Sunday, May 11, 2003

This is your Bishop Information Minister speaking. The person known as The Cartoonist will not be able to follow his duties tomorrow as a so called 'Weblogger' or even 'Blogger'. In fact he's going to be too busy crawling deep into certain other peoples backsides in the futile hope of getting some more freelance work as a designer. He will be back on Tuesday. Maybe. If you ask me: They should throw this unholy impostor into the deepest dungeon of Wormwood Scrubs Prison. Nobody's asking me though - I'm just the messenger. But if that guy was in Paderborn or Rome, I would have taught him! 6:48:52 PM     |

Nothing Underground. Nevertheless fabulous. And absolutely hilarious. This website had me in stitches. Dean and Nigel have the ability to 'blend in'. Just go and watch; see also the 'Covent Garden' picture below. Via Going Underground. 1:29:19 PM     |

A different kind of Underground. Fifty. Happy Birthday, Schockwellenreiter! 10:55:17 AM     |

"tube"Underground Networking. This is the London Bloggers Tube Map. 10:32:43 AM     |

"tube"Going Underground again. And here is Annie Mole's Going Underground Weblog. Annie is the webmaster of the 'Going Underground' website below and is now probably mad at me because I questioned the aesthetics of the main site. The blog looks great, though! 10:30:06 AM     |

Johnston Underground. The official typeface of London Underground Transport can be bought here. "The legendary sans serif design developed by Edward Johnston for the London Underground system in 1916 is available for the first time as a commercial font in an exclusive arrangement with the London Transport Museum. The font, as well as the all-caps bold version, is true to the original design, plus full international characters are also included. The extras feature graphic elements inspired by the design motifs of items including maps, tile patterns and seat covers." 10:23:34 AM     |

Abandoned Stations. There's a certain obsession with abandoned tube stations. Two excellent websites are here and here. 10:17:26 AM     |

Going Underground. I've blogged that before, and although the website is as ugly as a rotten banana, Going Underground ist still the best website about the Tube. Andy Wharhol's most famous comment was something like "in the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes". Well in the tube it's very easy to become famous or a celebrity in about two minutes. If you want to get everyone staring at you on the tube try these simple tips: 1. Talk to the person next to you! (this simply isn't done) 2. Get your bag/arm/leg stuck in the door (not to be advised to do this too often) 3. Talk loudly into your mobile phone 4. Wear sunglasses in the middle of winter and sob into your handkerchief 5. Become a busker 6. Say how much you enjoyed travelling on the tube when you leave 7. Give a round of applause every time an announcement is made 8. Say "why, thank you so much" when the immortal words " mind the gap" are announced 9. Finally, smile (this is a major faux pas on the tube, it will certainly get you some strange looks). 9:58:54 AM     |

Damp Tunnels. The Canalmuseum presents Canal Tunnels of London. 9:42:28 AM     |

Souterrains and Subways. The picture on the left shows the Camden Catacombs. I didn't even know that something like this exists. Amazing. More tunnels, air-raid shelters and everything else that's deep down under London and other parts of England is at Subterranea Britannica. 9:32:12 AM     |

Because it's Sunday. And the sun is shining (well, sort of). Let's make this Sunday a London Underground Day, shall we? 9:20:55 AM     |