EGG AND BARLEY – A Review of the Bull & Gate, Kentish Town: Wow, we’ve only been live for two hours and already I have had a mailed in contribution. (Not strictly true, this was sent to me, unsolicited a good week ago and now I have […]

LISTEN TO YOUR STOMACH: Good God! Some lunatic has compiled a Guide To Pork Scratchings, complete with stomach-turning photographic evidence. Meditation on scratchings to follow, possibly.[…]

STRIKE IT RICH: First in a series of ‘Apalling Quizzer’ spotlights. Actually the Strike It Rich quiz machine isn’t so dreadful, though it does provide very minor thrills it’s still a winner in comparison to Underground or the […]

CHEERS: Okay I’ve been nagged enough by the other contributors to Pumpkin Pubs, and mainly Tom Ewing: who’s sparkling prose can be found at Blue Lines, nylpm and pretty much all over Freaky Trigger (which is only fair as it is his website[…]

BADLY DRAWN BOY – Hour Of The Bewilderbeast
It won a prize, don’t you know? But trust me, all you need to know about this years Mercury Prize winner is encapsulated in its title. The album is an hour long. Question is, what came first, t[…]

MR AND MRS – Not Strictly Music
I know, its a gameshow. But I include it here for a simple reason. The gist of the show is that they ask one member of said married couple questions about the other member. And so that party two does not hear sai[…]

The Guardian covers Pop Bitch: “The only thing we do which is really libellous is a thing on celebrities who have large penises – but we kind of assume no one would sue about that.”.[…]

ALL ABOUT EVE – Martha?s Harbour
I have a dark secret, dear reader. You know I say I hate music. Well, I genuinely do. However there has been a time when I actually envied, actually wanted to physically be a genuine bona fide pop star. Well, a […]