inducting j.hendrix and b.dylan into the UK Rock Hall of Fame, the powers-that-institutionalise opted for STARS OF TODAY doing cover versions: slash (plus a winwood and some now-rotund jimi sidemen) for the former, alanis morisette for the latter
and[…]

If this does not include some kind of ‘first contact’ I shall be bitterly disappointed with our Endemol overlords.[…]

Is there much of a market for snarky comic pastiches of turn of the century adventure fiction? You’d think perhaps not, but then there shouldn’t be a market for dried up old harridans writing a book about grammar, but there was. Of course[…]

i. place cashews (in unopened packet) in fridge to keep mice from findin and gobblin
ii. garlic (open) in fridge while blast-cleanin kitchen from top to bottom
iii. forget remove from fridge
iv. cold cashews tastin of garlic!!
this wz delicious BUT […]

Alan’s post a few below about the shenanigans on ILx just go to show that use of computers can wind you up. Now in a clever reversal of this trend for the purposes of a PBS piece, the UN have unveiled a computer you can wind up back. Here Nicky[…]

There is more than a degree of hubris with the title of Murderball. Even its proper name, Wheelchair Rugby, is a bit misleading, as the rules are more akin to full contact basketball. No-one is murdered, forwarded passes are allowed and whilst the cl[…]

(Inspired by Ned banter below) Wierdest on-street slagging I got this year = ‘ha ha love the umbrella mate’ (you need to read this with heavy sarcasm). Of course since it was pishing it down at the time, and I was (relatively) dry, should[…]