Fuck buttons at primavera 2008
An ecstatic peace poll requesting the top live performances of 2008 sent me trawling back through the diary, here’s my top 10 
1)my bloody valentine - roundhouse london
2)why - scala london (us election night)
3)shellac - primavera festival barcelona
4)scout niblett - primavera festival barcelona
5)times new viking - camden london, or bardens.
6)black dice - [...]

Didn’t think i’d be typing that today. Woke up feeling a bit shonky, convinced i must be suffering from malaria. either that or a few too many bintangs whilst  watching the mighty tigers come away with a noble draw at Anfield. Gotta  love live internet streaming at http://www.fcfootballblog.com . Early pickup for padang padang surfcamp, i’ll be coming [...]

There can be no better airport for a traveling webdesigner to be stuck in for 12 hours than Changai Singapore. Feeling disgruntled after shelling out $130 sing dollars excess for my board to Garuda, despite previous information that it would travel free.  After sulking through security, armed with vague directions from Astrid in Sri Lanka, I made [...]

Anyone passing by the south coast of Sri Lanka would be a fool to pass this little gem by. Run by a total star, mr Ratner. Great food, i could be stranded there for months and it would still be a delight to see fish curry rice turning up at the table, or maybe prawn [...]

Hello World, yep it’s taken some time, but things are going to pick up - honest! Decided to loose all planned semblance of chronology or nothing will ever happen here. Have added a few Sri Lanka updates here, surely more to come. Presently in Bali, bit more travail, than travel at the moment, cushioning the [...]

Matt, Jamie, Sunill (arse luck)  battle it out in a hard fought sri lanka, euro doubles battle. (mr Ratner minus head and Mickey look on)
Carrom, what a game, so suited to the hot and sticky Sri Lankan conditions as so little movement involved. Happy memories of some hard fought marathon morning sessions with Jamie, and more difficult [...]

By this time of year the wind has pretty much settled into a distinct pattern which is very slight and off the land from dawn until 10am creating perfect conditions. From 10 until 4 the wind picks up and moves onshore until swinging and dropping again for the afternoon glass off. This pattern pretty much orders the [...]

Ahangama on the southern tip of Sri Lanka, is home to the 7th Sky Idyll but in order to enjoy mr Ratners little surf paradise you must first brave the 5 hour mini bus drive from Colombo, it’s not a journey for the faint of heart. The most shocking thing about the trip south, hugging the west [...]