Tag: afrobeat

Seun Kuti & Africa 80

After a deliciously long intro, the youngest Kuti races through a short but sweet set.

Originally published: 25 Oct 2008 in Concerts

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Rant

Chuck Palahniuk Vintage (first published 2007) With Rant, the endlessly inventive Palahniuk may have finally run out of ideas. The author’s formidable back-catalogue, which includes Fight Club, Survivor and Lullaby, illustrates his …

  • Originally published: 3 Jul 2008 in Books

Zwartboek (Black Book)

Black is back: a welcome return to form for Verhoeven. …

  • Originally published: 26 Jan 2007 in Film

Democracy is deaf

After Tony Blair's appearance before the Iraq Inquiry in the UK, a few thoughts on the growing distance between politics and the people. …

  • Originally published: 30 Jan 2010 in Editorial

Kontiolahti, Finland

Long before I started this website, the first trip J and I made together took us far off to the east of Finland. Here are a few photos scanned from the original …

  • Originally published: 2 Nov 2002 in Europe

Early days in Brussels

Brussels is now our new home. It’s also home to just over a million other folks and the capital of two unions, one of which is barely holding together as a nation …

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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not the Princeton curator, the US senatorial candidate, the Kentuckian pastor or the journalist from Arizona. In fact, I work as a consultant in User Experience and Information Design.

I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.

I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Ellezelloise Hercule.

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