At the weekend we watched the Doctor Who story Full Circle. Now best known for introducing ill-fated (and ill-acted) boy companion Adric, this was a massive hit with me at the time (1980) because of its central plot twist. Which I’m about to sp[…]

(but only when yr MUM’S GONE OUT)[…]

I hate bands with punctuation in their name. I hate all bands obviously, but this marks the particular band out for special Tanya Treatment. Do you think it is any coincidence that post Screamager Therapy? vanished from our musical scene? The affecta[…]

worldinpictures.org = google x flickr.
“Geotagging” – it’s the latest thing, Web 2.0 at its stalker/obsessive “best”. Flickr’s map function is US-only right now, so this site does it until they sort it out. Here&[…]

SAVE THE INTREPID FOX!
Under new owners, it looks like the Intrepid Fox is going to close on the 11th September*. There are all the usual petitions, but I fear they may be in vain. Unless the Goths and Metallers can unite, set aside their difference[…]

Do you remember when screenshots were still in any way indicative of gameplaying fun? I’m sure this stopped in the hiatus of videogaming between my Master System and tempramental second-hand PS1 (for Dance Dance Revolution). New screens from th[…]

moment by moment, what’s on r&r radio USA: and pop and soul and latin and…
(via the nipper) (i shd add it causes my computer to go ENTIRELY SLOW but it is hypnotic and so what)[…]

First of all, bless Liz for co-authoring the idea of Food Science Day. It remains an ongoing sadness that she’s not here to enjoy these events, or to add her amazing talents and imagination to the proceedings. I’m happy that Food Science […]

And so we continue Paris Hilton week here on FT with the initially a little bit amusing story that Banksy has doctored 500 Paris Hilton CD’s and slipped them surreptitiously into a number of major record stores in the country. Having slipped in[…]

I feel a duty to say something about Channel 5’s Battle Of The Popstars programme, a real-time tournament to find “the nation’s favourite pop star” AKA an attempt by Five to find the most lucrative possible format to separate […]