The special effect occupies a unique space, albeit an almost always pre-defined one which is rarely deviated from.
Unlike other constructions of illusion and artifice, the job of the SFX maestro is never to actually trick. Their job is ostensibly to […]

Who knows the secrets of the giant squid? Nobody! Well, nobody knows all of them – nobody really knows how big they can get or much about their life cycles and habits way down in the ocean murk. What we know about them comes mostly from their c[…]

Pete’s post on giant pandas reminded me of something I’ve often thought about when contemplating our rabbits, namely: is cuteness an evolutionary strategy? Pete’s right that in every other sense the giant panda seems to be an animal[…]

POPNOSE MP3 OF THE WEEK
5. Muumilauluja – “Moron Valituslaulu”
This MP3 comes from the Finnish version of Moomin Voices, recordings of songs co-written by Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins. A bop in the eye for my shrivelled inne[…]

Just got back from a brief and very enjoyable holiday in Finland.[…]

Slaine The King
Music Zone (there’s one on Oxford Street) is having a sale, and I picked up this nice hardback comic album for under a fiver (they also have the complete Halo Jones at the same price, among many other things, lots of Judge Dredd[…]