Day 31: Charleston
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES
Agent Turner turned out not exactly to be Mister Conversation. As soon as me and Crispian got in the black limousine with its darkened out windows he did not say a word. Just played with his gun w[…]

1992 was when I lost my political virginity. I can remember little of the 87 campaign, save for the post-poll Spitting Image. The lack of any discernible tension was exemplified by the finale to that show, a rendition of ‘Tomorrow belongs to me[…]

I DRUNK ALL NIGHT…
And what did I drink? Hook Norton Double Stout.
This was meant to be a couple of swift ones after work in the Pillars Of Hercules. And it is much to the credit of the Hook Norton Double Stout that I did not leave until closin[…]

I have seen nearly every Ring film in the cinema (the one I am missing is the Korean one, which I believe may be the best as it does not have spooky kid). Anyway, I was interested by The Ring 2 mainly because it was the original Ringu and Ringu 2 dir[…]

link Newsnight couldn’t be more excited about the election if they tried (and, for the next fours weeks, they will try), I almost expected Paxo to say “this is even more fun than a WAR!!!” but the highlight has to be Michael Crick I[…]

MAD AS HATTERS?
Pub quiz hell: what football team is nicknamed The Hatters?
In the white and black (with a bit of orange corner): Me with Luton Town.
In the blue corner: Ben with Stockport County.
And then we get to explain why we believe what we did[…]

MPs also made gun signs with their hands and pretended to shoot each other. (Not UK sadly).[…]

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 […]