Monthly archives: May 2008


Barclays can’t get it up


Barclays can’t get it up, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

There’s a hot air balloon in Piccadilly Gardens. Something to do with football. At the moment they can’t get it off the ground because of the wind. It’s quite relaxing, if unfulfilling, to watch, but I should in to the studio so I’ll probably miss any flight.


Barclays can't get it up


Barclays can’t get it up, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

There’s a hot air balloon in Piccadilly Gardens. Something to do with football. At the moment they can’t get it off the ground because of the wind. It’s quite relaxing, if unfulfilling, to watch, but I should in to the studio so I’ll probably miss any flight.


Hello, Gordon here

If Gordon Brown phoned me I’d have a few suggestions for him. And not the calls to resign, which he must hear all the time. For a start he could can his predecessor’s plans for nuclear power and spend the money on expanding grants for energy saving schemes and installing solar equipment (and wind power, but not for people in built up areas where it’s not really effective). Rejig the benefits system so that claimants who get part time jobs are rewarded rather than punished. Give extra bonuses to companies that make biodiesel from recycled cooking oils and punish those that use palm oil.

And more. I’d probably get cut off when it became obvious that I’m more interested in giving advice than receiving spin, but it would be worth a try.


The 1.3 million pound Titanic model

Fine Art Models have taken the original plans and construction notes from Harland & Wolff to produce the most authentic model of the Titanic yet. The 1:48th scale model will set you back £1.3million, though there are cheaper 1:192 scale versions being done as a limited edition.

Fine Art Models own page on the Titanic model.

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Shaved again


Shaved again, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

I think the Summer Head Shave should become an annual thing. I’ve been letting my hair get increasingly wild for the last month or so because I knew I’d do this to it. Last night the clippers came out and a huge amount of hair came off my head. I’ve got to take a razor to it to finish the job and I keep going for the brush to run it through my flowing locks, but I’ll get used to it soon enough.


Cine City demolition


Cine City demolition, originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

I stopped taking Cine City time lapse photos because the sheets they put up to catch falling masonry obscured the view. Those came down over the weekend to reveal this. the hoarding remains, defiant, but the rest of the building has gone.

Click through to the Cine City set for more pictures of the destruction.


It’s the heat and the steam of the city

I can’t see you, mama
But I can hardly wait
oh To touch and to feel you, mama
Oh, I just can’t keep away
In the heat and the steam of the city
Ooh, it’s got me running and I just can’t brake
So say you’ll help me, mama
‘Cause it’s getting so hard, ooh

Now I can’t keep you, mama
But I know you’re always there
You listen, you teach me, mama
And I know inside you care
So get down, down here beside me
Ooh, you ain’t going nowhere
No, I won’t hurt you, mama
But it’s getting so hard, ooh

Ha ha ha, ha ha ha, awh
Ha ha ha, ha ha ha, awh

Can’t you see me here, mama,
Mama, mama, mama, please?
Can’t you feel my heart?
Can’t you feel my heart?
Can’t you feel my heart, ooh?
Now listen to me, mama
Mama, mama
You’re taking away my last chance
Don’t take it away !
Can’t you feel my heart?

ha ha ha,ha ha ha awh

It’s hot, too hot for me, mama
But I can hardly wait
My eyes, they’re burning, mama
And I can feel my body shake
Don’t stop! Don’t stop me, mama
Ooh, make the pain, make it go away, hey
No, I won’t hurt you, mama
But it’s getting so hard, ooh

Now I can’t see you, mama
But I know you’re always there
You taunt, you tease me, mama
But I never, never, never can keep away
It’s the heat and the steam of the city
Ooh, got me running and I just can’t brake
So stay, don’t leave me, mama
‘Cause it’s getting so hard, ooh

Don’t go, no no don’t go
No no no, don’t go…
ha ha ha
dont go
ha ha ha awh
no dont let me go
dont go

Genesis – Mama