I was listening to Ultravox just before I downloaded this and imagine my glee when Pink’s new single starts with a hyper-authentic back-to-’81 tak-tak-tak bass sound. ‘Glee!’ I thought, ‘This is going to be like a Girls […]

I don’t think the Star Wars drought (presumably dating from Jedi Knight, the high-water mark for FPSs before Half-Life), lasted quite as long as Magnus does. The 2001 PS2 game Starfighter was a fine space fighter game, in the tradition of their[…]

What’s Wrong And What To Do About It is a weblog and a rather good one (it reminds me a bit of the long lost Blue Lines but a bit cheekier – I particularly liked the “Let’s Move Christmas” entry). More importantly though[…]

I didn’t enjoy Egg’s return in Teachers. A poor episode with the soundtrack compiler asleep in the corner ‘ I think I counted five or six Dandy Warhols tracks. The resonance between Teachers and DWs is intersting ‘ both seem t[…]

I had to ask our resident fashion, beauty and French speaking expert for a translation of the title Le Chignon D’Olga. Like the subtitlers she replied – with I’m sure a smug look on her face – The Chignon Of Olga, or Olga&#821[…]

You can check out any time you want BUT YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE: David Gedge is guest DJing at indie nitespot How Does It Feel To Be Loved? this Friday and yes dammit I am going. Well, maybe. I can always leave if it’s too frightening. Or never act[…]

Chicken Jalf-lazy Clearly a quiet evening for the staff at the Mirage Indian restaurant on the Archway Road. Despite its extensive menu and cosy atmos, last night the Mirage was devoid of diners. Myself, I was only there for a takeaway (delicious,[…]

Games developers keep vampire hours, working through the summer so that we may have diversions when the long evenings arrive. The season is the only time many publishers can turn a profit, and the push starts long before British wintertime robs all […]

JUNIOR BOYS – “Birthday”
So, context: The Junior Boys make skippy, snappy 2-step ala Dem 2 and filter it through chilly-the-most nuevo wavo romanticism. Fair enough.
“Take all this weight behind me, and let it go.” He […]

This wacky urban myth that CSI took it on itself to face last night (UK Channel 5): the oh-so-cool black guy who secretly gambles was sceptical, the dark-hair woman who caught a bullet for President Bartlett’s daughter was cheerfully up for we[…]