2011-08-12 (Friday)
Links
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The moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom – Telegraph Blogs
I’ve read lots of good things about the many causes of the riots. But I can’t help but think they all come back to this kind of thing. I am fucking angry. (via everyone)
Tweets
@antimega I'm enjoying this retro Glastonbury moment. It's the sound of a more innocent and carefree month.
@yo_stellar That is some nice paging you have there.
@genmon Even the names alone are somehow brilliant.
@dracos Ooh, thanks for the tip. Getting all goose bumpy at Beyoncé again.
@chrislunch Mmmmm, corndogs.
Beach volleyball looks a lot of fun. But all the stuff around it is a lot more crass than I expected for the lovely location.
@aleksk Yeah. And the host interviewing all the groups of pissed lads on the big screen doesn't help that, er, saucy side of things.
"Text Visa, your name, the name of the artist and the name of the song and we might play it!" If only London wasn't suffering a DJ shortage.
Being taught how to clap and then shout "OLÉ!" in response to a spaghetti-western style brass refrain. What's the volleyball connection?
I can understand the skimpy beach volleyball outfits, but the bikini-clad interval dancers are like political correctness never went mad.
At the beach volleyball. The ritualistic fan-clappy devices are scary, and the inter-point pop music jingles are already grating.
@infovore Ooh, ta, Amon Tobin booked!
@ianbetteridge Oh, smashing. I thought that would be a good thing for MPs to do but didn’t realise anyone did it. Job should be a privilege.
@chrislunch Yes, it’s not like we’re short of ever-increasing amounts of electronic things nagging at us, usually generated by real people.
@chrislunch I am sorry. I finally succumbed, but only lasted through the tutorial and then got bored/confused.
If you ever need an example of "treating the symptoms but not the cause"… Oh, MPs, what are we ever going to do with you?