I was amazed to read this morning that the controversial US plans for oil exploration & drilling in an Alaskan National Park are closer to reality. It seems weasel minded politicians in the US House of Representatives used a Military Expenditure bill & the need to fund the opccupation of Iraq, as an excuse to pass the bill.
This remote Alaskan refuge shelters caribou and migratory birds in the summer and a polar bear nursery in the winter - yet the insatiable need for oil, in part to help fuel the grotesque gas guzzlers driven over here is threatening this fragile ecosystem.
I just shake my head in sadness what kind of world will my daughter be living in, in 20 years time?
I was also stunned to here a presenter on a Canadian radio show tonight moaning about the "do gooder's" who try to dissuade drink drivers from (obviously) drinking & driving! His argument seemed to be that with no public transport over here at night, a lack of taxi's & cold weather - people have little choice but TO drink & drive! He stated it was unfair to expect people to curtail their alcohol consumption at the work's Xmas party as this is a once a year celebration & he quizzed a "Doctor" about ways to "sober up" quickly after boozing & before driving home! Amazing stuff.............
At No. 7 in my tracks of the year we have a most English record, which for me at times recalls bands like East Village, The Times, Felt & even Saint Etienne. The Clientele released a gem of an LP in Strange Geometry which took me back to the heyday of Sarah Records
Amongst all the delicately strummed guitars, wistful lyrics & understated tunes on the album was this track - "Losing Haringey" - which tells the story of an evening stroll in the rubbish strewn, fried chicken peddling, muggy North London streets that are so familiar to some of us. A strange & captivating story with a truly psychedelic denouement.
No 7. The Clientele - Losing Haringey
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