Sunday 16 August 2009

I've been mired in concert preparation all day today, but was occasionally distracted by what sounds like instant Steve Reich.

I thought this was an Onion-type spoof for the first couple of minutes. A loop showing footage of the fire at the entrance to Glasgow Airport a few years ago, and a five-minute news piece explaining that this was caused by ... now, what could it be? A few misguided and rather inept individuals who couldn't even work out how big the door was? Nope, it was the NHS! Yes, socialized healthcare (as the Americans call it) causes terrorism and sets airports on fire. Welcome to Fox News ... I wonder if it feels nice to have such a hallucinogenic view of the world. 

It was so windy here last night that most of the apples have already fallen from the James Grieve tree in the back garden - they taste great, but it would have been nice to wait till they were bigger ...