A FEW THINGS....

Category: Music

You know I was criticising Sat Nav the other week?!?

Well the very next day, I took Tom Tom in the car I was being driven in and I immediately fell in love with it...

Yes boss, I now officially LOVE AND ENDORSE SAT NAV!!!!

What's so good???

Well, it isn't so much the directions bit as the level of stats you get with which to enlighten your journey...

Yes boss, you've got:

Your speed and the speed limit (with beeping noises when you consistently exceed it), there's the estimated time of arrival, distance to your next turn off, notification of speed cameras, the position of the satellittes etc...

It was great, I was sat studying the thing, and Mrs G was driving. It was just like being in a Rally car..

'THIS IS A 40 MPH ZONE YOU'RE ONLY GOING 38MPH MRS GIOVANNI!!!' I would say 'LET'S NUDGE IT UP BY 2!?!'

'................'

'THIS THING SAYS WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE AT 14.38 AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE THERE AT 14.30 - WHEN WE GET TO THIS MOTORWAY IN 2.4 MILES, I WANT YOU TO PUT YOUR FOOT ON IT FOR 8.7 MILES!!!! WE HAVE TO BEAT THIS BASTARD!!!!'

'.................'

'CAMERAS!!!!!!'

'I KNOW, I KNOW!!!!!'

'OK, NOW SETTLE DOWN AND CONCENTRATE - 94MPH IS PUSHING IT FOR THIS KIND OF A ROAD, WE'RE COMING UP TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN 0.8 MILES!!!!'

It was a whole bundle of laughs.


Oh and if you haven't heard or downloaded this yet, don't forget too - it's the best episode yet!!!

To sample a LIVE THEY CAME FROM THE STARS set be sure to tune into Jon Kennedys XFM show online or on the radio tomorrow (Wednesday 9th July) between 10PM and 1AM GMT...

As I understand it the full set will be available for download as well, so keep an eye on it...

And to buy the lovely new Stars LP, you can click either of these or better still harass your local retailer...

Lastly, how about this out from the G8 summit...

Watch as Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi tries to interest French PM Sarcozy in blowing kisses to the Japanesse girls...

Berlusca might have the politics of an ass, but I was hugely entertained by his schoolboy enthusiasm and Sarcozys wagging finger of dismissal at the very idea - I mean, lets not forget Sarcozy's married to a pro-whore...

And Silvio should have been a rock star....




I also really enjoyed the bit just before this, when they were all stood in a line against a wall...

I was thinking:

'MACHINE GUN!!!! QUICK GET THE FUCKING MACHINE GUN!!!!!'