Did I ever tell anyone I met this guy?

i Tunes

i Tunes has proven to be a bit of a cultural time machine for me. Today I bought "Epic" and "Falling to Pieces" by Faith No More. These are from their album "The Real Thing" which proved to be a somewhat important pivot point for the development of my musical taste. A friend lent me a tape of this on the way back from watching a hockey match and it was my first real introduction to the world of hard rock/metal (whichever you please to tag it) and moved me away from the tastes of my brothers (mainly U2 and REM) into my own tastes. It led to a greater liking for things with a harder edge and with a bit of a difference about them.

The good thing is that the songs that I have downloaded today sound as good as I remember them to be. Now let me go and dig out "Angel Dust"...

Messi and Me

Vader

I have a photo of Darth Vader that I was planning to put a speech bubble on and get him to say something amusing but have never got round to doing it. This will fill in the blank and is from the blog de jour Apropos Comics

More Apropos Comics

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Numbers oddity

My iTunes is showing that I have 818 artists and 919 albums in my library.

Does me noticing this and finding it interesting make me a little bit autistic?

Apropos Comics

There's a new link in my Link bar, linking you to Apropos Comics a funny page featuring comics, with the words changed. Check it out. I found it funny, but then I am a comics geek and find these types of things funny, kind of like the G. I. Joe cartoons with the words changed

Its a short distance from happiness to despair

I love the fact that in this photo, showing David Healy after his third (and winning) goal against the Spanish, Healy himself cuts the picture in two.

On one side we have the happy Norn Irishers, celebrating with abandon, and on the other, the Spaniards, heads in hands.

Two happy greens with arms in the air, two unhappy reds with heads in hands, a replay of the goal on the big screen behind, and the realisation of what has just happened sinking in to the players minds.

New Club, same colours, same problems...

Spot the familiar tale in this story about Juve starting their Serie B campaign, from the BBC:

Juventus started their campaign in Italy's Serie B by being held to a 1-1 draw at 10-man Rimini.

Defender Matteo Paro gave them the lead on the hour mark and Rimini midfielder Domenico Cristiano was then sent off for a challenge on Pavel Nedved.

But a misunderstanding between Robert Kovac and Jean-Alain Boumsong allowed Adrian Ricchiuti in for the equaliser.

It was Juve's first-ever match outside Serie A following their relegation after the match-fixing scandal.

Their punishment also included a 17-point deduction.

Coach Didier Deschamps said: "We already knew we faced an uphill battle this season. All the matches will be like this.

"It will take time for us to adapt. Unfortunately we don't have much of it."