Phil Ball is indulging himself. First was Morbo, a terrific book on Spanish football, then he narrowed his focus to Real Madrid with White Storm (indulgence levels up a notch) now, he’s narrowed it further still.
Good writer, needs new topic.[…]

On the way in to see Control Room at the ICA, there was a photocopied sign which told me that I would also be able to see the documentary on BBC2 on Saturday 21st August. This was ten days ago so I think I might have been able to hold my fire to save[…]

An Involuntary Twitch while listening to 187 Lockdown’s “Gunman” reminded me of how I used to connect with dance music physically. Not in dancing, even, but the way the beats showed you how to walk, gave you poise, a deportment cour[…]

More crazy goings on from near the bottom end of English professional football… this time Chester City give their account of the departure of their manager, former England centre half Mark Wright.
I’ve never been a fan of Mark Wright: he[…]

The Freaky Trigger Blog Summary throws up some amusing sentences. I’m sure everyone’s noticed it, but like the slow kid in class I’ll spell it out:
Olympic Avoidance Log I hate the Olympics, and … Pete Baran 8
WASPS WOULD BE R[…]

Olympic Question?
If there are “202 National Delegations”, how come there are only 193 (plus Palestine and Taiwan) Nation States in the world? And the Vatican haven’t even sent a team…
(NB i am trying to work out the answer t[…]

Comics N Music: This is something I posted to I Love Comics this morning and I liked it so will shamelessly repost it here. The question was about musical analogies for comics.
EC = rock and roll
monster comics = “Louie Louie”
Silver Age […]

OVERGROUND RIVERS : 2 – The Lea
The Lea is a complicated river. For a start, it has two names, Lea & Lee. The river is no longer a dividing line, but historically it defined the eastern edge of London. After the Romans left, The Lea was t[…]

Thanks Dizzee!!: I’ve not actually HEARD “Showtime” yet (I’ve given up on advance album downloading, life’s too long to deny yourself anticipation; singles are another matter though, more sweeties please, that email is a[…]

Expensive, French and in a mall — there’s this place called Troquet located on the fourth floor of South Coast Plaza (and yeah, we all look like the model guy pictured there, of course), which I’d been wanting to try for some time. […]