No SatMornVue This Week (HD)

Sorry, but this week to much has happened for me to do a SatMornVue this week, but if everything goes well next it it should return. In the mean time please watch this for your entertainment:

And also check out the Rock Challenge website, as this will be the subject of my SatMornVue next week.
And please buy a ticket or two or three for Rock Challenge at the Hackney Empire on Friday 1st May (this Friday), only £10, from this link.

Video Feature #8: Obama Addresses CIA Employees (HQ)

Video Feature #7: Selection of Flight Of The Conchords Season 2 (HQ/HD)

New Look: "Silver Version"

Welcome to the New Look "Silver Version" Thoughts HD Blog. Even though I've only been going since 20th February 09, I thought that a change was in order and hopefully this new look will take this blog through every new piece news and comment that comes our way.

Video Feature #6: American View on Iraq Situation (HQ)

SatMornVue #4: G20 Justice

More than two weeks after the G20 Protests in London, we are hearing more and more about anything and everything that happened on the day. Firstly, is the death of Ian Tomlinson is being trivialized by the press a bit too much, yes the information about his death coming about by internal bleeding might link to the attack on him by a police officer, but don't go on about it, having recaps of events and blah blah blah. I'm sure everyone knows what happened; in the week of the summit you couldn't turn over without the news being painted with everything about the summit, the press and mostly 24/7 News Channels were squeezing every little detail out of the protest and the summit.

Anyway, I digress, I hope that firstly the news channels can stop having it as headline news and definitely don't, BBC, have someone popping up during the credits of the Weakest Link to tell us about the latest developments, from a show we will see in less than 30 seconds! I really hope that there is some justice for Ian Tomlinson's family and that the police take responsibility, you don't what this to be a repeat of the way that the police didn't take any responsibility for the Hillsborough disaster.

To be honest, this post has been a bit of a ramble, and that's kind of what has happened with this series of events, and that's not good for anyone.

Hillsborough Clips & Audio Slideshow

BBC News has put up an Audio Slideshow with images and audio from the BBC Archive from the Hillsborough Tragedy. To view click here.

This Video shows clips from Saturday 15th April 1989, from BBC and ITV News Reports.

SatMornVue #3: Where's all this money coming from?

No, I'm not talking about any Bank getting a government bail-out, I'm talking about the amount bet on today's Grand National, apparently standing at £200 million and could rise to £300 million! Yes three-hundred million pounds. With everything to do with the economy, global banks and markets, you do wonder how we can afford this.

It might be that this is one way to make quick money or that no-one really wants to trust anyone else with their own money, they want to invest it themselves, in the easiest way possible. And with so much on the line for so many people, I wouldn't be surprised if this one event changed the stock market value of most high street banks, and of course the fates of the Betting Companies.

But in this time of financial difficulty of everyone, it seems that saving isn't what everyone wants to do, they want some sort of excitement that could also bring them a nice amount of money, instead of waiting for their nearly inexistent interest to help their cash-flow.

The Grand National is one of the biggest events of the year and brings the biggest amount of money in betting, and this year isn't any different, strangely.

The Big Race is at 4:15pm live on BBC One.

UPDATE: Who ever backed Mon Mome (which means "My Kid"), you would have got a 100-1 price, nice pay day, but last year's winner came second and most of the favorites, well didn't win and most of the country just got slightly less wealthy.

Video Feature #5: Psych Bloopers Season 1

For more Psych go to the official USA Network Website, here.
Psych on TV in UK: BBC Two, Saturday Afternoons, Around 3pm, Double Header, Season 1;
Hallmark Channel, Sundays, 8pm, New Episodes, Season 3

Video Feature #4: G20 @ The Excel Centre (HQ)

Another "Messiah" Moment

In the week that America's "Messiah" visits the UK, up in Newcastle we are seeing the start of a new era at the club (and "era" doesn't always mean good, like Keegan's second era at the club). As Today marks the return of Alan Shearer to Newcastle and his first training session, and lets be honest, returns haven't been the best thing for the Toon of late. When Kevin Keegan returned not so long ago, Newcastle United FC started selling 3-Year Season Tickets, a lot a good that did, hopefully that will be one thing they don't do this time. Considering Shearer only wants to do the last 8 games of the season, it sounds like if he does well, it would have been a quick fix that could be extended, but if he doesn't do so well, he could blame it on lack of time and blah blah blah.

All I hope is that the Newcastle fans don't place everything on him and then turn on their hero if it all goes tits up. Shearer has never coached or managed a team, but with his 10 years from 96-06, until he retired, at Newcastle he has the backing of everyone at the club. And with Dennis Wise going out the back door, it seems that things are looking up for the Toon.

Shearer has made it clear that he wants his own side, that boardroom politics shouldn't change anything about his decisions. But getting his own team and his own way with only 8 games left, will be harder than it sounds.

Newcastle United have had more people in charge coming in and out recently, its had to keep track of how many people they've had in the top position and with the team sliding down the premier league table, the could become the next Leeds Untied, which is hard to think about, that a team as big as Newcastle could ever think about playing in the Championship and making their way through the play-offs.

This, of course, is a critical point in the club's history, let alone the club's season. It's make or break and could turn Newcastle's most loyal sour on one of their greatest yet again.