehand.
So now i'm well excited – makes it pretty difficult to concetrate on the ol' revison though.

: 12 Jun 2004 13:25 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Ty

Went to see Ty at the Union last night, was really really good – i'm not the world's biggest hip-hop fan or anything but it was a good gig.
In fact I hate a lot of stuff especially the American hip-hop that we get in the charts – eg. Jay Z, 50 Cent etc.
But anyway this was excellent a talented, intelligent bloke rapping about relevant stuff – not just how many bitches or bimmas he's got like a lot of them seem to.
There's a video of his on Launch if anyone cares – the videos crap but the songs really good.

: 11 Jun 2004 11:15 |  Tags: Music |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem