Some of you may remember my Top 100 singles of the 90s, which I ran on this site six years ago. They have been off the site for a long time now, because they’re not hugely representative of my tastes now. Occasionally I wonder what I should do […]

Tim Finney, from an ILM thread about reggaeton.
I often think about a post Josh Kortbein wrote on his blog about how he couldn’t remember the moment when he got used to house beat, but somehow it had quietly gone from seeming oppressive, rhythm[…]

Last night in the pub we realised that there has never been a good Robin Williams film. People professed to soft spots for The Fisher King, Aladdin and even Hook* but the general consensus was that Williams is the worst thing in these movies, and his[…]

You used to know where you were with Diet Drinks. They would usually come in white, or at least lighter versions of the full fat packaging and have the word DIET emblazoned on them. They were, in short, pretty easy to avoid. Now however things have c[…]

Those out last night could not help but be overwhelmed by one of my birthday presents: 2kg of Parmesan. I look forward into risottoing the hell out of that bastard…
But it was not the only food present I got. From Andrew Farrell was a small bar[…]

No. That is really its (Western) name. Drifted in and out of the ICA last year as possibly the most niche film ever, if reviews were to be believed. Reviews are not to be believed, 2002 is not just a Wong Kar Wai parody (though there is much of that […]

my father’s father – a clever learned man who liked to present himself as bluff, sporty and no-nonsense – always wanted to meet a ghost: he planned to ask a series of tough questions, he claimed, about how they spent the rest of the[…]

Philips Paper-like Display prototyped already! WOOOOOOOO! It’s something i will rant on about to anyone who cares to listen (i.e. nobody. where would blogging be otherwise?).
You can keep your super next-gen 4-D graphics chips and wireless sync[…]

Kim Wilde – “Cambodia”
Mark S says:
Writing a chart-song with this title in 1981 – Year Zero was 1978, as punky types (=me) liked boringly to remind everyone – sets some kind of dunderhead record, you’d think, for […]

Last night saw me return to the Boom Bar, and an interesting return it was. Last time I was there I noted how good and friendly the service was. Unfortunately this was not the case last night. A few more covers admittedly, but from start to finish ou[…]