Returning to the realm of cinematic consideration — as it’s been a bit and I let Commentary Conundra languish some time back. I may yet revive that on a very irregular basis but encouraged by a good friend, I shall retake the plunge into[…]

Doubting doubts, and overcoming same — it has been a long while since I posted on NYLPM, largely because while I’ve gotten over my crisis of confidence/lack of interest in music from last year, I have felt strongly disconnected from the w[…]

IT TELLS IT LIKE IT IS!!
my mum took me to see thunderbirds are go! when i wz eight, and says she sat rigid w.boredom thru the entire thing – i can’t see why!! it wz on c5 this afternoon, and i watched it avidly: it is a searing michael […]

Tharg The Mighty’s Mega Plan was first announced in 2000AD sometime in 1982 or 1983, in amidst the usual upcoming new story hypes. Judge Anderson was getting her own strip – exciting stuff! A new Nemesis saga – excellent! But what w[…]

This is from an article about the charts published in the NME for June 19 1982, by Paul Morley. The article had a big impact on me when I read it – not in 1982 (no prodigy I!) but when I happened on the issue for 10p in a second hand shop, some[…]

The Square Table Speaks, The World Listens (sort of)
A bit of the video for ‘Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy’ was briefly aired on the news segment of CD:UK yesterday. Course, CD:UK’s track record at breaking North American artists isn&[…]

yes vicky is korrekt i totally forgot chitlins/chitterlings!!

(this site makes the good point that organmeat is increasingly considered poor pplz diet and demeaning maybe and harder and harder to find in non-sausage form)[…]

TO PROVE I AM A BALANCED FELLOW Bérubé – an academic w.a fairly good grasp of pop culture AND left politics – is often a little full of himself, but i think this compare/contrast of nader’s raiders and (us) clashfans works a stron[…]

ORGAN EATABILITY LEAGUE TABLE:
KIDNEYS = feted by joyce, annoyingly fiddly to prepare, unspoilable
SKIN = crackling!!
TONGUE = does anyone cook their own these days? you never see it on sale raw: cold tongue = called PRESSED tongue in the olden day[…]

Lawyers who cook.
When I was telling my girlfriend about Jeffrey Steingarten, she wasn’t at all surprised he’d been a lawyer before jumping into food writing: “Sure,” she said. “He had a lot of money and since you can […]