All Consuming : pboconnor

A review of "JPod: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:15:20 GMT

by Douglas Coupland

A book by and for ‘high functioning autistics’? – pages of primes, pi to a brazillion places, extreme close-up packaging listings. Frequently funny, lacks depth – and why the whacky attack on 1970’s lesbian feminists?

A story about "muse - 2006-08-24 - Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:57:15 GMT

muse - 2006-08-24 - Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh

part of the Edinburgh Festival, T on the Fringe
with support from My Chemical Romance

A story about "radiohead - 2006-08-22 - Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Sat, 06 May 2006 09:47:03 GMT

radiohead - 2006-08-22 - Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh

part of the Edinburgh Festival, T on the Fringe
with support from Beck

sold out

A story about "Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:24:47 GMT

Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self

by Claire Tomalin

... and my current ‘reading as I’m having lunch’ book

A story about "Weezer - 2005-06-17 - Carling Academy, Glasgow"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:49:21 GMT

Weezer - 2005-06-17 - Carling Academy, Glasgow

A Review

A story about "T in the Park - 2005-07-9/10 - Balado"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:15:55 GMT

T in the Park - 2005-07-9/10 - Balado

tinthepark dot com

A story about "Pixies - 2005-08-28 - Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:10:50 GMT

Pixies - 2005-08-28 - Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh

T on the Fringe

A story about "Pixies - 2005-08-28 - Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:09:35 GMT

Pixies - 2005-08-28 - Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh

Idlewild – Teenage Fanclub

A story about "Eels - 2005-05-22 - Carling Academy, Glasgow"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 16:06:56 GMT

Eels - 2005-05-22 - Carling Academy, Glasgow

a review

A story about "Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 27 May 2005 12:27:13 GMT

Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self

by Claire Tomalin

I like Tomalin’s chatty-seminar style but it’s been on my bedside for months . . .

A story about "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 27 May 2005 12:27:12 GMT

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth

by Paul Hoffman

I’m sure I’d make more progress on this if it weren’t for the cloying smugness clinging to everyones’ recollections of Erdos – Hoffman included. Just getting to the maths . . .

A story about "SMAX"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 27 May 2005 12:27:12 GMT

SMAX

by Alan Moore

Smax and Toybox storm through Narnia and Middle-Earth via the Dark, Dark, Woods. Brilliant! Moore spins ABC gold from Grimm straw, with Jeff’s backstory.
Plenty comedy – contrasting Robyn’s ‘Top 10’ sensibilities with the realities of living in a faery reality, Jeff’s embarrased endurance of his hicksville past. It’s not all laffs , tho’. Beware kiddies “Samx’ contains elements of patricide, suicide, pesticide and incest.

A story about "Destination: Morgue!: L.A. Tales"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 27 May 2005 12:27:12 GMT

Destination: Morgue!: L.A. Tales

by James Ellroy

the spirit of Sid Hutchens woven thru tales of L.A. crim-o-rama

xmas present from aja

A story about "Good Morning, Midnight"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 27 May 2005 12:27:11 GMT

Good Morning, Midnight

by Reginald Hill

Parker, that is.
yip-yip! Hill returns to form [after the annoying Franny Roote tosh!] – no one is happy, certain, honest – everything is overladen with a Parkeresque sense of detatched doom – the Yanks are the baddies,

A story about "Talking Cock: A Celebration of Man and His Manhood"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 27 May 2005 12:27:11 GMT

Talking Cock: A Celebration of Man and His Manhood

by Richard Herring

An xmas present from spooky, has become our current ‘book-in-the-bathroom’. Reading little-by-little as I visit . . .

Still sitting in the bathroom for the a/be -musement of visitors

A story about "American Gods: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 27 May 2005 12:27:11 GMT

American Gods: A Novel

by Neil Gaiman

decent enuff fantasier – starts out with the promise of an exam of the battle between spirituality and consumerism in the American psyche, then the ‘con-trick’ plot device takes hold and robs the conclusion of any real impact

A story about "Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 27 May 2005 12:27:09 GMT

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

by Apple Computer Inc.

m z n

A story about "Eels - 2005-05-22 - Carling Academy, Glasgow"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 27 May 2005 12:27:07 GMT

Eels - 2005-05-22 - Carling Academy, Glasgow

A story about "Eels - 2005-05-22 - Carling Academy, Glasgow"

nobody@allconsuming.net (pboconnor) — Fri, 27 May 2005 12:27:07 GMT

Eels - 2005-05-22 - Carling Academy, Glasgow

the band