Real actual poster for winning party in recent Swiss elections. Where is the political correctness WHEN YOU need it to go mad?

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Judging by Technorati, responses to this Carl Wilson piece – “The Trouble With Indie Rock” – have mostly focused on his dismantling of Sasha Frere-Jones’ argument about the lack of ‘miscegenation’ in indie ro[…]

Idolator has been having a good deal of snarky fun about the OiNK bust, and it’s been very entertaining to read, but the fast-moving nature of that site means that the most interesting post of the last few days, Jess Harvell’s despairing […]

This week’s theme is the nineties – as ever, no revealing in the comments box kthx![…]

these are, in fact, my eyes! DO YOU SEE? (click to enlarge)
healthy yay! — the whitish crescents on the optic nerves are a sign of short sight, as are the “dark matter” tesselations patching the red areas[…]

what film is most often shown on UK TV? i vote tremors — and i know bcz i watch it EVERY TIME (and so does my dad)[…]

The problem with The Heartbreak Kid is the problem of nearly all US black comedies over the last twenty years. US mainstream film-makers genuinely seem unable to construct dislikable leads. Not necessarily anti-heroes, but charismatic yet despicable […]

Jeremy Paxman looked awfully smug last night. Not that he never doesn’t look smug, smug is his metier, but there was a combination of factors. Firstly he’d had a good Newsnight, with a few zingers and the odd “come-off it”. Se[…]

Careless Whisper – The Gossip
I Got It From My Mama – Will.I.Am
Headstrong – Ashley Tisdale
Call The Shots – Girls Aloud
Dead Drummers – The Rogue Element
The World Is Outside (Stellasound Remix) – Ghosts
Amigo Vul[…]

I was looking foward to DC’s cheapo B&W reprint series, Showcase Presents, getting to Metal Men, as I enjoyed a few issues as a kid back in the ’60s and had barely read any since. It’s actually rather less fun than I had anticip[…]