Entries for October 2007
bob
this weird al yankovic version of dylan’s subterranean homesick blues is mindbendingly clever in that every line is a palindrome and yet it also rhymes.
Muslims and Britishness part 769
I came across this on the Muslim News website, I dont recall reading about this survey when it came out a few weeks ago but it seemed worth pulling it out:
UK: Muslims more British than rest of population, survey finds
Many black or Asian people living in Britain feel …
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book review from Spike magazine
This is a forthcoming review by John Massaro which is due to be published in Spike- an online magazine specialising in arts and culture.
A young Pakistani-Muslim reared in Britain, Sarfraz Manzoor, once tried to convince his Pakistani-raised father, Muhammed Manzoor, about the wisdom of the young Manzoor spending a …
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emmylou harris: the beauty and the sadness
I am a huge, huge fan of Emmylou Harris. She epitomises everything that I admire in how to live life and what I want from music. She is not young but is, for my money, a thousand times sexier than any of her botoxed and cosmetically adjusted contemporaries. Her voice …
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Eid and Anne Frank
I am in Amsterdam for a conference on European Muslim identity. Last night I appeared on a panel discussion but today I had the day to explore Amsterdam. As it happens today is Eid, although some places are celebrating it tomorrow. Anyway as this is my first time in Amsterdam …
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an interview with Pete Burns
Pete Burns is running late. I wait in the lobby of a Covent Garden hotel and try not to notice a tall heavily made up man dressed in what looks like a knitted version of a technicolour dreamcoat and with lips that resemble a Salvador Dali sofa as he drifts …
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