Macworld San Francisco 2005
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Jump London - Parkour
Ok, so *yes* this jumping around _is_ quite clever, *however it is NOT* the cultural/spiritual phenomena this program (and one last year on BBC2 I think) would like you to think.
Its jumping around in urban areas from object to object, or under or through etc etc. It is *NOT* subverting modern urban landscape for your own spiritual enlightenment
Christ, this sort of thing has been going on with skateboarders, rollerblade/skaters and BMXers for decades (atleast from a skateboarding point of view), moreover *I* used to jump from posts to posts when I was a kid and you see many doing just the same nowadays.
So Im bemused as to why this is apparently seen by Channel 4 and BBC program planners as some kind of new modern dance or whatever.
*EDIT:* Jump London _and_ last nights Jump UK (or maybe Jump Britain) were both Channel 4, not BBC. I think I got confused by the BBCs ident which uses this jump thing. Its worth noting that Sky (I think) did a decent parody of the BBC ident.
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Jerry Springer The Opera
Apparently, Ofcom (UK broadcasting regulators) have received 20,000 complaints about the broadcasting of Jerry Springer The Opera on BBC 2 this Saturday (8th) at 10pm. Supposedly theres 2000+ 'fucks' and 600+ 'cunts' in it, but Id also heard someone on Radio 4 refuting that claim. Mediawatch have been behind alot of this, the self appointed guardians of our moral fortitude. Well thank you very much, but Im an adult and I can decide what to watch quite happily myself thank-a-you very much. Its after the 9pm watershed and if youre worried about children watching it then I suggest you speak to the parents.
Its just a shame that _they_ got to PopeTown before the general public could make their own decisions about the worthyness or not of it.