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Entries for Thursday, August 24, 2006

August 24, 2006

Cosmosonica - Crazy Covers Vol 1

CD Purchase: Various Artists - Cosmosonica - Crazy Covers Vol 1

When It Falls

CD Purchase: Zero 7 - When It Falls

Power Pop Anthems

CD Purchase: Various Artists - Power Pop Anthems

Legend Lives on

CD Purchase: Johnny Cash - Legend Lives on

Felt Mountain

CD Purchase: Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain

Greatest Hits

CD Purchase: The Ramones - Greatest Hits

Trailer Park

CD Purchase: Beth Orton - Trailer Park

Central Reservation

CD Purchase: Beth Orton - Central Reservation

The One and Only: a Collection of One Hit Wonders

CD Purchase: Various Artists - The One and Only: a Collection of One Hit Wonders

Guinness Book of Hit Singles - Ultimate 80s No.1s

CD Purchase: Various Artists - Guinness Book of Hit Singles - Ultimate 80s No.1s

The Bands 06

CD Purchase: Various Artists - The Bands 06

Nationwide Mercury Music Prize 2006

CD Purchase: Various Artists - Nationwide Mercury Music Prize 2006

Burke & Hare

I’ll write more reviews shortly (before dashing out to see another four shows today), but I just thought I’d comment that it’s just so wonderfully Edinburgh that the pub named after the prostitute-murdering pair Burke and Hare is now a strip club.

I just can’t see many punters in Milwaukee going to “Jeffrey Dahmer’s Titty Bar”.

Ron

Ron

Ron Jones holding forth on massively important topics, at 3am in the C's bar.

Joy & Larry Tish

Joy & Larry Tish

Joy taking part in a late-night improv show, so she can now add "Performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival" to her resume, if only on a technicality!

Ron Jones

Ron Jones

Our chum Ron Jones in The Black Jew Dialogues.

Top Trumps

Top Trumps

I introduced Joy to the wonder, amazement and excitement that is Top Trumps.

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THIS IS WHERE…

THIS IS WHERE…

It's now a Chinese restaurant.

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“The Life”

“The Life”

Pygmy Hippos

Pygmy Hippos

Mercedes

Mercedes

Mercedes the Polar Bear, so names because Mercedes-Benz sponsored her move from the wilds of Canada to Edinburgh Zoo.

Relaxing Leopard

Relaxing Leopard

Prowling

Prowling

Rhino

Rhino

A great one-horned rhino.

Warthog

Warthog

One ugly, ugly creature!

Penguin Nests

Penguin Nests

Fact I learned at the zoo: Gentoo Penguins expell their shit out their arse over a metre, to keep it away from their nests. It's really quite breathtaking to behold.

Penguin Pontoon

Penguin Pontoon

Penguin

Penguin

Penguins by their pool

Penguins by their pool

Swimming Penguins

Swimming Penguins

Drill

Drill

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TIM VINE…

TIM VINE…

"IS NOT APPEARING AT THIS YEAR'S EDINBURGH FESTIVAL"

Possibly the funniest thing in Edinburgh, from someone who hasn't even bothered to head up north.

Fringe e-ticket Tent

Fringe e-ticket Tent

A vast improvement over the mile-long queue at the High Street box office -- You just surf the Fringe website on one of forty PCs, order online, then pick your tickets up at the desk.


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This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.

I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.