visit Cricket World TV and see some very funky office chairs upholstered in the England and Australia colours. Freddie Flintoff owns one of these...if that's not an endorsement of all things cricket then I'm out for a duck.
Which reminds me, I am playing in the High Legh Village Cricket match this Sunday - let's see if I play like a girl.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Michael Jackson - really very good of him...
It was really very good of Michael Jackson to pop his moonwalking clogs pre next month's London shows. After all, the stress of doing 50 at 50 at the o2 with any existing medical condition would have meant almost certain death during a performance anyway. Can you imagine the scenes of thousands of traumatised MJ fans clammering on stage to 'get a closer look', to touch their hero, to get photos of them with him while he takes his last breath. It would be sick and someone always takes things too far - his body would probably have ended up cryogenically frozen, immortalized in someone's bedroom.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
What makes a place 'Bohemian'?
What makes a place 'Bohemian'?
Lets start with the ever reliable, good old Wikipedia: 'The term "Bohemian" as related to Bohemianism – i.e. describing the untraditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, musicians, and actors in major European cities – has little or nothing to do with the above (description of Bohemian as the term used to describe people of Czechoslovakia), though, often leading to confusion.' Confusion indeed. This question came about when one Restaurant's website described Didsbury, South Manchester as 'Bohemian'. As a resident of Didsbury, I immediately rebelled, reading it out to my office because they were really very interested. It turns out that me following this up with, 'Didsbury is full of chain pubs, there are no independent places at all, it's hardly bohemian!' was a step too far for one Didsbury bubble dweller. I did exaggerate, I'll admit, but if driving through Didsbury village you will see Costa, Slug & Lettuce, Fellucini's, Varsity, Cafe Rouge, O'Neills and Pizza Express so the main thoroughfare proves my point. However, venture down the side roads and it proves Mr Bubbles' point, that there are lots of independent places. He's right. Which begged the question, why does Didsbury seem so utterly lacking in the bohemian lifestyle? Quite simply, the clientele is trying too hard. Trying too hard to be seen in the independent bars and restaurants away from the riff-raff of the chain pub. What is clear in Didsbury is that the punters in Chain or Independent are exactly the same, except one is drinking 'chain' lager, the other is drinking bubbling goblin cider. So, it's the people that make it bohemian and the Didsbury population at large is far from impoverished, marginalized, bohemian. Lets try elsewhere.
Lets start with the ever reliable, good old Wikipedia: 'The term "Bohemian" as related to Bohemianism – i.e. describing the untraditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, musicians, and actors in major European cities – has little or nothing to do with the above (description of Bohemian as the term used to describe people of Czechoslovakia), though, often leading to confusion.' Confusion indeed. This question came about when one Restaurant's website described Didsbury, South Manchester as 'Bohemian'. As a resident of Didsbury, I immediately rebelled, reading it out to my office because they were really very interested. It turns out that me following this up with, 'Didsbury is full of chain pubs, there are no independent places at all, it's hardly bohemian!' was a step too far for one Didsbury bubble dweller. I did exaggerate, I'll admit, but if driving through Didsbury village you will see Costa, Slug & Lettuce, Fellucini's, Varsity, Cafe Rouge, O'Neills and Pizza Express so the main thoroughfare proves my point. However, venture down the side roads and it proves Mr Bubbles' point, that there are lots of independent places. He's right. Which begged the question, why does Didsbury seem so utterly lacking in the bohemian lifestyle? Quite simply, the clientele is trying too hard. Trying too hard to be seen in the independent bars and restaurants away from the riff-raff of the chain pub. What is clear in Didsbury is that the punters in Chain or Independent are exactly the same, except one is drinking 'chain' lager, the other is drinking bubbling goblin cider. So, it's the people that make it bohemian and the Didsbury population at large is far from impoverished, marginalized, bohemian. Lets try elsewhere.
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