So, it is official, house music is better than trance. I am so pleased that DJ Mag readers are feeling the David Guetta vibes over the trancey Armin Van Buuren blurb. After all, we have just gone to war with France in Libya, so the French deserve a reward – where are the Dutch in international politics? So, yes David Guetta is number one, but who else stands out? Sadly, one of the DJs I voted for, Paris Hilton, has not made the top 100 yet, but she has been to DC10 so I am sure she will be in … Continued
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Being unemployed isn’t as easy as I thought it was going to be. Finding a new job is also not as easy as I thought it was going to be. There is a distinct lack of structure. For example, right now I should be super-excited as it is approaching 5pm on a Friday, but I am just merely contentedly amused. This morning, I should have woken up after 2 hours sleep feeling dog-rough, but no, I got to have a nice long lay-in which has set me up for a fairly productive Friday so far and I don’t have a … Continued
You may recall a while ago that I announced that Sainsbury’s now make my favourite blend of ketchup. I felt a bit sad for my previous tomato ketchup supplier, Heinz, as it had served me well for about 27 years of my life, so I wrote to them to say thank you for their service, but to advise them that I have a new preference now. They have written back to me, to thank me for getting in touch with them about their tomato ketchup, and advised that they have shared their thoughts with their Research and Design team. And … Continued
I apologise for the general lack of blogging recently, you may have noticed that I haven’t been posting as much, but I have also noticed that my blog readership stats are markedly down so I have felt less reason to write, it is especially rubbish when one spends an hour thinking and writing and then only gets 3 readers. So maybe I should stop blogging and get on with other things in my life. But then again, maybe the statistics are lying to me. I do not know. I know what I feel though, and what I feel is that … Continued
Another weekend and another trip was required to fabric. It really is becoming like a second home now, I have lost count of the amount of times that I have been this year, and I think that is quite good going for someone who doesn’t live in London. There are so many good things about a trip to fabric, the music, crowd and sound-system are quite obvious (I hate that word as whenever anyone says something is obvious, it is rarely actually obvious, but cannot think of a better one right now, sorry), but it is when I get to … Continued
Recently I sent an e-mail to Nando’s to advise them how much I love their chicken, and enquired if they would be willing to let me eat two WHOLE chickens for free, in exchange for me blogging about them, and how much I like their chicken. The response was: Hi James, Thank you for taking the time to contact us with your suggestion. Unfortunately the only discounts we offer in our restaurants are for NHS, Fire and Police. We also offer a loyalty card, which you are pick up at any of our UK Nando’s restaurants. Kind Regards, *************** Nando’s do … Continued
As you can see on the below map, Moldova appears to be the only country/territory in Europe which has not given me a visitor to my blog. This is despite 36% of the population using the internet in 2009 in Moldova. Why could this be the case? Why do Moldovan’s not want to read the wise words of James Winfield? Apparently 30% of the population speak some English, which is more than I speak Moldovan. Moldova, including the semi-autonomous (or more accurately, lawless Russian-gangland) area of Transnistria has a population of 2.7million. Norfolk Island with it’s 2,000 population has given … Continued
Tube drivers, and especially their trade union representatives really get me pissed off. They have now managed to get an above-average inflation pay-rise to take their pay to £50k a year. There are 3,200 of them, so a total annual salary of £160million. And yet they keep going on strike and bringing much transport misery to the capital. This deal has no ban on strikes. Not to mention 9 weeks holiday, free staff taxi’s and free transport on the network for them and one family member. OK, they have to work in the dark all day, but I used to … Continued
Well for a couple of months at least I guess. I received my final pay-day from Verizon today which should see me comfortable for a little while without a job but I must admit I am getting itchy feet and hands at the moment and don’t really want to be unemployed for much longer. I haven’t actually been unemployed since I left university in 2000, every time I got a new job I just started the week after leaving one. So this is quite new to me. When I was offered redundancy…well it wasn’t so much of an offer, I … Continued
At approximately 1am this morning, I became one billion seconds old. This is clearly a huge cause for celebration, and hope you will join me in a toast in reaching this magnificent milestone in my life.