We got back from camping tired but largely dry having had a cracking weekend in the Ulverston area, no wifi, no signal. My hay fever went a bit mad last week and I felt really shitty on the Friday night but recovered to enjoy Saturday. It was not even spoiled that much by listening to England lose to Italy on a tiny radio while sitting around a camp fire. Next stop- defeat to Uruguay, followed by defeat to Costa Rica. Drew- I have no expectations of England winning at all. And in a way, I don't mind, if they at least play well while losing.
Ellis Island Sound's Regions album is one of my favourites of this year, along with the ones from Pete Molinari and Hollie Cook. Regions is laid back, funky and from somewhere midway between krautrock and Afrobeat (or an English version of those). The lead single Intro, Airborne, Travelling had a couple of remixes. This one by Scott Fraser (from Mr Weatherall's Scrutton Street axis) toughens it up and stretches it out.
Intro, Airborne, Travelling (Scott Fraser Remix)
What I liked the most about that game is that both teams not only played well, to the point that if the end result went the other way round nobody could have complained about it, but most of all that players had been extremely correct with each other, no hard fouls, no intentional losing of time, no blatant cheating. Italy and England showed to the rest of the teams how to have a great football game, and I’m perfectly good with that.
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