http://www.barcablog.com/ Welcome to the outpourings of a young British journalist who, strangely, doesn't live in London. He'd like to tell you more, but you'd have to pay him. en-us 2003-11-21T16:49:58+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/005933.html Yes, it's true and finally, allegedly, available. Over at the Cafeshop, Barçabook is now available to buy online for the bargain price of $14.50. That's €12ish and £8.50ish you know. A treat for all the family. Apparently the last shipping... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-11-21T16:49:58+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004798.html Barçabook by list Total words: 26,451 Price (excl. p&p): $14.50 (convert that here) Number of back cover quotes by people who've sold more than a million copies of their book: 1 Fonts: Helvetica, Georgia, Capitals, Bodoni SvtyTwo ITC Total chapters... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-09-13T00:56:16+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004797.html The secret's out. As reported in today's Guardian (scroll down), Barçablog is soon to become Barçabook, with the help of CafePress. What this means is: - exclusive, book-only entries - re-editing and additions to all the old favourites -... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-08-07T15:30:14+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004796.html And here we are. I'm afraid that this is the end of barçablog for now. The reasons are many and varied, but ultimately come down to the fact that from next week I'm not going to be in Barcelona for... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-07-05T18:16:11+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004795.html Summer's come early to Barça and I'm really not impressed. The whole concept of summer is different here. In the UK it brings up images of mown grass and cricket, throwaway BBQ trays and a few fleeting weeks where you... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-06-23T19:17:11+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004794.html "A deal is very close with Ronaldinho..." UPDATE: A big hello to all Arseblog readers. I'm just along the coast from your humble Gooner webmaster and equally sweltering in the heat. This is barçablog, weeklyish articles about the city... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-06-18T12:46:47+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004793.html Today's Grauniad reports: "Beckham was an anecdote in the elections," Laporta declared to some disbelief. "People didn't vote for a possible signing of a player but rather a project. I did not promise to bring David Beckham to Barcelona, I... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-06-17T12:10:03+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004792.html General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-06-14T23:46:58+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004791.html And is there then no earthly place Where we can rest, in dream Elysian, Without some cursed, round English face, Popping up near, to break the vision? --Thomas Moore, Rhymes on the Road (1819) If there's one thing I hate... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-06-01T14:19:46+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004790.html Wherever I lay my head, there's a bar. It's not just good fortune - there's a monton of funky drinking establishments in this fair city to cater to your every whim, including the whims you'd rather not discuss. From the... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-05-19T13:21:11+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004789.html The stage is set. In fact, they all are. Now that the sun has come to stay, all of the creative types who were previously hibernating or undergoing a highly successful tour of the Greek Islands have woken up, shaken... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-05-11T17:02:26+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004788.html Last week, St Jordi's Day gave us the chance to witness another of those universal truths. For, as sure as eggs is eggs and buttered cats always land face down, the fact of the matter is that men can't... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-05-03T20:46:15+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004787.html Elsewhere, on a similar and yet at the same time diametrically opposite theme, the ballroom-dancehall-by-day, nightclub-by-night La Paloma in Barca had been receiving complaints from the neighbours about the levels of late night noise. Bouncers couldn't solve it. The bar... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-04-18T01:29:30+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004786.html Rogelio Hernández. What a guy. People love him and it's not hard to see why. He's a man with no end of witty one-liners. He's a man for all people. He's the voice of the nation. This man, this man... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-04-18T01:17:50+01:00 http://www.barcablog.com/archives/004785.html A significant postscript to both this Prandial post and this piece of Barca blogging. The moral? Don't mess with the media. A second Spaniard has died in the war - Jose Couso, a cameramen with TV station Telecinco. He died... General thoughts Andrew Losowsky 2003-04-10T10:59:58+01:00