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On Route

I am on a train, swooshing through a wet and grey England. lt ain't much fun. And these new Virgin pendalinos don't have much room. And they take 2 hours to go 100 miles.

What Neil Said

Neils' comments on the new Holloway Tyre Service EP, 'The End of the RollerCoaster Summer";

" i've listened to the first tune and i dig it! nice silver jews slant to
it... i shall listen to the one with six voices now... "

Want to hear what he is talking about? Download the EP from the Holloway Tyre Service

Loo Graffiti

Anti-Competitive Disease Spreading Censorship leading Capitalists

I just read Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, a trully fascinating read. From his condemnation of American capitalism, using the fast food industry as a good example, two things really stuck out for me:

Over a hundred years ago , a Republican senator rejected the idea that capitalisms main aim was to reduce prices at any cost, in particular with regard to workers welfare.
"I do not believe that the great object of life is to make everything cheap" said Senator Teller.
No, the American object would seem to be to make life cheap. (and the World follows...)

"...the nations economy [bears] little relation to real competition or freedom of choice."
"From the airline industry to the publishing business, from the railroads to telecommunications, American corporations have worked hard to avoid the rigors of the market by eliminating and absorbing their rivals."

This hits the nail on the head for me and leaves me even more strongly in favour of the idea that companies should not exist (solely?) to further profits, but to provide a greater social benefit, to provide something far less tangible but far more important than profits for the guys at the top.

Holloway Tyre Service EP released

Announced today is the free availability of the first proper recordings released by the Holloway Tyre Service, an EP entitled
"The End of the RollerCoaster Summer."
Click here to download the EP

5 tracks, including a cover of the Dolly Parton classic 'Jolene' with six vocalists, and a printable PDF of the front and back cover form this historic release. The tracks are, in proposed cd order, 'What is that Sound?', 'Goodbye, later', 'I can't tell', 'Queries' and 'Jolene'.
A mailing list facility is provided for future release announcements, it is recommended that fans and interested parties join this list which can be reached on the front of the Holloway Tyre Service website, www.hollowaytyreservice.com

Morocco Photos

View pictures from Gibraltar and Morocco taken on a recent visit.
See also three curious panoramas from the Rock of Gibraltar and Meknes, Morocco