Hamilton Saint

The crowd noise is overpowering the radio commentary. Sort it! (Don't they have technical staff monitoring these things!)

Starts next weekend.

Happens to me every year! COYS!

Ah, BST ended in UK on October 25th. Puzzle solved!

No team news yet? Is it just me?!

I watched a blu-ray edition of The Third Man a few days ago. One of my favourite films. I must have seen it a dozen times, or so, over the years. Brilliant film--with terrific performances from Joseph Cotton, Trevor Howard, Orson Welles, and Valli. The cinematography is superb--one of the great B&W films. And wonderfully atmospheric zither music from Anton Karas.

But they do have concepts of a plan.

1. Acropolis (and Parthenon)--Buy tickets ahead of time, and go early or late, to avoid the midday heat. 2. Lycabettus Hill (via the funicular on Aristippou St.)--Fantastic view overlooking the city, especially looking south towards the Acroplis and the harbour of Piraeus. 3. The National Garden (Zappeion Park)--south of the Hellenic Parliament on Syntagma Square. Good for an hour's walk in the shade. 4. Arch of Hadrian and The Temple of Olympian Zeus--south of Zappeion Park on Vasillisis Amalias Boulevard 5. Acropolis Museum 6. Ancient Agora--just north of the Acropolis 7. National Archaeological Museum (on Patision St.) 8. Plaka area (east of Acropolis)--for tavernas at lunch time and in the evening, and also for places to drink

Speaking of Beck, I'm a big fan of his two moody, atmospheric albums "Sea Change" and "Morning Phase". I just read in The Guardian that there is a third, trilogy-ending album about to be released. It's called "Ride Lonesome" and it gets a glowing review by Alex Petridis in The Guardian. Should be worth a listening--if you liked the previous two. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/sep/14/beck-ride-lonesome-review-stunning-end-to-the-heartache-trilogy-of-sea-change-and-morning-phase

Wowser! Well, we'll welcome warily what we witness, Wodin willing, won't we?!

Schlotterbeck. It's not difficult: 'Sch' in German is 'sh'; 'otter' is 'otter'; and 'beck' is 'beck'. So, "shl-otter-beck".

... which was another lie. 70 Pine Street would have been the tallest skyscraper in Manhatten, not Trump's building at 40 Wall Street. As Chris Stein mention's in this Guardian article today (September 9th). https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/trump-911-falsehoods

A music video, before there were music videos (1966). Great song!