Macc Do (June 11th)

Kaz let me, Zoe and Mel gatecrash Mark and Leon's 40th at the Bulls Head, Macclesfield. The whole thing was superb - though the photos are of us, not them...

Glasto 2005

Glasto - we survived the floods, we ate the pies we watched and chanted along to The Goonies ("Hey-you-guys","Down here, this is our time, it's our time down here"), we saw (extra special brilliance indicated by bold) Undertones, The Thrills, Babyshambles, Secret Machines, Willy Mason, Alabama 3, Royksopp, The White Stripes, Levellers, Interpol, Longcut, New Order, Coldplay, Van Morrison, Brian Wilson, Freestylers, The La's, Basement Jaxx. I was disappointed Cake weren't there.

Photos in the photo section. natch.

Solstice 2005

The last sunset before solstice, June 20th 2005, from Tip Hill in Poynton...


The solstice sunrise, June 21st 2005, from the heigt marker near Bowstones, Lyme Park, Cheshire...


and, er, the solstice sunset, from Lancashire Hill, Stockport...


two outta three ain't bad.

Don't thank me, thank the moon's gravitational pull

Richard Dean Anderson to guest star on The Simpsons

Forcing TMBG on people

The Summer Burn 2005

• Signup with your address details
• Burn 2 identical CDs of your favourite summer tunes.
• On the first day of Summer you'll get an e-mail from us telling you who you should send 2 CDs to.
• Post them off to the addresses you receive from us within a week of receiving the e-mail
• Sit back and relax, and wait for yours to come through the post from the people that have been selected to send you one!

The bins are a little more solitary

we make money not art: Bins and Benches

The benches love to be sat on, and they often take up position in new spaces to make themselves more attractive to potential human sitters. Sometimes, when it rains, they move themselves to drier, shadier areas of the square. To attract potential human sitting folk, they like to form patterns - the benches moving in to shapes in the centre of the piazza.

The bins are a little more solitary. When the mood takes them, the furniture like to burst in to song. Sometimes, small clusters gather together and sing a tight six-part harmony, and occasionally, though much more rarely due to their shyness, the bins join in with their sweet soprano voices.

Each bench drifts slowly around the square and is equipped with sensors that detect the presence of objects in its immediate vicinity, coming to a complete halt when any object is coming close.