1 Wolves – Tough decision, but my friend Shaun supports them and they have a very similar colour kit to Hull so I think they will win. Oh and they seem to have kept their best players. 2 Brighton – Gus Poyet is a very smart man and I can see him getting Brighton promoted. Some impressive signings.3 Blackburn – They’ve signed some good players like Nuno Gomes (he sounds good anyway from the name) and I think it is the year of the chicken, so they will do well but sack their manager when they are top during the … Continued
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Facebook sent me an e-mail the other day, offering me £25.00 of free advertising because Free House Project reached the magical total of 50 likes. Why me? I don’t own a business, and my pages are non-profit making. I am hardly going to end up spending money I don’t have on advertising. However, I like to try new things out, and especially this year I am expanding my knowledge of geeky stuff so I thought I would use this free £25.00 of advertising to promote the next Free House Project. It was reasonably easy to set up, and my advert … Continued
I went to the Olympics on Friday. To watch hockey. More accurately, to watch young ladies in short skirts running around with sticks to hit a ball. I arrived early, in fact I had to get up at 5am, which is surprisingly easier than getting up at 7am for work. I had that “why do I live in Reading” feeling when I arrived, London was so exciting even at that time in the morning. I even got a seat on the Bakerloo line. How often does that happen in the morning? It was all so well organised, straight through security, … Continued
In no particular order, these are the 10 DJs that I really want to see before the end of the year. Possibly too ambitious. If anyone wants to join me on my quest, I would be most honoured. tINI – Loco Dice’s protégé which I guess says it all, but I had only heard the name until this year when I downloaded a couple of sets by her and she has an excellent underground house style that I am a big fan of, really knows how to construct a set and this young woman is going to go far – … Continued
Those of you that know me will likely be aware that after I recommenced employment, the clever people at Reading Borough Council continued to pay me housing benefit, despite several e-mails including on the day I started work, to advise them of this fact. Many months later, they requested the sum of approx £1.5k back. Ouch. So I wrote a letter to complain. I always knew I had no leg to stand on, that they are totally entitled to mess with people’s finances, so I didn’t expect any outcome from my appeal/complaint other than a demand for payment: ******* Dear … Continued
I like things to be organised in my life, I appreciate function and efficiency. On the flip side though, I do enjoy a bit of chaos theory. Ahh…Eastern Electrics. It is good to try and have contrasts in life – the last festival I went to was Cocoon In The Park – both are from within the general area of underground house/techno but both experiences could not have been more distinct from each other. Difficult to know where to start to review it. I will start with the location – London, Greenwich to be exact. I … Continued
I received a very kind offer by e-mail today from a representative of Easyjet, who after having read my review of Cocoon In The Park thought that a competition to win a holiday in the clubber’s paradise of Magaluf. Which for those of you less geographically knowledgeable is on an island called Mallorca (or Majorca to some of us). It is near Ibiza. **** Hi James, I hope you don’t mind me emailing, but I came across your recent blog post where you mentioned that you love clubbing (http://jameswinfield.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/cocoon-in-park-2012-or-monsoon-in-swamp.html) and I thought you might like to know about a competition … Continued
It has become fairly clear to me that the lack of freedoms that office life forces upon me and the lack of challenge for my still fairly active brain, means it is definitely not what I want to be doing long term. It has been good for me in the short term to get me back on track following 6 months unemployed and I guess will be necessary for the next couple of years to fund the lifestyle I enjoy. But I do not want to have a never ending corporate life of random jobs and no real future. I … Continued
I definitely enjoyed this weekend. It was supposed to be my final of three weekends of sobriety and austerity, but seeing as I cracked last weekend, there wasn’t much point in behaving this weekend. That said, I did stay in on Thursday to record a new mix, not exactly my best ever but my first time behind the decks since the last FHP so no surprise really. Need to up my game there. Friday I stayed in again though I did have a few beers, and watched the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. I certainly was not one of the … Continued
I hate running. I would rather go train-spotting and have needles poked into me whilst doing yoga (on acid), dressed as Bungle in 40’C heat than go running. I sure as hell loathe the idea of watching running. I certainly have no interest in whether someone can jump 1mm further than someone else. Nor do I have any time to see how far someone can throw a pointed stick. And Olympic football? You are having a laugh, surely? Give me the Auto-windshield Trophy any day. Yes, it is time for the Olympics, and time for us British to do one … Continued