Category Archives: music

La Roux – In For The Kill remix

Since my mind is currently elsewhere, today, I shall be mainly sharing some music with you. Herewith the Skrillex Remix of La Roux’s In For The Kill which I have been enjoying recently. Because I always find that there’s nothing like some industrial dubstep to get you through an afternoon in the lab.

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Smalltown Boy

As I have mentioned previously, blogging at 6000 miles… is on partial hold at the moment, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t listen to classic 80′s music and share it with you. And this has to feature one of the most enduring riffs of that decade.   Amazingly, this track only reached number 3 [...]

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A little respect

We went quizzing last night at the Fireman’s Arms in town. It’s been a while since we were there and it’s become a slick operation in our absence: questions on flatscreens, entry fees added to your tab etc etc. Nice work QuizNiteCT. One thing that did irritate us though was the amount of blatant cheating going on. [...]

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“Sky” poem by Anjali Ranu only slightly resembles lyrics of Robert Miles’ 1996 dance track “One and One”

I was just reading through some of the wonderful work on the Literary India website when I happened across this fantastic poem by Anjali Ranu, entitled “The Sky Isn’t Always Blue“. It’s a deeply soul-searching piece in which Ranu demonstrates her understanding of the nature of life and the fragility of the human spirit; indicating [...]

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Sharing my drive home

It was a beautiful day in Cape Town today. I celebrated the sunny weather by cultivating TB in a windowless laboratory for most of the day. So come the time to go home (M5 south, N2 inbound, M3 south for those of you with any interest), it was especially nice to gaze out of the [...]

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