Alan Coleman
This is my personal website and blog. A space where I bang on about ideas and experiences.
Try as I might, I rarely succeed in sitting sit on the fence. But who cares? The middle ground is boring, it's smug and doesn't read very well.
Monthly Archives: August 2004
Rolf’s Animal Hospital
I didn’t think it was possible but it seems so, it can actually get worse. Monday night on BBC1 and what do we have? The making of Rolf’s Animal Hospital. As if the original serious wasn’t bad enough, they make … Continue reading
Kobenhaven
Really knackered after yesterdays marathon drinking session in Melby, Denmark. Paul and Rickie’s 70s wedding proved to be a really good party, everyone had a really good time and of course, got staggeringly pissed. The flight with Easy Jet was … Continue reading
Rainbow & the Cambodia incursion
I’ve downloaded the theme tune to the seminal kids TV program Rainbow, remember that? Life was so simple wasn’t it? The theme tune even has a guitar solo and slow verses as well as a lovely rounded mono sound to … Continue reading
Gates of Eden. By Ethan Coen
Gates of Eden by Ethan Coen is a superb collection of fast paced and chaotic short stories. The situations in which the characters turn up are wide and varied, but perhaps the most detailed (as well as funny) descriptions are … Continue reading
War is not heroic
Do you ever get the feeling that war has somehow become acceptable part of western life? This got me thinking the other day, dangerous as that might be, about where the horrific violence of war gained itself such a good … Continue reading
