Andrew Wheeler’s essay, The Sorry State Of Fans, talks broadly about the same things I did the other day – fan response to, for instance, the Dr Who TV series. Both Wheeler and I find fandom wanting, though for differing reasons: I’[…]

Scott Shaw’s Oddball Comics is an entertaining read once a week, where all he does is uncover a really stupid comic from the past and retell it. There is very little side, or snide, but then there does not need to be. Take this weeks entry Spid[…]

MP3 and write-up submitted by Martin Skidmore
Elder Beck – Rock And Roll Sermon
This is a thrilling and hilarious track. Elder Charles Beck had been recording all over the place for 25 years, for any label that would let him put his gospel mess[…]

I had a bite to eat in the newly opened Taz by the British Museum. I like the one on The Cut, though I have always found that Turkish tends to lend itself to large groups rather than just a couple. A huge soup bowl of hummus can be a little bit dispi[…]

Predictability and formula in films are often derogatory terms. Cinematic shorthand though allows a film-maker to concentrate much more on other nuances of the film. Equally plotting you can see coming a mile off in a film need not be bad if it feels[…]

I said on an ILX thread yesterday that the main problem I have with Sudoku is the unacceptable difficulty of doing a filthy version. Andrew Farrell suggested the elegant solution of only using the numbers “6” and “9” but this […]

Reprinted in full from ad industry site WARC:
“Shampoo Ad Claims, ‘Not to be Taken Literally’ Insists P&G
Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority has administered a severe ‘tssssk’ to Procter & Gamble […]

I can’t remember that there is anything outstanding about Badger Beer at all. Yet if it is on offer, I nearly always order it. I have tried to work out the reason for this, but it boils down to one simple fact. It is named after Badgers.
I am l[…]

I was a little bit distracted by Crispian’s screams to enact my very clever plan of escape straight away, so I decided to feign sleep for a while. When I woke Elvis was strutting around look very unhappy.
“What’s up Presley. Still d[…]

Yet again BBC Three show they employ very, very stupid people.
Repeat after me: BOB MARLEY IS DEAD. HE CANNOT DO INTERVIEWS ANYMORE.[…]