I Resemble That Remark: Alexis Petridis turns link-slut as he identifies Wiley’s two fanbases – and heartily patronises both of them. I have banned myself from ILX during the working day but I can confidently expect a 200-post thread to b[…]

MORRISSEY – “Irish Blood, English Heart” – REVIEWED BY A SPORTING CELEBRITY!
“Stick it up your bollocks. You’re not even Irish, you English cunt.”[…]

IHM LYRIC WATCH: P BROTHERS Ft SCOR-ZAY-ZEE – “Great Britain”
Who says political hip-hop is dead? You just might if by some astonishing stroke of bad luck you hear “Great Britain” by the P Brothers, who have come out, bo[…]

BLAME IT ON THE RAMONES:
This is MUMMY THE PEEPSHOW. They are on the all-girl Japanese Benten label. Their drummer is called IxMxDxUx. They do a cover version of “Banned from the Pubs” by Peter and the Test Tube Babies. Another song is &[…]

There are no matches on Google for ‘extensor molecules’. Quite reasonable, really, since no such thing exists. But according to the good people at Garnier in their new advert, these molecules are what makes their new shampoo so effective.[…]

Pink on legal warpath. There are no details given on what exactly the naughty leaflet said about Pink, or how exactly it would have helped win the Austrian elections. Any guesses?[…]

PopNose11: We can afford to have two up at once, it turns out. The usual rules apply – if you know what it is, don’t tell. The next PN will be a selection by someone else, good news perhaps if you’ve thought they all sucked so far ([…]

DEAD MAN’S CHESS: (Three Questions abt Treasure Island pt 2)
#2: What are Long John Silver’s politics? (sorry this is v.long: scroll down to excellent = less homework-y stuff from sarah and mike g. and tom)
i. Even if we agree that the […]

BRANDWATCH UPDATE: Oh. My. God.
“Bernard Matthews will bring little girl’s dreams to reality with the launch of the first ever ‘girl’ orientated frozen shaped product ‘ Princess Dreams. The innovative fairytale-inspired […]

AS MAN BECOMES MACHINE!
No, not a link to the mad TRON geezer (arrrgh mein eyes), but instead, my latest purchase from the charity shop: Man Becomes Machine:The Chilling Investigation of Humanity’s Robot Future, by David M. Rorvik.
Originally[…]