Humble Pi: Portugal v Greece remains my favourite game of Euro2004 so far (that I’ve seen). Partly that’s because it seemed a fine clash between opposing approaches; partly it’s because the underdog won; partly it was the Greeks&#82[…]

I’m off on holiday tomorrow. Pre-hols linkage:
Lacunae has MP3s now. Of course we were all reading it anyway.
Party music for jaded cynics – clubbing blog, promises details of ‘goings-on’.
Chuck Eddy on country duo Big & […]

Martin Skidmore says:
I have ended up reviewing this after Lang’s Metropolis, arguably its spiritual grandfather, another film of workers revolting against a mad and repressive state. This is less controlled, original and masterly in many ways[…]

I have always been wary of pubs named after the geographical area in which they reside. I am always extra wary when they only just make it into that catagory. It seems a bit presumptuous, as if to say they are the pub the area is named after (which i[…]

I’m Not Scared has a moment of horrific resonance for anyone who has watched the news over the last two months about halfway in. The little blonde child who has been kidnapped and hidden in a muddy hole is confronted by our ten year old hero Mi[…]

In this film Robert Morley is fed his own minced up poodles in a pie by Vincent Price. I really should stop there, if that does not convince you of the utter genius of Theatre Of Blood, not much of the rest of this will. Vincent Price hams it up some[…]

The Best New Music Blogs
Bloggers get tired or bored or busy or run out of things to say or just vanish – it’s the nature of the game. Luckily there are plenty more being started. All these made their first post sometime this year.
The To[…]

trife hide yr eyes as the us left PICK THEIR FAVORITE LPs:
a lot of pretty nice if highly orthodox records, almost all from very long ago, with little evidence here (militant anti-rockist a.cockburn aside)* of agile or inquisitive or even listening […]

Much better news from the Football League. It now means that the proven incompetent and the still criminally challenged won’t be able to take over clubs in the Football League (look mom, no coke!). One might say it’s a good policy to fina[…]

Yippee Kai-Aye Motherfucker.
(Or if you are watching ITV: Yippee Kai-Aye Kemosabe.)
Die Hard takes its time, that is its secret. Probably the first action film to be designed directly like a videogame (with levels and end of level bad guys even), Die[…]