Poptimism In Space (Slight Return)
(Spoilers for Dr Who Episode 2)
In episode 2 of Dr Who the character Lady Cassandra proudly displays an “iPod” which turns out to be a vinyl jukebox. It plays “Toxic” by Britney and this has […]

Casanova
There’s a song by Peaches called ‘Casanova’ on a bonus disc that came with some copies of her first album. The song is about Peaches and her (female) friend Mignon planning a threesome, in which the (male) third party is cl[…]

Day 30: Philadelphia Freedom
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES
Oh the vagaries of the law. Apparently landing a giant alien spacehopper in the middle of Philadelphia is against a number of local ordinances and state statues. Really: these colonials […]

GIANT PUB BID SPARKS FEARS OF A MINI IBIZA
A usual NIMBY story from the Ham & High, which is made remarkable by the headline which suggests some James Bond villain with an enlarging / shrinking ray.
“Look London, I have made the largest pu[…]

I lived above the sandy chines of Bournemouth and election eve was sunny. John Major had visited the south coast about a week before. He stood on a soapbox that was no longer an endearing quirk and tried to speak. I couldn’t hear him, everyone […]

This question posed by an American in our office. Tony Blair will today go to the Queen and ask her to dissolve, etc etc. Of course this is a ‘formality’. “There would be a constitutional crisis,” I replied rather lamely. I su[…]

Oh how my memory diminishes it. The Rage In Placid Lake was an admirably quirky little Australian comedy, while I watched it. Now, a few days later, I cannot help but attach phrases like: “low ambition”, “sketchily drawn” and […]

I DRUNK ALL NIGHT…
And what did I drink? Kronenburg Blanc.
Not an easy beer to find, the White Beer from the otherwise relatively bland Kronenburg brewery. The only place I have ever seen it is at the Lord John Russell on Marchmont Street. Last[…]

Murmurs 1: Wiley = Kylie
As usual I’m probably the last person on earth to hear the MP3 that’s floating around of Lethal B dissing Wiley over ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ (“merk him with his own rhythm”). N[…]

FLYING SAUCER ATTACK — PART 2 OF 2
(This post continues from Do You See?)
Regardless of the follies of both Mysteries From Beyond Earth and Overlords of the UFO, both were perfect examples of the height — in the USA, at least — of t[…]