Monday, January 23, 2006

All That Glitters Is Not Gold, But At Least It Contains Free Electrons- We Are Scientists and The Shins


I clicked on a link, you know how it is, on the internet, and then clicked on another, and so on, until I ended up here, a site specifically dedicated to chemistry puns.

'Oxidants happen.'

'Q: What kind of ghosts haunt chemistry faculties?
A: Methylated Spirits.'

'The name's Bond, Covalent Bond.'

Which reminded me...

We Are Scientists. Another good name for a band- another good band, I think. See what you think by listening to them here, and see what they look like altogether and naked in a shower here.


To be honest, I'm not 100% on them- they're not my usual thing, but catchy and cool, and playing in Glasgow soon. Crucially, the gig is on a Saturday night- a reason in itself to go and see a band.

In fact, on second listenings, these are fab pop tunes- here's another winner...

While we're at it, the ever glorious Shins keep making the world a little bit more beautiful- watch them at work here. In fact, a passable way to spend one's life would be to upload a song a day from this beautiful band to help the world with all, all of its problems. And isn't this even a lovely photograph...

Sunday, January 22, 2006

Zurawski- Soul on Ice: Motherwell 1 Celtic 3, 22/1/06

Highlights of Motherwell v Celtic here.

Difficult as always, but the positive points are as follows:
Adam Virgo- looking like a £1.5m footballer (or least like a footballer)
Aiden McGeady making the difference when he came on
Pearo looking energetic too
Zurawski- sharp and deadly
Super Mo bombing up the left like, ahem, the good old days...

Things to worry about:
Nakamura was quiet (he's allowed an off day once in a while, surely)
Telfer embarrassingly caught out for pace every time someone runs at him.

Never mind- points in the bag and so on. A big step towards the title was taken today, I think...

Meanwhile, Henrik Larsson's clearly missing life in Glasgow- doesn't seem popular with his teammates or the crowd in Spain- click here to see why... (If that doesn't work, go here.)