Comments for A bit clangy and a bit jammy http://krendalin.co.uk/blog Flinging together thoughts on books, theatre and other stuff Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Comment on Recent reading and other bits of waffle by katiefinger http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1703&cpage=1#comment-3540 katiefinger Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:08:33 +0000 http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1703#comment-3540 Ah, Pointless. I really should get back into that. :-) Ah, Pointless. I really should get back into that.

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]]> Comment on End-of-year tumbleweed clean-up by Krendalin http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1665&cpage=1#comment-2857 Krendalin Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:37:28 +0000 http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1665#comment-2857 Katiefinger: Thank you :). Chilli peppers are a good idea. I'd like to grow them too at some point. Good luck! Katiefinger: Thank you :) . Chilli peppers are a good idea. I’d like to grow them too at some point. Good luck!

]]> Comment on End-of-year tumbleweed clean-up by katiefinger http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1665&cpage=1#comment-2856 katiefinger Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:48:22 +0000 http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1665#comment-2856 I adore your teapot! And your tomatoes! I'm going to try to do the same thing with chilli peppers this year (but it's not a resolution because then I will most definitely just fail.) Sorry about your job being shakey and complicated. I adore your teapot! And your tomatoes! I’m going to try to do the same thing with chilli peppers this year (but it’s not a resolution because then I will most definitely just fail.)

Sorry about your job being shakey and complicated.

]]> Comment on Tori Amos at the Royal Albert Hall by Krendalin http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-2602 Krendalin Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:46:19 +0000 http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1641#comment-2602 I'm glad that the Manchester show was just as good :). She played Winter when I saw her too - and yes, it was absolutely perfect with the string quartet. I’m glad that the Manchester show was just as good :) . She played Winter when I saw her too – and yes, it was absolutely perfect with the string quartet.

]]> Comment on Tori Amos at the Royal Albert Hall by Victoria http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1641&cpage=1#comment-2598 Victoria Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:21:13 +0000 http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1641#comment-2598 I saw her at the Manchester Apollo later the same week, and she was amazing there too! We had a horrendous journey back to York in the middle of the night, but it was well worth the exhaustion the next day. :-) Like you I felt like I was listening to the NoH tracks for the first time - hearing her play them live was a revelation. And the atmosphere was intense. The audience were on their feet for the encores, and we were all moving around in time to Big Wheel, which she played last. My favourite as always though was Winter. With a string quartet! Exactly how it should be played. I cried. :-) I saw her at the Manchester Apollo later the same week, and she was amazing there too! We had a horrendous journey back to York in the middle of the night, but it was well worth the exhaustion the next day. :-) Like you I felt like I was listening to the NoH tracks for the first time – hearing her play them live was a revelation. And the atmosphere was intense. The audience were on their feet for the encores, and we were all moving around in time to Big Wheel, which she played last. My favourite as always though was Winter. With a string quartet! Exactly how it should be played. I cried. :-)

]]> Comment on Reading notes, the October edition by Krendalin http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1626&cpage=1#comment-2521 Krendalin Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:21:53 +0000 http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1626#comment-2521 Haha, sorry not to have a strong opinion either way on the Kindle. I am glad I have one, but it's also made me realise how much I actually love good old-fashioned books as objects. Haha, sorry not to have a strong opinion either way on the Kindle. I am glad I have one, but it’s also made me realise how much I actually love good old-fashioned books as objects.

]]> Comment on Reading notes, the October edition by katiefinger http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1626&cpage=1#comment-2519 katiefinger Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:20:10 +0000 http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1626#comment-2519 Hmmm, I was in two minds as to whether to accept Blokey's offer of an eBook Reader (Kobo rather than Kindle) for Christmas but this 'review' of your experiences doesn't help me much!! I love books but don't think I could love them on an electronic device. Maybe I'll wait till my birthday next year. :-) Hmmm, I was in two minds as to whether to accept Blokey’s offer of an eBook Reader (Kobo rather than Kindle) for Christmas but this ‘review’ of your experiences doesn’t help me much!! I love books but don’t think I could love them on an electronic device. Maybe I’ll wait till my birthday next year.

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]]> Comment on Top Girls by shakeandcrawl http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-2343 shakeandcrawl Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:22:05 +0000 http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1575#comment-2343 No worries. You've set me off on a rant. I'd quite like to see fewer: <i>"Can women kick arse in the boardroom?"</i> articles and more: <i>"Hmm, maybe there's something wrong with how we define success, regardless of gender, and maybe craving a certain kind of glory at the expense of pretty much everything and everyone else in your life is a bit shitty and unlikely to end well, regardless of gender?"</i> articles but hey, I don't edit newspapers. No worries. You’ve set me off on a rant. I’d quite like to see fewer: “Can women kick arse in the boardroom?” articles and more: “Hmm, maybe there’s something wrong with how we define success, regardless of gender, and maybe craving a certain kind of glory at the expense of pretty much everything and everyone else in your life is a bit shitty and unlikely to end well, regardless of gender?” articles but hey, I don’t edit newspapers.

]]> Comment on Top Girls by Krendalin http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-2342 Krendalin Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:53:17 +0000 http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1575#comment-2342 Thanks again for inviting me :). I'm really glad I finally got to see a production of it. Looking forward to Tamsin Greig too! Thanks again for inviting me :) . I’m really glad I finally got to see a production of it. Looking forward to Tamsin Greig too!

]]> Comment on Top Girls by shakeandcrawl http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1575&cpage=1#comment-2341 shakeandcrawl Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:43:25 +0000 http://krendalin.co.uk/blog/?p=1575#comment-2341 <i>"Thankfully it is also a play that questions the alarming ramifications of defining success and emancipation for women as individual achievement in traditionally male-dominated workplaces. Churchill condemns such success as meaningless if it means that those who do not fit into this mould are discarded along the way. She knows that feminism is about more than women’s rights; it is essentially about human rights; and that many people would do well to realise this."</i> Bang on. What the Daily Fail likes to wave about as evidence that female liberation has ["failed" "gone too far", insert the bollocks buzzword of your choice] is not evidence of a problem with female liberation but evidence of a problem with the definition of what it means to be liberated, both for men and women. Top Girls hits the nail on the head. Thanks again for coming, hope to see you for Tamsin Grieg at the Royal Court! “Thankfully it is also a play that questions the alarming ramifications of defining success and emancipation for women as individual achievement in traditionally male-dominated workplaces. Churchill condemns such success as meaningless if it means that those who do not fit into this mould are discarded along the way. She knows that feminism is about more than women’s rights; it is essentially about human rights; and that many people would do well to realise this.”

Bang on. What the Daily Fail likes to wave about as evidence that female liberation has ["failed" "gone too far", insert the bollocks buzzword of your choice] is not evidence of a problem with female liberation but evidence of a problem with the definition of what it means to be liberated, both for men and women. Top Girls hits the nail on the head. Thanks again for coming, hope to see you for Tamsin Grieg at the Royal Court!

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