The Advert Channel: standard pub ‘what if’ joke comes true. I particularly like the idea that there will be actual adverts inbetween the, um, other adverts.[…]

i am become LAYOFF, the shatterer of worlds[…]

Upper Clapton in East London was once an up and coming area. Henry VIII owned Brook House, a 15th century country manor, now an ugly sixth form college. That was its heyday. The Krays lived in the area for a while, but considered it too rough.
A coup[…]

link
All of them involve some sort of portraiture or action shots of people. These ten are all quite badly posed, titled and presented, but I feel uncomfortable about also pointing and laughing at ugly and/or poorly dressed people. And surely every l[…]

The Nags Head, Kinnerton Street, London SW1: A lot of the pubs we write about here have unpromising exteriors but great atmospheres. This is a pub which looks great and has a really promising, trad-boozer interior but feels lifeless. Its position in […]

It is going to be a long day. XFM on in the office and already they’ve played “Size Of A Cow”.
Reciprocal linking leads me to this breezy blog.
Just heard an advert for TSB – “You don’t still play your first record[…]

hawking RECANTS!!
sorry pbs a bit a slow on this (meanwhile, back in the royal shrewsbury hospital mid-week, it wz reported in the papers so mark s had to explain it to a recuperating mum s) (here is he told her, tho preposterous has simplified a bi[…]

State Of The Music Industry: it’s fair to say you probably haven’t read a music blog quite like this one before.[…]

Possibly the greatest advantage of working with international students is the exposure to international snack foods that comes with them. Recently I have eaten home-made Iranian sweets (actually too sweet for me despite much good will and obvious au[…]

THE THRILLS – Not For All The Love In The World
Theh AWL SOWNDID THUH SAY-EEEEEEMMM… yes, last year The Thrills really were the runts of the litter, weren’t they? Incessantly pushed by Radio 1’s New Sound Of Not Quite Able To […]