SECRET RESOLUTION REVEALED
Okay, here is one of my benign, pointless resolutions revealed.
I have been sleeping the other way round in my bed since Jan 1st. Apparently a change is as good as a rest, and since I have been resting as well as making the[…]

Set yr videos. Just a quick reminder (mainly because I know I’ll forget). The BBC is repeating The Power OF Nightmares this week on Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday after Newsnight. And handily just before you go to sleep and have actual nigh[…]

Crisis upon crisis: Arsenal running out of shirts.[…]

Refurb Update
Pre-Christmas I noted that one of my locals had undergone a substantial refurbishment. The Shaftesbury, in Upper Holloway, had been shut for four weeks – which is why I tagged it substantial .On further examination though they hav[…]

Maths Vs Music!: computer program predicts hits by number science and comes up with Norah Jones and Maroon Five OH NO! The article gets a bit muddled over what the mathematics of HSS can actually do (I doubt for example it can recommend ‘mathem[…]

1000 Number Ones
What a let-down, eh readers? No Rock And Roll Fun explains why it’s a bad thing, and Mike Troubled-Diva is running a poll to find the best of the 1000 No.1s – through ILM I think, rather than his website, but his website […]

Cat’s Out of the Bag, Back in the Store Room
A rumour (Tyler Greene on the usually too clever for his own good Modern Art Notes, is the only thing on paper so far) has been floating that the new MOMA is so over grown and so badly designed for c[…]

Alexander The GayTe. Ho ho ho…
Alexander is a very silly movie, but surprisingly good fun. Surprising considering it is three hours long. It ditches any idea of historical authenticity the moment Tony Hopkins’ Ptolemy rears his head, and […]

Day 4: The Ocean
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES

As I write this the container ship Jonah is merrily ploughing its way through the Atlantic Ocean. The wind is at our back, which makes very little difference when your boat is basically a floating […]

bloggin eggheads crooked timber discuss lefty fantasy-maker china mieville:
(i haven’t read this yet so can i just for now register my sadness that the essay’s 1st x-hed aint TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HIM)[…]