Who Needs Motty?
Tonight’s England World Cup qualifier as texted to a friend separated from his TV.

Fine looking bunch of lads, these Azeris. Theme tune’s a bit melodramatic, mind. Says a lot about a nation, its choice of anthem. And thi[…]

MY BRAIN IS NOT AMUSED
Some TV companies put a lot of their budget and effort into making quality programmes that are informative, intelligent and pleasing to look at. Channel 5 make Brainteaser, nuzzled in there between Family Affairs and The Farm. […]

I went to a conference last month on football – not a policy conference with wonks and stuff, y’understand, but a proper academic conference.
There were some good papers given, so for the benefit of TMFD readers; a synopsis of where we&#8[…]

FT TOP 100 FILMS
18: THE SEVEN SAMURAI
Martin Skidmore says:
Someone started a thread some time ago on ILE trying to cast considerable suspicion on people who ‘claim’ this is their favourite movie. It is my favourite movie.
It’s not[…]

Nice little Voice piece (if a bit soft on the ahem “nonexistence-of-influence” issue)
Like Elvis (and also those pesky Beatles), zimmie = a frankenstein human-jukebox monster made up of a million stolen bodyparts, where bodyparts = record[…]

CLASSIC MALABUSHISMS THAT = ACTUALLY KORREKT by SCIENCE #um 1
Sorry, but I like “the internets” – which GWB seems to be saying regularly now. I think it describes the world as it is: yes everything is in principle connected to ever[…]

FREAKY TRIGGER TOP 25 SCARIEST THINGS
18. Your Boss Checking Your Internet Usage
The modern office provides few experiences more unnerving than when the IT department takes over your PC remotely. You watch helplessly as your mouse pointer skitters th[…]

The Limits Of Soul
Discussion in the comments box here about “Eleanor Rigby” and the possibility of somebody covering it well. LondonLee posits the line “wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door” as a sticking poin[…]

BLOCK BLOG
2: Time To Murder And Create
How I Got It: Borders Charring Cross Road, which happened to be the first place I looked. After the difficulty of finding number one, I though this might be the case here. The only problem was its top shelf pos[…]

End this face-changing madness! I cry over at Proven By Science. There is no question that CGI techniques have totally changed how documentaries are presented, though. I saw Panorama for the first time in ages on Sunday night, a documentary in which […]