“oh lord dobb have mercy all crimes are paid“: at least they should be if you deign to vote in this week’s wiretapper poll (1999)!! THE FUTURE OF THE PAST IS UP TO YOU and indeed DOWN TO YOU
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1960: Apache – The Shadows
1961: Johnny Remember Me – John Leyton
1962: Telstar – The Tornadoes
1963: She Loves You – The Beatles
1964: It’s Over – Roy Orbison (more…)[…]

The quirky culture-jamming prankster pokes more affectionate fun at our favourite celebrities! Do you Bank-see?[…]

Category: Railway
You may think having two Railway Taverns within fairly easy walking distance (like 15 minutes, including a stop-off in a Sydenham charity shop to buy a shady-looking late ’70s Glen Campbell LP with a great version of Jimmy Web[…]

Fooled you. Not talking about the telly here. No, in the ongoing massacre of free London newspapers, one thing has remained constant: the This Life cartoon is the least comprehensible, unfunny cartoon still providing its creator with a living. (And I[…]

Good Heavens! Urban culture mixologist Banksy has struck again! Is no popstar safe?[…]

The 45-second “Next time…” trailers have become one of the new Doctor Who‘s most important elements. In a season of mostly self-contained stories they serve the role a cliffhanger played in the past, making sure the audience t[…]

Banksy the comedy vandal casts a wry eye on the pop scene![…]

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As we all know, second-hand bookshops are dangerous places. Most fall into two categories: 1) evil-smelling dungeons guarded by Bernard Black where the books don’t even have any writing on the spines 2) cosy treasure-nests that you cannot bear […]