The Worst Songwriter Of All Time?: ancient but very readable Slate piece, may well be of interest to Popular fans.[…]

I’m not a food snob but…
…Burger King XL bacon double cheeseburgers are absolutely foul. Following a couple of hours wobs shopping on oxford street yesterday I felt somewhat peckish and was drawn by the pretty colours into the BK ([…]

Somewhere along the line I want to write about the phenomenon that is (was perhaps) Ain’t it Cool News. In the meantime, and for want of reasons to laugh, a piece of gonzo reviewing of the new Lord Of The Rings films: Hobbit-Man: The King Retur[…]

 The EasyCinema Experience
In the exploded cross section of a US business district that is Milton Keynes, it stands out. Merely by virtue of painting its utilitarian structure a thoroughly unsuitable colour. Everything else in the new town is utilit[…]

THE ADVENT CALENDAR OF ALCOHOL – 10th December (9%-10%): Chimay Grande Reserve (aka Chimay Bleu)
Despite the advent calender entering into wine territory, we are sticking with beer for now. Belgian beer of course. Whilst I could wax lyrical abo[…]

The Geezaesthetic Manifesto – it’s all about pubs, right?[…]

Two pieces from – some might say – opposite ends of the Wedge’s spectrum up on Freaky Trigger today. Al interviews hot UK comics artist Frazer Irving, and Alex T continues his investigations of Adorno.[…]

Two articles by Pete on the main Freaky Trigger site of interest to DYS readers – I Am Curious Orange investigates Stelios’ new EasyCinema concept in Milton Keynes, and Kill Me Again and Again and Again rolls its eyes over this year&#8217[…]

The Ninth Freaky Trigger Pop Music Focus Group is part of this month’s FT update.[…]

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM – “Yeah (Stupid Edit)”
It’s oh so gauche (and lazy) to review a record simply by listing other records, but, unless you’ve been living in the same “bunker of stale 1979 air” (pace Tom) they&#8[…]