Confidence goes a long way in the workplace. Sometimes simply having the chutzpah to say ‘we are wonderful’ and doing it often enough pays off. You see it in any industry; guys who have achieved massive and continuing success without giving off any reason for it. Despite the fact that others within the organisation seem [...]
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ScantRegard hates most living things, yet that hasn’t stopped her becoming a T in the Park Stalwart. Here’s her guide to what you can look forward to; It’s that time of the year again, when half of Glasgow and Edinburgh packs up and heads north to terrorise the good citizens of rural Kinross for a [...]
Filed under: General Stuff | Tagged: 2009 t in the park survival guide, Live music, live music in scotland, neds, Razorlight, T in the Park, t in the park 2009 | 2 Comments »
While I always feel I’m more Tom Tucker than Trevor McDonald when I slip on my newsreader uniform, ELM never shies away from its responsibility to bring you – yes YOU, the discerning ELM readership – your weekly bite-size chunks of news. Real news that counts, too. Not all this mumbo-jumbo about the economy, or [...]
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We campaign rigorously round these parts to combat the scourge of ignorance and shine the light of knowledge where we can. So when we read the following quote from Razorlight’s Johnny Borrell, we thought we’d better step up; “People who don’t like Razorlight? I don’t think such people exist.” Q Magazine, November 2008. Hey, monkey [...]
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As serious music monthlies go, the Observer Music Monthly tends to be the runt of the litter, but it’s often worth a peek for it’s rather interesting take on the more exotic scenes in the world. I’ve read really interesting articles on Tinariwen, the New Puritans, Death Metal in Norway and Prussian Blue, those repulsive [...]
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Some find politics boring. ELM does not. How can you not? Once you stop worrying about it, and accept that it is what it is, you can simply sit back and enjoy the madness. It’s fascinating to think that almost every important decision, things that affect our lives, are taken by professional decision makers who [...]
Filed under: Friday Fives | Tagged: america, northern ireland, paul mccartney, political songs, Politics, Razorlight, sting, the police, wings | 11 Comments »
A issue which often vexes me, dear reader, concerns what will happen immediately after my benign dictatorship assumes power of the Good Ship Great Britain. No, not the economy, which is headed to the toilet anyway. No, not Iraq, as the love-child of Albert Einstein and Kofi Annan couldn’t figure that one out. A much [...]
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You know what I mean. The act who, in 20 years, people will look back on and say ‘how in the name of all that is sacred did that fucker get successful?’ This is no reflection on Jones, well it is really, he was bloody awful and sort of looked like my Mum’s idea of [...]
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