Just received an invisible comment by El Chavo! and also found out that the BBC Slideshow damages the blog’s style sheet so that comments and contents don’t display properly. When adding these links to the blog, unfortunately I discovered that both the URLs for the ethicaladventures blog by Neil and the Forest Cafe blog are not leading anymore to any inspirational websites, the same for Tasneem Khalil’s blog, so they have to be taken off. Upgrading the system also meant that all special characters fell out of their formatting and so all the old entries have to be reformatted. Ooops.

The Gypsy-Punk Band Gogol Bordello produces some of my favourite music at the music. They are (unfortunately) also getting increasingly popular [discussion], especially after playing Glastonbury and Live-Earth this summer. Now Madonna has made a film “Filth and Wisdom” with the lead member and the band, to be premiered at the Sundance Film Festival next year, and the band will be touring the US and Europe this winter, passing by in Glasgow on 13th of December. [videos: Not a Crime, Wearing Purple, Wanderlust King ] Comments Comment by EL CHAVO! on 2007-09-06 16:31:53 +0100 Here’s another take on GB and Madonna:

I have been away for a week, as my mum’s idea to celebrate her 65th birthday in style was to assemble her whole family on a houseboat. My sister then contributed to the holidays by cooking strictly themed diet meals – the first days we had only potato-based dishes, then soups, then beans and then rice, and then we had a bit of a diplomatic family crisis which was solved by going into a restaurant (puh, finally!!!) My sister can be so enthusiastic that she is quite good at overdoing everything she is passionate about, and this time it was definitely diet-ing.

Tasneem Khalil, fellow political blogger, had been arrested for his writing, but then released and his wife send an email thanks round to everybody who showed solidarity. Somehow the arrest and repression did not come to my attention as I wasn’t on the email list and just linked to and read his blog every now and again, so I am very sorry about not being able to help him and get the news and calls for solidarity published on Indymedia. His former blog is now offline, what a pity, as it gave valuable insights into life in Bangladesh. ” It took all of us 22 hours to get him out of DGFI hq.

Peter Buckley Hill and some Comedians XI Peter Buckley Hill’s Free Fringe Before attending this crammed comedy event, i have never before realised the subtle different degrees and tastes of humour. Peter Buckley Hill warms up the audience with randomly chosen noises to welcome every guest comedian and also delivers some silly songs about Scotland’s national dish – the flying Haddock with Chips and Peas. The first guest comedian from Gateshead pocked fun at the absurdities of his home town when it lost out to Liverpool in the “City of Culture” contest. The second comedian totally and unexpectedly hit my taste with his wonderfully absurd, spontaneous and intelligent humour.