I am going to say a bit more about Mean Girls later (actually I am going to say a LOT more about Mean Girls later) but first an observation. There is a character called Janis Ian in Mean Girls. That’s it. It is completely apropos to nothing. Oh[…]

In The Beginning…: in this month’s Edge magazine Stephen Poole says some interesting things about how games begin. He contrasts them with other cultural forms, where the intro or opening scenes or first paragraphs often try to make as muc[…]

“Peace and Love… or nothing at all”: trolls (or critics?) make poor George Michael shut his web forum. A salutary tale for these ILX-less times.
Incidentally – a pitiful plea here – if you’re among the people who&#[…]

Hi-Fi Technology Failure Turns to Booze[…]

This is nepotism not music but oh well…
GO AND VISIT MY BROTHER’S BLOG.
k thx.
cheap larff at expense of well-known music site, c/o Clap Clap Blog. I know we shouldn’t, but it’s been ages.
Jess finishes his tour of duty. Thank[…]

Early Music Reviews (it’s long, I’m sorry)
I got this site off of Last Plane to Jakarta, and have been listening to it all morning. The idea of historic sound being only 100 years old, the idea of John Phillip Sousa to John Cage seems so […]

I’ve been thinking some more about the whole issue of player agents.
A friend who works in football said ‘why would a club pay a player’s agent?’ I thought about this, and the only answer I could come up with was because its e[…]

Germans Flagging
Whilst watching Italy play Sweden in Euro 2004, several TMFD writers pondered the relationship between flags and national team strips. In a fit of procrasturbation, here’s the answers to those questions:
Why do Germany play in […]

Jeff Smith “The Frugal Gourmet ” Dies[…]

what took you so long
Emma Bunton sprang to mind when reading this piece on the decline of Formula One by Richard Williams. I had a similar feeling when reading a piece by ITV presenter Beverley Turner on the gross sexism in the sport. A sport that s[…]