Upon reading ‘The Beauty and Mystery of Super Mario Bros’, I was transported to another land. Simple levels, left to right movements that evaded the desire to go back on ones self and mushrooms that were not followed by initial nausea and a grinding come-down. But I am not going back to a time when [...]
THE BEAUTY AND MYSTERY OF SUPER MARIO BROS.
I awoke this morning at roughly the same time as my girlfriend. I told her I was getting up but she talked me into staying in bed to watch “The Wizard”. If you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing “The Wizard”, it is a 1989 movie starring Fred Savage and Jenny Lewis (later to sing [...]
A LETTER TO AGATHE BOUËDO FROM TRANSLINK
Our ref: CEN/62869/09
4th August 2009
Dear Ms Bouedo,
Thank you for your e-mail regarding the fare structure of Translink NI Railways.
I am pleased to hear that you have been enjoying train travel since you moved here some months ago. May I explain that the Weekly ticket operates from a Monday to the following Sunday. It is [...]
TITUS ANDRONICUS SELL ME THEIR DEBUT ALBUM
The Enemy is Everywhere.
In Atlanta Georgia there is no smoking ban. Bars can choose to allow smoking or to forbid it. There was a bar that was frequently used as a live music venue. They had the novel idea of giving the power to the musicians and so whoever was playing got to decide [...]
A letter to Translink from Agathe Bouëdo
Customer Services Manager
Central Station
Belfast
BT1 3PB
31st July 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have been living in Northern Ireland for just over four months now and have been a regular user of your train service since this time. I hope you will treat this letter as one of inquiry rather than one of complaint.
Having just migrated from mainland [...]
THE VINCENT MUSICAL CULT AND OTHER THINGS THAT ONCE MADE BANGOR THE PLACE TO BE YOUNG.
“Hi Joe.” This was how I introduced myself to Joel Vincent when I arrived at a party at, former Made in Korea Guitarist, Richard Graham’s house. That was probably 8 years ago, maybe a touch more? That wasn’t the first time I had met him however, no the first time was after school in the [...]
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