Day 2: Going Down To Liverpool
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES

The plan of course was to reach the sea as swiftly as possible. Whilst the bet did not specify that I should not use air travel, I have an aversion to the way the pressurised air on p[…]

IT’S WHAT WE WATCH TV FOR
since the “GG leaves BB” story even got onto NEWSNIGHT fr god’s sake, I’m not gnna expand on it too tough => so hence some stuff off the top of my head i. interesting that it took an actual rea[…]

Those Landmark No.1s In Full
(as requested by Alan T)
1st No.1 – Al Martino – “Here In My Heart”
100th No.1 – Anthony Newley – “Do You Mind”
200th No.1 – The Beatles – “Help”
300[…]

First order of business is obviously the total farce that the 1000th No.1 has descended into. Midweeks are out showing that it’s going to be Elvis again, with a reissue of the not-particularly-great “One Night”. Underwhelming to say[…]

I’ve been a bit quiet lately cos of organising QUIZZES for The Charity. My original plan for last night’s quiz was to use Schnappi Der Krokodil for the incidental music on a hilarious ‘hilarious’ Draw A Celebrity round. Schni […]

The Inheritance is a dour Danish film which was probably paid for by the Swedish Tourist Board. It has at its heart a simple dilemma:
Given the choice do you
a) Stay with you lovely wife and child in Stockholm (which is always sunny) where you run a […]

Einstein Year — The Celebration Continues.
Nature has prepared an feature on four young theorists as a tie-in to the Einstein Year hoopla (no subscription required to read the article). Each featured scientist is under 35.
All of these rese[…]

In praise of ‘anarchy soup’ — not something I think I’ve spoken of before, though probably I have. The point is, however, anyone can do it — good friend Stripey came up with both recipe and concept, and really the conce[…]

What is this I see before me? — the nature of music and its availability being what it is, I really don’t ask for music as Christmas gifts anymore, though this time around I did ask for one specific thing, Black Sabbath’s Black Box.[…]

There is a moment in Vera Drake (it is in the trailer too so you don’t actually have to go and see the film) when the police turn up and ask to see Vera. Previously the family have been having a party, and the police intrude. Imelda Staunton ac[…]