There are some pop-cult things which have gone from cult fan appreciation to mainstream currency. And there are some – probably more – which have gone from mainstream popularity to being the preserve of a relatively tiny fandom. As a pop […]

Okay, they come pretty close on this one. Of the three flavoured* offerings from the good people at SC Johnson (A Family Company), one is citrus. The others – for the record – are the remarkably non-descript “FRESH” and the Sa[…]

Actually the XTC single is called Sgt.Rock, where Sgt is the abbreviation for Sergeant. Which is not surprising for XTC, a band so poor at spelling that they could not spell their own name. Even the home counties numb-nutts that were EMF knew that Ec[…]

Next is a stupid movie, almost as if it were de rigeur for a book based on a Philkdick short story. And yet the ideas in Philkdick’s stories often demand schlocky film versions. What other way does Hollywood have to illustrate various ideas about t[…]