Whoops, been a while since ive done one of these, not really keeping to my schedule, but here goes: Well, well, well, a very interesting weekend indeed. It started, as it often does, with a wet Friday night Sale Sharks game at Edgely Park, except this time, some southern jessies didnt want to play because [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Monday Review 30/11
Posted in Manchester City, Manchester United, Sale Sharks, Sport, tagged Aruna Dindane, Avram Grant, Hull City, Jimmy Bullard, Kingsley Jones, Man Utd, Manchester City, Manchester United, Phil Brown, Portsmouth, Ryan Giggs, Sale Sharks, Wasps, Wayne Rooney on November 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Is This It?
Posted in Music, Online Journalism, tagged album of the decade, is this it, julian casablancas, the strokes on November 30, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Recently myself and other trainee journalists put together a list of sporting icons, mine was Ryan Giggs (you can still vote here), and now we have moved on to The Album of The Decade. This is my choice: The Strokes – Is This It In 2001 I remember everyone was talking about this new band [...]
Podcast: Id Card’s, Why Why Why?
Posted in Online Journalism, tagged Chris Hulme, Damian Green, ID Cards, Liberty, Manchster, Meg Hillier on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So it is really happening, Manchester is to get ID cards in two weeks time. Not quite sure why Manchester is the Guinea Pig for this initiative after the failure of the congestion charge, something about an above average amount of young people or something, but anyway heres my podcast on the debate: Oh and [...]
What to do this Weekend
Posted in Going Out, Music, tagged Breakestra, Chemical Brothers, Contort Yourself, Datarock, La Roux, Ou Est La Swimming Pool, Zane Lowe on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick one this weekend as I’m far too busy (what an arse I sound) so here are 5 top musical based things to do in Manchester this weekend in no particular order: 1) The Chemical Brothers – Sankey’s; Tonight I dont think I really need to hype this one up, it rather speaks [...]
Why Chris Morris may soon be Dead
Posted in Comedy, tagged boilerhouse, brass eye, Chris Morris, Four Lions on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Chris Morris, he of Brass-Eye fame, has made a film, tentatively called Four Lions, but sometimes referred to as Boilerhouse. Either way, it’s going to be explosive. Even for a man who starred in a TV show mocking the media’s coverage of pedophilia, this represents new levels of boundary-pushing in comedy. The film is set [...]
The Brilliant Mr Brayne
Posted in Online Journalism, tagged Braynework, Mark Brayne on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After Tinworth, Meadows, and now Rory Cellan Jones, I have been rather disappointed by my recent lecturers, but Friday marked a watershed moment. We were spoken to by Mark Brayne, a self-confessed Psychlotherapist, whatever on earth that is, about trauma, in a lecture entitled; Reporting Trauma – Tragedy, Violence and Good Journalism. Now that didnt [...]
Worthwhile Lectures
Posted in Uncategorized on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So just recently we had a lecture from Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC technology correspondent, that was so riveting that I forgot to blog about it. But here is a copy of the notes that I made for you to see what I got out of it: So yeah, good good, as I said last time, I’ll [...]
Edgar Wright’s Stolen Article
Posted in Online Journalism, tagged Edgar Wright, Edward Woodward, The Times on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well well well, the hypocrisy of it all. Rupert Murdoch has spent the whole of 2009 telling anyone who will listen, and a lot who didnt either, that news should be paid for, and is (against pretty much all the advice that is directed his way) forcing through pay-walls on the websites of his premier [...]
My 1st Podcast: Are Some Jobs Physically Possible
Posted in Podcast on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hello, this is my 1st stab at recording a Podcast, you can judge for yourself if it is something I should continue with. I recorded it on a train on my Iphone so the quality isnt perfect and you can hear the beep of the doors closing at a station at one point, and I [...]
Pictures and Words and Stuff
Posted in Online Journalism, tagged Daniel Meadows, Digital Storytelling on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I don’t know why but I just cannot get enthused about digital story-telling as much as our most recent guest lecturer, Daniel Meadows. If my last Lecture just left me confused, then this one left me nonplussed. Mr Meadows was an interesting lecturer, and his stories about his time spent travelling round the country in [...]
Sod the Review it was a rubbish weekend!
Posted in Going Out, Manchester City, Manchester United, Music, Sale Sharks, tagged A Place to Bury Strangers, APBS, Japandroids, R O M A N C E, The Masque, Vile Vile Creatures on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Monday. Oh the drudgery. The reason for malaise crawling all over my usually sunny disposition you might wonder is that we have just had an awful weekend of Manchester sport. Friday saw Sale lose to an understrengthed Dragons side in the LV= Cup, Saturday saw Manchester City slide to a 5th straight draw against Burnley, [...]
Do we care what you think of my Blog?
Posted in Online Journalism, tagged Adam Tinworth, RBI on November 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In my last online journalism lecture we were spoken to by Adam Tinworth, head of blogging at RBI, and the author of One man and his Blog, a man seemingly well qualified to talk to me and my fellow young bloggers, but I found what a lot of what he said went against what I [...]
Man Utd vs CSKA Review
Posted in Manchester United, tagged CSKA Moscow, Manchester United on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
United scraped a draw against CSKA Moscow last night with a performance that will not have pleased Fergie before the big game on Sunday at Chelsea. United came back from 3-1 down to draw the game after some woeful defending both sides of half-time. The defence is beginning to become a bit of a problem [...]
Monday Review 02/11
Posted in Manchester City, Manchester United, Sale Sharks, tagged Manchester City, Manchester United, Sale Sharks on November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The first of my weekly reviews of the weekend’s Manchester sport: Starting with the Sale Sharks they managed their first win in the Guiness Premiership since the opening round against a Gloucester team in similar trouble. Now I’m often heard defending the weather in our fair city but Friday nights at Edgeley Park are usually [...]
