1992 was when I lost my political virginity. I can remember little of the 87 campaign, save for the post-poll Spitting Image. The lack of any discernible tension was exemplified by the finale to that show, a rendition of ‘Tomorrow belongs to me[…]

I DRUNK ALL NIGHT…
And what did I drink? Hook Norton Double Stout.
This was meant to be a couple of swift ones after work in the Pillars Of Hercules. And it is much to the credit of the Hook Norton Double Stout that I did not leave until closin[…]

I have seen nearly every Ring film in the cinema (the one I am missing is the Korean one, which I believe may be the best as it does not have spooky kid). Anyway, I was interested by The Ring 2 mainly because it was the original Ringu and Ringu 2 dir[…]

link Newsnight couldn’t be more excited about the election if they tried (and, for the next fours weeks, they will try), I almost expected Paxo to say “this is even more fun than a WAR!!!” but the highlight has to be Michael Crick I[…]

MAD AS HATTERS?
Pub quiz hell: what football team is nicknamed The Hatters?
In the white and black (with a bit of orange corner): Me with Luton Town.
In the blue corner: Ben with Stockport County.
And then we get to explain why we believe what we did[…]

MPs also made gun signs with their hands and pretended to shoot each other. (Not UK sadly).[…]

Poptimism In Space (Slight Return)
(Spoilers for Dr Who Episode 2)
In episode 2 of Dr Who the character Lady Cassandra proudly displays an “iPod” which turns out to be a vinyl jukebox. It plays “Toxic” by Britney and this has […]

Casanova
There’s a song by Peaches called ‘Casanova’ on a bonus disc that came with some copies of her first album. The song is about Peaches and her (female) friend Mignon planning a threesome, in which the (male) third party is cl[…]

Day 30: Philadelphia Freedom
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES
Oh the vagaries of the law. Apparently landing a giant alien spacehopper in the middle of Philadelphia is against a number of local ordinances and state statues. Really: these colonials […]

GIANT PUB BID SPARKS FEARS OF A MINI IBIZA
A usual NIMBY story from the Ham & High, which is made remarkable by the headline which suggests some James Bond villain with an enlarging / shrinking ray.
“Look London, I have made the largest pu[…]