What I'm Currently Doing: writing a brochure about a square, grey building in Hertfordshire.
What I'd Rather Be Doing: reading the unutterably pretentious Stylus Magazine's review of every UK number one single since Jan 1, 2000.
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8 comments:
How square? How grey?
Uninteresting. Hertfordshire. Tautology.
(Except for that nice Mr Gamon, of course)
W: Very. Very.
Vicus Scurra: Welcome! Is Mr Gamon the exception that proves the rule?
That's a fantastic link, thanks for that. Didn't think just reading about those songs would take me back to starting Uni in 2000 so much.
I only know the crappy pop ones from that list. Music's not like it was in the old days etc etc
Alan Turing would know how square and how grey. A grey square could be the ultimate in neutral rationality, a sort of cosmic noise constant against which to measure variety. Pi would make a circle too unstable.
I'm trying to pinpoint the precise moment I first looked at 'Top Of The Pops' and said "it's all just boom boom boom" or "call that a haircut?" or "cuh, why can't they play proper music, like Haircut 100?" (in other words, the moment I turned into my dad).
I think it must have been 5ive. They were exceedingly not good, weren't they?
CD: where's Alan Turing when you need him, eh? Coincidentally, the building in question might not have existed without him. O Alan, what hast thou wrought, etc.
Tim: I gave up watching TOTP well before 5ive came along, so I couldn't honestly tell you.
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