Anyway I don't subscribe to all the Sky Channels. I scrubbed the Movies and the Sports a long time ago. The "music" channels (one for another day) and the kids went next, then the news and lifestyle as the "shite" to "good" ratio was too high.
Recently (i.e. last week) I happened to catch one of the more vaunted new channels - one which exploits the age of new media - You Tube, Blogging, Flickr, Social Networking and the rest of the buzz words people who haven't the first notion of what they actually are use in an effort to seem "in touch"
Current TV
As they say on their website
"Current is about what's going on: stories from the real world, told by you. We slice our schedule into short segments that we call "pods" — each just a few minutes long. You'll see profiles of interesting people on the rise, intelligence on trends as they spring up around us, and international news from new perspectives. And much of it comes straight from you"
It somehow reminds me of something I've written in jest recently. So I surfed (no pun) to Channel 193 and what did I see....?
An advertisement for Comfort Fabric Conditioner.
"..new perspectives"?
My hole.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Happy Birthday to Angry Since 1967
Yes it's been a year - okay I know it hasn't but as I won't be anywhere near the internet on the actual day so I thought I'd post it now. It's either that or look out the window at the rain.
Usually with things like this there is a wistful look back over the previous 12 months, followed by a pithy prediction list of things to come.
Fuck that.
I will reflect on a couple of things though. I've only just realised that I have a complete free hand here. I can post whatever aul bollocks I like, there's no-one going "you can't do that" or pointing out my "clumsy sentence construction". The other thing is I think I've lost sight of what I'm doing here and what the point was. Fortunately I don't intend trying too hard to remember. Yes there was a point, but it's not really important anymore.
And so with that in mind.
I watched a BBC thing last night about British costumed dramas. Of course it was turgid aul wank, with a procession of movies set in the themeparked, airbrushed, cosy middle class, sub Jane Austen, ghetto-ed version of past the British film industry has been stuck since - well ever. I wasn't expecting a critical reappraisal so I wasn't too disappointed when the great and the good came out to collectively coo at these movies. The clear implication of the contributions (including one from someone called Daisy Goodwin who was described as a writer and broadcaster (hurrah for you Daisy) was that all they were all great. And who am I to disagree? I'm not a member of the great or the good and I'm certainly not a writer or a broadcaster ( Am I a blogcaster though?) so my opinion counts for nothing, as I ain't on the TV and as I don't write a column in a newspaper.
It's sobering realisation. So my mission statement for the next year is to embrace the fact my opinion counts for three fifths of fuck all.
Usually with things like this there is a wistful look back over the previous 12 months, followed by a pithy prediction list of things to come.
Fuck that.
I will reflect on a couple of things though. I've only just realised that I have a complete free hand here. I can post whatever aul bollocks I like, there's no-one going "you can't do that" or pointing out my "clumsy sentence construction". The other thing is I think I've lost sight of what I'm doing here and what the point was. Fortunately I don't intend trying too hard to remember. Yes there was a point, but it's not really important anymore.
And so with that in mind.
I watched a BBC thing last night about British costumed dramas. Of course it was turgid aul wank, with a procession of movies set in the themeparked, airbrushed, cosy middle class, sub Jane Austen, ghetto-ed version of past the British film industry has been stuck since - well ever. I wasn't expecting a critical reappraisal so I wasn't too disappointed when the great and the good came out to collectively coo at these movies. The clear implication of the contributions (including one from someone called Daisy Goodwin who was described as a writer and broadcaster (hurrah for you Daisy) was that all they were all great. And who am I to disagree? I'm not a member of the great or the good and I'm certainly not a writer or a broadcaster ( Am I a blogcaster though?) so my opinion counts for nothing, as I ain't on the TV and as I don't write a column in a newspaper.
It's sobering realisation. So my mission statement for the next year is to embrace the fact my opinion counts for three fifths of fuck all.
Friday, August 10, 2007
Clarification
The editorial team at Angry Since 1967 made the following statement.
"Over the past few days there has been speculation in the media that Angry Since 1967 is a fake blog. We'd like to take this opportunity to assure our loyal reader that Angry Since 1967 is real and that the allegations I've just made up are entirely false. We'd also like it be noted as a matter of public record that the suggestion that "Phil" is a pseudonym is completely without foundation. Accusations "Phil" is in fact Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, yer man from the news, you know whatisname, the tall patronising bloke on Breakfast, or anyone else for that matter are completely false. Depressingly "Phil" exists, and in real life, is exactly how you'd imagine him (okay wee bit fatter but certainly not as old).
Angry Since 1967 remains focused on it's primary goal and is looking forward to celebrating it's first birthday at the end of August"
Ends.
"Over the past few days there has been speculation in the media that Angry Since 1967 is a fake blog. We'd like to take this opportunity to assure our loyal reader that Angry Since 1967 is real and that the allegations I've just made up are entirely false. We'd also like it be noted as a matter of public record that the suggestion that "Phil" is a pseudonym is completely without foundation. Accusations "Phil" is in fact Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, yer man from the news, you know whatisname, the tall patronising bloke on Breakfast, or anyone else for that matter are completely false. Depressingly "Phil" exists, and in real life, is exactly how you'd imagine him (okay wee bit fatter but certainly not as old).
Angry Since 1967 remains focused on it's primary goal and is looking forward to celebrating it's first birthday at the end of August"
Ends.
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